The Reporter (Vacaville)

A hobby for the students

- Marilynn Anderson Marilynn Anderson is a long-time educator who has published 14 themed cookbooks, plus how-to-books for helping students to gain proficienc­y; all books in eBook form and found at Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook.

It’s all about laughing, so go on a word hunt and make a funny story.

Hey, kids… do you recognize me? I am Mr. ________, from our _________ town’s Parks and Recreation Program. Every ________ school in our town will now have a Hobby Club.

HUH? It’s true, so get ready to feel ________ ! Kids need hobbies! We are putting together really _________ things to do, so that you will smile _________ times a day and never, ever, be bored.

WHY? Our town’s school nurses want us to be healthy and excited every day of the week, and _______ hobbies will do that for us.

HOW? It has to do with your _______ brain and your big ________. Also, January is the month to get started, because kids have already played with their holiday gifts at least ________ times and they need new and ________ excitement­s.

WHAT? Every school will get packets of __________ , and boxes of __________, with instructio­ns for building _________ s. Read the directions and soon you will be looking at something _________ that you never imagined you could build! It could take about ________ days to finish your completed work of art.

THEN? Just think about it, okay? This ________ thing you will build can be used for playing many games and _________ sports that you can invent, yourself!

WOW! Yes, and that’s just for starters. Every school will have Hobby Day and you will bring your inventions to school, for a _________ day of playing. You will earn a grade for scientific participat­ion.

NOW: A nationwide store called “Hobby Gobby” is welcoming us to use their store’s amazing catalog to choose a Hobby of the Month. The cost of the hobbies is $_________, and each school will sell __________s to raise money so you can each buy a hobby.

TRUE: A boy from ________ got us into this program because it’s a proven fact that if you do at least ______ hobbies, you will become rich and famous, like ___________. That’s how he got his start, and now he’s a millionair­e with $__________ in the bank.

SO: Get ready to be so excited that your _________ will feel like it’s on fire! Soon, you will become inventors, and Hobby Gobby will put your photos on the walls of their stores, right next to displays of _________s.

YAY!! We are also recruiting kids for “PET DAY in the PARK”. Dress your pet like a ________ and come to _________ Park next Saturday at noon. Pets will compete for a _________ , and every student will get a _______.

See you there with a big smile! “Bye” for now!

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