Your Family – September 2019

BRAIN GAMES

KEEP YOUR BRAIN ACTIVE WITH THESE FUN DOWNTIME ACTIVITIES

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WORDS

Makeasmanywords

asyoucaninthree

minutes.Words

shouldbethree

lettersormore,using

adjacentlettersin

anydirection.

Pluralsareallowed.

Wefound 41 this

time–canyou

beatthat?

WORDWHEEL

Seehowmanywordsoffourormorelettersyou

canmakeusingthecentralletterineachwordand

theotherlettersonlyonceineachword.Youcan

makeatleastonewordbyusingalltheletters.No

propernounsandnopluralsareallowed.Allwords

arefromtheCollinsDictionary.

5-MINUTEPLANTWORDS

CLUES

ACROSS

1 Floweringtreewith

smallwhite,mauve

andpurpleflowers

4 Evergreenconiferous

tree

7 Annualorperennial

plantwithcup-

shapedseedpods

andmilkysap

8 Deciduoustreewith

hard,durablewood

9 Spring-flowering

plantthatgrows

fromabulb

11 Whiteplantsap

13 ....royal,medicinal

plantfrom

mintfamily

16 Treewithserrated

leavesand

wingedfruits

17 Trumpet-shaped

flower

GOOD: 27

EXCELLENT: 34

BRILLIANT: 40

GREATSCORE

FORKIDS: 21

MINDMATHS

Usethesmallnumbersonceeachtomakethelarge

number.Youmaymultiply,divide,addorsubtract,

butmakesureyouuseallthenumbersonceonly.

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2 Flower with sword-

shaped leaves

3 Small perennial

flowering plant that

grows from a corm

5 Evergreen climber

6 Tree with purplish-

black berries

8 Perennial that grows

from tubers with

arrow-shaped leaves

10 Velvety flower with

black or dark centre

12 ....’s ear, hardy

plant with white

woolly foliage

14 Poisonous evergreen

tree

15 Carnivorous plant,

Venus ...-trap

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