You practice by doing something over and over again so you get better at it. The boy in the picture is practicing playing the piano.
Pis forPraying mantis
Scientific name: order: mantodea
Praying mantises can be found all over the world. They can be anything from a centimetre to a few inches long and are generally the same colour as their surroundings, so they can hide. They get their name because they hold their front legs as if they are praying. Praying mantises use their front legs to catch other insects, which they eat.
St. Louis is a city in the state of Missouri in the United States of America. It has a population of around 2.8 million.
Something or someone is Swiss if it relates to or is from Switzerland.
Tis forTable tennis
Table tennis, also called ping pong, is a game where two or four people holding paddles bounce a light, hollow ball across a table with a net in the middle of it. The idea is to only bounce the ball once on each side of the net, and if you miss the ball and can't hit it back, your opponent gets a point.
This is a way of indicating the current thing you are talking about. For example, you might say "this is my hat" or "should I wear this?".
Scientific name: order: testudines
A tortoise is a name given to a land-dwelling turtle.
Some kinds of tortoise grow very big, and can live for a very long time - well over 100 years.