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August 18, 2006
Mind-stretching brain games and conversation starters.
It's the perfect opportunity for sharing stories, building knowledge, strengthening character, and having fun!

How do police catch criminals? What do the members of your family know about fingerprints and DNA?

Fighting Crime - FirstGov for Kids

For this activity take turns describing a memorable scene to each other. Allow time for each person to form a detailed mental picture of the episode then challenge each person to provide a humorous caption for the mental picture.

Here is a story to get you started. One of the oddest things I have ever seen was a deer chasing a coyote down the side of a mountain as fast as she could run. The coyote was just barely keeping ahead. The only explanation my husband and I could concoct was that the deer had a fawn hiding in the brush and the coyote had come too close.

The caption I would use to describe that image would be, "Don't mess with Mama!"