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February Extras

More information for the Boredom Buster ideas and Special Days

Visit your local library and check out the book "The Mitten" by Jan Brett and read it with a parent or by yourself. Then use the Story Time Felts pieces to tell the story again from memory. Use the extra papers that come with the sets to tell other stories with the same pieces or make up a story of your own.

To get your own "The Mitten" Story Time Felts set visit our The Mitten Story page.

You will need:
-bananas
-chocolate (optional)
-nuts (optional)
-popsicle sticks

Peel banana and roll in melted chocolate and then in chopped nuts. Put on popsicle stick and freeze. If you don't want chocolate and nuts, just put on the popsicle stick and place in freezer. When frozen remove. If you haven't dipped the banana in chocolate, you can dip it in jam or chocolate syrup or just enjoy plain.

Learning a foreign language is fun. People from all over the world live in the United States so you may be able to use your new words in your local community. Here is how to say "hello" around the world.
(this is how to pronounce these words, not spell them)
Bonjour - French
Ola - Spanish
Yassoo - Greek
Halloj - Danish
Zdrasvuytya - Russian
Shalom - Hebrew
Marhabah assalamu aleikum - Arabic
Ohayo gozaimasu - Japan
G'day - Australia
Haere-mai - Maori (New Zealand)

You will need:
-1 cup sugar
-1 cup light corn syrup
-1 cup peanut butter
-6 cups rice krispys
-6 oz chocolate chips
-6 oz butterscotch chips

Bring sugar and corn syrup to a boil. Remove from heat and add peanut butter. Mix until evenly distributed. Add rice krispys. When evenly coated, put into a greased 9 x 13 pan. In the microwave melt the chocolate and butterscotch chips in a bowl. When melted and mixed together place on top of cooling krispy mixture. Spread over entire top until even. Cool before eating.

**Variation: instead of a 9 x 13 pan, place mixture on a large cookie sheet that has been lined with plastic wrap or waxed paper. Melt chips and mix. Place on top of the mixture. Then roll the kripsys up into a log the long way (be sure not to roll up the plastic or waxed paper) Place in fridge for 10 minutes. Cut and serve.

-Hippos make a of variety grunts, growls, screams and other sounds underwater to communicate with each other.
-The Hippo Prefers walking along the river bottom rather than swimming. Protruding eyes, ears, and slit-like nostrils are located on top of the head to allow the hippo to see, hear, and breathe while almost completely submerged.
-During the night, just after sunset, they will, all in a group, leave the water pool/river behind and lay around looking at the moon.

This set will teach children good eating and exercise habits. Set a table with a plate, knife, fork, spoon, and select a balanced meal from the pyramid or practice your table manners. There are additional activities, play ideas, related nursery rhymes and more! Use this set or create your own!

To get your own "The Food Guide Pyramid" Story Time Felts set visit our Food Guide or Food Group Pyramid page.

You will need:
-4 eggs
-1/2 cup melted butter
-1/2 cup rice flour
-3/4 cup sugar
-pinch of salt
-2 Tablespoons water
-baking tray, mixer or hand beater

Write messages of fortune on pieces of paper that might relate to things in you friends lives. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease the baking tray well. Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Beat the egg whites for several minutes until they stand up in points. Stir in the rice flour, sugar and salt and beat the mixture well for another two minutes. Add the melted butter and water, them beat everything together until the mixture is like thin cream. Put spoonfuls of the mixture on the baking tray leaving plenty of room between them. Bake for 8 minutes or until the edges are turning brown. Lift one at a time off the cookie tray. Working as quickly as you can, put a message in the center and fold it. Fold opposite sides (2 of them) into the center and then turn on side and bend into a fortune cookie shape. If the cookies start to harden, put them back in the oven for a minute. Give them to your friends in secret.

Visit your local library and check out the book "The Three Little Kittens" by by Paul Galdone and read it with a parent or by yourself. Then use the Story Time Felts pieces to tell the story again from memory. Use the extra papers that come with the sets to tell other stories with the same pieces or make up a story of your own.

To get your own "Three Little Kittens" Story Time Felts set visit our Three Little Kittens page.