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AUGUST GAMES
Note that these games are currently non-interactive and likely the best ways to complete them are either to use your device screen to view or expand the pictures, or to print them from your pc.
Answers will be posted at the beginning of the next month along with new versions of the games!
FIND THE DIFFERENCES
List 10 differences between the two pictures below
Example:
1. There is an umbrella over the rocking horse.
+ Image Descriptions: (expand to view)
Ten answers are hidden within! Can be used with a screen reader (beware of spoilers!)
Original Picture: Seven kids are playing hopscotch in front of large play area encircled with a yellow metal fence. There is a ring toss game in the play area with rings on the right side of three rungs that are holding them. There is a yellow slide in the background emerging from the upper story of the play area. There is a rocking horse in the background to the right of the play area. The field is bordered by a white fence along the back in the background. A boy dressed in blue is jumping on the squares numbered six and seven. Two girls, one with a red shirt and one with a yellow shirt have jumped on the squares numbered three and four. A boy with a yellow shirt is ready to jump on the beginning square, and a girl with pink pants and a yellow shirt is behind the boy in the yellow shirt. A girl with a white shirt is running to get behind the girl with the pink pants. A boy with a green shirt is behind the game to get in place behind the girl with the white shirt.
Altered Picture: Seven kids are playing hopscotch in front of large play area encircled with a yellow metal fence. There is a ring toss game in the play area with rings on the right side of three rungs that are holding them. The top rung has an additional set of rings on the left side. There is a yellow slide in the background emerging from the upper story of the play area. There is a rocking horse in the background to the right of the play area with an umbrella over it. The field is bordered by a white fence along the back in the background. A black cat is walking on the fence. A cat is lounging on the ground in front of the enclosed play area. Two water bottles have been placed on the ground in front of the fenced play area. A dog is laying in the shade behind the water bottles. A boy dressed in blue is jumping on the squares numbered six and seven. Two girls, one with a red shirt and one with a blue shirt and gold bow in her hair have jumped on the squares numbered three and four. A boy with a yellow shirt is ready to jump on the beginning square, and a girl with pink pants and a yellow shirt is behind the boy in the yellow shirt. A girl with a white shirt and gold bow in her hair is running to get behind the girl in the pink pants. A boy with a green shirt is behind the game to get in place behind the girl with the white shirt. The numbers have been removed from the squares previously numbered five and eight.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
THEME: Summer Cookout
(Level of difficulty: MEDIUM)
+ Description of the puzzle grid: (expand to view)
Crossword puzzle grid description:
Grid is 7 rows by 6 columns (or seven squares down by six squares across).
Row 1: the first square starts item 1 ACROSS for a word containing 5 characters, and also starts item 1 DOWN for a word containing 5 characters; the third square starts item 2 DOWN for a word containing 3 characters; the fourth square starts item 3 DOWN for a word containing 7 characters; the sixth square is blocked-out.
Row 2: the second square is blocked-out; the third square starts item 4 ACROSS for a word containing 2 characters; the fifth square is blocked-out; the sixth square starts item 5 DOWN for a word containing 4 characters.
Row 3: *contains no blocked-out squares. The first square starts item 6 ACROSS for a word containing 6 characters; the second square starts item 7 DOWN for a word containing 2 characters; the fifth square starts item 8 DOWN for a word containing 4 characters.
Row 4: the first square starts item 9 ACROSS for a word containing 2 characters; the third square is blocked-out; the fourth square starts item 10 ACROSS for a word containing 3 characters;
Row 5: the second square is blocked-out; the third square starts item 11 ACROSS for a word containing 4 characters.
Row 6: the first square is blocked-out; the second square starts item 12 ACROSS for a word containing 4 characters; the sixth square is blocked-out.
Row 7: the first square starts item 13 ACROSS for a word with 4 characters; the fifth square is blocked-out; the sixth square starts item 14 ACROSS for a word containing 1 character.
ACROSS
1. If it is windy, you may need to use one of these to keep your tablecloth from blowing off the picnic table
4. A region of the US where corn on the cob is freshest in July and August (abrv.)
6. Probably the most common food item at a cookout
9. Not off
10. Put a ___ on the campfire to keep it going
11. Not the whole family can attend, so the ones that are attending are there to represent the family. They are the ____ (abrv.)
12. Girls on one side, ____ on the other
13. Popular sneaker brand worn by kids, and some adults
14. What you might text back to me if I said that you didn't have to bring a food item (hint: abbreviated version of a common 4 letter word used as a casual response in the English language)
DOWN
1. A large clam you would boil in a large pot (alternate spelling, or currently more common spelling in the US)
2. An unwelcome crawling visitor
3. A bowl of various types of cut-up fruit, and various vegetables cut up and roasted in foil over the fire could be considered these types of dishes
5. Deviled ____
7. "You're __!" (hint: common response to a challenge)
8. You might say this if you dropped a cooked item on the ground
11. You need to bring your favorite one of these if you are going to fish in the pond
12. "Will you __ coming to the cookout?"