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Flowers Flowers smell so sweet Beeds buzz happily over them Blooming in the fields, No wonder our eyes enjoy colourful feast!

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Octopus squirts ink out Spreads its arms out It pulls things out of caves It smacks sharks with its arms If I were one I certainly would.

Greeshma Class V

A seed Here is a little seed for me to sow Here is a little soil to make it grow A little hole, a little pat, a little wish, and that is that, A little sun, a little shower And a little while And then , a flower

Riddles

Q. What starts with the letter “t”, is filled with “t” and ends in “t”?

A. Teapot

Which building has the most stries?

A library!

What can be swallowed, but can also swallow you?

Water!

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Q. Name the days of the week that start with the letter “t”?

A. Tuesday, Thursday.

Q. I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even.

What number am I? A. Seven (Remove‘s’ and it becomes ‘even’)..

Q. Which two keys can’t open any door?

A. A monkey and a donkey.

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FILM REVIEW

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This issue brings a wonderful blend of fun and learning.

So get set and go! Sharpen your skills, enhance your learning, develop creativity, widen awareness, enrich your knowledge, discover your hidden talents, enjoy laugh time and many more.

The cover story on ‘Play Outdoors’ gives you tips to reduce anxiety, develop team spirit and problem solving skills. You will know about the creativity in budding poets, enjoy the riddles and a trip to Fairy Tale Village and keep yourself updated with events calender.

Enjoy with ‘Finding DORY’ the fish in the animated underwater adventure film, develop elephant memory by exploring into the animal world, probe into the maths world and learn through fun, discover the wonder of underwater mailbox. Learn more about the largest and the smallest continents and the endangered birds. Choose your ideals from inspiring personalities. Unfold the Mystery of Magic. Laugh it out with jokes. Solve the puzzles and have a wonderful time.

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Neptune’s moon S/2004 N 1 was discovered. – 2013

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Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose was arrested and detained in Calcutta.

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World UFO Day

Doctors Day

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Maratha army under the leadership of Sadashiv Rao Bhau and VishvasRao, captured Delhi – 1760

British East India Company signed a treaty with the Nizam of Hyderabad and Peshwa of Pune against Tipu Sultan.-1789.

Kiran Bedi was awarded the prestigious Magsaysay Award.- 1994

Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member Of Parliament in Britain.-1892

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World Environment Day

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Bangalore University was established in Karnataka state.

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Bombay Stock Exchange, popularly known as the BSE Ltd, was formed in Bombay (now Mumbai) - 1875.

Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated the world’s longest dam, Bhakra-Nangal, at Punjab. - 1954

The first public corporation, the Damodar Valley Corporation, was established. – 1948

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America’s first space station, Skylab, was destroyed as it reentered the Earth’s atmosphere over the Indian Ocean. - 1979

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Ranjit Singh conquered Lahore and became Maharaja of the Punjab (Sikh Empire). - 1799

World Population Day

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Gandhiji opposed Bengal partition and supports boycott of British goods.-1905

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Aurangzeb was appointed the Viceroy of Deccan by Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan. - 1636

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India’s first Prime Minister, was awarded the Bharat Ratna, by then President, Rajendra Prasad. - 1955

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French rule ended in Mayyazhi (a district in Puducherry) and Indian flag hoisted. 1954

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K.R. Narayanan was sworn in as the tenth President of India becoming the first Dalit to hold the prestigious office.

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Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was elected as President of India. - 1977

Sri Lanka elected Sirimavo Bandaranaike as the Prime Minister, the world’s first elected female head of government. – 1960

Comet Hale–Bopp was discovered; it became visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later.–1995

The National Flag of India was adopted in its present form. 1947

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Walt Disney’s 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, was premiered in London.- 1951

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S. Vijayalakshmi became the first Indian woman Grandmaster. – 2000

Former President of India Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam died of cardiac arrest while delivering a lecture in IIM, Shillong – 2015

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Kargil Victory Day

Congress decided to boycott the upcoming visit of the Prince of Wales in November as part of the Non Cooperation Movement. 1921

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Astronomers announced their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.

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The Trans-Canada Highway, the largest national highway in the world, was officially opened. 1962

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Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar won the Magsaysay Award.- 1992

World Tiger Day

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he best place for children to play and have fun is outdoors. Unfortunately, today children are confined themselves to play indoors. Parents must make sure that children get some place and time to play outdoors as it has many benefits. The unstructured and open ended creative play in the play ground teaches children different ways of life.

BENEFITS

Playing outdoors increases creativity in children. It also connects formal learning at school and informal play.

Outdoor play is a multi sensory activity as children see, hear, smell and touch things around while playing.

Outside play reduces anxiety in children and makes them more relaxed.

As children make their own rules while playing, it helps them to find out what works and what doesn’t. This helps develop problem-solving skills too.

When children play outside, they get enough vitamin D naturally. Vitamin D is very important for children as it works along with calcium in the body and helps build bones and keeps them strong.

By watching the animals in nature, children develop the ability to learn and grow.

Children work together to play in the playground. This develops team work among children.

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Watch out!

Bumps and bruises are part of playing and learning. It’s natural for parents to worry about their child, but this should not stop the child from playing outside. Children learn from mistakes and they bounce back cheerfully.

Happy children are successful learners. Make sure children have sufficient play and fun every day to help them grow mentally and physically. hysically

KUDOS

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YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR

Self-Made Millionaire Isabella Barrett

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wning a business requires a lot of organising skills.

To start and maintain a business, one should be mature enough with proper planning. But you will be surprised to know about Isabella, who became a millionaire when she was just six years old! She launched her own clothing and jewellery line!

Born on August 8, 2006, in Rhode Island, America, Isabella Barrett,

a child model is famous for her appearance in TLC TV network reality series “Toddlers and Tiaras”.

She is also the winner of Little Miss America in 2012. Despite the high heels, heavy make-up and bulging shopping bags, Isabella is still in primary school! To be a young entrepreneur is not achieved without sacrifice. At present at the age of nine, she has achieved a lot of success, name and fame.

• The young entrepreneur has already launched her own clothing and jewellery line.

• She enjoys splashing the cash on designer shoes and expensive labels.

• Isabella lives a life of luxury, chauffeur driven to her favourite shopping haunts, dining on fresh lobster and attending parties with her friends.

• She has two companies named ‘Glitzy Girl’, and ‘Bound by the Crown Couture’.

• In addition to her clothing line, she has also produced two songs called “LOL” and “I’m Just a Kid”, and is currently recording two more songs.

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The young entrepreneur Isabella says, “It feels awesome because I know everybody looks up to me.

My fans love me, they tell me I’m really cool and pretty there’s nothing not to like about being famous. My life is very busy and sometimes I have to miss gymnastic because I have to go on jobs, on auditions and stuff like that.”

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could live in a place that every moment reminds you of a fairyland. No cars, no buses, no loud noises and no pollution! Just a beautiful and peaceful land in the lap of nature! There is a small village in Netherlands that gives a real feeling of fairyland. This village is known as ‘Giethoorn’. It is also known as ‘Venice of Netherlands’ or ‘Venice of North’. The loudest sound that you can hear is probably the quacking of a duck or chirping of birds. Whoa!

The only way people can go around in Giethoorn is by special boats called ‘punters’ or walk over

wooden bridges as there are no roads at all! There are nearly 180 bridges and some of the houses here are 200 years old.

Every year around two lakh tourists visit this place.

How did so many lakes form here?

Well! Long time ago this place was marshy land that was richly covered with peat. The villagers dug out the peat and mixed it in a vessel. Then they spread on the adjacent land to dry. Digging out peat created deep ditches and led to formation of many lakes over time. Later canals were made to connect the peat ditches.

The Name ‘Giethoorn’ In 1230 AD, the people who migrated to this place found countless goat horns. It is believed that long time before a great flood had caused the death of goats. In Dutch, a goat is called ‘geit’, they named the place as ‘Geytenhorn, which later changed to ‘Giethoorn.’

What is ‘PEAT’?

PEAT is decayed vegetative matter, usually in marshy areas that collects over a period of thousands of years.

When coal is left undisturbed for millennia, it turns into coal.

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H E A LT H LISTEN

HEALTH IS

WEALTH

You have to learn to balance the quantity and types of food you eat to keep the body healthy and energetic. It is similar to balancing a bicycle and learning to pedal. In the same way for healthy body-healthy food is required. Here are ten tips to keep healthy.

• FOOD IS FUN! GREAT WAY TO ENJOY FOOD IS: sharing food with your friends at school and with family at home.

cereals, rice, pasta, potatoes and bread. Include one of this in every meal.

• • GIMME FIVE! Eat fruits and vegetables with each meal. These give us vitamins, minerals and fibre.

• BREAKFAST IS VERY IMPORTANT: Never miss your breakfast, it is the most important food for the day.

• AVOID FOOD WITH Just like cars, buses,trains need MORE FAT: Eating food fuel to run, our body needs containing too much fat energy to work. Eat plenty of leads to ill-health. carbohydrates toast, bread, cereal with milk, • SNACKS: Handful of fruits, yogurt. fresh or dry fruits, sticks of vegetables like carrots and nd • RECIPE FOR GOOD celery unsalted nuts, riceceHEALTH: Eat different kinds crackers, fruit bread of food every day. You need 40 or cheese bread. different vitamins and minerals daily for good health. No single food item has all these together in it, so you need to eat variety of food.

• BASE YOUR FOOD ON CARBOHYDRATES: Half of the calories in your food should come from carbohydrates like

fruit juices, milk and other drinks will be ok.

KEEP TEETH HEALTHY: Avoid food high in sugar and starches as they lead to tooth decay. Brush your teeth twice daily.

• KEEP ACTIVE: Get moving and be active – it is necessary to keep your heart, bones and the body healthy. healthy Walk, run,and play plenty of games. Give exercise to your body.

• DRINK PLENTY OF LIQUIDS: You need at least 5 glasses of liquid daily. Do you know, that more than half of your weight is just st water. Drinking plain ain water is great, drinking nking

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FILM REVIEW

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inding Dory’ is an adventurous action packed funny film directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus Maclane.It is a story of a wide-eyed blue tang fish named Dory who suffers from memory loss every 10 seconds. The one thing she remembers is that she got separated from her parents when she was a child.

Dory with the help of her friends Nemo and Marlin starts the adventure journey to find them. Her journey brings her to the Marine Life Institute, a conservatory that houses diverse ocean species.Dory now knows that her family reunion will happen only if she can save her mom and dad from captivity.

Finding Dory isn’t just a worthy sequel to Nemo but it also succeeds on its own as a rousing tale of

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love and overcoming adversity. The film is full of humour and animation miracles. Dory’s determination to return home becomes a series of teachable moments about loss, parental nurturing, friendship etc.

The message of this animated film is what appears to be impairments might better be understood as strengths.

The setting of the film is a California rescue and rehab aquarium modeled one in Monterey Bay. Voices for different characters are given by Sigourney Weaver, Ed O’Neill, Kaitlin Olson, TY Burrell.

Animation films are loved by children very much and they help children develop concentration and they focus their attention.

Have fun don’t miss it!

WOW! LISTEN

Deepest Underwater Mailbox

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razy! How is it possible? Is that what you are thinking, isn’t it? Well, it’s certainly possible. That‘s where divers in Susami, Japan, go to post letters.

Susami is a fishing town with a population of nearly 5,000 residents. Mail is written on a water proof postcard, using an oil-based paint marker. Then the divers wearing scuba gear dive into the water and post the mail in the mailbox.

This is the world’s deepest mailbox 10 meters under water! Around 200 mails are handled everyday!

The mail box is made of cast-iron.

As sea water corrodes the cast-iron

box, the authorities use two boxes in rotation for every six months.

The removed mail box is cleaned, repainted and kept ready for the next term.

The Idea!

Actually this amazing idea of underwater mailbox was proposed by the Post Master of Toshihiko Matsumoto as part of a fair in 1999.

This fair was organized to promote Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail and its surrounding area in the southern part of Wakayama’s Kii Penninsula.

As there was no special attraction in Susami, the idea was implemented and it was a grand success.

New Words Cast-iron = hard iron and carbon compound metal Corrodes = damages slowly by chemical action Oil-based = made with oil as main substance Scuba gear = underwater portable breathing device for divers.

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ENDANGERED

S. Sainath

In the last issue we brought to you five birds that are on the verge of extinction. Here are another five that are finding it hard to survive. Read on about these spectacular birds before they fade away.

BIRDS 1

The Great Curassow Hoatzin

A very shy bird would fly away if it sights human beings. It is often found at 100 feet altitudes. Native of Mexico and Central America it thrives in rainforests. This bird can reach to a length of 39 inches and weighs 15 pounds.

River Kingfisher

2 It is a treat to watch the River Kingfisher as it dives into water and plucks out fish. It has excellent eyesight and is found mostly in Africa and Southern Sahara. While underwater, the bird’s eyes are covered with special protective skin that allow it to see!

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4 Helmeted Hornbill

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Like the name suggests, this bird has a wonderful beak that looks over the area with its head held high. Found in Malay peninsula, in the areas of Sumatra and Borneo between Malaysia and Indonesia, this bird is threatened by man who is after its beaks which are used in handicrafts. Another unique feature of this bird is it’s bird song that resembles musical laughter.

The Hoatzin is another pheasant-sized bird found in the swamps, mangroves and forests of the Amazon in South America.

They are also known as ‘stinkbirds’ because they spend most of their time lounging on branches digesting their food. These birds have two claws on each of their wings, which they use for climbing trees and catching prey.

5 Indian Frogmouth

The Indian (or Sri Lankan) Frogmouth lives in India and Sri Lanka in the depths of the tropical forests. The bird is known for its ability to blend into its surroundings and has remarkable camouflage abilities. This kind of bird is called a ‘frogmouth’ because it has a very wide mouth and feeds on small insects, animals, and frogs.

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L I F E S TO RY

S E I T I L A PERSON Dr. Abdul Kalam LISTEN

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ne day, some children of a small school were eagerly waiting to listen to the speech of a scientist.

Suddenly, the electricity went off and children were very disappointed. To the surprise of children, the scientist walked right into the middle of the waiting children and asked them to surround him. He then delivered an inspiring lecture to the children with his own and powerful voice. Can you guess who this scientist was?

Well! He is none other than Dr. A. P. J Abdul Kalam.

Dr. Abdul Kalam is popularly known as the ‘Missile Man’. He was born on October 15, 1931, at

Alexander Dumas

Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He was a bright and hardworking student in school. He graduated in Physics and later studied aerospace engineering.

He dreamt of become a fighter pilot, but failed to get selected in the Indian Air Force. He was placed at the ninth position while only eight seats were filled. This didn’t deter him and went on to become a great scientist and the President of India.

On July 27, 2015, while giving a lecture at The Indian Institute of Management, Shillong, Dr. Abdul Kalam suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on stage.

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id you read the famous historical novel, “The Three Musketeers”, didn’t you? If not, it’s time you read it. The novel was written by a famous French writer, Alexander Dumas. “The Count of Monte Cristo” is another popular novel of Alexander Dumas.

Alexander Dumas was born on July 24, 1802 in France.

His father was a French Army General. He grew up listening to stories of his father’s bravery in the wars. This created interest toward historical events.

Alexander Dumas started his career as a playwright and wrote

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many successful plays. Many of his works have been translated into nearly 100 languages and were adapted as films! He was one of the best loved authors of the 19th century ‘The Three Musketeers’ and ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ were originally published in the form of serials in the newspaper.

In honour of Alexander Dumas one of the metro stations in Paris was named as of ‘Alexander Dumas Paris Metro Station.

Alexander Dumas passed away in 1870.

SPORTS

Tennis Ch Children love sports; especially a game like tennis is all time favourite of children. A ten child’s dream of becoming a tennis player chi is in indeed a wonderful dream. To make this dream come true a child needs to work hard drea with determination. Let’s know more from V. Bobby Reddy, of ‘Sportscult’, a the CEO, C popular sports centre. He interacted with the popu Brain Brainfeed Group and furnished the following valua valuable information.

Q. Why is tennis a popular game compared to other games?

Tennis is one of the most historical games played. It was played during 1895-1900 in England.

E Tennis is called a royal game because of its royalty, glamour and it was played by kings and queens and the rich in the past. Tennis is played by one player on the court but it takes full teamwork off the court to make tennis professional. So this full family involvement makes it very famous. Tennis has also offered chance of glamour and fame to those differently abled people by having ‘WHEEL CHAIR TENNIS’ at Grand slam events. We have never ever heard any negative news in this game. Everything is very positive at all levels, from Junior to Seniors, from National level to International level.

Q. How does playing tennis help children in their overall development?

Players need to work on their physical, technical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual quality .

These qualities are vital for a tennis player. This game strikes on all these aspects. These aspects will be

useful in normal life too. Fo For AITA rankings, one needs to trave travel a lot.

A player learns a lot from trav travelling and meeting different kin kinds of people people. All this helps one become an improved tennis player.

‘DEAFLYMPICS’ for deaf athletes there is no fixed sign or parameter for kids. The only parameter regarding tennis is time and money.

Parents should be in investible mode for their kids.

Q. What parameters should parents consider before enrolling a child to tennis classes?

What should a child do to become a professional player?

In the age of ‘PARAOLYMPICS’ for differently abled people and

To become a professional tennis player one must have -• Devotion to the game.

• Respect for other players.

• Rigorous working ethics towards everything related to tennis.

• Strict diet plans.

• Intelligent tournament planning.

• He/She must find joy in that hard training sessions, in that pain in the muscles, in the times when you have to leave your friends and just focus in yourself.

Finally, there is a big difference between being a ‘Practice Player’ and a ‘Gamer’. The player must choose the right one, ‘Gamer’ because it is said ‘ the runner with the best foot speed doesn’t always win the race and the warrior with most power doesn’t always win the battle’.

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SPORTS and GAMES are entirely different! A game involves more than one person and requires both physical and mental skills. A sport involves only one person and requires more physical skill than mental skills.

An individual participating in a sport is called as ‘athlete’ or a ‘sports person’, where as an individual participating in a game is known as ‘player’.

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GAM GAME A game rel strategy and depends on i performan suitable con

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In an athletic event like 100m sprint the individual performer tries to break his own record in time, where as in a game there is stipulated time limit and players stick to that time only.

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A sport is an athletic discipline with a defined set of rules in which athletes train and occasionally compete. On the other hand, a game is a competition between two or more teams with a welldefined objective and a set of rules that apply to reaching the objective.

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AMAZING ANIMALS

ELEPHANTS NEVER FORGET

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isha and Mita are good friends.

Both are neighbours too! On weekends their families go for outings and spend time together. Last Saturday they went to a zoo. Let’s listen to their conversation.

Mita: It’s great to see all the wild animals here! We cannot go to the forest but the zoo keeps all the wild animals here.

Disha: Mita, do you

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lephant is the largest land animal in the world.

It is strong, gentle, clever and sensitive. The elephant has a unique quality that of good, long lasting memory.

An elephant does not have great eyesight it remembers relatives, cares for family and shows sadness when it loses kith and kin. Researchers studied about three herds of elephants during severe drought of 1993 at Tanzania

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know, nowadays, some animals are becoming less and less?

Mita: Do you mean “extinct”?

Disha, it’s all because of killing of animals by men for tusks, skin , etc.

Disha: Yes, I heard elephants are becoming less in number.

Mita: It’s really sad. Disha, you know in my home state Kerala, elephants are taken care. They are National Park and found that they not only recognize one another after years but can recall the routed to alternate food and water sources when their usual areas dry up.

Elephants can even keep track of locations of companions as many as 30 at a time. It is difficult for us to keep track of our family members at a shopping mall but they know

used in temple processions during festivals.

Disha: Mita, tomorrow is Sunday. Let’s find out more about elephants. I really like elephants They took help from Disha’s brother to browse and know about elephant life. This is what they discovered and shared with their friends.

every member in their pack.

Elephant’s life span is long and its long memory makes it adaptive to circumstances.

Children, if someone tells you have memory like an elephant, Take it as a compliment!

WORLD Asia

Largest & Smallest Continents

Population Land Area

: More than 4 billion! : 45,036,490 square kilometers Highest Peak : Mount Everest Largest Lake : Caspian Sea Longest River : Chang Jiang Total Countries : 48 Smallest Country in Asia : Maldives Biggest Country in Asia : The Russian Federation

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sia is the largest continent in the world. It has the longest coastline and experiences widest climatic conditions. This continent is believed to be the most divergent of all in the world. Many animals like giant panda, tiger, Asian elephant, King cobra and Indian rhinoceros are natives of this continent. Out of the ten largest cities in the world, seven are in Asia – Beijing, Shangai, Istanbul, Karachi, Mumbai, Guangzhou and Delhi!

Australia

DO YOU KNOW?

In China, people name their children after events, values and also slogans that they feel are important. In the past 15 years, it is believed that more than 4000 children have been named ‘Aoyun’ which means ‘Olympic Games’.

Population Land Area Capital Highest Mountain Major cities Currency

: Over 22 million! : 8,112,000 square kilometers : Canberra : Mount Kosciuszko : Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane : Australian Dollar

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ustralia is the sixth largest country and is the smallest continent in the world. Due to its large size and location it is known as largest island continent. The world’s largest reef, the Great Barrier Reef is located on the northeastern coast of Australia. Animals like koala, kangaroo, emu and platypus are native to this continent.

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ne, two, three…oh! Counting is so much fun, isn’t it?

Each one of us is born with some basic understanding of numbers. However, we need to learn and practice the skills for working out with numbers. Let’s know some interesting facts about counting and numbers. Are you ready?

Fingers and Tallies Long ago, people started counting on their fingers to keep track of their herds and for marking the days. As humans have 10 fingers, we use 10 digits, i.e 0, 1,2, 3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9 to count.

Oops! Do you know that the word ‘digit’ means ‘finger’! When people ran out of fingers to count, then they scratched lines and called them tallies. The oldest known tally marks are 37,000 years old!

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Written numbers Written numbers were used for the first time in the East around 10,000 years ago! Different clay counters were used by the people to represent different things. For example, eight oval-shaped counters meant eight jars of oil. Initially, a picture was put on the counters. Later, people learnt to use counters without pictures. Thus, the picture that conveyed the meaning eight jars became the number 8!

Babylonian number rules Babylonians invented the place-value system about 5,000 years ago. They used base 60 to position numerals rather than base 10 as we do today. They wrote their numbers as wedge-shaped marks.

Egyptian Math Fractions help us to divide things. Egyptians started using the concept of fractions 4,500 years ago in a very interesting manner. For this purpose, they used the eye of a god known as ‘Horus’. Each part of eye stood for a different fraction.

Greek Math

Modern Math Slowly, the ideas of Greeks about numbers became popular leading to advent of new mathematical concepts and developments in the Middle East and India.

It seems Greeks were very good with numbers.

They started developing math that was more similar to math we do. They not only had brilliant ideas about numbers and symbols, but they went ahead and proved that their ideas were true. Today, we still follow the Greek Mathematician, Euclid’s ideas of geometry and of course Pythagoras theorem too!

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Tucket the Bucket

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Tucket was the saddest bucket in the world. He had once been a garden favourite and the gardener used to swing him by his strong handle as he went to fetch water. “What a good bucket,” he said.

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But as time passed, Tucket the bucket got a hole. Suddenly he was useless. What good is a bucket with a hole?

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Sometimes he even got kicked around. “I should throw that bucket away,” the gardener muttered.

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Tucket was tossed into the corner of the garden. He was left out in the rain and the sun, and began to rust.

“Don‛t worry Tucket,” they chirped soothingly. Tucket really tried to be happy but it was very, very hard.

Tucket didn‛t want to be thrown away.

He felt very sad. The squirrels set him back up when he was kicked down, and the birds cheerfully flapped about him.

One day, a little girl ran through the garden and stopped in front of Tucket.

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He sighed and waited for the usual kicks when suddenly he heard “Perfect!”

Soon he found himself blinking and spluttering under the garden hose.

The girl was cleaning him! He felt heavy chunks of rust fall off and his spirits brightened.

Follow the link or QR CODE to watch full animated story on YouTube

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“Oh! You already have a big hole in the bottom!” said the girl, as she peered inside. “Even better!”

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Tucket could not believe what he had just heard. She wanted a bucket with a hole?

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“This is a baby rose,” she said to Tucket. “You must help me take care of her, okay?”

Tucket was so happy.

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The girl really wanted him! She even asked him to take care of this small rose. Tucket nearly burst with joy.

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Tucket winked and smiled at his friends in the garden.

“Look, I‛m taking care of this little rose!”

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The girl took him to the verandah, filled him with rich soil and planted a tiny rose inside.

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He straightened himself up proudly as the girl finished planting. She carefully placed Tucket in a cosy corner, protected from the wind and the rain.

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Tucket took great care of the rose and was visited by the girl and his friends every day. He was now the happiest bucket in the world.

“We‛re very happy for you Tucket,” chattered the squirrels, and the birds chirped happily.

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1 Who is chosen as India’s flag bearer at Rio Olympics 2016?

2 Name the NASA’s spacecraft that has successfully entered the Jupiter’s orbit.

3 Which country has recently decided to leave the European Union?

What is the slogan of Rio Olympic Games 2016?

4 5 Where is the world’s longest and deepest tunnel located?

6 Which team has won the 2016 Women’s Hockey Champions Trophy?

7 Who has been named the ambassador for Swachh Bharat Mission’s youth based ‘Swachh Saathi’ programme?

8 Which country has become the first country in the world to ban deforestation?

9 Who has been chosen to be the head coach of National Indian team by the BCCI? 10 Name the four Indians honoured with ‘Great Immigrants: The Pride of America 2016’ Award.

1. Abhinav Bindra 2. Juno 3. United Kingdom 4. A New World 5. Switzerland 6. Argentina 7. Actress Dia Mirza 8. Norway 9. Anil Kumble 10. Sunder Pichai, Hari Sreenivasan, Vikram Malhotra, Bharati Mukherjee

ANSWERS Why did the teacher wear sunglasses?

Because her students were bright!

Teacher: If you had 13 apples, 12 grapes, 3 pineapples and 3 strawberries, what would you have?

Student: A delicious fruit salad Teacher: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?

Kiran: H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O. Teacher: What are you talking about?

Kiran: Yesterday you said it was H to O.

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Why was the Maths book sad?

Because it had too many problems!

Where did the music teacher leave her keys?

In the piano!

CHILDREN'S COLUMN

Sri Vaishnavi, Class IV

S. Ganesh, Class V

Sahasra, Class V Surprise your friends with your magic.

What do you need?

1. A sheet of chart paper.

2. A clear glass.

3. A handkerchief.

4. A coin.

ABRACA

DABRA!

What to do?

Trace the glass on to the sheet of paper and cut the circle out. Then paste it to the glass. When you put it on a piece of paper, the same colour is blended inside.

The trick: when you do the above put the glass onto a piece of paper and just move the paper covered glass over the coin, while the whole thing is under the handkerchief so the glass cover the coin. Pull off the handkerchief the coin will disappear.

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S TO RY Whoa! You look so beautiful.

The Butterfly

Story so far........ One day, a little boy, Rohan sees a cocoon in the garden. Rohan eagerly waits for the butterfly to come out of the cocoon. At last, one day the cocoon cracks a little. Rohan tries to help the butterfly by making the crack little bigger using scissors. Finally, the butterfly comes out of the cocoon, but doesn‛t fly.

Read on to know what happpened....

Something is seriously wrong. I will go and call father.

Come on! Little Butterfly! Why don‛t you fly?

Yes, Rohan, why are you shouting?

Rohan ran to his home.

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Father! Come with me to the garden.

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It‛s the butterfly.

It is not flying.

Why? Tell me what happened?

Rohan and his father went to the garden.

The butterfly was still struggling to fly……

Oh! Rohan! You should not have cut the cocoon.

I cut the cocoon to help the butterfly come out.

Always remember Rohan. If you do not undergo any struggle you can‛t be successful.

The butterfly‛s efforts to come out of its cocoon will prepare its body and wings to fly.

This butterfly has emerged easily.

That‛s why it is not able to fly.

The end.

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HAND WRITING

PENCIL GRASP IS AN EASY TASK NOW

Y. Mallikarjuna Rao Director National Handwriting Academy, Hyderabad Email:handwriting56@gmail.com

Kids… to write easily and beautifully like your teachers and parents, the very first step to take is to learn to hold your pencil in a right way.

Do not hold your pencil very close to its tip or in the middle of it. You need to leave only 1 inch distance from its tip and hold it. Hold your pencil immediately after the ‘CONE’ shape, what you get after sharpening the pencil.

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Avoid holding your pencil with more or less than 3 fingers. Hold it only with thumb, index finger and middle fingers. This is called ‘Tripod Grasp’. Carry a ‘Triangular Pencil’ to facilitate a better Pencil Grasp.

When you hold your pencil, see that you are not opening little finger and ring finger.

Make sure that your pencil is always slanted while writing (never in a vertical position).

It should be resting at the backside …. in between the ending points of thumb and index fingers.

Look at the picture and write a SHORT STORY on your own in 150 words and send us on or before 15th of every month Name: ..................................................

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FUN ACTIVITIES

Which two pieces were used to produce the pattern 7?

Speed Math Let’s find out how to square a two-digit number that ends in 5.

Step 1: Multiply the first digit by itself plus 1 Step 2: Then put 25 in the end.

For example: Let’s take number 15 1 x [ 1+1] = 2 then just write 25.

So, your answer is 225!

Now try finding the square of 25. Quick!

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Help the truck to reach the store house.

FUN ACTIVITIES

Some fish are hiding from the shark, can you find them?

Shape code Each of the 11 coloured shapes represents a number between 0 and 12. Try and find the value of each shape using math and logic.

How many OBJECTS are there in the picture.

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FUN

Read the clues and write the words ending with letter 't'. One is done for you.

ACTIVITIES

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1. The part of a plant with which it attaches itself to the ground.

2. Coming after all the others in order.

3. Push or shake roughly 4. A special course of food to which a person restricts himself.

5. Talk in a friendly and informal way.

6. A person who writes poems.

Try out!

Write the numbers from 1 to 19 in the empty spaces in such a way that each arrowed row adds up to 38.

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Sudoku

Complete the grid with numbers 1 to 9. You can only use each number once in every row and column.

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Can you solve?

Fill in the blanks to make the multiplication equations true.

ART & CRAFT

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eed n u o y What Empty tin, colour papers, glue, card board, scissors

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do u o y t a Wh • Take an empty tin can and cover it with red colour paper using glue. After the glue dries completely, make black spots on red colour paper..

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• Cut the card board and make the face and hands of the lady bug as shown.

Then paste colour papers as required and later mark the black spots.

• Use a card board to support the body of lady bug to pencil stand.

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