November 7, 2009

National Cat Week

Be extra nice to the cats in your life.
Draw a cute cat. http://www.chunkymonkey.com/howto/cats.htm and http://www.drawingnow.com/how-to-draw-a-cat.html
Play cat's cradle. http://www.ifyoulovetoread.com/book/chten_cats1105.htm
YouTube is full of cats and kittens doing cute things.
(Some strange things, too.) Here's one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdQj2ohqCBk

Here's a word search. Try to find all the cats and “big cats” that live in the wild, in homes, and in zoos. There are 17 kinds of cats to find, arranged vertically or horizontally, backwards or forwards.

A N C A R A C A L B
S A B E R T O O T H
E I O R C E U D I R
R S C E F G G H A A
V R E G L M A O P U
A E L I R S R H T G
L P O T U N V A O A
W Y T C A O B T E J
P U M A L I G E R D
F R X N Y L I E L D
O M A N X P A H B C
E D I L B O B C A T
D R A P O E L R S S
R S I A M E S E T A



Answers:

Horizontal: CARACAL, SABERTOOTH, PUMA, LIGER, LYNX (backwards), MANX, BOBCAT, LEOPARD (backwards), SIAMESE Vertical: SERVAL, PERSIAN (going upwards), OCELOT, TIGER (going upwards), LION (going upwards), COUGAR, CHEETAH (going upwards), JAGUAR (going upwards)