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Physical Activity of the Month —
Ten Ball
This challenging “catch the ball”
game combines creativity and motor skills to succeed. It is played
by at least 2 children of any age
and all have one tennis ball. The
field is a large wall with a paved
area in front of it. The first player has to come up with a challenge
that involves tossing his ball
against the wall and catching it in
the air or let it bounce once.
While the ball is in the air he has
to use his imagination to do something before catching the ball,
like turn around, make three
jumps, clap your hands three
times and so on. He has to perform and succeed first and the
other players have to follow him.
Then the next player tosses his
ball against the wall and comes up
with another challenge. All the players have copy the challenges and
start at challenge one and then challenge two and so on, till you have 10
challenges. If someone makes a mistake or doesn’t catch the ball in
time, he or she is out of the game.
Ten Ball is a very creative and hilarious throw and catch ball game. Who
can come up with the best challenge? But remember that you have
to do it yourself too!
KidShape Recipe Corner —
Crunchy Granola Wedges
Ingredients:
1 cup(s) rolled oats
1 cup(s) wheat
flakes (see Tips
& Techniques)
1 cup(s) sunflower
seeds or
chopped nuts
1/2 cup(s) honey
1 cup(s) dried cranberries
1 pinch(s) salt
Directions:
Preheat oven to
400 degrees.
Spread oats,
wheat flakes, and
seeds (or nuts) on
a baking sheet.
Bake until fragrant
and starting to
brown, about 10
minutes. Coat a 9inch pie pan with
cooking spray. Cook
1/2 cup honey in a
large saucepan over
medium-high heat,
without stirring, until
large, foamy bubbles
form and it starts to
darken at the edges,
2 to 4 minutes. (The
bubbles will start out
small and increase to
about 3/4 inch or
larger when the honey's done.)
Immediately pour the
toasted oat mixture into
the honey, add cranberries and salt, and stir until completely coated.
Quickly press the granola
into the prepared pie pan
using a heat-resistant
spatula coated with cooking spray. Let cool for 30
minutes. Cut into wedges
and transfer to a wire
rack to cool completely.
“Things that were
hard to bear are sweet
to remember.”
- Seneca
Nutrition Tip
Air popped popcorn is
a whole grain, fill-youup snack with 4 grams
of fiber in each 3 cup
serving. Pour it onto a
plate and you’ll see it’s
a nice sized portion.
To keep it healthy, low
sodium, without loads
of added fat and calories, steer clear of
melted butter and
salt. Instead try
sprinkling with:

Parmesan cheese

Cinnamon

Old Bay seasoning

Garlic powder
Butter flakes
However, even the microwave light kinds can
have significant
amounts of fat and
perhaps trans fats, so
air popping it yourself
is a best bet. You can
purchase an air popper
inexpensively at most
retail stores that carry small appliances.
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Tested and approved in
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