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This letter is on BUGS – the little animals that live all over the place. Some people are scared of bugs but if you know a bit about them they aren’t so scary. You can choose want bugs you want to “study”. Tick the sheet below to tell me want you “studied”.

[ ] ANTS

[ ] BEES [ ] BEETLES [ ] BUTTERFLIES [ ] SNAILS [ ] SPIDERS [ ] WORMS

THE GUIDING FAMILY GAME Here is a game you can play with your family and friends. You may have played a similar game before. You will need paper & pencil for each player and a dice too. Draw the shapes on a piece of paper as you play. To start throw a six for a BODY – for the Region we belong to called Southland Once you have your BODY you can get the rest of the pieces in any order. If you already have all the pieces for the number you throw you don’t get a piece. Better lucky next throw! When you throw a Five – get a HEAD – for the leaders who work with the girls in your district. Four – get LEGS – you need 6 legs, each one different. You get 1 per throw so you need to throw 4, six times. These are for the different sections – Pippins, Brownies, Guides, Rangers, Lones & Red Shield. (Red Shield guiding is connected with the Salvation Army Church). Three – get EYES – you need 2. You get 1 per throw so you need to throw 3, two times. One Eye is for our District called Lones. The other eye is for our Co-Ordinator who helps the leaders in our district. Two – get a TAIL – for the Region Co-ordinator who looks after all the District Co-ordinators, Administrators, Leaders and girls in the region. One – get a HEART – this is for YOU and all the other girls. Without you we wouldn’t need the all the other parts. How does your beetle look? Did you get all the parts before someone else did? I hope you had fun playing this game and now you have learnt how our Guiding Family works.

TICKLING FOOD With all those legs spiders tickle you if they walk on you. The drink below will tickle you all the way from your mouth to your tummy when you drink it, that’s why it’s called a SPIDER You will need A large drinking glass Spoon or Ice Cream scoop Ice Cream (Vanilla is best) Fizzy Drink – your favourite flavour Drinking Straw Put some ice cream into the glass. Pour over the soft drink. Enjoy your drink. Add more fizzy drink as you go. This makes a great drink for kids parties. SPIDER WEB HUNT How many spider webs can you find? The best time to find them is on a frosty morning just as the frost starts to melt. The webs glitter in the sun especially in hedges, fences, old buildings. Attached is a sheet that tells you how some spiders spin their webs.

CRAFT Make a beautiful butterfly You will need A wooden clothes peg – included Pipe Cleaner - included Paper Felt pens or something to colour with Scissors Glue Mum or Dad to help you Colour in the paper with lovely bright colours – on both sides Colour in the clothes peg too Fold the paper in 1cm concertina style long ways Secure in the middle with the clothes peg Unfold the paper to make them look more like wings (it should now look like below)

Cut a circle on another piece of paper. Draw a face on the paper. Glue onto the peg at X on the diagram above. Fold the pipe cleaner in half. Glue bend to underside of peg at X Fold out & bend to make antennas You should now have a beautiful butterfly

Enchanted Learning Software's

Cup o' Worms

This party treat looks yucky but tastes great. Make an edible cup of worms in real-looking "soil." This is a great party treat you can make with your child. You will need:

Chocolate pudding (instant pudding or chocolate custard are good to use) Gummy worms Cocoa powder (or hot chocolate mix) Chocolate sprinkles Clear plastic cups.

Make chocolate pudding and cool it in the refrigerator for a few hours.

Put individual portions into clear plastic cups. Let the top of the pudding remain rough looking.

Sieve (or sprinkle) some cocoa powder on the top of each cup. Also add some chocolate sprinkles if desired.

Place a few gummy worms in each cup. Put them in the refrigerator until party time. Eat and enjoy!

Make an entire bowl of worms in "soil" (made like the cup o' worms but bigger)!

Slimy, the Snail

Searches for a new home

By Maggie

Slimy was a young snail. Slimy got sick of staying in its old home. So, one day, Slimy decided to look for a new home.

Slimy travelled for a long time, slowly crawling and searching. To Slimy it felt like a very long and tiring

journey but he was determined. Then Slimy reached a garden. It was a beautiful garden with so many

flowers and plants. Slimy was so excited when it saw the garden. Slimy wanted to make this place its new

home.

The first thing Slimy did when it got to the garden was eat. Slimy was so hungry from all the travelling it did.

Slimy found a nice delicious plant to feed on. The leaves were so green and juicy. "Just nice for me, yum !"

said Slimy.

Slimy spend the next several days just eating and relaxing until almost all the leaves on that plant was almost gone. "Time to move

on to another delicious plant", Slimy thought. That was what Slimy did exactly. It moved on to a new plant. Just about when Slimy

wanted to start eating, there was a loud shriek. Slimy peeked out and saw a lady.

She looked upset and angry looking at the plant that Slimy had eaten. "Oh, oh ", said Slimy.

"This does not look good."Slimy was frighten and hid under a leaf so that the lady cannot see or find it.

The lady searched all over, trying to get the culprit who was responsible for destroying her beautiful plant. Lucky thing for Slimy, she

did not see it hiding under the leaf. Unfortunately, some of Slimy's neighbours were not so lucky. The lady caught them and put them

all in a bucket and took them away.

Slimy did not wait to see what the lady was going to do with its neighbours. Slimy decided that this was not the place that it wanted to

make its home. It was a dangerous place to be in. So, Slimy crawled down from the plant and went on its journey to find a new home

again.

So off went Slimy on its search for a new home again. This time its search brought

it to an apple farm. Slimy got all excited and wanted to go there and eat the juicy

leaves on the apple tree. It looked so good and tempting. Slimy was hungry. Just

when Slimy wanted to head over there, it saw a farmer with a mean face. Slimy

decided this was not a good place to call home either. Slimy remembered how the

lady disliked snails. Slimy did not want to meet the same fate as its neighbours

there. Poor Slimy had to leave the apple farm and look for a better place to call

home. As it travelled, it got further and further away from the city. The buildings

started to look smaller and smaller. Slimy could see more trees and plants than

buildings now.

Then Slimy heard something. It was the sound of water splashing

down and sounds of birds tweeting away. Slimy headed towards

the sound of the water splashing. What a beautiful sight

welcomed Slimy when it reached the sound where there was

water splashing. There was a big waterfall and the place seem so

peaceful. Slimy just could not wait to take a closer look. It crawled

as fast as it could to the place. Finally, it reached there. The place

looked just as wonderful near as it was from far away. There were

huge trees, plants and flowers everywhere. Slimy was very

happy. It knew it had found the right place to make its home. There were no humans around

who did not like snails. Over here, it knows that it is not destroying anybody's garden or farm. At last, Slimy's search is over and it

lived happily ever after.

Help the bees find their way to the hive