Other Things to Do and Learn for B-Week

1. Balls--Learn and play a variety of ball games. Some ideas are baseball, basketball, football, kick ball, tennis or ping-pong. Make it simple and gear the game toward your child's age group.

2. Beach--Have an indoor beach party. Use your imagination. Everyone get in bathing suits, and use hand lotion for sunscreen. Wear sunglasses; play beach ball. This is a great activity in the wintertime or as a rainy day alternative.

3. Body--Learn about the parts of your body. Can you name them? Brain and Back are b-words--where are they?

4. Babies--Learn about babies. Jesus came as a baby; read the story of the nativity. If you have a baby of your own, have children learn to feed, clothes, change, and bathe baby (use a doll if no baby is available).

5. Bunny--Do the Bunny Hop! Get a cd with the song or just make up your own tune. "Put your right foot forward. Put your left foot back. Do the bunny hop. Hop, hop, hop..."

Water Balloon Toss

6. Balloons--Blow up balloons. Make up some balloon games, such as playing catch or baseball with balloons. If you can go outside, fill balloons with water and play a game of balloon toss.

What to Drink? Banana smoothie, Buttermilk (just a taste)

What to Eat? Have your child taste foods that start with B. Biscuits, Balone, Banana, Bread, Baked Beans, Black Beans, Breakfast, Blueberries, Blueberry yogurt.

Make Banana Bread together:

Banana Bread Recipe

1/4 c butter

1/2 c brown sugar

1 egg beaten

1 cup of bran cereal or uncooked oatmeal

4-5 ripe bananas

1 tsp. vanilla

1 1/2 c flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 c chopped pecans or 1/2 c crunchy peanut butter

Cream together butter and sugar until light. Add egg and mix. Then add cereal, bananas and vanilla. Stir then combine remaining ingredients in a bowl and add to first mixture, stirring only long enough to moisten the flour. Bake in greased loaf pan at 350 degrees for one hour or until cooked.