JUNE

June overhead!
All the birds know it, for swift they have sped
Northward, and now they are singing like mad;
June is full-tide for them, June makes them glad,
Hark, the bright choruses greeting the day -
Sorrow away!

Selected.

Riddle:
Long legs, crooked thighs; Little head, and no eyes. What am I?

Tongue Twister:
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, If a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Famous Quotation. Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). American scientist, diplomat and publisher.

WHY?
Why do bees hum?
WHAT?
What did one strawberry say to another?

 

 

MATCH GAME - Paintings.

Match the painting with the painter.

 

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PRESSED FLOWERS AND LEAVES. 1. Collect flowers that are not too thick and have not been watered for at least 2 days, such as daisies, impatiens, lily-of-the-valley, pansies, petunias, & violets. Most leaves press well. 2. Place each one between 4 pieces of paper towel in a shape of your choice. 3. Cover with shirt cardboard above and below. 4. Keep in a dry place. 5. Place magazines and books on top. 6. After a week carefully remove everything. If they are not dry, replace all covering material for another week or two. 7. Then gently remove each dry flower & leaf. 8. Tape them to pages in a flower and/or leaf notebook. 9. Label them - what it is, where is was picked, & on what date.

WAX PAPER FLOWER AND LEAF PRESSINGS.
After they have been pressed, place each flower/s & leaf/leaves between 2 pieces of wax paper and iron the paper until it fuses together. Place in a notebook or you may make a hole in the top, tie with a string, and hang up near a window as a decoration. The wax paper pressings may also be used as a book cover & back.

ANSWERS. JUNE MAGAZINE.

RIDDLE: A pair of tongs.

WHY? Because they don't know the words.

WHAT? If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam.

MATCH GAME-PAINTINGS. 1.H; 2.E; 3.A; 4.F; 5.G; 6.D; 7.C; 8.B.