Kid scoop may 2014

A KID-TESTED PUBLICATION OF THE LUDINGTON DAILY NEWS

Follow the instructions to make a very special Scrapbook page to honor your mother or another special lady in your life.

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Games, Puzzles and JokesMay Calendar of ActivitiesSmart Ideas for Teachers

How many matching seahorses can you

find?

Every day at dawn, the seahorse meets his mate and they dance a greeting. But what is more unusual is that the male hatches the eggs and looks after the young in his “kangaroo-like” pouch.

Read more about these incredible little sea creatures.

Try our water and oil experiment to see if you can get the two to stick

together.

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NEWSNEWS

hubham Banerjee, a 7th grade student from Santa Clara, California invented a Braille printer with LEGOs.

Millions of children around the world are blind and, at $2,000, the cost of a Braille printer is too expensive

for many families and schools. Banerjee’s Braille printer can be made for around $350.

With a bit of hardware from Home Depot and a $349 Lego Mindstorms kit, the 12 year old took a basic, pre-existing

pattern for a printer and reworked it with new software and hardware enhancements

to print out letters in Braille. The result is called the Braigo.

Perhaps best of all, the youngster has created the software in Open Source code and made the design readily available for public consumption free of charge, so that anyone can use it and improve it.

ore than 100 years ago, a bright, young blind boy was frustrated because he wanted to read and write quickly. Louis Braille worked

for nine years and finally invented an alphabet that could be used by a blind person.

His system uses one to six raised dots grouped within a small space called a cell. Each cell stands for a letter in the alphabet. There are also cells that stand for sounds and small words like of or with. A blind person reads by feeling the dots that are raised on the page.

Use the Braille decoder at left to read the message at right.

Now try writing your name in dots using the blank Braille alphabet cells below.

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SPOTLIGHTSPOTLIGHT

Follow instructions and complete the activities on today’s page to create a keepsake scrapbook page for your mom, aunt, stepmother, grandmother or another special woman in your life.

Stuff you’ll need:• Kid Scoop• Newspaper• Glue Stick• Crayons• Scissors• Construction Paper

Write your name and color this page topper:

CREATED BY:

Describe your mom or other special person with words you find in the newspaper that start with each letter of the word “mother.” Arrange the words to spell out “mother” vertically.

Spaces with two dots, color red, and the spaces with one dot, color yellow to reveal a special message.

Find pictures and words in the newspaper to paste

in the boxes above of your mom or other special

person’s favorite things and dream vacation.

CREATED BY:

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SOCIAL STUDIESSOCIAL STUDIES

hat do you think of when you think of Memorial Day? Today, many people spend the three-day weekend enjoying barbecues, movies and trips to local beaches and parks. However, Memorial Day was started to honor soldiers who died fighting for their country.

How many differences can you find between these two backyard scenes?

Memorial Day was originally a day to honor America’s Civil War dead by decorating their graves.

To find out what Memorial Day was originally called, write the letter of the alphabet that comes before each letter in the code.

Standards Link: Visual Discrimination: Find similarities and differences in common objects.

Every year, Memorial Day is observed at Arlington National Cemetery with the president or vice-president laying a wreath at the:

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

“Uncle Sam” is a character cartoonists often use to symbolize the United States. Can you

draw the other half of his face?

Replace the missing vowels to reveal this honored location.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

Standards Link: History: Know that Americans celebrate Memorial Day to commemorate all who have died in wars in which the U.S. fought.

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Have you ever seen the sheen of oil on a puddle of

water? When water lands on oil in the street, the oil floats to the surface. It just won’t

mix with the water.

Perform this experiment and record your observations here!

STEm SCIENCESTEm SCIENCE

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EARLY LEARNERS EARLY LEARNERS

R is for Robot

Learning Buddies: Read the two phrases aloud. Have your child read with you. Trace the uppercase and lowercase letter R. Say the letter as you trace it.

How many ?

Learning Buddies: Trace and say the number. Read the

questions. Touch and count to find the answers.

r is for robot

How many words or pictures can you find on this page that start with the sound the letter R makes in the word robot?

How many ?raccoons

ribbons

How many ?rolling pins

Robots rolling left and right,Twinkling lights are shining bright.It’s a busy day in Robot Town,No time to rest or shut down!

COOL LINKSCOOL LINKS

The Cat In The Hat: Do You See My Seahorse?

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Fernando only eats a fraction of his treats. What will he eat? To find out, look at the fractions by each dish. The bottom number tells how many treats are on one of the dishes. The top number shows how many of these treats he will eat. Circle the treats that he will eat.

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Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and

diagonally.

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Some say that the Chihuahua is the only dog native to North America. That means that it is the only dog that comes from here instead of being brought here from another continent.

Pictures of Chihuahuas have been found on ancient ruins near Mexico City. These pictures date back around 1,000 years.

Sometimes the Chihuahua is shown accompanying its master to the grave. But it is not known whether the dogs went as guides, companions or food!

In the 1850s, some of these tiny dogs were found in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, so they were named after this state, which borders Texas and Arizona. Standards Link: History: Know how to view the past in terms of the norms and values of the time.

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7 + 6 + 1212 + 6 + 3

28 - 6 + 12 42 - 11 + 5

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19 - 3 + 9 7 + 7 + 7

These Chihuahuas are ready to race! Add up the numbers under

each dog. The one with the lowest number wins!

Standards Link: Number Sense: Calculate sums and differences.

Por favor is Spanish for please. There are several Spanish words in the

article about the Chandler festivities. Can you find the English words that correspond to these Spanish words?

Choose from these

words:

Cinco de Mayo is the day in 1862 on which 5,000 poorly armed

Mexicans defeated the French army in battle.

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CALENDARCALENDAR2014

How many flowers can you count on this page?

Have a friend try. Who found more?

Celebrated around the world, this day marks a celebration of spring and the

coming of summer.

May Day

Tell your sibling how much you care for them. If you don’t have a brother or

sister, choose some-one who could be

your pretend sibling.Brothers andSisters Day

Make this a special day to find out what is happening now in

outer space.

Space Day

Make red, white and green paper

chains and decorate your room.

Cinco de Mayo

Clean your bicycle today and make sure it is in good condition. Check your helmet, too.

Bike Month

Take time today to honor your

teacher and show how much you appreciate all

their hard work.

Observe the weather today and give your family a weather report as if you were on

the TV news.

Thank your school nurse

today and give her a token of your gratitude.

NationalTeachers Day

National WeatherObservers’ Day

National SchoolNurse Day

Write a poem about lost socks. Where do they go? How will they ever find their way back to their match?

Lost SockMemorial Day

The first newspaper cartoon was

published on this day in 1754.

See if you can make a copy of

a newspaper cartoon character.

Make a special homemade gift for

your mom or another special lady. Draw her

portrait and give her this perfect gift.

Compose a limerick today.

Five lines, the last words of the 1st, 2nd and 5th lines

rhyme, and the 3rd and 4th are a

separate rhyme.

Go for a hike today in the countryside. Wear good, sturdy

shoes and make sure to

take some water.

On this day in 1927, Charles

Lindbergh flew alone across the Atlantic to Paris.

Find out the name of his plane and

quiz a friend.

Get a large sheet of paper and a crayon and make a rubbing

today – from a coin, or any

indented surface you can find.

Play a musical instrument today.

If you don’t own one,

inventyour own.

Mother’s Day

Can you draw a cross section of a tulip? Label the different

parts of a tulip.Tulip Day

Put your thumbs in your armpits and “flap your

wings.”

Take a jumprope outside and

skip as fast as you can for ten minutes and then slowly for another ten minutes.

Using a black marker, draw

an alien. Now exchange

your drawing with a friend

to color in the drawing.

Museums are important places.

Gather your family and visit a museum today.

InternationalMuseum Day

Draw a long straight line with a

piece of chalk. Now walk along the line as if it

were a tight rope.Circus Day

The American Red Cross was founded on this

day in 1881. Check your first aid supplies and make sure they are up to date.

Start to collect loose change today in a jar. It’s amazing how much you’ll save if you add a little each day.

For tonight’s movie, let mom

choose one of her favorite films.

This is the day to remember those who gave their

lives for freedom and country.

Memorial Day

Ask your parents if you can take over a

section of the garden. Dig it over and plant

some flowers, vegetables or seeds.

Start a science experiment today such as growing a crystal. Follow the scientific method:

question, hypothesis, method, data,

observation and conclusion.

Invent a dessert using fresh fruit and a little ice cream or

frozen yoghurt. Share it with your family at dinner

tonight.

Make a pledge that you will always say

NO to smoking.

No Tobacco Day

Put on some music and get everyone dancing. Dancing is great exercise so keep it up for 20 minutes at least.

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The Meaning of Memorial Daytimeforkids.com/news/meaning-memorial-day/40391Memorial Day is often considered the start of the summer with barbecues, beach and movies. But in 1868 it was designated as an occasion to honor and preserve the memory of those who died in the service of the country.

Medal of Honor coloring bookhomeofheroes.com/coloringbook/Children can learn about Medals of Honor here with a coloring book that shows the history of some of America’s greatest heroes.

Family Educationfun.familyeducation.com/memorial-day/holidays/33548.htmlFunbrain has a Memorial Day page with links that include a quiz, patriotic crafts, puzzles and ways to Support Our Troops.

Activities for Kidsapples4theteacher.com/holidays/memorial-day/More Memorial Day links to games, activities and stories.

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PUZZLE PAGEPUZZLE PAGEA compound word is a word that is formed by combining two smaller words. For example, when you combine DAY and LIGHT you get DAYLIGHT. Easy, right? The pictures below can be combined to create nine compound words. One is done for you. Can you make nine compound words and then figure out where they belong in the empty boxes?

Look closely! Only two of these robots are exactly the same. Can you �nd them?

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PUZZLE PAGEPUZZLE PAGE ANImALSANImALS

A seahorse’s tail is like a monkey tail. Scientists call these prehensile tails because they can grasp like a hand. The seahorse’s tail helps it to hang onto sea plants while it waits for food to swim by. Seahorses also hang onto each other with their tails.

In most animals, the female of the species carries the young. Not so with the strange little seahorse.

When the female is ready to lay her eggs, she wraps her tail around a male seahorse’s neck. Then, she deposits her eggs into a special pouch on the male seahorse’s abdomen. The eggs hatch and grow inside this little pouch and the male’s mid-section gets very round and big. When the little seahorses are big enough, the pouch starts to contract and the baby seahorses are pushed into the wide watery world.

Number the pictures in order to show how baby seahorses are born.

Seahorses look like they are wearing armor. Actually they have a shiny external skeleton made up of interlocking bony plates – like an armadillo!

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Sequence information found in text.

The seahorse looks like it is made up of many different animals.

Unscramble each word to find out the odd parts of the tiny seahorse. Stuck on some? Keep reading this page and you will find the answers.

It has:

The long snout of a seahorse gives the animal its horsey

appearance. Unlike a horse, the seahorse mouth does not open and close or have any teeth. The seahorse

uses its snout like a little vacuum cleaner, sucking up

its favorite foods of brine shrimp, baby eels and other tiny sea creatures.

One seahorse eye can look up while the other looks down. One eye can look for food while the other is on the lookout for predators. Another kind of animal that has eyes that can move independently is the chameleon.

Find the two identical

seahorses on this page.

Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have structures that serve different functions in growth, survival and reproduction.

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