Chirp 2013 Summer

The See and Do, Laugh and Learn Magazine Ages 3 to 6

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Welcome to

Summer Fun • Summer 2013 Sweet, dripping ice pops, Splashy, blue pools, Shady park picnics,

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Editor Photo: Melissa Peretti

Summer is cool!

Chirp’s Super Summer Fun Guide Find it on page 11

Super-Duper Summer Summer is my favourite season of all. I love crawling into my sleeping bag on a camp-out or jumping into a cool, blue pool. And I love listening to crickets chirp on warm August evenings. What do you like best about summer?

If you love hitting the beach, turn to page 6 for a Look and Learn all about sand, waves and beach animals. Then turn to page 11 for Chirp’s Super Summer Fun Guide. It’s jammed with crafts, games and recipes to fill your summer days. Have a super summer, everyone!

Editor of Chirp

P.S. Check out the Chirp Magazine blog at www.owlkids.com/blogs.

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Visit the beach Find it on page 6

some 8 Solve beachy puzzles

a silly 18 See surprise

Find these stories, puzzles and fun activities inside! a 20 Meet flamingo

about 24 Read a clever frog a bike race 28 Catch in British Columbia

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Picnic Pals Sparky

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Playing soccer is making me hungry.

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Let,s take a break.

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Yum! Picnic time!

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Oh no!

The basket is EMPTY!!

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Wait, Squawk. , Let s follow this trail of crumbs.

Our picnic is RUINED!

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The trail leads to our lunch!

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Thanks for unpacking our picnic, ants!

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Sam Sadie

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Beach

Consultants: John Fisher and Jennifer Reynolds, Vancouver Aquarium Photos: Royalty-free (Dreamstime, iStockphoto) Illustrations: FrĂŠdĂŠric Normandin

Sadie and I are going to the ocean today! Grab your sun hat and come learn all about the beach.

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Be careful not to touch Jellyfish.

They sting their prey before they eat it, but their stings can hurt people, too.

Hermit crabs move into shells that other creatures leave behind.

Most sea stars have five arms with a tiny eye on the end of each arm.

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Seagulls fly over beaches looking for tasty treats, like fish, clams and crabs.

It’s fun to look at sea animals, but remember not to touch them or take them away from the beach.

As the wind blows over an ocean or lake, it pushes the water, making waves.

Plants and algae (say: AL-Jee) that grow in the water are called seaweed.

Some sea creatures live in hard seashells, which protect their soft bodies from enemies.

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The next time you visit a beach, look closely at the sand.

Pounding waves grind rocks, coral and seashells into teeny, tiny pieces, making sand.

What colour are the tiny rock pieces? Are they different sizes or all the same?

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Beach P lay Dive into some puzzle fun!

S is for sandcastle.

Can you find other things that start with the letter S? Put the pails in order from smallest to biggest.

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Match each kid to his or her water toy.

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Fill your summer with these fun activities, crafts and recipes!

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y a l P k r Pa Game On Make a tic-tac-toe game out of things from nature. Tape fallen twigs in a criss-cross shape to make Xs. Use round stones for Os. Draw a grid in the sand or dirt using a stick, then play away!

Swirly Sushi Snacks Pack a picnic lunch. Spread cream cheese and jam onto tortillas and roll them up. Ask a grown-up to slice into rounds. Try other fillings, like mashed black beans with grated cheddar or nut butter with shredded carrots.

Puzzle Pal

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Paint body parts onto rocks to make a person. Let dry.

Mix up the rocks, then put your puzzle together again.

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Beach B las t Sand Bowling Fill a small bucket with damp sand. Place it upside down on the ground and remove the bucket to make a bowling pin. Make four more, set up in a triangle. Roll a ball to knock down the sand pins. Can you score a strike?

Beach Day Parfait Layer spoonfuls of set blue Jell-OTM with globs of vanilla yogurt in a clear glass for a snack that looks like a bright blue sky.

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Jellyfish Dish Paint the outside of a paper bowl or cup to look like a jellyfish. Let dry. Then tape lengths of colourful yarn to the inside of the bowl. Add a funny face with markers. Use egg carton sections to make small jellyfish.

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Cool Carnival Frog Toss Make a frog pond by placing a big blue blanket on the ground. Add circles of green paper or craft foam as lily pads. Stand back and try tossing toy frogs onto the lily pads.

Corndog Cookies Pompom Prizes

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Glue a small pompom onto a big pompom. Add a felt triangle for a beak, a pair of googly eyes and a tail feather. Tweet away with your new bird friend!

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Ask an adult to mix up your favourite sugar cookie recipe and cut the dough into the shape of corndogs. Poke a Popsicle stick into each one before baking.

Decorate cooled cookies with squiggles of yellow and red icing to look like ketchup and mustard.

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Camping Craze Story Time Sit around the campfire with friends or family members. Ask someone to make up the first line of a story and say it out loud. Keep adding lines to the story by going around the circle. See how long you can keep the story going.

Bright Light Brush yellow paint onto the outside of a clean jar or glue yellow tissue paper onto it. Place an electric tea light inside to light your way.

Toasty Treat Make a roaring campfire that you can eat!

Pile pretzels on top of each other for logs and slivers of dried apricot and peaches for fire. Stick mini-marshmallows onto pretzel sticks and pretend to roast them at your campfire.

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Rainy Day Fun Dotty Drawing Dab the eraser end of a pencil in an ink pad.

Then stamp the eraser on a piece of paper.

Keep going until you have a cool picture!

Indoor Scavenger Hunt Ask an adult to hide small stuffed animals or toy cars all over your home. See how quickly you can find them all.

Sunshine Pops Bring the sunshine indoors with these bright frozen treats. Put a banana, a peeled orange and a cup of chopped pineapple in a blender. Add a cup of vanilla yogurt and a tablespoon of maple syrup. Whirl until smooth.

Pour into Popsicle molds and freeze.

Grab your sunglasses and enjoy!

Send us photos of you doing these activities to chirp@owlkids.com.

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Who’s Who?

Answer the questions below to find out each kid’s name.

1 Jessie’s favourite colour is yellow.

3 Ariel has very long hair.

2 Daniel is sitting between Ariel and Jessie.

4 Orla has red shoes.

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Photo: Royalty-free (iStockphoto)

Make up a summer story about these friends!

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Flamingos

A flamingo uses its bottom beak to scoop up fish.

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Neat Noises

About as tall as a 5-year-old kid

Illustrations: Jackie Stafford

How big they are

Flamingos make many sounds. They honk to greet each other and growl when they’re angry.

What they eat Algae, small insects and shellfish, like shrimp

Cool Colours

Where they live Beaches, lagoons and lakes in warm places around the world

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Flamingos get their bright pink colour from all the algae and shellfish they eat.

Consultant: Michel Gosselin, Canadian Museum of Nature

Flamingos often stand on one leg in shallow water to rest. They tuck their heads into their bodies to stay warm.

Photo: Mode Images/Alamy

Water Lover

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c u e a r n h g L r o F e h T

Written and illustrated by Rebecca Bender

Every morning, as the summer Sun rose over Ribbit Pond, all the frogs raced to get a good lily pad for the day. One lily pad was every frog’s favourite. It got the perfect amount of sunshine and tons of bug traffic. YUM!

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Sunny was never fast enough to get any lily pad, let alone the best one. Jumping and swimming were not his specialty. His legs were too scrawny.

That’s why Sunny spent his days with the leeches in the slimy, boggy water. YUCK!

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Few frogs ever noticed Sunny there and no one ever offered to share a lily pad.

On a morning like any other, Sunny slogged over to mope in his usual soggy spot. But when he got there, he found a big branch blocking his way. The branch had fallen and was sticking out of the mud, right in Sunny’s spot. Sunny poked it.

He pushed it. He leaned on it with all his weight. But the branch didn’t budge.

“Great. Now I have to share my spot with a stick-in-the-mud!”

Sunny gazed at the sky. A large blackbird flew down and landed on the stick.

The stick bent over and nearly touched the mud with its leaves. When the bird flew off, the stick bounced back with a SPPRROOOUUUUNNGGGG! Sunny hopped with excitement. He had an idea!

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Sunny got to work right away. He didn’t even stop for a bug break. By evening he was tired, but his invention was ready.

The next morning, the Sun peeked over the horizon and sparkled on Ribbit Pond once again. As the frogs started their race, Sunny hopped over to his invention and climbed on.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1! He released the trigger and…

“YAAAHHHOOOOOOOO!”

Sunny soared through the air like a bird! He landed on the best lily pad in Ribbit Pond. Except he wasn’t the first to arrive. Sunny had landed on Big Frog, the biggest bullfrog in the pond. Sunny looked down at Big Frog in fright.

Big Frog looked up at Sunny.

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“Woooaaa,” said Big Frog. “That’s the biggest leap I’ve ever seen! How did you do that? Say, while you’re up there sitting on my head, see if you can grab a horsefly. I can never reach them.” Horseflies were Sunny’s favourite. They were the juiciest flies of all.

Sunny snatched a horsefly with his sticky tongue and passed it down to Big Frog. Sunny and Big Frog worked together and caught way more flies than they ever could by themselves.

From then on, the frogs of Ribbit Pond shared their lily pads, and no one had to spend time in the slimy, boggy water with the leeches.

Except when they wanted to leap and soar across the water with the FROG LAUNCH-O-MATIC.

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TAKE A TRIP

A Bike Race in British Columbia Every summer, bike riders zip along trails in the BC Bike Race in British Columbia, Canada.

Which Way?

Use your finger to trace each path. Which one leads to the finish line?

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Find these things in the picture.

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Spot another bike that looks like this one.

Illustration: Céline Malépart

Picnic

All About British Columbia Popular food: Fresh seafood Provincial bird: Steller’s Jay B.C.'s Flag:

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WORD

Point to the letters from the word of the month in the alphabet.

Illustrations: Claudia Dávila

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Now write the word Summer in the spaces below.

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What animals would you like to see on safari?

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Chirp’s Colour

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Contest Winners

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In the March issue, we asked you to draw a picture using your favourite colour.

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Paint Power!

These readers had a blast making the painting crafts from the March issue.

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Enter Chirp’s Summer Contest

Editor Jackie Farquhar (on leave) Acting Editor Katherine Dearlove Art Director Susan Sinclair Designer Ladan Lajevardi Assistant Editor Melissa Owens Photo Researcher Tracey Jacklin Editorial Assistant Ashley Van Eysinga Educational Consultant Mark Magee Advertising Melissa Kilpatrick (416) 340-2700 Founder Annabel Slaight

r Draw a picture of yourself doing you favourite summer activity. You could WIN 1 of 3 Water Works toys.

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Employees of Bayard Canada, PlaSmart, and their families may not enter. Contest is subject to federal, provincial, and local laws. Void where prohibited. Full contest rules and regulations can be seen at www.owlkids.com.

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Vol. 17, No. 6, Summer 2013 Chirp (ISSN 1206-4580) is published 10 times a year: Jan/Feb, Mar, Apr, May, June, Jul/Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec.

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Fun Things to Do in

Illustrations: Ladan Lajevardi, Bob Kain (Chirp), Royalty-free/Dreamstime

and y l u J Aug ust Paint a mural outside. Ask an adult to hang an old sheet or a piece of paper on a clothesline or lay one on the ground.

Dip a paintbrush or sponge in tempera paint and colour away.

Add Juicy red strawberries to your s’mores to celebrate Canada Day on July 1.

Join a summer reading club at your local library. Get started with Water in the Park, written

by Emily Jenkins and illustrated

by Stephanie Graegin.

Ask an adult to take you outside at night on July 22 to see the full moon.

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Play a new version of tag to celebrate Friendship Day on August 4. In shadow tag, the ”It” player steps on other players’ shadows to tag them.

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live with a bunch of animals?

One little girl finds out in My Neighbor Is a Dog!

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What does the Sun drink out of?

Sun glasses!

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Swimming trunks!

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Say this 5 times fast: SUPER SAND

Illustrations: Bernice Lum; Bob Kain (Chirp)

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

I scream.

I scream who?

I scream for ice cream!

What do elephants bring to pools?

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