QUESTION?:
I understand books about complicated or philosophical subjects, but I struggle for the right words when I'm speaking in conversation. Why is that??
ANSWER:
You are normal. Educators define four categories of vocabulary. Our reading vocabulary is the largest by far, followed by our listening vocabulary. Then comes our speaking vocabulary, which is much smaller, and finally our writing vocabulary, which is smaller still.
QUESTION?:
I see fireflies in June, then they are gone. Where do they come from, and where do they go.??
ANSWER:
Fireflies ( also called lightning bugs ) spend a long time developing into adults who live only a few weeks. Many adults don't even eat. So what do they do with their limited time? REPRODUCE. Females lay their eggs, and most larvae hatch within a month. ( the larvae are often called glow worms. So are the wingless females of some species, but those look more like glow beetles.) The larvae feed until fall, when they burrow underground for the winter. ( some remain there for two or three years.) They surface in early spring, eat until late spring, and then go through their grand metamorphosis, emerging as adults to light up your backyard for a short time in early summer.
