Kids Know


          Teaching kids about Proverbs

               A  first grade teacher  collected old, well  known proverbs.
          She gave each kid  in her class the first half  of a proverb, and
          had them come up with the rest.

          As you shall make your bed so shall you - mess it up.
          Better to be safe than - punch a 5th grader.
          Strike while the - bug is close.
          It's always darkest before - daylight savings time.
          Never underestimate the power of - termites.
          You can lead a horse to water but - how?
          Don't bite the hand that - looks dirty.
          No news is - impossible.
          A miss is as good as a - Mr.
          You can't teach an old dog new - math.
          If you lie down with the dogs, you'll - stink in the morning.
          Love all, trust - me.
          The pen is mightier than the - pigs.
          An idle mind is - the best way to relax.
          Where there's smoke, there's - pollution.
          Happy the bride who - gets all the presents!
          A penny saved is - not much.
          Two's company, three's - the Musketeers.
          Don't put off tomorrow what - you put on to go to bed.
          Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and - you  have to
          blow your nose.
          None are so blind as - Helen Keller.
          Children should be seen and not - spanked or grounded.
          If at first you don't succeed - get new batteries.
          You get out of something what you - see pictured on the box.
          When the blind leadeth the blind - get out of the way.
          There is no fool like - Aunt Eddie.