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Toddler groups are great fun for little ones and a good way for you to meet other like-minded parents whom you can team up with for fun-filled park trips and bike rides in the future. 5) Get out and about. Whether you head to your local beach or playground, kids are never too young to enjoy the great outdoors. Engage in play and outdoor activity at least twice a week, so that fun is associated with being away from the house. 2 to 5-year-olds 1) Buy them their first bike. Kids can start riding a tricycle before they start to walk, so it’s never too early to encourage them and once they are ready, they can try a bigger bike with stabilisers. Go out on family cycling trips together in your local park - it will benefit all the family. 2) Play an old school game with your kids. Re-introduce old favourites like Hop Scotch, Tag, Skipping, Hide and Seek, Leapfrog or Elastics, in the garden - fun and nostalgic for you, a blast for them! 3) Let them choose their own talent. Pushing your kids into an activity will only make them lose momentum, but that’s not to say you shouldn’t encourage them at all. Kids know what they want from a young age, so ask them what they would really like to try, and within limits, try to adhere to it. If your son fancies trying dancing over footie, then let him! 4) Be inventive. Getting your kids excited doesn’t need to cost the earth. Create a bowling alley in your driveway using empty plastic water bottles or cans as pins or in the summer set up a “water-shoot” using a water hose and a large sheet of plastic for them to whizz down. 5) Take the kids to a pick-yourown-berries farm. Kids love getting involved in these kinds of “grown up” activities. Al- Sanity is a madness put to good uses. George Santayana (1863-1952) lowing them to pick their own will give them a sense of self -importance while helping them to appreciate healthy food. 6) Don’t replace good old fun with computer games. Although the Nintendo Wii can help kids to stay fit, don’t use this as a replacement to sport. Allow them to use such games from time to time, but make sure they have a go at the real thing too. Some More “Definitions”. From The Not So Correct Dictionary Abbreviations used: acro. - Acronym; adj. - Adjective; adv. – Adverb int. - Interjection; n. - Noun; phrs. - Phrase; v. – Verb ABASH n. A great party. ACTOR n. Someone who tries to be everything but himself. ACUTE n. The opposite of an ugly. AFTER-MATH n. The period following algebra. ALIMONY v. Bye now, pay later. APPARENT n. A large, old, bossy person who tortures youths. BABY PHILOSOPHY phrs. If it stinks, change it. BOASTING n. Pitter patter of little feats CAT TOY n. Any object on the ground. CATACOMB n. Used for brushing cat hair. CATHOLIC n. A cat with a drinking problem. CHOCOLATE n. The other major food group. COMPUTER n. Machine that makes very fast, very accurate mistakes. CREDIT CARD n. A way to increase ones yearning. DIPLOMACY n. The art of letting somebody have your way. DOOR n. Something a cat or dog wants to be on the other side of. EXPERIENCE n. What you get when you don’t get what you want. FLASHLIGHT n. A device used to store dead batteries. HANGOVER n. The wrath of grapes. HUMAN n. Useful domestic animal, popular with cats. JOB n. A really, really, really, bad joke. PUT YOUR AD HERE FOR $10.00 CALL 021 174 4637
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. Nikita Khruschev LAWYER n. The larval form of Politician. MULTITASKING n. The art of screwing up several things at once. NERVOUS adj. Asking which wine goes best with fingernails. NURSERY n. Place where nurses are made. PEST n. A friend in need. POVERTY n. Having too much month left at the end of the money. REJECTION n. When your imaginary friends won’t talk to you. RING n. Item used to explore the drain in one’s sink. SKIER n. Someone who pays an arm and a leg to break them. STICK n. A boomerang that doesn’t work. TREE n. Plant used to stop cars. VACATION n. A place to go without having to. WUSBAND n. Ex-husband. Did You Know? * A “Blue Moon” is the second full moon in a calendar month (it is rarely blue). * A bibliophile is a collector of rare books. A bibliopole is a seller of rare books. * A ghost writer pens an anonymous book. * A magic potion or charm thought to arouse sexual love, especially toward a specific person, is known as a “philter.” * A poem written to celebrate a wedding is called an epithalamium. * Cannibalism, eating human flesh, is also called anthropophagy. * Of all the words in the English language, the word “set” has the most definitions. * “Ough” can be pronounced in eight different ways. The following sentence contains them all: “A rough-coated, dough-faced ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough, coughing and hiccoughing thoughtfully. * “Rhythms” is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u. * The “O” when used as a prefix in Irish surnames means “descendant of.” * The correct response to the Irish greeting, “Top of the morning to you,” is “and the rest of the day to yourself.” * The idiom “pillar of salt” means to have a stroke, or to become paralyzed and dead. * The last thing to happen is the ultimate. The next-to-last is the penultimate, and the secondto-last is the antepenultimate. * The phrase “sleep tight” originated when mattresses were set upon ropes woven through the bed frame. To remedy sagging ropes, one would use a bed key to tighten the rope. * The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. * The ridges on the sides of coins are called reeding or milling. * The side of a hammer is a cheek. * The study of word origins is called etymology. * The term “honeymoon” is derived from the Babylonians who declared mead, a honeyflavored wine, the official wedding drink, stipulating that the bride’s parents be required to keep the groom supplied with the drink for the month following the wedding. * The two lines that connect your top lip to the bottom of your nose are known as the philtrum. * The white part of your fingernail is called the lunula. * The word “set” has the highest number of separate definitions in the English Language (192 definitions according to the Oxford English Dictionary.) * The word “assassination” was invented by Shakespeare. * The word “coach” is derived from the village of Kocs, Hungary, where coaches were invented and first used. * The word ‘news’ did not come about because it was the plural of ‘new.’ It came from the first letters of the words North, East, West and South. This was because information was being gathered from all different directions. * The world’s largest alphabet is Cambodian, with 74 letters. * Only full-grown male crickets can chirp. PUT YOUR AD HERE FOR $10.00 CALL 021 174 4637
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