• Four "moccasins" (shoes)
• To use as point counters: leaves, feathers, walnuts, small beanbags (can be a sock filled with dried rice or beans then tied securely), a scrap of material or rolled-up paper, building blocks or medium-sized rubber balls
• Scratch paper or a small pad of paper for each child
• Pencils or crayons

• Place small beanbags or other "counters" in a bowl.
• Label the four shoes 1 through 4 with scrap paper.
• Ask a grown-up to sit with the children in order to hide the counter into a shoe.
• Ask children to close their eyes, or to turn their backs on the shoes for a minute.
• The grown-up hides the counter in one shoe.
• The children turn back around (facing the shoes this time) and are asked to write down two guesses what number shoe they think the nut is hidden in. If children are too small to write, have the grown-up ask them and write it down for them. For example, the child might have "4" followed by "1" on their paper - the "4" is their first guess, the "1" is their second guess.
• Any child that guesses correctly with his/her first number gets four beans from the bowl. Anyone who got it right on their second guess gets two beans.
• Play several rounds, and in the end, the child with the most beans wins the game.
• The winning child gets to hide the next object with a grown-up's guidance.

Super Sleuths clearly have an eye for detail, and, as grown-ups will soon find out, so do preschoolers! This is a perfect game to play when children are seated at the Thanksgiving table and waiting to be served, during the mealtime, or during clean-up time.

• A grown-up starts the game by saying, "I spy, with my little eye, something...." Here, the grown-up says something that s/he can see and that the youngsters at the table can likely see, too. This can be obvious, as in "something that tells us the time" (clock); or a little more mysterious, as in "something that is green and long" or "something that is red and has a star on it."
• Allow the children to make some guesses. If they seem to be stumped, the grown-up can give some verbal clues.
• Once the children have spied the item, allow them to take turns trying to stump the rest of their table mates.

Oh bother, some of Pooh's puzzle pieces have gone missing. Darby and the gang know there's much to discover in the Hundred Acre Wood - maybe even the pieces to Pooh's puzzle! Gather your kids together and tell them to "think, think, think" about where the pieces could be and use their Tigger-ific sleuthing skills.

• Two puzzles that are relatively age-appropriate for the group of children at your house and don't have too many pieces (10-20 is a good total). When in doubt, choose a puzzle that's a bit "younger" than the children.
• Two markers with different ink colors.

• Before the children arrive, use one a marker to place a dot on the back of each of the puzzle pieces from one box.
• Then take the other marker (with different ink color) and place a dot on the back of all the pieces from the second puzzle.
• Ask the children to leave the area in which you'll hide the puzzle pieces.
• Reserve one-half or more of the puzzle, which you'll give to the children at the beginning of the game -- take the remaining pieces to use for hiding.
• Hide an equal number of pieces from each puzzle.
• When the children return, divide them into two teams and have the two group names coincide with the colors you used to make the dots; for example, the "red" and "blue" teams. If the children are fairly young, it might be a good idea to assign a grown-up to each team too.
• Explain that the children need to assemble the puzzle pieces they are given and then search a designated area for the remaining pieces. Tell them whether they are "blue" or "red" team and that the only pieces they can find/use are those that have a dot that matches their team's name.
• At the sound of "go," the children must race to assemble the puzzle and then zip around the room in an attempt to find their missing pieces.
• The first team to complete its puzzle wins!

Darby, Pooh, and Tigger know that they have a special place within the Hundred Acre Wood "family," and, as Tigger might say, "there's nothing better-er" than being with loved ones and learning all about them. Kids are fascinated when grown-ups and other family members tell stories from when they were young. Let your own children act as Family History Super Sleuths in order to uncover some fun stories from years gone by!

• If children are young, pair them with a grown-up for this activity. If there is a mixed age group of children, pair an older child who can write with a younger one. Or you can choose the whole group of children to act as one team.
• You can use our sheet of questions and print it out in advance, or you can leave it to the kids to come up with their own questions - their ages might dictate what you choose.
• Have Super Sleuth teams choose one or more grown-ups to "interview." Write down "notes" from the stories that are shared so that the team can relay what they've learned to the whole family later.
• Once the family is gathered together again, either at the dinner table or while relaxing after the big meal, each Super Sleuth team gets to "present" a few things they learned about their special grown-up.
• If family photos are available, this might be a fun time to pull them out and add some "visuals" to the storytelling!

• What was your favorite annual holiday? Why?
• What was your school like? Who was your best friend(s) and what most did you enjoy doing together?
• What kinds of chores did you have around the house?
• What was your favorite hobby or pastime when you were young?
• Tell us about one time when you really got in trouble for something.
• Tell us about one time when you were rewarded or recognized for something you did.
• Tell us about something you were very afraid of when you were little.
• Who was your "hero" when you were young?