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Who are the throwaway kids? I started this blog because I have stood by for too long watching children be discriminated and abused. I am a mother of four incredible children and have worked in multiple capacities with children for almost 20 years. For too long we have allowed systems to hurt our children because we trust those...

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To our families,

It is with a heavy heart I have to inform you that Tiny Legend Learning Academy has officially closed permanently. Our owner, Javier Mendez, stated due to the Covid closures, they were unable to keep up with the financial needs of the center. I want to personally thank you for choosing TLLA for all of your educational needs, We are so proud of the work we have accomplished and watching your children grow and thrive within the center. If you would like to come in and pick up your child's clothes, blanket, artwork and diapers, please reach out to me at [email protected] to set up an appointment. If you currently need to switch your voucher to another center, please contact me. We will be posting sales for all of the furniture, toys and materials from the center. I would like to thank all of our staff who worked tirelessly throughout the closure, taking nine combined college courses, continuing their education, professional development and upgrading their official certifications with MA EEC. Miss Nachelle is now going to be teacher certified and Miss Ashley and Miss Adelys will be lead teacher certified. Thank you to families for your patience and understanding as we all were navigating the unknown together. Although we are closing, we consider you all members of Tiny Legend Learning Academy family.

All my love,
Tiffany Friis
Former Director
Tiny Legend Learning Academy

Why You Should Indulge Your Child's Dinosaur Obsession When some children are quite young, they begin to show what scientists call “intense interest” in certain topics--like dinosaurs.

Horseshoe crabs, also known as king crabs, are named for the thick, horseshoe-shaped shells covering their heads and thoraxes. They can mostly be found on sandy or muddy bottoms in shallow ocean waters.There are four species of horseshoe crabs. One, Limulus polyphemus, lives around the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Maine to Mexico. The other three species are all found in southeast Asia.
1. Horseshoe crabs aren't crabs. They are marine arthropods that are more closely related to spiders and scorpions than crabs and lobsters.
2. Horseshoe crabs are ancient. Horseshoe crabs are the only living members of a group of animals that first appeared about 450 million years ago. They are the closest living relative of the now extinct trilobites.Photo: Ryan Somma, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license.
3. Horseshoe crabs can reach the size of a large serving dish. While Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda is only about the size of a human hand, L. polyphemus can grow to 24 inches long, including the tail.4. Their bodies are divided into three sections. The first section is the head, or prosoma. It is the largest part, and contains the brain, heart, mouth, and nervous system and is covered by a hard exoskeleton. The middle section is called the abdomen or opisthosoma, and contains muscles and gills on the bottom and spines on the side. The last section is the tail, or telson, which is long and rigid. The horseshoe crab uses it to right itself if it is flipped over.Horseshoe crabs have five pairs of legs for walking, swimming, and placing food into their mouths. Behind the legs are the book gills, which are used for breathing and propulsion through the water. The first pair of book gills is the operculum, and it acts as a cover for the other five pairs as well as housing the opening of the ge***al pores through which eggs and s***m are released.Photo: Pos Robert, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
5. Their mouths are located in the middle of their abdomens. Horseshoe crabs dig for food in the mud and sediment, looking for mollusks, worms, and algae. Their small front appendages, called chelicera, are used to place food into their mouths, which are located in the center of their bodies where the legs attach.
6. They swim upside down. Horseshoes crabs usually walk along the bottom of shallow water, but they can also swim awkwardly on their backs by using their gills as paddles. Swimming this way, they can move at about 0.22-0.34 miles per hour.
7. They have nine eyes. Horseshoe crabs have nine eyes on their bodies and several more light receptors near their tails. The largest eyes are a pair of compound eyes on either side. They also have a pair of median eyes that can detect both visible and ultraviolet light, a single endoparietal eye, a pair of simple eyes on top, and a pair of ventral eyes on their undersides near their mouths. Horseshoe crabs also possess a cluster of light receptors on their tails. Even though they have relatively poor eyesight, horseshoe crabs have the largest rods and cones of any known animal, about 100 times larger than those of humans.

Easy Glow-In-The-Dark Bubbles | The Perfect Night Game Activity Glow-In-The-Dark Bubbles are far more fun to make and play with plus, they light up the night! Make these easy glowing bubbles in 5 minutes or less!

Miss Tiffany found a teeny praying mantis while cleaning up in her yard today! 🌿

Happy Father's Day! You are all legends!

We want to take a moment to congratulate our TLLA senior staff graduate Michelle! Thank you for your dedication working with our little legends. We wish you the best of luck in the future and know there will be many more TLLA memories made this summer. Congratulations graduate! 👩‍🎓🖤🧡🤍

The world is filled with kind people. If you can't find one, be one. We hope all our students and families are staying safe during these trying times. TLLA is staying strong with you.

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