Problem: Article: See if your fish will follow your finger as you move it across the tank. In many cases, the Betta will follow along if it knows its caretaker (you). Try to get your Betta to follow different patterns you make with your fingers. Can you get it to do a flip? When you feed your Betta, make sure that it comes up and sees that it's you feeding it. Once your Betta is used to you being near when it feeds, try keeping your hand above the water while it eats. Gradually you can transition to holding the food slightly under water between your thumb and forefinger. Try feeding your Betta a food they really like while training them. Betta may even jump if you hold blood worms or insects above the water level just a bit! Make a hoop out of a pipe cleaner or a piece of plastic. Figure out what your Betta likes to eat most, and use that as bait. Hang the hoop in the tank so that the Betta can swim through it. Move the bait to encourage the betta to swim through the hoop.  As your Betta becomes more and more comfortable swimming through the hoop, raise it up little by little, until the bottom of the hoop is just touching the water's surface. With enough practice, your Betta may jump out of the water and through the hoop to get a food reward. Remember not to overfeed your Betta fish. A few treats for training are just fine but don't overfeed the fish or it could cause illness or death. Show the Betta its reflection for a few seconds. When it sees its reflection in the mirror the Betta will think there is another fish in the tank. Male Betta are very territorial, so when they see this imaginary other fish, they flare out their fins. There is some debate about whether or not this is a good practice for Betta fish, so if you choose to use a mirror as enrichment, keep sessions to 15 seconds or less. To begin, find a plastic stick, straw, or chopstick suitable for putting in the betta's tank.  It is best to find something brightly colored, so the betta will recognize it. Put the stick in the tank, and when the betta touches it with its nose, give them a treat.  Do this several times a day, being careful not to overfeed your betta. Eventually, you can use this stick to train your betta to go through hoops, follow your stick in patterns, and even jump!  Just be cautious of over-exerting your betta, and always clean your stick with clean water before use.
Summary: Run your finger back and forth across your Betta's tank. Train the Betta to eat out of your fingers. Train your Betta to swim, and maybe even jump, through a hoop. Get your Betta to "flare" its fins by showing its reflection in a mirror. Target training your betta is another easy, fun way to play with your betta, and opens the doors to all sorts of other ways to play with your betta.

Problem: Article: Make arrangements with relatives that you haven’t seen for a while and reconnect with them while you both have some free time over the holidays. You don’t have to feel awkward when giving them a call. Family will likely be glad to hear from you! The same is true with old friends. Give them a ring, a text, or an email and make some plans! Christmas is a time when many people who have moved away return home for the holidays. Use this to your advantage and set up a lunch date, grab a cup of coffee, or do a similar activity. Christmas break is a good time for you to start some new good habits like working out, picking out new outfits to change up your style, or try a new haircut. If you find your change in style doesn’t suit you, you should have enough time over the holiday season to return to your tried-and-true style. If you’ve always planned on getting in shape and wow-ing your friends with a new and improved you, you might look into go back to school with a look that turns heads. ccupy Yourself on Christmas Eve during the day. Many of the activities you can do to pass the time on Christmas Eve can also be put to use in the days leading up to Christmas, like playing video games, as an example. You can even spend time preparing Christmas Eve activities, which will kill time and make Christmas approach even faster. For example, you might prepare a Christmas Eve talent show. Some other ideas include: Preparing a hobby to practice, enjoy, or perform on Christmas, like magic, playing a musical instrument, or painting a Christmas scene. The old adage “Time flies when you’re having fun” can be put to use to make your wait for Christmas more bearable. What you find to be fun will depend on the kind of things you enjoy, but some suggestions you may want to consider include:  Video games Snowball fights Making snow forts and snowmen  Building an igloo This might be the perfect place for you to vent your excitement, but the time you spend putting your feelings down in your journal will also help pass the time. You can chronicle your daily events leading up to the big day, keep a log of hints people might be giving you about what they want for Christmas, or even write about past Christmases. This is a fun and easy way to pass time. You can tell him what you want for Christmas, how much you appreciate his work, or ask for some ideas on what to give other people. But just remember, he is very busy this time of year. Don't expect him to respond, at least right away!
Summary: Spend time with friends and family. Work out and come back from break new and improved. . Find something fun to do. Write a journal. Write a letter to Santa!

Problem: Article: They are needed for this method. Go to your town. Go down to the beach. When you see a beetle, walk up to it slowly and catch it in your net. Note: make sure your trees are planted in a place you can reach any bugs easily. One pocket full of palm beetles can get you over 100,000 Bells!
Summary:
Be sure to have coconut trees. Set the date and time to August 9:00. Get out your net. Walk up and down the beach carefully looking on the coconut trees for beetles. Sell all of the caught beetles to Tom Nook.