Joke of the week

Q: Why don't seagulls fly by the bay?

A: Because then they'd be "bagels"!

What am I?

Can you guess what am I?

1. I arrived in America from Ireland
2. Sometimes I am sweet
3. People like to butter me up
4. I have eyes, but I cannot see
5. I am a relative of tobacco and  tomatoes 
6. I had a supporting role in Toy Story
7. The average American eats 140 pounds of me each year'
8. In Idaho, I am famous
9. If I'm French, I must be fried

Did you guess? I am a Potato

Game Time

Life's One Happy Game

Unplug the family from the TV and Video games and spend time together playing board, card or dice games.

ASL word of the day....Water

Water n. The transparent, oderless, tasteless liquid that fall for the sky as rain

• (initialized sign) Tap the index finger side of the right W hand, palm facing left, against the chin with a double movement.

Gratitude

Feeling gratitude 

and not expressing it

Is like wrapping a present

and not giving it

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

bear tales...Indian Children

Indian Children Long Ago
nancy byrd turner

Where we play in field and hill,
Running high and low
Other children used to play
Long and long ago.

Little Indians straight and slim
Boys with belt and feather
Little girls with colored beads
Playing all together

Laughing, calling through our yard
(when 'twas field of maize)
Swift and light they used to run,
Back in other days;

Through our garden (once a wood)
In and out again,
Past the house they ran, and back
"Twas a wigwam then

Sometimes when the air is clear,
On a quiet day,
We can almost hear them still
Shouting at their play!

Joke of the week

Q. Why is the tooth fairy so smart?

A. She has a lot of wisdom teeth!

No cook Peanut Butter Candy

 Kids bored? Need something fun for them to make for your Thanksgiving Snacks? Here is a easy recipe that even the kids can make!

1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup dry milk (powder)
Mix the above ingredients together well
Then add and knead
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup powdered sugar

Shape into small balls or bars, and roll them in coconut or decorative candies, such as choclolate or colored sprinkles.
Makes 1/2 pound  (about 20 small balls)

Winter Song

Sing a song of winter
Frost is in the air
Sing a song of winter,
Snowflakes everywhere,
Sing a song of winter
Hear the sleigh bells chime
Can you think of anything
As nice as wintertime?

Joke of the week

Q: What did the dentist say to the marching band?

A: Here's a tuba toothpaste!

Bear Tales...Autumn

Autumn
emily dickinson

The morns are meeker than they were
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry's cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town.

The maple wears a gayer scarf,
The field a scarlet gown,
Lest I should be old-fashioned
I'll put a trinket on.

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Cookie Cutter Prints

Pour tempera paint on folded paper towels placed in several paper plates. Let the kids dip cookies cutters in to the paint and press them on pieces of construction paper to make prints

Brain Excercise ..the grocery store game

The Grocery Store Game:
After you've made your shopping list, tell your kids all the items that start with a specific letter (for example cheese, carrots, cookies, and cat food).
When you get to the store, ask them to shop for those food without the list.

A Laugh

A Laugh

is a smile that bursts

Tennis anyone?..Balloon Tennis

Balloon Tennis is a fun way to spend some outdoor time or indoor if you have lots of space.

Gather up a balloon, paper plate, Popsicle sticks and duct tape.
Make a "tennis" racket by duct taping the Popsicle sticks to a paper plate. You can use a paint stirrer if you would like to make the handle longer or use 2 Popsicle sticks and tape them together.

Blow up your balloon and you are ready to start. You can make a net by tying string from 2 chairs and hit the balloon over the "net".

This is a really fun game that can be played in groups!!

Asl word of the day ....Sale/Sell

Sell v. to exchange something for payment;
Same sign used for Sale, Retail, Peddle, Merchandise, Distribute

• (The hands seem to hold something out for inspection in order to sell it) Beginning with both flattened O hands held in front of each side of the chest, palm facing down and fingers pointing down, swing the fingertips forward and back by twisting the wrists upward with a double movement.

Joke of the week

Q: Why couldn't the woman buy her husband camouflage pants?

A. She couldn't find them!

Bear Tales...Snowy Morning

Snowy Morning
Frances Frost


Wake up! Hurry! Jump from bed!
Race for the window!
Press your nose against the pane!
No sun! Instead its snowing!
All the white sky blows glitter
across the drifting hill!
Get dressed! Hurry! Run for the shed!
Where's the toboggan? Where's the sled?
Plunge into whiteness, race through sky that dances,
whirls in the dizzy air!
Coast down the lovely morning,
fly with silver stars in your eyes and hair!

Brain Excercise

Did you know we need to exercise our brains? It is easy to do with some of these fun activities that will be posted in the next few weeks.
Many puzzles and thinking games provide the mental equivalent of an afternoon at the gym. Remember that mental exercise does not have to be a chore, just have fun.So lets get started!

Mind flexing fun!

• Observation Challenge:  Sharpen observation skills and recall with this easy to play challenge. To start, place 10 to 20 objects on a tray and cover them with a cloth. Remove the cloth for 60 seconds while everyone tries to commit the objects to memory, then recover the tray and see how many things they can name.

Thanksgiving Coundown

Here is a way to limit the amount of Halloween candy your kids eat. Use what candy you have left for a Thanksgiving countdown. Make a find-a-treat turkey out of construction paper. On one side of each tail feather, write a number for a day of the month. On the other side, write a clue to a hiding place in the house. Every day in November, have your children tear off one feather and find the hiding spot. There, they each discover one piece of candy from their trick-or-treat bags. This makes a fun seasonal hunt!

Remember

We will have these moments 

                                                                                 to remember

Asl word of the day ....Share

.Share n. To use or participate together.  Rebekah and Sariah share the same room.

• (The hand moves back and forth as if to share a portion of something) Move the little finger side of the right open hand, palm facing in, back and forth with a double movement at the base of the index finger of the left open hand, palm facing in

Joke of the week

Q. What is a bear's favorite drink?

A. Coco-Koala!

Button play time

Do you have a "Stash" of Buttons? Here is some great ways to use those buttons as great entertainment for your children.Empty out the button box onto the kitchen table and try these fun activities:

Supplies needed:

• Buttons
• Glue, Yarn, Fabric, Poster Board
• Pie Plate
• Elastic Thread

Button Art: Glue buttons and bits of fabric or yarn onto a poster board to create a textured portrait or landscape
Button Game: Place a pie plate 10 or 15 feet away and see who can pitch the most buttons off the wall and into the pan
Button Jewelry: String elastic thread through the holes of assorted flat buttons. then tie into a loop for a wrist or ankle bracelet
Button Tower: See who can stack the most buttons without toppling the tower