INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Swimming helps you lose weight because it is great cardio that helps you burn calorieswhich, in turn, burns fat. When you first start swimming with the hopes of getting skinnier thighs, you need to be realistic about your swimming level. It is very, very hard to jump in a pool and swim laps for 30 straight minutes. Your lungs and muscles have to adjust before you can perform at that kind of level. To begin your workout regimen, start by swimming four lengths of the pool at an easy effort. Stop at the ends of the pool to catch your breath if you need to. After your four lengths, rest for 30 seconds. Repeat 5-10 times. Try doing this 3 times a week to build up your swimming muscles. Not only will this help you burn more calories, which will make you skinnier, but, it will also keep you entertained. Doing the same motion for 30 minutes, 3 times a week will get very mundane. Keep yourself looking forward to working out by switching up the strokes. Freestyle is great because it's easy to learn and burns a ton of calories. The backstroke, with your eyes looking straight up, will help improve your posture. The breaststroke engages your hip and inner-thigh muscles. These are often missed in other workouts and will help you get the most out of your swim.

SUMMARY: Start with realistic expectations. Use starter workouts. Attempt different strokes.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: If you live in a rural or suburban area with a yard, host a weekend campout! Invite neighbor children over, pitch a tent, and provide some fun games and activities such as sing-alongs, stargazing, and story time. The National Wildlife Federation sponsors an annual "Great American Backyard Campout" that includes public campout events. If you live in an urban area or don't have a backyard, joining one of these events could be a good option. Get your children involved in planting and maintaining the plants as they grow. There are many websites that offer suggestions for kid-friendly gardens. You can even build fun projects such as a "bean teepee" (bean vines grown up long poles tied together) that your kids can use as an outdoor play space. If you don't have a lot of outdoor space, you can still have a garden area! Try making a fairy garden, or planting a planter box with herbs such as rosemary and thyme that are easy to grow (and you can use them in meals!). If you have a little more space, you can grow a container garden. You can make a bean fort or bean teepee, or you can give your kids the raw materials to make their own forts. All you need are some old sheets, some long branches, and maybe some cardboard. Let your kids use their imagination to build a fun play space! " There are many places online to find scavenger hunt lists, or you can make your own. Having a challenge will keep your kids occupied and give them a sense of accomplishment when they've finished the quest. This will work for kids who live in the city as well as those in rural or suburban areas! If your children like collecting stuff, send them outside with a bucket or basket to find items for fun craft projects. Seeds, pine cones, rocks, flowers, and leaves can all be made into fun crafts and gifts. In the summer time, turn on the garden hose, add some buckets and squirt toys, and let your kids go wild! Squirting some soapy water on a tarp will give your kids a homemade slip 'n slide for hours of fun. Give your child an inexpensive camera (either film or digital) and encourage them to explore the outdoors and take pictures of what they see. This will help them get more involved with and curious about their environment, and there are many kid-friendly cameras available for under $100. Toys like jump ropes, soccer and basketballs, and sidewalk chalk simply don't work indoors. They may tempt even reluctant children into heading outside. Chores such as raking leaves and shoveling snow may not immediately appeal to kids, but teaching them to see the chore as producing a reward -- like a big pile of leaves to jump in or the makings of a great snowman -- will encourage them to be active and responsible.
Summary: Host a backyard campout. Plant a garden. Build a fort. Institute a "nature scavenger hunt. Get crafty. Create a waterpark. Buy a cheap camera. Provide toys that have to be used outdoors. Convert chores to fun.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: These should be in the game itself upon purchase, and you will need all of them to play it right. Winks are small plastic discs that you try to get into the pot. The squidger is a larger piece of round, thicker plastic that you use to propel smaller discs into the pot. Winks come in yellow, red, green, and blue. There are 6 winks of each color. The pot is the container that you try to put the winks into. The mat is basically the playing field. It's usually 6 feet by 3 feet. Place the mat on a flat surface in order to play. The mat has lines etched on both ends. This indicates the field's boundaries and baselines. The mat is usually made of felt. The goal of Tiddlywinks is to propel as many winks into the pot as you can. You can either play Tiddlywinks in two-person teams or against another player. It's also possible to play the game with three people. Only 2 to 4 people can play Tiddlywinks. The verb "to squidge" means you propel or flick the smaller plastic discs toward (and hopefully into) the pot using the squidger. The way you squidge a wink is by putting your squidger on a wink. Apply pressure to it, and it should pop the wink forward. It can be difficult to squidge a wink when someone else's wink is on it. The wink below another wink is said to be "squopped." You must only touch the top wink in your color sequence. If all the winks are squopped, the game is over. Some people sandpaper their squidger down. This will make it so they have less sharp edges. Some people use different size squidgers for different shots. Squidgers must be round and between 25 mm and 51 mm across and no thicker than 5 mm. They cannot damage the winks. You may only use one per play. However, you can use different squidgers throughout the course of a game.

SUMMARY:
Make sure you have all of the pieces you need to play Tiddlywinks. Understand the game's object. Use the right squidger.