Joke: What do you get when you cross a parrot with a caterpillar?

by Laurie Laurendeau on April 20, 2012

Children LOVE telling jokes.  Kids often tell a joke and giggle hysterically, but often they don’t really understand why the joke is even funny.  That is because most jokes are play-on-words, or they are funny because a word in the joke might have two meanings, or the word could be a homonym.  Being able to interpret multiple meanings of words is an important reading comprehension skill. So, why not encourage your child’s love of joke-telling, and make it an educational experience at the same time?!

JOKE: What do you get when you cross a parrot with a caterpillar?

ANSWER: A walkie-talkie

EXPLANATION: The caterpillar walks, and a parrot can talk, so if you crossed a parrot with a caterpillar, part of it would “walk”, while the other part would “talk”, and a walkie-talkie is a communication device.

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