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March
4 March Forth! Start an annual family tradition by celebrating this fun day. March around the house in silly costumes and do something you've never done before. Try sledding, ice skating or standing on your head.

March 2-8: World Folk Tales and Fables Week. Read an age-appropriate version of The Little Red Hen, an English folktale originally written by Joseph Jacobs in the nineteenth century. Then let children help you bake a loaf of bread from scratch or with a bread machine. At each step, stop to ask, "Who will help me measure the flour?" etc., and encourage them to share the workload.

9 Daylight Savings Time Begins at 2 A.M. today. Don't forget to Spring Forward one hour. Let your children help you reset the clocks and talk about simple time-telling tricks by using words such as the "long hand" and the "short hand."

23 Easter Sunday. Add a new family tradition after your annual Easter egg hunt this year. In South Louisiana, children compete in "pocking" – a simple game in which a child hits his hard-boiled egg against another, attempting to crack his opponent's egg. The egg left unbroken is the winner.

Happy Easter Greetings
Fold a piece of cardstock in half to make a greeting card. On the front, make a bunny face by stamping a child's thumbprint with white acrylic paint. Then add ears by stamping half of the child's thumb to make two long, narrow shapes above the face. Once dry, adults can add eyes, nose and whiskers to complete the bunny face. Then write around the bunny: "Thumb-body loves you. Can you guess who?" On the inside of the card, help your child trace the shape of the cross with glue. Sprinkle glitter or paper confetti over the glue. Once dry, write around the cross: "Jesus does, and we do too." Send this homemade card to a loved one for a special Easter greeting.

National Bubble Week March 20-26
Blowing bubbles makes everyone happy. Go wild with bubbles this week. Try unique wands such as fly-swatters, plastic rings from six-packs or clothes hangers. Make bubbles of all shapes and sizes. Notice the colors and the movement as they float through the breeze and count how many you can pop.

For Super Bubbles, try this easy solution:

2 parts regular Dawn or Joy liquid dishwashing detergent
4 parts glycerin (makes bubbles stronger; available at a pharmacy or craft store)
1 part white Karo syrup

For more fun ideas go to www.MOPS.org/TerrificTips.

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