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Activities to do in the fall
Tiffi finishes helping the players and no new text messages. Where can they go now? What can they do? “Hey Tiffi, have you ever done fall fun things?” Hugo asks. “it’s that time of year where the season changes to fall and the leaves on the trees turn colors and fall. Hey, have you ever jumped in a pile of leaves? That can…
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Tiffi doing crafts?
Tiffi and Hugo go back home and she turns on her computer. Time to check out information on pinecones. She is getting very excited at the thought of doing a craft. She’s never really done crafts before. ‘Pine cones are the woody conical or round shaped fruiting body of pine trees. They are built up of individual plates…
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Lots of craft ideas using pinecones
Tiffi continues her search and comes across with ideas on how to create glittered pinecones. She finds one that looks pretty interesting - Gold Gilded Pine Cones Glittered 4 Ways. It’s interesting and the directions are not difficult to follow but they look like they are time consuming so she puts it on hold. Then she…
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Hugo does the happy dance
“Look at all these pinecones Hugo!” says Tiffi. “Let’s gather a bunch of them. I hope that we have enough plastic bags.” Tiffi is so happy that she found Hugo. He is so helpful and she sure hopes that he stays around for a long, long time. She is happy that the blue fairy made him real. Since no one can see him except Yeti…
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Seasons come and seasons go - the story of the scarecrow
Tiffi was so happy that her and Chewy were able to help the little wolf find his way back home. Time passes quickly and now it’s getting closer to Halloween. She looks at her phone, no messages. She decides to go back to the article that she was reading before her last great adventure. ‘Fall babies are better students - If…
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Is it called fall or autumn?
She comes across different terms for this season. Some are calling It fall and others call it autumn. She has to do a search to find out why there are two different ways of naming this season. "Fall" And "Autumn" Emerged as Popular Terms Once More And More People Moved from Rural Areas to Cities - During the 1600s, more…
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Tiffi reads the history of the scarecrow
Tiffi takes a break to get herself a glass of juice. She checks her phone again, no messages. She goes back to the computer and a picture of a scarecrow catches her eye. ‘What would autumn be without an abundance of scarecrows, pumpkins and bundled corn stalks? The scarecrow is one of the most familiar figures of our rural…
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Making a scarecrow
What’s this? A Scarecrow Contest. Tiffi reads some information on how to make a scarecrow. She reads it carefully, yet quickly because we know all about her energy level. ‘Materials can be simple, but they should be sturdy. Remember that your scarecrow will need to stand up to the elements of sun, wind and rain. The frame…
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Tiffi tells her friends about the scarecrow contest
Tiffi makes all her phone calls and then she creates a list of who is going to enter the contest. Chewy and Arthur will be doing it together, Yeti wants to do it on his own, the twins are going to enter the contest together, Red Rabbit will be doing one on his own, Olivia and Misty are going to work together. Rachel tells…
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Some saw the scarecrow as a symbol of death
‘Through the ages their makers worldwide have fashioned the often maudlin-looking figure to reflect images of the occult, of customs, culture, mythology, superstitions or religion. A scarecrow hung with arms outstretched on a wooden cross echoes the crucifixion as portrayed in this etching by Jim Yarbrough. To a farmer…
