This section is from the book "What Can I Do Now?", by Emily R. Dow. Also available from Amazon: What Can I Do Now.
How many things beginning with the letter H can you see in these pictures?
This time take the letter B and look around the room you are in to see what things there begin with B. Make a list of them; or if you do not want to write them, just count each one-only be sure nothing is counted more than once.
When you have finished with the letter B, try another. It is fun to see which letter has the most objects belonging to it.
Cut a tissue paper man-with his arms raised over his head. Blow a soap bubble, and gently touch his hands to the bottom of the bubble. Then let the bubble sail away with the man fastened to it.
Fill a glass with water-make it as full as you can-then drop pins in it, one at a time. You will be surprised to find that even a full glass will take many pins before the water will spill over.
Did you know that you could burn a hole in a piece of paper with a magnifying glass? Try this on a sunny day for the sun helps make the fire. Hold the magnifying glass between the rays of the sun and the piece of paper -at a point where the reflection will be a mere dot on the paper. The smaller you can make the dot, the hotter it will be. When you have your dot on the paper (hold the magnifying glass still) and you will soon find it is burning a hole.
Put the ball between your ankles, then try to toss it over your head by jumping.
Put the ball in one hand, and stretching both arms out straight to the sides, see if you can make the ball roll from one hand to the other-up over your shoulder-without falling to the ground.
Try juggling three balls, and see if you can keep them tossed in the air-all three at the same time.
Place a pail on the ground, and backing farther away from it after each throw, see how far from the pail you can stand and still toss the ball into it.
Throw a stick into the air, then quickly see if you can hit it with your ball. (The best way to do this is throw the stick with the left hand, and the ball with the right.)
 
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