Kid Scoop News—June 2025

June 2025

WATER SCIENCE Hands-on STEM experiments will show how water molecules are attracted to each other and how water “sticks” together.

Enjoy hands-on craft ideas for making Christmas snowmen as well as some holiday fun puzzles and games. CRAFTS HOLIDAYS

KITCHEN FUN Get creative in the kitchen with some inventive ways to prepare food. FATHER’S DAY Take this virtual road trip with your family to discover some curious and odd attractions. REINDEER For years, Finnish reindeer herders had problems with cars hitting their herds. Discover their ingenious solution to this problem. MAGNIFICENT MONEY MAZE Can you make your way through?

Bubbles, bubbles everywhere! How many can you nd here in two minutes?

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Tornadoes are rotating columns of air that can cause huge amounts of damage when they hit the ground. Tornado season is usually March through June. Read more about these incredible forces of nature in this issue! TORNADOES

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REINDEER For years, Finnish reindeer herders had problems with cars hitting their herds. Discover their ingenious solution to this problem. MAGNIFICENT MONEY MAZE Can you make your way through?

Then, make a huge grape caterpillar. Definitely going to get creative in the kitchen. For quiet time, I’m going to learn how to draw a butterfly. Maybe I can color that and give it as a card for Father’s Day. There’s lots in this June edition, so set aside some time to read, enjoy, and have fun. Happy June,

I’m looking forward to a June filled with fun and creative things to do. Water Games on pages 6 & 7 are STEM experiments which show how surface tension works, how you can use a water drop as a lens, and a couple of magic tricks with soap and water. Cool! Father’s Day lands on June 21, so we can start by taking a virtual road trip to Lake Puddleston and then by discovering some Scan Now to Track Your Reading Progress!

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Hello friends, As summer begins, I want to share a few thoughts with you about some special things happening this month. June brings longer days, time with family, and a chance to celebrate Father’s Day—a time to honor the dads, grandpas, uncles, and mentors who support and guide us. A simple way to show your love this year might be to spend time in the kitchen together, preparing something special. Here in Louisiana, cooking is more than just making food—it’s a way of bringing people together. Whether it’s gumbo simmering on the stove, red beans and rice on a Monday, or baking bread pudding from a family recipe, our kitchens hold stories, traditions, and love. Ask someone in your family to teach you how to make a favorite dish. You’ll learn more than just cooking—you’ll learn how we pass down traditions and take care of each other. This month, I’m also inviting you to take part in a special challenge: the Goods and Services Challenge. As you enjoy your summer, take a moment to notice how your community works. Goods are things people make or sell—like the beignets at your local café, the crawfish from the market, or a handmade bracelet from a festival booth. Services are jobs people do to help others—like the chef who cooks at the restaurant, the teacher who helps you learn, or the person who cuts hair at the barbershop. Your challenge is to keep a list of the goods and services you see around you. You can write them down, draw pictures, or share what you find with your family. This activity will help you understand how everyone in a community has an important role, and how people work hard to meet each other’s needs. So this June, take time to celebrate the people you love, try something new in the kitchen, and open your eyes to the everyday work that keeps Louisiana strong. You have so much to learn, and even more to give. Hugs & High Fives, First Lady Sharon Landry

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Amaze your family and friends with these wild and wonderful words. Use the Word Wizard’s secret code to discover the newly-added dictionary words that match each denition. Word Wizard’s Secret Code Secret Code Wonderfully Weird Words Word detectives 25 24 23 22 21 = = = = = Z Y W V U 20 19 18 17 16 = = = = = T S R Q P 15 14 13 12 11 = = = = = O N M L K 10 9 8 7 6 = = = = = J I H G F 5 4 3 2 1 = = = = = E D C B A In fact, there is a career for people who write dictionaries and study words. They are called lexicographers . Is that a new word for you? very year, dictionaries add new words. In 2024, the Oxford English Dictionary added 500 words.

The rumbling of your stomach when you’re hungry:

A lexicographer is a person who writes and edits dictionaries. They study words, their meanings, and how people use them. Lexicographers help make sure that words in a

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The way the air smells after it rains:

dictionary are clear and easy to understand. They are like word detectives, always learning new things about language.

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The plastic tip at the end of your shoelaces:

Lexicographers add a word to a dictionary when it’s a word that’s used by a lot of people in largely the same way. One of the new words added to the dictionary in 2022 is a word you and your friends might use. It’s a word that means to throw something. That word is yeet , as in “she just yeeted that ball over the backyard fence.” When lexicographers start hearing a word like yeet again and again, it might be added to the dictionary. How are new words selected?

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The name of a TV show from the 1980s, this word is now a verb that means to x something with whatever things you can nd nearby:

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A tornado is a violent storm that creates a rotating column of air that spins at tremendous speed. Often it will rain, hail, and produce a great, roaring sound at the same time. When a tornado touches the ground, it can cause a path of damage up to 50 miles long. Most tornadoes last less than 10 minutes.

On a hot day, ground temperature increases and starts to rise.

When the warm air from the ground meets a dark thundercloud, it creates an updraft .

A storm forms quickly, bringing rain, hail, thunder, and lightning.

The updraft meets a cold downdraft and begins to spin. A cone shape becomes visible.

The rotating air forms a vertical funnel . It sucks in warm air, making it spin faster. When it reaches close to the ground, it is a tornado .

Standards Link: Science: Students understand atmospheric processes that cause weather.

Do the math. If the statement has an even-numbered answer, it’s TRUE. Odd numbered answers are FALSE.

Go into a ___________ or a below-ground shelter. If you are inside a building, crouch down and cover your ________ with your hands. Stay away from walls and __________.

Tornado comes from the Spanish word tronada meaning thunderstorm. Tornadoes rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere. Winds on the outside of a tornado can reach 250 mph. The United States has about 1,200 tornadoes each year.

Shelter in an inside closet or bath. Cover yourself with a _____________ or blankets as protection from flying debris. If you’re in a car, get out. Lie in a ditch and cover your head with your ________. After it has passed, watch out for downed power lines, broken glass, and _________ structures. Standards Link: Health: Know concepts and practices concerning injury prevention and safety.

Replace the missing words.

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Even though tornadoes have occurred in all states of the U.S., the middle of the country has the most tornadoes. Warm air from the Gulf and the Caribbean meets cold air coming down from Canada, creating instability in the atmosphere. Unscramble the names of the states where tornadoes regularly occur each spring.

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Standards Link: Geography: Know natural hazards that occur in physical environments.

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

TORNADOES VERTICAL UPDRAFT DEBRIS WEATHER AIR WINDS DRY VIOLENT

Draw the weather icon that continues the pattern in each row.

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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Standards Link: Math/Reasoning: Complete patterns.

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Mix some ordinary things from around the house to cool off with Kid Scoop News for extraordinary fun!

…and plenty of towels!

Fill the cup with water until the water is nearly to the brim. Start adding small pebbles or pennies to the cup. How many do you think you can add before the water spills from the cup? You will add lots of pebbles or pennies. The water actually rises What Happens:

Water is made up of small particles called molecules that are too small to see. Water molecules are strongly attracted to each other. This explains why water “sticks” together.

The water molecules below the surface pull more strongly than the air molecules above the water, and this keeps the water molecules on the surface from flowing over. As more objects are added to the cup of water, the surface stretches as if it’s made of elastic. When too many

above the rim of the cup and stays there! Surface tension holds the water together. Standards Link: Science: Conduct a simple investigation and analyze results to develop a logical conclusion.

objects are added, the pressure to pull the water molecules down becomes too great and the surface bursts, spilling water everywhere. Standards Link: Physical Science: All matter is made up of very small particles called atoms. Atoms combine to form molecules. Atoms exist in solids, liquids and gas.

Rest two pencils on a table (or the side of your bathtub), about 3 inches apart. Stretch a strip of wide, clear tape between them. Using your eyedropper, put a drop of water on the tape. Surface tension holds

Draw a line from each square to where it appears in the picture.

the drop together and the force of gravity flattens it against the tape to make a lens .

Slide a small object, such as a postage stamp or a picture from the newspaper, under your waterdrop lens. What happens? Standards Link: Physical Science: Understand the unique properties of water.

Ever noticed little beads of water on the sink after you’ve brushed your teeth? That’s surface tension at work.

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Cut out a boat from a milk carton shaped like this one. Put a tiny chip of soap on the back of the boat. Gently put your boat in water and watch it go-go-go! Surface tension! Surface tension pulls on things that float in water. Soap breaks surface tension at the back of the boat. Surface tension pulls the front more than the back and the boat moves forward. How can soap power a boat?

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Carefully set a needle in a cup of water until it floats. Ask another person to do it after you. If you know the trick, his or her needle will not float. Scrape some soap under the nail of your middle finger. Use your index finger and thumb to float your needle. Use your thumb and middle finger to remove the floating needle. The soap under your nail will mix with the water. This breaks the surface tension and the next needle will sink. You alone will be able to oat the needle on water! The TOP SECRET Trick:

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Standards Link: Investigation and Experimentation: Follow a set of written instructions for a scientific investigation.

DUCKY SURFACE TENSION CLEAN SOAP WATER MOLECULES

Can you find the ducky that is different?

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

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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Standards Link: Visual discrimination; differentiating between similar objects.

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is one of the best-known books in English fiction. Written by Lewis Carroll nearly 160 years ago, it has been translated into 174 languages and has never been out of print. Lewis Carroll wrote a second book about Alice and Wonderland called Through the Looking-Glass .

Alice chases a white rabbit and falls down a rabbit hole! She enters a strange and wonderful land. Down the Rabbit Hole

I don’t think…

Alice met the Mad Hatter. Can you nd the two tea cups that are the same?

Then you shouldn’t talk.

Lewis Carroll’s books about Alice are sometimes called nonsense books. In the books, things happen that don’t make sense. Characters say things that make little sense. Yet, this nonsense makes people think and sometimes learn something new. Lewis Carroll’s “nonsense” quotes are some of the most thoughtful and memorable in the world of books.

Meeting the Queen

Alice met the grumpy Queen of Hearts in Wonderland. The Queen asked Alice her age. “I’m seven and a half exactly,” said Alice.

“You needn’t say exactly,” the Queen remarked. “I can believe it without that. Now I’ll give you something to believe. I’m just one hundred and one, five months, and a day.” “I can’t believe that,” said Alice. “One can’t believe impossible things.” “I dare say you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”

Write down six impossible things. What would need to happen to make them possible?

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Alice was so surprised by Wonderland and its strange characters, that Lewis Carroll made up a phrase to show her surprise. This phrase became so popular that it was added to the Oxford English Dictionary. It means something is getting more and more confounding. The Cheshire Cat is one of the curious characters Alice meets in Wonderland. He has a large grin. Parts of his body appear and disappear while Alice talks with him. Soon Alice can see just one part of the Cheshire Cat. Circle every other letter to find out what she saw. “Curiouser and Curiouser!”

In Alice in Wonderland , the Cheshire Cat tells Alice that everyone in Wonderland is mad. The Cat doesn’t mean that everyone is angry. In this Wonderland, mad means a little bit crazy. “But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked. “Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat. “We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” “How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice. “You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.” Mad has more than one meaning. It can mean angry and it can mean a bit crazy. With a family member, look through the newspaper for five more words that have more than one meaning. These are called homonyms .

DISAPPEAR NONSENSE STRANGE CARROLL

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

Lewis Carroll is a pen name. A pen name is a name some people use instead of their real name when they write a book. What was Lewis Carroll’s real name? Unscramble each scrambled word below. The letters in the circles spell the answer to the question.

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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

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Your skin is made up of three layers: the epidermis, dermis, and the hypodermis.

The epidermis is the top layer of skin. It waterproofs your body and keeps germs out. Cells in your epidermis make something called melanin . Melanin gives skin its color. Patches of skin with extra melanin are called freckles . This thicker layer of skin has blood vessels , sweat glands , hair roots , and nerve endings which let you sense pain, touch, heat, and cold. This is a layer of fatty tissue under the dermis which helps your body stay warm. Hypodermis

This gland produces sweat, also known as perspiration . When you get hot, your pores open and sweat comes out. You cool off when the sweat evaporates.

Your oil glands make oil that keeps your skin moist and soft. Too much can clog a pore and make a pimple.

Hairs grow from holes in the skin called follicles . You have follicles on almost every part of your body.

This tiny muscle attached to each hair follicle makes hairs stand up when you get goosebumps.

Each square inch of human skin consists of 20 blood vessels .

Standards Link: Life Science: Students know that living organisms have distinct body systems that solve specific functions in survival.

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Over the course of a year, how many pounds of skin cells does the average person lose? Add up the numbers along the correct path to find the answer.

Which parts of your body don’t have hair? Unscramble these words to find out.

When you go out into the sun, your cells make extra melanin to protect you from getting burned. Wearing sunscreen is important, too.

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EPIDERMIS FLAKE FOLLICLE TISSUE PORE GLAND VESSEL MELANIN

Humans have skin, but so do other living things. Draw a line from each living thing to the name of its “skin.” husk trees egg bananas horses peas peels bark pod shell coconut melon rind hide

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

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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

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Find the two indentical ants.

Kevin has to get across the creek. Help him by drawing a line from rock to rock. The correct path will add up to 37.

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JUNE 2025

This day is the anniversary of the first U.S. spacewalk by Ed White in 1965. Write a paragraph about what it must be like to walk in space. Make a list of things you would like to do during your summer vacation.

Make a plan to eat five servings of fruits and vegetables every day this month. National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month

Do you know what it means to “walk the dog” and “shoot the moon”?

The United Nations designated this as World Environment Day. This year’s focus is on ending plastic pollution. Discuss why Anne Frank was special. How old would she be if she were alive today? Anne Frank’s Birthday Juneteenth is the celebration of the ending of slavery in the United States.

Aesop was a famed storyteller who lived in ancient Greece. He wrote fables— stories and characters that described right and wrong behavior. Read one of Aesop’s Fables today. Ask your parents what happened on the day you were born. Then ask them if they know what happened on the day they were born. Offer to help cook dinner tonight, set the table, or clean up afterwards, and include in your meal your favorite

Find a special event and a hiking trail near you today and celebrate National Trails Day Fly the flag today and learn more about its history and creators.

Tune to music radio and dance along for some fun exercise. Radio was patented on this day in 1896.

National Yo-Yo Day

Can you find a pond

Make this a day without using the car. Walk if you can, or ride a bike.

Design the house you would like. Today is the birthday of the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Write a poem on the topic of “Wishes for My Dad.” Make the day special for a man in your life. Father’s Day Have a family sleepover, watch movies, eat pizza, and sleep on the floor.

or lake somewhere to take a parent and feed the ducks?

Donald Duck’s Birthday

Flag Day

On this day of the year, the sun is farthest north. Have everyone put an idea in a hat of how to celebrate the day. Choose one. First Day of Summer Close your eyes and listen carefully in silence for at least 3 minutes. Then, discuss what you heard. Helen Keller’s Birthday

Find a local activity that is happening in your neighborhood and volunteer to help.

Combine chocolate syrup, milk, carbonated water, ice cream, and whipped cream to make an old-fashioned ice cream soda. Write or tell a tall tale today about someone you invented who is “larger than life.” Paul Bunyan Day

Take your kites out on a hillside, park, or beach. Have a friend run with the kite as you hold the string. Take turns flying your kite. Take a field trip to a museum with a family member today. First, plan your day, your lunch, and which exhibits you particularly would like to see. Try something you have never done before, or explore somewhere you have never visited before.

vegetable. Eat Your Vegetables Day Juneteenth

Take three bean bags or balls and see if you can learn to juggle today.

Time to clean and tune up your bicycle and helmet for the summer months. Bicycle patented in 1819

LEON Day— that’s NOEL spelled backwards. It’s 6 months from this day until Christmas. Write down 3 goals to achieve before Christmas.

Tick the box on each day when you have completed 20 minutes of reading. Children who develop a love of reading will become better students and build a better future.

Find a way to stay cool without air conditioning. Make a fan or a gentle water spray.

One of the beach balls on this page is dierent from all the others. Can you nd it?

Learning to make snacks and meals can be lots of fun, but the first step to becoming a master chef is to make safety part of your routine. • wash your hands • have an adult present • get measuring and other tools ready • clean up spills as soon as they happen • clean up afterwards

Read the instructions. Then, number the pictures in order.

Cover a tortilla with shredded mozzarella cheese. Place a slice of tomato in the center for the nose. Tuck a slice of cucumber under each side of the tomato to form cheeks. Cut a slice of red bell pepper into three parts and place below the tomato to form the mouth. Use a slice of stuffed olive for each eye. For whiskers, place two pieces of sliced green onion on either side of the cucumber cheeks. Cut ears out of another tortilla and place in position. Lightly press down your ingredients so they stay in position. Then, eat and enjoy!

Cover a plate with lettuce leaves. Break off cauliflower florets to make the sheep’s bodies. Use pretzel sticks for legs, and “glue” with cream cheese or peanut butter. To make the head, slice a small section off the back of an olive and “glue” it onto the cauliflower using cream cheese. Cut tiny slices of olive to make ears. Use pine nuts for eyes and attach with cream cheese. Set out your flock for all to enjoy.

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Make a variety of flowers by laying out slices of fruit on your plate. Use round slices of fruit for centers such as kiwi, banana, or orange. The petals could be slices of strawberries, apples, raspberries, peaches— Experiment with what fruit is available. Use a licorice lace as a stem and leaves made from slices of kiwis or melons. Find the two identical owers.

Thread green grapes onto a kabob stick. For the head, add a large strawberry. Use yogurt as “glue” to add sunflower seeds for eyes.

KITCHEN ROUTINE LICORICE SLICES TORTILLAS MOTIVATE CENTERS OLIVE CLEAN LACE BANANA ENJOY

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

nspire the budding young chefs in your home with fresh and nutritious foods, cooking tips for kitchen helpers, and lots of pictures to motivate kids. Fill in the missing vowels in the title of this book. Then, check it out at your library this summer!

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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

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For Father’s Day, Dad wants to have the family pile into the car and go on an exciting road trip to Lake Puddleston. But he also wants to see the following sites along the way:

Sunny Acres Farm

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Cactus Pointe Park Giant Gumball Pyramid Tasty Soup Factory Tour

Cactus Pointe Park

Find the route that uses the least amount of fuel, while still seeing those sites, by finding the lowest total along the roadway. Don’t go back over any of the road you’ve already traveled.

Tasty Soup Factory Tour

Giant Gumball Pyramid

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Biz City

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Putt-Putt Golf

Mt. Frosty

Find the two identical minivans.

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Lake Puddleston

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North American Road Trip When people take long drives in North America, they need to make stops for rest and food. Over the years, businesses have come up with curious and odd attractions to get people to stop at their stores and restaurants. Unscramble the letters to find out in which American state or Canadian Province it is located. The World’s Largest Ball of Twine was started in 1953. It weighs more that 19,000 pounds and is over 1,500 miles long. You can see it in SANAKS

A 50-foot high slingshot is carved from a dead poplar tree in this

MOWINGY In the 1930s, Douglas Herrick and his brothers put deer antlers onto a jackrabbit carcass and called it a Jackalope. They sold it to a hotel in

Canadian province. UCQBEE

Cadillac Ranch is a row of 10 cars stuck nose-rst into the ground in the state of STAXE

Color these cars.

Nearly 10 metres tall, Mac the Moose is made of steel and concrete weighing 9,000 kg (nearly19,842 pounds!) in the Canadian province of SAKATCHENAWS

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow written directions.

In this state, you can walk through a huge maze made up of 14,000 colorful, tropical plants. Unscramble the letters along the correct path to discover the answer. The World’s Longest Maze

JACKALOPE LICENSE FATHERS LOCATED CURIOUS ANTLERS

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

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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

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To be money smart, you need to understand goods and services .

Collecting nectar for honey, we also spread pollen . That helps owers and the crops that humans need to grow!

Pollination is a service we bees provide!

Everything humans buy are either GOODS or SERVICES.

Bees make honey. Jars of honey are goods that humans buy.

Hmmmm... maybe bees should charge people for these goods and services!

Goods are things that are made or grown. Basically, things you can touch. How many goods can you nd in this room? Color them.

A service is work that one person does for someone else. Draw a line from each person to the service he or she provides.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Use context clues to understand the meaning of words.

Is this taxi goods or a service ? Who could use it? Why would they want to use it?

Is this waiter goods or a service ? Who could use it? Why would they want to use it?

Is this dictionary goods or a service ? Who could use it? Why would they want to use it?

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Use grade-appropriate words correctly.

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19 Kid Scoop News believes that being active, preventing childhood obesity, and eating healthy are all objectives we want to promote. Our Fit & Fun page will help you do just that. Join in and enjoy getting t and having fun!

Gather some friends and play these water games. They’re good exercise and a great way to beat the heat!

Water Cup Relay Race

Two-player teams each have a full bucket and an empty bucket. Place the full bucket at the starting line, the empty bucket at the nish line. The rst team member scoops a plastic cup of water from the full bucket and must walk quickly to the nish line holding the full cup over their head. The team member pours the water from the cup into the nish line bucket and runs back to the start, handing the cup to his teammate, who repeats the process. The rst team to move the most water from start to nish is the winner.

The person who is IT must protect a bucket lled with water balloons. If other players get soaked by a water balloon, even if one drop hits them, they must remain frozen until another player is able to snatch a water balloon from the bucket and unfreeze them by soaking them with it! Water Balloon Freeze Tag

Sponge Volley

String a rope between two trees. Hang a tarp, so that players can’t see the other side of the court. Have full water buckets and big sponges on each side. Toss soaked sponges over to the other side to see if you can hit the other players.

Standards Link: Physical Education: Understand the health benefits of physical exercise.

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Summer Family Fun Here are some fun and silly activities to keep kids busy in the summer. If you can, do some of these summer activities with your child: • Go outside, take o your shoes and socks, and walk barefoot on the grass. • Buy a bag of balloons. Fill them with water and have a water balloon ght.

“How do I keep my child busy and learning this summer?

• Put juice in an ice cube tray and freeze it. When it gets hot outside, you have a cool little popsicle. • Hang out in the sun and do nothing. You will be getting some Vitamin D! Don’t forget to put on sunscreen. • Make homemade lemonade, sip, and sigh with pleasure! • Lay on your back and watch the sky. If there are clouds in the sky, describe what they look like. • And read, read, READ. The more your child reads, the better

EDITOR’S PICK by Vicki Whiting, Kid Scoop News they read. Let your child read whatever he or she wants—this makes reading seem like fun rather than schoolwork. Hornwell Honeypicker: The Flying Pig By Michael Heer, Illustrated by Lorraine Dey

Spend time in the kitchen together! On page 14 in this month’s Kid Scoop News, we provide you with fun ideas to make healthy snacks with your kids.

Spending time cooking together has many benets, beyond instilling healthy eating habits.

When cooking, kids practice: Measuring Small motor skills • • • •

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oin Hornwell the Flying Pig on his amazing journey through the clouds.

Plus, it’s a great chance to have fun chats with your little ones about the cool things they can do! So, get ready for a sky-high adventure with Hornwell. It’s going to be epic!

And cooking together provides a good opportunity to talk with your child. Here are some questions for you to answer:

Along the way, learn all about friendship and believing in

Did you cook with your family as a child? If so, what did you cook?

What were your favorite foods as a child?

one’s self. It’s a very special adventure that teaches kids bravery and being true to one’s self.

Who was the best cook in your family?

What do you cook today that you used to eat as a child?

For more fun, family-friendly recipe ideas go to: www.kidscoop.com/recipes

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