Kid Scoop News—SH October 2025

SH October 2025

HOW SCARY IS YOUR ROOM?

PUMPKIN FITNESS Pretend you are a pumpkin and giggle while you stay heallthy with the Kid Scooop News Fit & Fun page! Count Alucard’s niece and nephew are driving him batty with the mess they’ve made in the haunted house. Have fun helping them clean up and get tips for organizing YOUR room!

1-5 words: Cool! 6-10 words: Super! 11 or more words: AMAZING!!!

News ..................................... Scary Room ........................... Dem Bones ............................ Safety Sizzles ........................ Jackie Robinson ..................... Puzzles .................................. Activity Calendar ................... Puzzling Camels .................... (Re)Think Halloween ............. Fit & Fun ................................ Make a Ghost ........................ Setting Goals ......................... Parent Scoop ......................... Early Learners ........................ Answers ................................ 3 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Dear Readers,

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October is a time to talk about scary things like witches, ghosts, and eating too much candy! But, you know what is really scary? Not knowing how to read! Reading Kid Scoop News boosts your reading skills. The more time you spend reading, the better you will read. And, reading is fun! Enjoy my scavenger hunt game.

October Scavenger Hunt Reading Game • What are the names of Count Alucard’s niece and nephew? ____________________________________________ • What does bone marrow make? ____________________________________________ • What was Jackie Robinson really good at? ____________________________________________ • Find the page about a kid named Jason who had a goal. What was his goal? ____________________________________________

I want to hear from YOU! Be sure to answer my Question of the Month next to this letter. If you want to tell me more, please write a letter and send it along with the answer to the Question of the Month.

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Dear Friends,

Senior Executive Administrator Alexis Alexander

October is a month filled with learning and fun! During Walk to School Week, remember to stay safe, walk with friends, and enjoy the fresh air. We’re also reminded how amazing our bodies are, your bones give you strength and help you move, so keep them healthy with good food and exercise. This month, we celebrate heroes like Jackie Robinson, who showed courage and determination by breaking barriers in baseball. Even animals like camels remind us how to adapt and stay strong in tough conditions. And of course, Halloween brings costumes, pumpkins, and treats. Celebrate safely by staying with an adult, carrying a light, and waiting for candy to be checked before eating. I hope you enjoy everything this exciting month has to offer!

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Editorial

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Hugs & High Fives, First Lady Sharon Landry

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Publisher and Editor Vicki Whiting

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Graphic Designer Eli Smith

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Read the article on this page. Then answer the questions below!

What is this article about?

What started the event this article is about?

When does this happen?

The idea of International Walk to School Week started with students in the United Kingdom.

elebrate autumn by walking to school. With this simple, joyful act, you will be sharing an activity with thousands

band playing flutes. The men dressed in traditional skirts, and the students carried a sign written in English, “It’s cool to walk to school.”

Where does this happen?

In the Philippines, the kids had to avoid a typhoon on their journey.

of other students around the world. Walking Around the Globe In 1997, the Partnership for a Walkable America introduced the first National Walk Our Children to School Day in Chicago. Communities in the U.S. have continued to celebrate every year since then and slowly other countries joined in.

“There was much excitement on Walk to School Day,” said a teacher in Victoria, Australia. “The children practiced road safety skills. We all felt healthier and fitter.” In some schools, students use apps to count their steps.

Why is this important?

Bus-riding kids aren’t left out of the walking parties. Some buses stop several blocks from school to let kids out so they can be part of the healthy fun! Good for the planet! Walking to school is also good for the environment! When children walk instead of getting rides to school, there are fewer vehicles on the road. This makes for less noise, less traffic, and less pollution! Let’s Talk What do you like about walking to school? Make a list and share it with your family and friends. Did any of your family members walk to school when they were young? Ask them about that!

In 2006, the International Walk to School Committee established October as International Walk to School Month. Walking Adventures Throughout the years, children around the world have had some Walk to School adventures. In the Philippines, kids had to avoid a typhoon on their journey. In Nigeria, children stopped at the zebra-crossing signs. On the island of Fiji, pedestrians followed a police

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Learn some helpful tips for getting your room from a disorganized disaster to a lovable living space from Kid Scoop News!

One big messy room is really a lot of little messes to clean up. One day, clean one bookshelf, the next day, a drawer. Selecting one little mess a day until the entire room is picked up makes the chore a little less scary.

Use Muerto’s code to reveal the secret way to make your room look MUCH cleaner instantly!

Help Rue sort out her stued animals. Find the two identical ones.

Put small things into small containers and large things into large containers. That way, small things don’t get lost in the bottom of a box with lots of large objects.

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Select one part of your room to clean up. Then sort the things in that part of the room into three piles:

You need space to store stuff. If a lot of stuff is lying around on the floor and pouring out of your drawers, make space by storing things you aren’t using right now. First, sort through your clothing and toys to get rid of anything you no longer use. Donate those items to a thrift center so they can be reused!

Which T-shirts will Muerto keep? Do the math. Even-numbered items stay, odd-numbered items will be donated.

Rue and Muerto left stuff all over the place. Circle the item that continues the pattern in each row.

DISASTER ALUCARD SPACE SCARY CASTLE STUFF DONATE STORAGE UNCLE DRAWER SECRET LYING SORT DAILY LOST

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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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Bones protect important organs inside your body. Tap your head. Can you feel your hard skull? It protects your brain. Your ribs protect your heart, lungs, and stomach. Your spine protects your spinal cord.

Your skeleton is like the poles of a tent. Without the poles, the tent would fall down into a heap. Without bones, you couldn’t stand up!

Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have structures that serve different functions.

Around Halloween, we see people dressed like skeletons and maybe even some hanging around as decorations. Are skeletons alive? While you are alive, your bones are also very much alive. They grow and change like other parts of your body.

When you get cut or have a bloody nose, blood comes out of your body. Does that mean that someday you could run out of blood? Not a chance, thanks to your bones. You have a thick, jelly-like substance inside your bones, called marrow. The bone marrow makes millions of new blood cells every day. Standards Link: Life Science: Organ systems work together to protect the body.

How big will your bones grow? People who exercise and eat right will tend to grow

bigger. Scientists once took two groups of baby rats. They fed one group hard food and the other soft food. Both diets had the same amount of nourishment. The rats that ate hard food had to chew more and their heads and jaws grew larger, and their bones were heavier.

Can you nd the two skulls that match?

Standards Link: Life Science: Systems in the body are made up of living cells. Visual discrimination.

Standards Link: Health: Food choices affect health and well-being including body composition.

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When they were alive, each member of the Bones family had a favorite hobby. Can you match each portrait with a hobby?

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SKELETONS BONES BLOOD POLES

Use the code to nd out more about your bones.

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You have more than 200 bones in your body. The largest bone is in your leg. It is called the

The smallest bone in your body is in your ear. It is called a

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

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow multiple-step directions.

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I’ve checked the batteries in my smoke detector. Have you?

With your family, draw a map of your home. Plan escape routes for every member of the family should a fire happen in the middle of the night. DO THIS TODAY!

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Get out of the house! If you come to a closed door, feel the door to see if it is hot. If it is hot to touch, don’t open it. Turn around and look for a window to climb out of. STAY LOW! If there is smoke, crawl instead of walk. Whatever you do, DON’T HIDE! Get out of the building any way you can. Sometimes when things get scary, it is tempting to hide, but this is not the time to hide. Once outside the building, call 9-1-1! Get a neighbor to call if you don’t have a phone. Whatever you do, DON’T GO BACK INSIDE! Even if your very favorite teddy bear is still in there, don’t re-enter the building. You can get a new teddy, but not a new you!

Of course, the hope is that you will never be in a building that catches on fire. But just in case, it is important to plan an escape route and practice it often. Take a look at the plan Mario drew for his home. Using a GREEN crayon, draw a path to escape for each member of the family. Standards Link: Health: Know the routines to follow in emergency situations.

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If you ever find yourself in a burning building, crawl to an exit on your hands and knees. Smoke rises, so the safest place is close to the floor. If possible, cover your mouth with a damp cloth. This will filter out any harmful gases in the smoky air.

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If something c_tch_s on fire, get adult h_lp, or c_ll 9-1-1. On an _m_rg_ncy call, don’t h_ng up until you are t_ld to do so; listen for _nstr_ct_ _ns.

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Standards Link: Health: Know essential concepts concerning injury prevention.

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When you hear the loud noise, follow your home escape plan and get out fast!

A smoke alarm makes a VERY loud beeping noise to warn you that a re has started.

If your house caught on re at night, you might not see re, smell smoke, or wake up in time to get out safely. Smoke alarms can help. Smoke alarms are tools that can tell if there is smoke in the air. They work even if you can’t smell smoke!!

Standards Link: Health and Safety: Students understand and practice safe behaviors to avoid injury by fire.

SAFETY ESCAPE CRAYON PLANS DETECTORS SMOKE WHISTLE

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If there is a fire, NEVER hide under the bed or in a closet. If you can’t get out of the room, scream for help or use what’s hidden in the picture below. Color each shape with one dot RED, and each space with two dots BLUE to see what it is.

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If you are trapped in a room, close the door. Stuff the cracks with towels, or clothing to keep the smoke out until help comes.

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

Standards Link: Health: Students recognize and practice safe behaviors.

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Baseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson baseball more than any other player – not by skill alone, but by who he was as a person. probably changed

ack “Jackie” Roosevelt Robinson was born in rural Georgia in 1919. His _________________ were sharecroppers, whose lives were not much better than those of his enslaved grandparents. When Jackie was one year old, his father left the family, leaving his mother to _________ five children alone. His mother took the family and her __________ for a better life to Pasadena, CA, where her brother lived. But things weren’t always good there either.

Jackie could only go to the ___________ pool one day a week. He had to sit in a segregated _____________ at the movie theater. Their white neighbors cursed the Robisons and even threw rocks at them. Why? Because of the __________ of their skin. In Jackie Robinson’s life, he _________________ many people who were ________________ against Black people. They felt that Black people should not have the same __________ as white people.

hen Jackie started school he found something he was very good at—sports. He liked to play hard. He liked to win. He found out that by winning in sports he got respect from the white children. He liked this feeling and vowed he would always work hard to gain respect.

The baseball knocked some words out of this story. Find where each word belongs.

y the time he was in high school, Jackie led the football, basketball, baseball, and track teams. In 1938, when he was a student at Pasadena Junior College, Jackie led his college teammates to victory in a track meet and a baseball game held 40 miles apart on the same day!

Standards Link: Civics: Know instances in which political conflict in the U.S. has been divisive and reasons for this division [e.g., civil rights struggles].

Help Jackie get to the baseball game from the track meet.

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Standards Link: Civics: Know that civil rights efforts strived to reduce discrepancies between ideals and the reality of American public life. said it would be difficult to be the first man to end segregation in Major League Baseball. went into the Army. When he got out, he signed on with a baseball team in the Negro Leagues. At that time, Black players were not allowed in the all-white Major Leagues. Then, on October 23, 1945, Branch Rickey, the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, asked Jackie Robinson to play for the Dodgers beginning in 1947. He fter college, Jackie

What do you think he meant by that?

Standards Link: Writing Applications: Write responses to text.

ILLEGAL PASADENA BROTHER RESPECT MAJOR BRANCH FIRST DODGERS MOVIE SKIN JACKIE MILES ROOSEVELT POSE ROBINSON

A Timeline of Ending Segregation

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n 1947, Jackie Robinson was ahead of his time when it came to ending segregation in Major League Baseball. Use the code to find out the order in which the following were integrated.

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Standards Link: History: Students know that a timeline records significant events in chronological order.

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

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OCTOBER 2025

Discuss what would make a healthy vegetarian meal.

How much do you know about farms and farming? Make a list of all the crops that are grown in your area.

Collect fall leaves, paper, and white craft glue. Use them to create colorful animals. Berries, grasses, and flower petals will work too. Read a bedtime story to a parent or sibling today.

Design a flag for your school or classroom. Do you have a mascot? Include your mascot in your flag design. Type out the letters of the alphabet in the correct order on a computer keyboard. Can you say the letters of the alphabet in reverse order? It’s World Teachers’ Day tomorrow—make a card for your teacher thanking them for their hard work and caring. Make a Difference Day is celebrated each year over this weekend. Volunteer to help someone or check out the Make a Difference Day online project database.

World Vegetarian Day

Make a checklist of all the dangers in homes that cause fires. Then, list the steps you can take to prevent fires.

Write a story about a treasure you might find hidden in a huge pile of leaves. International Walk to School Day Encourage a safer environment and be healthy at the same time—join students around the world and celebrate

Discuss reptiles today—what might their skin feel like, how do they move, how long are their tongues? National Face Your Fears Day Discuss with the class what can make you afraid and ways to overcome fear. Start preparing for Halloween. Who will you be on Halloween— a pirate, a witch, a robot, or a princess? Start preparing the costume you will need. Rent a classic Halloween movie tonight. Try “Casper,” “Bedknobs and Broomsticks,” or “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.” Enjoy them with your family.

Honor your teacher today and thank them for all they do.

Do you know what these three words mean: pragmatic, peloton, provision? Look them up in a dictionary. Make a map showing an escape route in your home in the event of a fire.

Write a poem in honor of a classmate or friend. List lots of words you might use to describe the friend and then put them in your poem. Use a tortilla as a base and invent your own pizza. Have a parent help you cook it.

Remember someone less fortunate than yourself today with a random act of kindness. Farmer’s Day and crops you might find on a farm in your area. Using pictures cut from magazines, make a collage of a farm, the animals,

This is National Magic week. Find a magic trick online that you can perform for your family. important to Hindus throughout the world. Find out how it is celebrated in different parts of the world. Diwali Diwali is the “festival of lights” and is Draw a picture of the ship the Santa Maria to celebrate the day. Or celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving today.

Dictionary Day

Start by doing 20 jumping jacks. Increase the number by 5 every day until you can do 40.

Look through your newspaper for local events, seasonal concerts, and celebrations.

Food Day

Tick the box on each day when you

Make sure you have something bright or reflective on your Halloween costume. Get batteries for your flashlight.

Go on a hike, collect leaves, and then identify the tree using a tree identification guide.

Carve a pumpkin today. Save the seeds and have a parent help you roast them. They make a tasty treat!

have completed 20 minutes of reading. Children who develop a love of reading will become better students and build a better future.

Blink! Blink! Blink! Camels have lovely, long lashes to help keep sand out of their eyes. But that’s not all. Camels have another interesting eye feature that helps keep the sand out of their eyes. Circle every other letter to find out what it is. Discover some surprising facts about camels by solving the puzzles on this page!

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Standards Link: Science: Animals have features that aid in survival.

What’s in the Hump? A camel’s hump is not filled with water. Hold this page up to a mirror to see what’s inside a camel’s hump.

Fast or Slow? Camels usually take their time walking in the hot desert. How fast can a camel run? Add up the numbers on the correct

path through this maze to discover the answer.

One Hump, Two Humps Do the math. The camel with an even-numbered answer is a BACTRIAN camel. The one with an odd-numbered answer is a DROMEDARY.

miles per hour in short bursts.

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Standards Link: Science: Variations exist within a species.

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Togetherness Camels are social animals that like to be in groups called herds . Can you find each camel’s exact twin?

Designed for the Desert Oops! The hot desert sun melted some of the words in this paragraph. Can you replace them?

Standards Link: Reading: Use context clues to determine vocabulary. Camels have _________, tough feet that help them _______ on hot, sandy deserts. These wide feet keep them from sinking in the _______ and, surprisingly, make them excellent swimmers! When it’s windy in the desert, camels can pinch their nostrils _________ to keep out sand and dust.

For centuries, humans have used camels as transportation and to carry goods across the desert. For this reason, they have earned a famous nickname. Use the code to reveal it.

CAMEL COOL DESERT DUST ENERGY

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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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(Re)Think Halloween This Halloween, you can take action to help the environment and design a cre- ative costume at the same time!

H Creative Costume alloween will be here soon. It’s always fun to get dressed up in a costume for Halloween. Instead of buying a new costume (that you will probably only wear once), look through your closet and stu you are going to put in the recycle bin for items to create a new and unique costume!

Garbologists discovered that inexpensive, trendy clothing sold in stores around the world is often only worn for a short time and then tossed out. Our environment really pays the price!

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10% of the world’s carbon emissions come from clothing production.

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It takes about 700 gallons of water to produce one cotton shirt. It takes about 2,000 gallons of water to produce a pair of jeans.

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Textile dyeing is the world's second-largest polluter of water, since the water leftover from the dyeing process is often dumped into ditches, streams, or rivers. A 2017 report estimates that 35% of all microplastics in the ocean — very small pieces of plastic that never biodegrade — came from the laundering of synthetic textiles like polyester.

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Look at the items here. Could you use some of them to create a cool robot Halloween costume? Maybe a witch? Or how about a super hero? Draw your costume design in the box below.

Remember to recycle what is possible when you are done with your costume.

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Be an Action Hero!

(Re)think the clothes in your closet! Pass along clothes you no longer wear to family, friends, or thrift stores. Is there anything you could change up so you could wear it again?

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17 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!

Pretend you are a pumpkin rolling downhill. How many somersaults in a row can you do? Pumpkin Roll

Pretend you are a pumpkin growing in a eld. Start as a tight little ball. Slowly stand up and stretch, stretch, stretch for the sun! Pumpkin Roll

Fallen Leaf Leap

Gather a whole bunch of fallen leaves. Yell “Go!”and run across a grassy area, tossing the leaves as you run. Stop. Leap from leaf to leaf to return to your starting point.

Give your face muscles a workout by making funny faces in the mirror. Face Fitness

Standards Link: Physical Education: Use a variety of basic and advanced movement forms.

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Cover work surface with a sheet of wax paper. Place the balloon on the glass.

Mix 2 cups of corn starch with 1 cup of water in bowl. Stir well. Heat in microwave for 15 seconds at a time, stirring until it is a thick paste. Let cool.

When paste is cool enough to touch, dip a sheet of cheesecloth into it. Coat cheesecloth completely, then squeeze out excess paste.

Drape cheesecloth over balloon. Use a few sheets. Allow to dry completely.

When dry, ghost can stand by itself. Remove from balloon/glass stand.

Cut two eyes from black felt and attach with white glue.

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Wendy gave me a great idea! It really worked!

Pssssst! Hey, Jason. I know how you could get that!

Wow! I would really like to be able to buy that talking pet robot fish!

What is a big goal you’d like to achieve? Is it saving money, improving how well you play a sport, or completing a big homework project? You can do it by remembering this simple trick: BREAK YOUR GOAL INTO SMALLER GOALS. By doing that, a big, challenging project becomes a few simple, little projects instead! It’s like eating an apple. You can’t stuff the whole thing in your mouth at once. But you can take a bite at a time. I know you can’t buy much these days with only a few pennies. But a few pennies dropped into a piggy bank day after day will really add up!

So I made a goal to save $10. After I did that, I made the goal to save $10 again.

I got the pet robot fish by first setting a goal to save the money to buy it. The fish costs $59!

That seemed like an enormous amount of money, but Wendy suggested I think of the $59 as a series of smaller goals.

How many dierences can you nd between these two pictures of April?

April wanted to be able to sink 25 baskets in a row. At first she could only sink about three in a row. Twenty-five was a big goal, but breaking it into smaller goals saved the day. First, April set the goal of sinking five baskets in a row. Then 10, then 15, then 20, and finally—she did it! April sank 25 baskets in a row!

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With your child, read the sugar content on a candy package and measure that amount of sugar onto a plate. (One teaspoon is 4g.) This investigation can be quite an eye-opener to your kids!

Dressing up in costume and trick-or-treat- ing is a fun tradition. It can be lots of fun without eating lots and lots of candy. Here are some tips to keep the sugar consumption down:

Let your children keep only a limited number of pieces of candy. Look around for places that accept candy donations, or nd a dentist that buys back candy.

Trade the candy for a healthier option, a sticker, gift, or a small toy.

EDITOR’S PICK by Vicki Whiting, Kid Scoop News

addle-to-the-Sea is a 1941 children’s book, written and illustrated by American author/artist Holling C. Holling. It was recognized as a Caldecott Honor Book in 1942. At Lake Nipigon, Canada, a First Nation boy carves a wooden model of an Indian in a canoe. On its side, he Written and illustrated by Holling C. Holling Paddle-to-the-Sea P

Review these safety tips with your child for a fun and safe Halloween! Be bright at night. Wear reective tape on your costume to improve your visibility to cars. Use makeup instead of a mask. If you do wear a mask, take it o before crossing the street.

black-and-white sketches and at least one full-page watercolor, all by the author. The sketches accompany the larger story and tell smaller narrative stories of their own: for example, one sketch

demonstrates how a sawmill works by visually outlining the progress of a log of timber towards a mechanical saw. Typical of its era, the book uses the word Indian to describe both the model-maker and his creation.

Trick-or-treat in a group or ask a parent, older brother, or sister to go with you.

roughly carves the words “Please put me back in the water. I am Paddle-to-the-Sea” and sets it free to travel the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.

It’s best to trick-or-treat when it is light outside. If it gets dark, carry a ashlight.

Wear a costume that makes it easy for you to walk and to see.

This book oers a tale of adventure while teaching geography and more about North Eastern Canada.

Always stay on well-lighted streets.

Each leg of the canoe’s journey is told by a short chapter, suitable for reading aloud to a child and decorated with

Cross the street only at corners, NEVER between parked cars or mid-block.

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Circle the instrument that should come next in each row.

V is for Violin v is for violin

Learning Buddies: Read the two phrases aloud. Have your child read with you. Trace the uppercase and lowercase letter V . Say the letter as you trace it. How many words or pictures can you find on this page that start with the sound the letter V makes in the word violin ?

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Learning Buddies: Trace and say the number. Read the questions. Touch and count to find the answers.

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With your child, look at pictures in the newspaper. Which things in the pictures make sounds? Imitate the sounds you might hear if pictures made sounds. What do you hear?

Cut out several pictures from the newspaper and put them on a table in front of your child. Make a noise that you might hear in just one of the pictures. Ask your child to point to the picture from which that sound could come. Name That Sound

With your child, look through the newspaper to find pictures of things that begin with the same sound as the letter V in violin . Letter Identification

Math Play

With your child, draw a circle around every uppercase letter V on one page of the newspaper. Draw a square around each lowercase v you find on the same page. Draw a line to connect each uppercase V to a lowercase v . Big V, Little v

Open the newspaper to one of the first 10 pages and tell your child the page number. Ask, “What page will come next?” What page comes before?” What comes next?

Look through the newspaper for things that there are two of. For example, on a picture of a person, your child can point out two eyes, two ears, etc. Use the word “pair” to describe these things that come in twos. Find the Pairs

Point to the number 8 in the newspaper. Have your child say the number and, if it’s large enough, have your child trace the number.

Recorta varias imágenes del periódico y colócalas sobre una mesa para que tu hijo(a) las pueda ver. Imita el sonido que pueda provenir de alguna de estas imágenes. Pídele a tu niño(a) que señale la imagen que contenga ese sonido.

Busca junto a tu hijo(a) cosas que se presenten en pares. Por ejemplo: en una foto de una persona, puedes señalar los dos ojos, las dos orejas, los dos hombros, las dos piernas, los dos brazos y los dos pies. Usa la palabra “par” cuando te refieras a las cosas que vienen de a dos.

Junto a tu hijo(a) encuentra cada una de las letras V mayúscula en una página del periódico. Traza un pequeño círculo alrededor de cada una. Luego intenta encontrar una letra v minúscula para cada una de las mayúsculas y márcalas con un cuadradito. Conecta cada letra V mayúscula con una v minúscula.

Junto a tu niño(a), observa imágenes del periódico. ¿Qué cosas de las imágenes hacen ruido? Imita los sonidos que esperas escuchar de esas imágenes.

Junto con tu hijo/a, busca en el periódico imágenes de cosas que empiecen con la letra V de Violín .

Abre el periódico en una de las diez primeras páginas y dile a tu hijo(a) el número de página. Pregunta: ¿Cuál es la página que le sigue? ¿Cuál es la página que le precede?

Apunta al número 8 en tu periódico. Pídele a tu hijo/a que diga el número y que, si el mismo es lo suficientemente grande, lo trace en el papel.

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