Let’s Get Physical
This free daily activity is one of the best forms of 30-minute exercise.
What is walking?
Physical activity does not necessarily mean working out. Walking is easy and effective for improving heart health, lowering blood sugar, and improving well-being.
What is a lamb?
Lamb is the meat of a sheep up to one year of age. The meat of a sheep older than one year is mutton. Lamb has a milder flavor than mutton.
This is an eight-armed marine animal.
What is octopus?
Octopi die shortly after their offspring are born.
Type of hat worn at a baseball game
What is cap?
The players wear caps, which is where the name baseball cap derives. The catcher wears a hard cap under the mask.
This holiday falls on the third Sunday in June in the U.S. and Canada.
What is Father’s Day?
In 1972, Father’s Day was recognized as a U.S. holiday.
Fun fact: In Australia, it is celebrated on the first Sunday of September.
Adding this class keeps you moving to the beat and allows you to mingle with people your age.
What is dance?
Many community centers offer ballroom dance classes and additional classes featuring the dances you did as a young person.
The title of a lord’s wife
What is lady?
Lords and ladies are British nobility belonging to the “landed gentry,” otherwise known as landowners. You might have read about it in Victorian novels. They don’t work but reap the rewards from those who work on land they own, either on the estates or in the towns where they own land and businesses.
Fish use these to breathe.
What are gills?
Most fish have four gills on each side of their body.
A siesta
What is nap?
The ideal length of rest is 10–20 minutes.
The year’s longest day is called this.
What is (summer) solstice?
The earliest sunrise of the year typically occurs a few days before the solstice, and the latest sunset typically occurs a few days after the solstice.
This summertime (or indoors in the winter), low-impact exercise places no pressure on the spine, knees, or hips.
What is swimming?
Some of its benefits include increased stability, flexibility, and range of motion.
A light purple and flowering bush
What is lilac?
Lilacs are hardy, and some varieties can survive in temperatures as cold as –60 degrees Fahrenheit.
This is a mythical half-human, half-animal sea creature.
What is mermaid, merman, or merfolk?
In Greek mythology, Triton was a demigod and the “merman messenger of the sea.”
Something that helps you find your way when you’re lost
What is map?
You can find paper maps at bookstores and libraries as well as online at Amazon.
June has two astrological signs - Gemini and Cancer. If you were born in early June, you were born under this astrological sign.
What is Gemini?
Those born late in the month were born under the sign of Cancer.
Before your primary exercise, performing this type of exercise prepares you for the main event.
What is a warm-up?
After exercise, perform cool-down routines. Both are low-impact exercises with smooth movements.
A show of emotion with a chuckle or explosive vocal sound
What is laugh?
Just 10 to 15 minutes of laughing a day can burn up to 40 calories, according to a Vanderbilt University study. Researchers determined that the increase in heart rate and oxygen consumption during these funny moments boosted the burn.
This seafood staple, found only in brackish or salt water, is often eaten raw on the half shell.
What are oysters?
They filter 50 gallons of water each day, and they filter it better than counter-top filters.
Comes out of many trees, and especially known from the maple tree.
What is sap?
Maple syrup comes from the sap of maple trees.
June’s classic birthstone can be found inside an oyster.
What is pearl?
Pearls are the only gems made by living beings—mollusks.
This Chinese form of exercise has gained in popularity in recent years. It involves slow, gentle movements, such as head rolls, controlled breathing, and meditation, without the extreme positions of yoga.
What is tai chi?
Tai Chi is said to improves balance, which helps avoid falling. There is some evidence to suggest that tai chi might help reduce pain as well.
Giving or showing firm and constant support or allegiance to a person or institution
What is loyal?
Loyal comes from the Old French word loial which means something like "legal," but if someone is only loyal to you because the law requires him to be, that's not true loyalty, which should come from the heart, not a contract.
Only the males of these equine-like sea creatures give birth and raise their young.
What are seahorses?
The seahorse is the only male animal to birth and raise its own young.
To use paper to cover a gift before giving it.
What is wrap.
The oldest record of a gift being wrapped dates back to 100 BC in China!
The name given to the month of June to spotlight the resilience, celebrate the talent, and recognize the contributions of 2SLGBTQI+ communities.
What is Pride?
In Canada, the first demonstrations took place in Ottawa and Vancouver in 1971. By 1973, Pride events were held in several Canadian cities, including Montréal, Ottawa, Saskatoon, Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg. Toronto's Pride weekend in June is now among the largest Pride events in North America.