Z is for Zula, Zig Zig, and Zora Neal Hurston

 

Z is for...

yet another zoo trip! (half of my enjoyment of the Oregon Zoo is the architectural attention and history)

zig zag, oregon (it's very fun to research options for field trips based upon the letter of the day)

 

 

 zen garden with what you've already got in the house (ie: toaster oven tray, tons of salt, and a stem of ginger)

zooplasty

Zula 

Zoological shadow puppets or finger puppets

Zoology (/zoʊˈɒlədʒi/) is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems.

Zany

Zippy

Zipper

Zesty

Zoom

Zen garden: sand rake rocks 

Or.... grits or salt with forks?

Zig zag 

Zooplasty— surgical operation grafting lower animal part to human body 

Zone

Zaatar 

Zeppelin 

Zinfandel 

zoospore

[ zoh-uh-spawr, -spohr ]SHOW IPA

noun

Botany, Mycology. an asexual spore produced by certain algae and some fungi, capable of moving about by means of flagella.

zygophyllaceous

[ zahy-goh-fuh-ley-shuhs, zig-oh- ]SHOW IPA

adjective

belonging to the Zygophyllaceae, the caltrop family of plants.

When you say the sounds have your child place one hand on the throat and ask which sound vibrates and which sound does not.

Say /ssss/ using a hissing sound

Say /zzzz/ using a buzzing sound

Examples:

BUZZ: /b/ /u/ /z/ /z/

ZAP: /z/ /a/ /p/

Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891[1]:17[2]:5 – January 28, 1960) was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on hoodoo.[3] The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937. She also wrote more than 50 short stories, plays, and essays.

Zora Neale Hurston

Frank Zappa

His lyrics reflected his iconoclastic views of established social and political processes, structures and movements, often humorously so, and he has been described as the "godfather" of comedy rock.

Zachariah father of John the Baptist  

Zebra shark/tiger shark 

Zebra wood

Zinc— atomic number 30

Zygote—any cell formed by the union of two gamates

Zebra wolf 

Zebra plant 

Zenith—vertical point above spectators head in the heavens 

Zing

Zither—30-40 stringed instrument 

Zodiac—constellation of stars arrangement in equal 12 parts 

Zombie