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"Activities For Little Fingers"
Busy mothers and teachers
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A child's natural activity
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will lead to their gradual development, physical,
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contained in this book satisfies the early craving
of the child for play and the practical, and the
gifts and occupations become playthings in his
hands, but, unknown to him, things of educational
value.
It has been found that
children are most interested in an activity when it
is associated with function or color; that children
are interested in things in connection with people,
animals, and plants, and when they can construct
something in which they can feel the sense of self,
as the cause of that construction, the joy of
expression brings great happiness.
Constructive craft work
offers many opportunities for the development of
design, and often a detail of design lends an
atmosphere of greater reality to an object,
especially when the object made is of miniature
size and is for play-use, as a doll's table-cover,
cushion, chair, hat, etc. Children feel many things
in their imagination, and a little touch of reality
in design furthers that imaginative
thought.
The writers have realized
the necessity for keeping the cost of the articles
made at a minimum, so that they can be enjoyed by
all. Inside
Activities
For Little Fingers
you
will find projects for boys and girls of all ages
that are inexpensive, yet fulfilling.
Within this eBook will be
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people, and the book may be the means later on in
life of introducing them to much broader fields of
expression through which great joy may come to them
and be given to the world.
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Grandmas' Children's Story Corner
This space is dedicated to Grandmothers and Grandchildren everywhere.
Below you will find a collection of wholesome childrens' stories.
We hope that everyone will enjoy them. They have been specially selected.Grandma has her own Ideas, This is her corner, but my little poem!
Grandma has patience, love and understanding. She's always there with open arms and is never demanding.
She gives comfort whenever I ask and is always there to watch my back. She gives me the respect I think I'm due.
She Loves me unconditionally and she's always true.
These are Christian based children stories, but they hold value for all children.
The short stories below teach small valuable lessons that most of us want our children to learn.
We believe in these stories and we believe in God and Love.
Grandma has decided to add a few articles about Butterflies and Eagles. We think children will enjoy these.
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This is a series of 50 short stories for children. I have 25 listed below.
You may make a donation and download all 50 of these wonderful, delightful stories and print them out for your children.The Good Little Snake
Everything was just fine for Stanley in the Garden of Eden. He was a harmless
little snake and just like all the other animal children, he just wanted to
play with the mongoose and the lambs and the turtles and the mice. See in the
Garden of Eden, none of the animals were enemies so they all played together
all day long. That is how it will be in heaven too.
My Cat Thinks She is President
"Janey," Gary whispered as mom and dad got ready to go out for their party.
"Our cat thinks she is president."
Both children giggled and promised mommy and daddy they would be good all
evening. "How do you know?" she whispered as Daddy got their coats out of the
closet.
"She told me." He whispered back. "She can talk."
Horace the Hippo
"What do you mean you aren't pretty?" Terrance asked his friend Horace.
Terrance was a toucan and since he was very pretty, he felt
sure everybody thought that they were pretty. But in his private thoughts, he
did think Horace was pretty awful looking. Horace was a hippo.
Chucky the Ducky
All the pretty ducklings were so excited about the big beauty pageant that was
going to be held down by the lake. Oh, how they preened their feathers and
tried on different flowers and new ways to waddle that they thought would give
them the edge to win the contest. They quacked nonstop each evening before the
competition
Fat Wally and the Piggies
Hi. My name is Roscoe. I'm a pig. No, no, don't get upset. I don't mean I
am just messy. No, I am actually a pig. I know it's a little weird talking to
a pig but hey, get used to it, lots of weird things happen around here. You
probably heard someone tried to tell the story of me and my brothers. I think
they called that story The Three Little Pigs or some such nonsense. Well here
is what really happened.
Bad Imaginary Friend
Lots of us have imaginary friends. John had one and he talked to him every
day. John's imaginary friend was named Duncan. Since John was an only child,
he had lots of time for Duncan. Whenever mom and dad were too busy, he and
Duncan made up lots of fun games together. They would play in the yard and
turn it into a wonderful forest full of wild imaginary creatures.
All the Little Lemurs
All little lemurs love to play. They play all the day and every day they play.
Why any day that a little lemur doesn't play is a bad day for a baby lemur.
Little lemurs know hundreds of games. They know hundreds of games because they
make up dozens of games every day. Sometimes they play a game that has no
rules, no objective and nobody knows when it ends or who ever wins. The idea
is just to play, play, play, play, play.
A Raven Named Marvin
"Hannah, come outside." Hannah's best friend Betty called up to her. Hannah
slipped downstairs.
"What is it? It's the middle of the night." Hannah said shivering a bit from
the cool night air..
Love in a Bottle
Brad and Janet had to do a science report on a current event in science going
on in their community for their sixth grade science class. Then they saw in
the paper that a scientist on the other end of town was almost ready to get a
breakthrough on bottling an important thing that everyone needs. So they
called up and got permission to come out and be there for the final tests.
Dorothy and the Dolphin
"Oh yeah, well you are the stupidest sister in the world!" Angelo yelled at
his sister Dorothy so loud his voice began to crack.
"I am not stupid, Angelo!" Dorothy shouted back her face red with anger. "I
hate you, I hate you, I hate you." And she stormed out of the game room
Cartoon Dreams
Kimberly loved cartoons. It was a pretty big hobby before, but when mom and dad
let her have a TV in her room, she really started loving cartoons even more.
She loved the old ones a lot like Bugs Bunny, The Roadrunner, Popeye and lots
of new ones too. Recently the one she liked best was Roscoe Rabbit. On
Saturday nights, they play three hours of Roscoe Rabbit in a row. So Kimberly
goes to bed early to curl up for a long fun evening of watching cartoons.
Merlin’s Magic Words
Jonathan and Gwen were the best of friends. They grew up next door neighbors
and from the moment they could listen, they heard stories of the great King
Arthur, his valiant knights of the round table, the beautiful princesses and
the terrifying dragons and of course the amazing and mysterious Merlin.
What’s the Deal with Bruno?
From the minute, he showed up at school, everybody knew Bruno was poor. His
clothes were tattered, he never carried any money and his hair was never clean.
Usually when a poor kid started school though, the bullies picked on him the
most. Lots of the Christian kids hated that ,but they were afraid to step in.
Andrew spotted Bruno the first day and he immediately knew there was something
different about him.
Three Hobbits
Billabong, Hooku and Dimptha were like all hobbits because their love of home,
family and comfort was their greatest value. However, even as young hobbits,
they were showing far too much willingness to go on adventures than their
nanny, Edna approved of. Ever since their parents were taken by the dragon
because they strayed too far from their hobbit home, Edna was very careful to
keep the boys close to her skirts.
Willie the Billy Goat
The animals in the petting zoo loved the times when the children came to see
them. So when Mr. Henderson, the owner of the petting zoo, brought them Willie
the Billy Goat to join them, every one of the animals tried to help him learn
how to get the children to like him. At first, Willie didn't understand why
the children ran away from him.
The Window in Time
Belinda liked doing chores with her mom during the summer. Because she was out
of school, there was lots of time to learn to cook, clean, mend clothes, all
the things she will need to know when she becomes an adult and has a family and
house of her own. This week mommy announced there were going to go in the
attic and see what was up there.
The Great Tiger
"What do you mean I do it wrong? All coyotes hunt." Rodney defended himself
when his best friend George Coyote accused him of being "too cruel" when he
hunted. Rodney was right about one thing. All coyotes and in fact, every
living thing hunts for its food and that is the way God created the world to be
for now. There is a whispered belief in the coyote community that a world will
be one day where all creatures would be at peace together and God would provide
all the food and nobody would have to hunt or be hunted but that's not the way
it is now so Rodney knew his instinct to hunt was not evil.
The Happy Pony
Princess was a very pretty pony. But none of her friends understood why she
never competed for ribbons like all the other beautiful ponies. They all
stayed in the common stables in town when they were not with their owners or
training or racing or being shown for prizes.
Stanley the Snowman
A man wrote a very fun little Christmas song called "Frosty the Snowman" and
you all know it pretty well. Why don't you sing a little of it before I tell
you the true story of Frosty the Snowman?
Smudge and Snuggles Find a Statue
Smudge and his sister Snuggles were not very much different from all the young
chipmunks in the forest. They loved their mommy and daddy and the time the
spent together in the rafters of the church worshiping God with the people,
even though the people didn't know they were up there. You probably have a few
chipmunks worshipping in your church with you that nobody knows about. Look
for them this Sunday. You will see them.
The Broken Angel
Maggie liked watching big storms. So when the rain was really pouring down
that night, she sat in the front room with the lights off and watched it safely
in her house. Suddenly she saw a small figure walking into their cul-de-sac.
It was a girl. She had no coat on and the rain was soaking her hair and dress
completely. It was clear she was crying.
Daddy the Superhero
Brandon and Sean loved superheroes. They loved Superman and Batman and the
Fantastic Four and dozens and dozens more. They rooms were overflowing with
action figures and comic books of all of the most amazing super heroes in the
imaginary world and they knew their names and their stories to the tiniest
little detail.
Baby Polar Bears
The one thing Pudgy and the older baby polar bears love to do
is explore. Sometimes their moms and dads let them go out in a pack and
explore the many coves and hills that made up their beautiful polar world.
They made sure to stick together mostly but often split up in small packs of
two to explore several coves at a time.
Discovering Heaven
The scientists at Exedor Laboratories got the strangest assignment they ever
saw one day in October. The company specialized in using scientific research
to find out the big mysteries of the universe and they had done very well in
the last few years. The project they received that day though was the
strangest of them all and the customer who ordered the research was very
mysterious.
Is it Sin if You Didn’t Know?
Susan and Janie and Heather loved to go to the mall. If they had a little
money to spend that was extra fun, but even if they didn't they loved to just
look at things and get treats at the food court and meet friends from school
and church and just be kids for a while. Susan's mother felt sure the mall was
safe because the girls were together and had good common sense
 
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