Kid Scoop News—May 2025

May 2025

From Dance Like a Chicken Day to Lost Sock Day, discover some of the silly and strange days of May! MAY SPECIAL DAYS Enjoy hands-on craft ideas for making Christmas snowmen as well as some holiday fun puzzles and games. CRAFTS HOLIDAYS

Sunday, May 11 is the day to honor mothers everywhere. Here are some amazing facts about mothers in the animal universe—from laying as many as 200,000 eggs to carrying babies around in your jaws! MOTHER’S DAY Aliens! Exploring planets! Space robots! Check out these pages on Science Fiction books and imagine you could jet into the future. UNIVERSE OF STORIES MAGNIFICENT MONEY MAZE Can you make your way through?

REINDEER For years, Finnish reindeer herders had problems with cars hitting their herds. Discover their ingenious solution to this problem.

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As summer approaches, let’s all plan to spend some time reading and also having some fun. So, this May issue is chock full of both. We kick it off with learning that Laughter is Catching. That’s a great start. Our Spotlight pages will make you do just that. May 14 turns out to be Dance Like a Chicken Day — I’m going to practice. I’m also going to try out some of these Memory Games because being able to memorize something is a skill we need for school. Then for something hands-on, pages 8–9,

back. I call that weird and wonderful. And don’t forget to do something lovely for your mom! Some say he was the Greatest Cowboy of them all! Pecos Bill’s folk tale on Pages 14 and 15 tells how he rode a cyclone and made the Rio Grande. Really!? Then I can escape in my imagination to infinity and beyond with these great recommendations for Science Fiction books. Now if I could just find my jet pack! Read, laugh, play — enjoy!

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there’s a great science experiment to see if you can mix oil and water. May 11 is Mother’s Day. Mother alligators cover their eggs with rotting plants (yuck) and there are some frogs that carry their babies in the skin on their

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May is such a fun and special month, isn’t it? There are so many exciting things to celebrate—like Mother’s Day, cool science fiction stories, and even animal moms who take great care of their babies! Mother’s Day always makes me think about when my son JT was little. One of my favorite memories is reading with him when he was just learning how. He’d snuggle up next to me, point at the words, and try so hard to sound them out. We’d laugh and read our favorite stories over and over again. It was our special time together, and I still smile thinking about it. More than that, I think of my own mom and how much she means to me. She is a superstar! This month in KSN, I hope you enjoy all the fun stories, amazing animal facts, and big adventures waiting on every page. Maybe you’ll even read some of them with someone you love—or maybe you’ll be the one reading to them! Keep being curious, kind, and full of imagination. –Sharon Landry First Lady of Louisiana

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Yawning and laughing can be catching. Give it a try! Start yawning and watch to see if people around you start to yawn with you. “Yawning is extraordinarily contagious,” says Robert Provine, a professor of

psychology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Even reading about yawning can cause a person to yawn. Are you yawning yet?

Have you ever caught a case of the giggles with a friend? Then you know how contagious laughter can be. “We really can’t help ourselves from doing it: When we’re around laughing people, we laugh,” says Provine. “You start to do it and you can’t stop. And the harder you try, the worse it gets.” While laughing can bring

Describe a time that you were with a group of people laughing together in a good way.

people together, it can also push people apart. That is called jeering or ridicule . Laughing at a person in a way that hurts them is a kind of bullying.

Describe a time that you saw people hurt someone by laughing.

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If your room has gotten out of control, spend this May 10 cleaning up your messy room. But rst, help Chloe nd the following things in this big pile of stu from her room: Clean Your Room Day MAY 10

MAY 9 You throw your dirty socks in the hamper. (You do , don’t you?) But after washing, not every sock is found! Where do they go? It’s one of life’s great mysteries. While thinking about the fate of those lost socks, look below to nd each sock’s match. Can you nd the one sock that has no match? Check out some of these unusual holidays that you can celebrate in May. National Lost Sock Day

1 hairbrush 2 sneakers 3 pencils 6 books 6 baseballs 2 cups

4 paint brushes 2 teddy bears 3 basketballs 8 crayons 2 dominoes 3 pans

Fold your arms like wings, play your favorite music, and dance like a funky chicken! Sure, it’s silly. But it’s really good eggs-ercise! With some friends, try to stand in these crazy chicken dance poses for 30 seconds without getting the giggles. Dance Like a Chicken Day MAY 14

Go on a hike with your family. Bring along some extra water and give it to a wildower you nd along the way. Draw the ower that should come next to complete the pattern in each row. National Water a Flower Day MAY 30

Standards Link: Math/Probablility: Identify and extend simple patterns.

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Some of the words are missing in this article. Work with a family member to decide where each word belongs.

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Cinco de Mayo

On the fth of May, people from Mexico and Mexican-Americans celebrate a ______________ called Cinco de Mayo . Cinco de Mayo is how you say fth of May in _______________.

On May 5, 1862, in the ___________ of Puebla, Mexico, a tired, poor, and small Mexican army defeated the large, well-armed forces from France.

Mexicans did not want to be ____________ by the French; they wanted to rule themselves. The French eventually left Mexico, and each year, people of Mexican heritage ________________ the historic battle at Puebla with food, games, music, and dancing.

Cinco de Mayo became very __________________ in the 1980s and has been so ever since. It’s a fun-lled __________________ or, as they say in Spanish, a esta!

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

Most comic book shops oer customers a free comic book the rst Saturday in May. Visit your local comic book store and be sure to say a mighty,“Thank you!” How many dierences can you nd between these two comics? Free Comic Book Day MAY 3

CHICKEN UNUSUAL PIZZA FATE FLOWER SILLY COMIC SOCK HIKE

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

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Play with a deck of 52 playing cards. Shuffle and spread all of the cards out on a flat surface, face down. Players take turns choosing any two cards. (A match is two cards with the same number or face card. For example, a two of hearts and a two of clubs is a match. Two Jacks are a match.) If the cards match, then the player keeps the cards and goes again. If the cards don’t match, turn the cards back over and leave them in the same place. Play until all the cards have been picked up. The winner is the person with the most pairs.

Long car rides are a great time to play memory games. A classic memory game is “I Went to the Store…” Each person in the car takes turns adding grocery items in alphabetical order. The first player says, “I went to the store and I bought APPLES.” The next player says, “I went to the store and I bought apples and BANANAS.” Each player must repeat every item on the list before adding an item starting with the next letter of the alphabet. It gets tricky! “I went to the store and bought apples, bananas, carrots, dog food, eggs, fish…” Can your family make it all the way to the letter Z?

Are you good at remembering things? Try the games on this page to test and help improve your memory and concentration skills! WHAT’S MISSING: Look closely at each top picture. Cover it. Then try to draw what’s missing on the one below it.

DRAW A WORD: One player uses their nger to‘write’a word on the back of the second player. The second player tries to identify the word. Players switch positions and take turns being the‘writer’and guesser.

Tray Memory Game Look at the objects on the tray. Then cover the tray with a piece of paper and draw the objects you can remember on the tray on the right. Variation: Play at Home With Real Objects 1. Place several small items on a tray at home and have a friend or family member say the name of each object out loud to remember it. 2. Cover the tray and ask the person to try to name all the objects on the tray. 3. Start with just a few objects. Then if the person remembers them all, keep adding more and playing again.

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Memorial Day is a day to remember the people who have lost their lives to keep our country safe while serving in the military. Many businesses close on this holiday so that people can spend time remembering those who gave their lives for our freedom. Do you have a family member who was a veteran you like to remember?

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I like to remember him/her because

I remember the time we

Draw a picture of the person you like to think about and remember here.

Memory Builder Read the word list a few times aloud. Then cover the list and see how many of the words you can write down in column 1. Look at the words again, cover them, and see how many you can write in column 2. Can you remember them all by column 3?

MEMORIAL REMEMBER OBJECTS IMPROVE WINNER

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

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

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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!

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Water usually _________ well with other liquids to ________ solutions . But, as this experiment shows, oil and water do not mix. Water molecules are strongly _____________ to each other. So are oil molecules. Because each is more attracted to its own ____________, they just don’t mix together. They separate, and the oil _________ above the water because it has a lower density . Replace the missing words.

Cut out these sentences and put them in the correct order for an explanation.

Standards Links: Physical Science: Understand things can be done to materials to change some of their properties.

EXPERIMENT SOLUTIONS SCIENTIST MOLECULE

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How many of these see-through fish can you find?

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

Standards Links: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

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Whoops! The octopus grabbed some of the words out of this article. Can you replace them?

n octopus mom is a busy mom. She lays from 50,000 _________

It can take ___________ for the eggs to hatch. The mother octopus stays with her eggs the entire time. She protects the eggs from _______________. She waves her tentacles gently over the eggs. The moving water keeps them clean and _____________ them with plenty of oxygen.

to as many as 200,000 eggs!

She carefully ____________ her eggs and stitches them together in long ____________. She then

attaches them to the roof of a cave. This is her nursery.

But watching the eggs means she can’t go ____________ to feed herself. Sadly, after the eggs hatch and she releases them into the ocean, she dies. Standards Link: Life Science: Animals adapt in different ways in order to survive.

Donkey mothers may be the most devoted of all. They will not let any other animal come between them and their babies. Even if a curious little kitten comes close, a donkey mom will chase it away.

mama alligator covers her eggs with old, rotting plants. As the plants rot, they give o heat, which means mama doesn’t have to sit on her eggs to keep them warm.

Standards Link: Visual Discrimination: Finding similarities and differences in common objects. Find the dierences between the mother donkey, its foal, and their reection in the pond.

While she may not sit on her eggs to keep them warm, a mama alligator does stay close to the nest to protect the eggs from predators. Once her babies are born, she carries them around in her jaw for protection.

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The temperature of an alligator’s nest determines if a baby alligator will hatch as a girl or a boy.

The wolf spidur is a caring mom. While most spiders wrap their eggs in a silken pouch and leaf them behind, this mom carries her egg sac on her back. She carry it everywhere she goes. If it fall off, the wolf spider mom puts it back on. And once her eggs hatch, she takes care of the little crawlers and let’s them ride on her back until they are reddy for life on their own. Are you an eagle-eyed reader? Read the article below and circle the six errors you find. Then rewrite the article correctly on the lines next to the article.

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ALLIGATOR PREDATORS OCTOPUS SURINAM CURIOUS DONKEY MOTHER

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

he mother Surinam toad cares for her eggs in one of the strangest ways. As the mother toad lays eggs, the male toad presses them one by one into the soft skin on the mother’s back. After a while, each egg sinks into a little pocket that forms on the mother’s back. Then a covering of skin grows over the pocket. The baby toads hatch and develop in these little

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little toads swim free. What did the mother Surinam toad say to her kids? Unscramble the answer:

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

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A 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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MAY 2025

Observe the weather today and give your family a weather report as if you were on the TV news. National Weather Observers’ Day Make a special homemade gift for your mom or another special lady. Draw her portrait and give her this perfect gift. 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.

Tell your sibling how much you care for them. If you don’t have one, choose someone who could be your pretend sibling. Brothers and Sisters Day The first newspaper cartoon was published on this day in 1754. See if you can make a copy of a newspaper cartoon character.

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

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

How many owers can you count on this page? Have a friend try. Who found more?

summer. May Day

Make red, white, and green paper chains, and decorate your room.

Take time today to honor your teacher and show how much you appreciate all their hard work.

Thank your school nurse today and give her a token of your gratitude.

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

Clean your bicycle today and make sure it is in good condition. Check your helmet, too. Bike Month Go for a hike today in the countryside. Wear good, sturdy shoes and make sure to take some water. Put on some music and get everyone dancing. Dancing is great exercise, so keep it up for at least 20 minutes.

National Teachers Day

National School Nurse Day

Cinco de Mayo

Take a jump rope outside and skip as fast as you can for 10 minutes and then slowly for another 10 minutes. Gather friends and family and order some pizzas.

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.

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.”

National Pizza Party Day

Mother’s 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.

Play a musical instrument today. If you don’t own one, invent your own.

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. Ask your parents if you can take over a section of the garden. Dig it over and plant some flowers, vegetables, or seeds.

Museums are important places. Gather your family and visit a museum today.

Draw a long straight line with a piece of chalk. Now walk along the line as if it were a tight rope.

Get a large sheet of paper and a crayon and make a rubbing today—from a coin, or any indented surface you can find. Start to collect loose change today in a jar. It’s amazing how much you’ll save if you add a little each day.

International Museum Day

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.

This is the day to remember those who gave their lives for freedom and country. Memorial Day

For tonight’s movie, let mom choose one of her favorite films.

No Tobacco Day

For about as long as folks can remember, cowboys have been telling tall tales about the greatest cowboy ever known …

Now, you won’t nd Pecos Bill in history books …

No, to nd out about ol’ Bill, you just have to sit around a campre and listen as someone tells you the tale.

How many cactus plants can you nd on this page?

Bill was the youngest of 18 kids. When Bill was just a baby, he fell out of his folks’ wagon out on the Texas prairie. And, naturally, he began to cry and howl as the wagon traveled out of sight. His howling attracted a pack of coyotes. They joined in howling with Bill, but after a few hours, their voices were gone. They decided that Bill must be a coyote at heart, and they adopted him into their pack.

The cyclone mixed up the letters. Unscramble them to reveal the name of this famous body of water.

That poor cyclone had never met a cowboy like Pecos Bill and after trying to shake him loose from Texas to Arizona, it gave up and decided to turn to rain. That rain flowed and flowed and created one of the wonders of the natural world: The Grand Canyon!

During a __________ drought, Pecos Bill needed to get water to his _______. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, so he got himself a big ol’ stick and ___________ it across the Texas desert to the Gulf of __________. And that’s how the ________ called the Rio Grande was born!

Replace the missing words.

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Have a friend give you each type of word to fill in the blanks. Then read the story aloud!

Pecos Bill once traveled to _______________ to help build an ____________ __________. People came from miles around to see this _________________ cowboy in person.

Bill picked up a huge stack of _________________ and some _________________ and got right to work. Widowmaker, his horse, carried ___________________ __________________ .

At lunchtime, Pecos Bill poured _________________ and black pepper on his chili. Suddenly, he felt a sneeze coming on, so everyone began to ___________! Pecos Bill sneezed so hard that ________________ ended up in _________________________. Houses rolled like tumbleweeds, and a large _________________ landed in a ______________ .

It took Pecos Bill more than a year to ___________ everything back to where it belonged.

Standards Link: Grammar: Use nouns, adjectives and verbs correctly in writing; understand the meaning of words from context clues.

Widowmaker was no ordinary horse. Instead of apples or carrots, he used to chomp on this unusual treat that Pecos Bill gave him. Cross out every other apple to reveal it.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

Lots of cowboys know how to make a lasso out of a rope. But Pecos Bill invented the first lasso and he did not use a rope. Lasso every other letter to see what he used.

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efore people actually went to outer space, they went there with their imaginations. Authors wrote about what they thought space and space travel was like. These books are called science ction . Science ction books are often about the future, or they take place on other worlds. These books often feature machines and tools that didn’t exist when the book was written. And sometimes there are interesting alien creatures!

How many words can you make with the letters in the word SPACESHIP?

Zita the Spacegirl By Ben Hatke

From the Earth to the Moon By Jules Verne Read about each of these books. Then check o the reasons each one is considered a science ction book. What Makes It Science Fiction?

In this 2011 book, an earthling named Zita is transported to a mysterious planet after her friend is kidnapped by an alien. She leaps to the rescue but has to deal with humanoid chickens, angry robots, weird creatures with tentacles, a friendly giant mouse, and the impending destruction of the planet she’s standing on. Wow!

In this book, written in 1865, three men build a giant cannon called the Columbiad to launch themselves to the moon in a bullet-shaped capsule. Jules Verne called the Columbiad a “spaceship.” Some people say that this was the first time in history that the word spaceship was used. This book is science ction because it: Takes place in the future. Takes place in another world. Features technology that didn’t exist when this

This book is science ction because it: Takes place in the future.

Takes place in another world. Features technology that didn’t exist when this book was written. Has alien creatures.

book was written. Has alien creatures.

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The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet By Eleanor Cameron

This book, written in 1954, follows two boys who respond to a newspaper advertisement looking for a homebuilt spaceship. They build one out of tin and scrap wood and bring it to the advertiser. He makes a few modifications, gives them special fuel, and tells them they must visit the mushroom planet.

They must have a mascot to be successful, he warns, so they grab a chicken and blast off into space! This book is science ction because it: Takes place in the future. Takes place in another world. Features technology that didn’t exist when this

book was written. Has alien creatures.

UNIVERSE SCIENCE FICTION STORIES CAPSULE AUTHORS LAUNCH FLIGHT FUTURE

Giggle Grid

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

To reveal the punchline to this riddle, fill in the blanks using the letters found on this robot’s data screen.

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

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Buddy shows us how to reach a big goal by breaking it down into smaller steps.

Buddy sees the big job as a series of small jobs .

Jobs that start as taking small bites of the tree, one at a time.

Beavers don’t just use trees to build dams. When Buddy looks up at this tall tree, he sees food and housing for his family.

But chopping down a big tree can seem like an awfully big goal for a little beaver.

Buddy’s cozy home is built of trees and branches. He strips the bark o the tree and stores it to feed his family. Home sweet lodge!

He chews and chews away at the tree trunk, until nally …

… the tree topples over! Buddy takes the tree to a nearby stream and builds a home for his family.

Be Like Buddy: How to Reach a Goal

Sometimes there are things you want in life that are not possible right now. For example, maybe you want to buy something that is expensive. If you are serious about that purchase, make buying it a goal . In order to reach that goal, be like Buddy. Make a list of small steps or small goals that would help you reach your big goal. EXAMPLE: Angie wants to buy a new coat. The coat costs $50.

Angie decides that instead of trying to earn $50 all at once, she will make 10 goals that will help her reach her big goal. She makes a goal of earning $5. If she earns $5 10 times, she will reach her big goal of $50! How can Angie earn $5? Put a check in the box next to Angie’s jobs. If you check the right boxes, they add up to exactly $5.

If Angie can earn $5 per week and save the money, how long until she will have enough money to buy the coat? ________________________

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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!

Have some spring tness fun pretending to be each of these!

Frog Stretch Sit like a frog. Stretch your left leg as far as you can. Then, stretch your right leg as far as you can. Repeat 10 times.

Pretend to be a busy bee“ying”as you leap from imaginary spring ower to imaginary spring ower. How far can you leap? Let’s Bee Fit

Crawl like a caterpillar. Curl up in a tight cocoon. Then become a big buttery and oat around the room dancing to your favorite music. Crawl, Curl, Dance

Stealthy Fox Walk on your hands and feet to sneak around the room like a fox.

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

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Question of the Month:

What are ways to help my child cope with stress? Great question! There have been a lot of things going on that worry children (and parents, too!). One way to help your child cope with their stress is to make time for laughing together. Kid Scoop News is here to help. Check out page 3 to learn about how laughter is something universal. Below are some tips for silly games sure to make you giggle, if not guaw. And some great funny books. Make telling good, clean jokes a fun part of your day: • Find some joke books at the library and share with your children at dinner. • Leave joke books lying around and ask the kids to share a favorite each day. • Write the question part of a joke on a piece of paper and post it where your child will see it. Then post the answer somewhere else in the house for them to nd. Remind children that a good joke makes everyone laugh (or sometimes groan!). If someone’s feelings are hurt by a joke, then it isn’t a joke.

Limit Screen Time

ccording to the American Academy of Pediatrics, excessive media use can lead to attention problems, school diculties, sleeping and eating disorders, and obesity. In addition, the internet and cell phones can

EDITOR’S PICK by Vicki Whiting, Kid Scoop News Read for Laughs! T his month I am recommending a variety of books that will make you and your kids laugh!

provide platforms for illicit and risky behaviors. These concerns have led the AAP to make the following recommendations for media and children.

Establish“screen-free”zones at home by making sure there are no televisions, computers, or video games in children’s bedrooms.

Reading time can be laugh-out-loud time! These books will get you started. Read them for a good giggle! Chances are your kids will read and ask for more funny books once they get started. • Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish • Parts by Tedd Arnold • Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton and Tom Lichtenheld • The BFG by Roald Dahl Find these books at your local library. Ask the Children’s Librarian for more laugh-out-loud books!

Turn o the TV during dinner.

Children and teens should engage with entertainment media for no more than one or two hours per day. Only engage your children with high-quality entertainment media content. It is important for children to spend time on outdoor play, reading, hobbies and using their imaginations in free play.

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M N A L

P R C S A R U E C

R E E I D T T O A

O M E M

V C A T E Y A L P

E H C T A M

O S T C E J B O R

R E N N I W O E O

C N R

S E M

A D

O R I A L

M M E

N C Y

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Page 11 Spider Mom

Page 15 Widowmaker Sticks of dynamite Pecos Bill Invents the Lasso Rattlesnake Page 16 Find the two identical robots. C & G

The wolf spidur is a caring mom. While most spiders wrap their eggs in a silken pouch and leaf them behind, this mom carries her egg sac on her back. She carry it everywhere she goes. If it fall o, the wolf spider mom puts it back on. And once her eggs hatch, she takes care of the little crawlers and let’s them ride on her back until they are reddy for life on their own. Puzzler “Get o my back!”

Page 9 Why won’t the oil and water mix? mixes form attracted molecules oats

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W O W

R D A O

S R O T A D E R P

U D M

O L N A C R E L H

I C A B N H L M A

R Y T Y T I Z O T

U E C O G S R M C

C K M A

I N T D V U A N S

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Page 5 Missing Words

O Y T I S N E D R

S H

I E X I M

S L P L D I T A O

L U

I C R S N N O T T

Q E I F T E L R U

U L M

I O E O O C C C O

A V E S Y S

B O R N R A

What kind of books do planets like to read? Comet books

T S W I M

P S E U H

holdiay Spanish town ruled celebrate popular festival

E E N T W

E R E T A W I

N D A S E K S

O A I F A L

E I F U T U R E N

U S C I E N C E O

L R R R E A D T I

A O A E P F A S C

U G L S V L E I A

N O I T C I F X P

C H E A R G N E S

H T N O N H N U U

N I T M G T I

A S R O H T U A E

S S T N

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Z L A U S U N U G

Q Y A Z Z I P L A

C I M

K R S N E F A L C

A C U W A

Z F

Y L M S I

F D T S K Z Z A K

H I K E D A N C E

T J S M P W

O Y E W

O C R T F Z

Page 10 Animal Moms eggs

T L

T E R H

L L Y C

gathers strands months predators provides hunting

T B I

O R N

Page 18 How long until she will have enough money to buy the coat? 10 Weeks

Repeated Robot C & E

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