Bear Tales...Radio Wish

Radio Wish
ruth dixon

I'd love to tune into the air
If I could hear instead
Of jazz-song just a cricket's prayer
Before he goes to bed.

And then I'd tune and tune and tune
Till I heard way up far
The lullaby of Mother Moon
To a baby Star

Joke of the week

Q: Why did the clock get sick?

A: It was run down!

Dolly and Me...Fleece Scarves

To make a  scarf cut a piece of fleece 6" x 60".
Wrap the fabric around the person to make sure it is not too long. Cut one edge of fleece to size.
Fringe the two end edges by cutting 1" apart x 4" deep.

Make a matching doll scarf by cutting a piece of matching fleece 3" x 24"
Fringe the ends by cutting 1/2" apart x 1 inch deep.

Rainy/Snowy Day Bowling

Once the room is ready to go

To make bowling pins;

• Gather 10 toilet tissue tubes (with kids that doesn't take long)
• Decorate cardboard toilet tissue tubes with paints, markers or stickers
• Use them as bowling pins on a cold rainy/snowy day
• Line up the pins any way you like
• Use a small ball for your bowling ball
• Make up your own rules

Creativity

Creativity is piercing the mundane 

to find the marvelous

bill moyers

Happy Valentines Day

Renee' wants to wish everyone a 
Happy Valentines Day.

She is off to Cleveland this week
and will be back on Saturday

 Dolly and Me picture taken by Kayleigh (4)

Fun Family Game

That is so FUNNY!

Body Language the game

This game of Q&A pairs two people (parent-child duos are the funniest!) to put on one silly performance. 

Have one person stand with his hands behind his back.

Next, have the other person stand behind him. (on a stool or bucket if needed) and slide his hands out and around his partner. 

Now pose questions for the front player to answer out loud while the other uses his arms to make accompanying gestures. 

It makes a great family game!!!

Here are some questions to help get you started:

• How do you get ready in the morning?
• What do you do at work all day?
• How do you make a pizza?
• What's the best way to put on sunscreen?
• How do you handle a swarm of mosquitoes?

A little laugh

A little laugh
    A little promise
               A little hope

No Boredom Boards

Loading the kids in the car to do some errands or going for a long ride?

Bring along a 8 x 10 inch white board and several dry-erase markers for each child. These boards are perfect for doodling, playing tic-tac-toe, games or writing to keep them busy, plus they are easy to tote and erasable.

ASL word of the day...More

more adj. Greater in amount, quantity, degree, etc: more food
               

• ( the hands seem to add more and more things together) Tap the fingertips of both flattened O hands, palms facing each other, together in front of the chest with a double movement.

Joke of the week

Q: How did the farmer mend his jeans?

A: With a cabbage patch!

Bear Tales....Packages

Packages
adelaide love

Isn't if fun to open packages?
Isn't it fun to guess
What's in them first?
It might be a doll
or a game or a party dress.

I like them best when they come with ribbons
And bows to be untied,
And pretty seals that you have to tear
Before you can look inside.

Pudding in a Cone.

 

 Fun Activity for everyone!

This is a fun way to make an afternoon snack, use at a scout meeting, activity day or party!.

• Empty a box of your favorite instant pudding mix into a quart size self seal bag.
• Pour in 2 cups of cold milk
• Seal the bag, and have everyone take turns squeeze, kneading and shaking the bag vigorously for 8 to 10 minutes or until the contents are thickened. 
• Place the bag in the refrigerator to set
• To serve, cut off one corner of the bag and squeeze the pudding into ice cream cones.
• Don't forget the sprinkle.

What a fun way to eat pudding!

Gather

Fun Valentines to Make

 To make these "Everyone will enjoy" valentines:
Gather up some scissors, construction paper or card stock , markers, double sided tape / glue and small fun size candy bars or treats
cut out heart shapes from the construction paper/card stock , at top of heart write these cute sayings and glue/tape the candy to the heart.

Ideas:

• You're a joy to be around: almond joy bar
• You can count on me when things get sticky: suckers
• You're the best, bar none: any candy bar
• Have a ball this valentine: whoppers or other ball style candy
• Be Cool Valentine: your peppermint patty or jr mints
• You make me laugh: Snickers bar
• You blow me away: bubble gum

Or let the kids use there imaginations to come up with some fun sayings!.

ASL word of the day...snow

Snow n. Ice crystals that fall to earth in the form of soft, white flakes that frequently stick together to form a layer on the ground.

• (Represents snow falling) tuning the hands forward, bring the hands slowly down to in front  if each side of body while wiggling the fingers as the hands move

Bear tales... The butterbean tent

The Butterbean Tent
elizabeth madox roberts

All through the garden I went and went
And I walked in under the butterbean tent

The poles leaned up like a good tepee
And made a nice little house for me

I had a hard brown cold for a seat,
And all outside was a cool green street

A little green worm and a butterfly
and a cricket-like thing that could hop went by

Hidden away there were flocks and flocks
of bugs that could go like little clocks

Such a good day it was when I spent
A long, long while in the butterbean tent.

Joke of the week

Q: What do snowman eat for breakfast?

A. Frosted Flakes