Volume VI | Issue 1 | `85 | June 2022
Chief Editor Kakani Veera Brahmam Sub Editor Asmita Maurya Shinjini Malik NATIONAL EGG DAY
RED PANDA
Art & Design Riaz Ahmed Artist Circulation Hemachander S +91 91777 74851
MOON BOUND
WHY BIRDS HAVE FEATHERS AND BATS FLY WITHOUT WINGS
Life Story.............................................................. 3 Calendar............................................................... 4-5 Story: The Nice Dove and the Clever Rat ..... 12 Story: The Nice Lady.......................................... 13 Amazing Facts..................................................... 16 Kudos..................................................................... 17 Poem...................................................................... 18 Celebration.......................................................... 19 Amazing Places................................................... 20 Space..................................................................... 21 Quiz........................................................................ 22 Craft....................................................................... 23 My Eyes Stronger............................................... 24 Crossword............................................................ 25 Picture Puzzle...................................................... 26 Story: Smile Like Pony....................................... 27
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Note: Dear parents and teachers, we would request you to go through our children’s magazines and encourage your children to read it as it is full of interesting things! We urge you to guide your children while reading the magazine as there are terms they might not recognize. We have used relatively strong words in some of the essays as it will help children develop a great vocabulary. There shouldn’t be any difficulty going through the pages as we have curated the edition keeping the children’s age group in mind. The magazine comes with a ‘word finder’ for terms that are not yet in children’s memory. We have also incorporated a ‘Did you know?’ section, for children to take interest in the topics! I hope you find the magazine interesting! Keep reading.
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LIFE STORY Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis was a
method of random sampling and fractile graphical analysis, which could be used to compare the socio-economic conditions of different groups of people.
renowned Indian scientist and statistician from West Bengal. He is known mostly for being the father of modern statistics and for being on the planning commission of free India. Born on June 29, 1893, he was very interested in physics and even taught physics classes.
In December 1931, he kept the foundation of the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata. He was a scientist who served as chairman in the United Nations sub commission of samplings and honorary statistical adviser to the government of India.
He was a scientist who was honoured with the Padma Vibhushan and Weldon Memorial Prize. He was also an officer of the Order of the British Empire and a fellow of the Royal Society. Some of his most renowned works are the Mahalanobis Distance that helped in the industrialization during the five-year plan, introducing innovative techniques for conducting large-scale sample surveys, calculating crop yields using the
Innovative: new & different Compare: to estimate
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• World Milk Day • Global Parents Day
World Ocean Day
Telangana Formation Day O2 •• Elizabeth II crowned queen of England [1953]
World Bicycle Day O3 •• American boxer Muhammad Ali died in Arizona [2O16]
• International Day of Innocent O4 Children Victims of Aggression
World Accreditation Day O9 •• Sweden and Denmark inks
• Henry Ford rides his 1st Ford on the Detroit streets [1896]
Stockholm’s 3rd Treaty [172O]
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• National Iced Tea Day (US) • Benjamin Franklin examines lightning conductor [1752]
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Student Day (Honduras) Explorer Captain James Cook unearths Australia’s Great Barrier Reef [1770]
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• Anti-Child Labour Day • Nelson Mandela sentenced life imprisonment in South Africa [1964] • International Albinism 13 Awareness Day
World Pest Day O6 •• The Basketball Association of America established [1946]
• US House of representatives moves 14th Amendment [1866]
World Food Safety Day O7 •• Vatican city declared a
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• World Blood Donor Day • Russia and Poland inks Polianov Peace treaty [1634]
sovereign state [1929] June 22
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• World Wind Day • Denmark got victory through King Valdemar II [1219]
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• Youth Day (South Africa) • Wearing of orange clothes banned in Holland [1784] • World Day to Combat 17 Desertification and Drought • Last apartheid laws end in South Africa [1991]
Teacher’s Day (El Salvador) 22 •• Launch of 1st Dairy Queen
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Midsummer Day (England) 24 •• “Catch 22” releases in movie theatres [197O]
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• National Catfish Day (US) • Lydia Garrett becomes 17th Miss Black America [1984] • International Day against Drug 26 Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
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• National Reading Day • First time Father’s Day celebrated in Washington [191O]
• Britain grants independence to Somaliland (now Somalia) [196O]
World Refugee Day 2O •• The Oxford University gets its
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Day (Ukraine) 28 •• Constitution Spanish forces invades Buren
• International MSME Day • “Flip Wilson Show” last broadcast on NBC – TV [1974]
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National Statistics Day 29 •• Massive 6.0 earthquake strikes Southern Calif [1991]
International Asteroid Day 3O •• Biggest US tanker “Brooklyn” christened [1973] 5
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COVER STORY
The consumption of egg dates back to Neolithic Age, as per archaeological evidence. June 2022
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We have heard a saying that an apple a day keeps the doctor
away but do you know that an egg a day can also do wonders in your life? Yes, an egg is a powerhouse of nutrients and a super food packed with high quality proteins, amino acids, and vitamins that keeps one healthy. Children are fond of a variety of egg dishes from scrumptious egg omelette to eggs benedict. from painting and colouring egg shells to playing egg related games. Eggs are considered the healthiest food worldwide and the essential dairy product for children’s brain growth and body. To make people aware of the significance of eggs and its nutritional value, National Egg Day is celebrated every year on June 3 in the United States with great fervour and gusto. It commenced in 1921 in Washington D.C., where a highway was constructed precisely to carry eggs and other dairy products. Malnutrition is a common problem in children and consumption of eggs in their daily diet can solve this problem. Eggs can be eaten at any time of the day, with any meal, one gets charged with lots of proteins and energy for the day’s tasks.
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Extends: Continues Forelegs: Front legs
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The Red Panda Network is an organization that protects Red pandas and their habitat.
The
adorable Red Panda, also known as the ‘Lesser Panda’, is a small mammal that is slightly bigger in size than a domestic cat! Red pandas have a unique and distinctive appearance, which make them easily recognizable. They have a reddish brown coat on the top of their bodies and typically have white fur around their faces, while their black fur covers the rest of their bodies. This special colour combination helps them camouflage from the dangerous predators around. This lovable panda is found in the Eastern Himalayas like Bhutan, China, Nepal, and even the Northern Mountains of Myanmar. Since they are fond of bamboo, sweet fruits, insects, and birds, they mostly spend their time on trees. While the whole world loves and honours red pandas, it is unfortunate that the species is endangered and there are less than 1O,OOO left in the world today. Their major threats are poaching, loss of habitat, and a poor bamboo diet. 9
Camouflage: hide the appearance of something June 22
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The movie Moonbound, tells the story of Mr. Zoomzeman, an elderly bug, and his fateful encounter with the brave siblings, Peter and Anne.
Little Peter, who wishes to fulfil his father’s dreams of reaching the Moon, discovers that his sister has been kidnapped by the Evil Moon Man. He stumbles upon a legend he had heard in the past about Mr. Zoomzeman, a June bug, who needs two humans to travel to the Moon with him to save his lost love. He figures he must work with Mr. Zoomzeman and the Sandman to venture far beyond the earth and reach the Moon to rescue his beloved sister. As the playful animation takes us through their adventurous journey, this beautiful story ends with a message of family supporting each other and siblings having each other’s backs. Fateful: decisively important, luckily Stumble: to nearly fall 11
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A rat was crossing a road on a very hot
Some days later, one evil man saw that beautiful Dove and decided to hunt it. The rat that was still there saw the evil man pointing a gun at the dove! Realizing the danger, he instantaneously bit the evil man on his foot! As the main screamed, the dove got alerted and flew away into the woods!
day in the summer of 2OO1. It was so hot that he couldn’t walk anymore without getting his thirst quenched. As luck would favour, he saw a pond full of water across the street. He felt lucky and decided to drink some water. So after crossing the road, he climbed a rock but, as he was about to drink some water, he slipped and fell into the pond! He was about to drown when a lovely Dove saw him struggle for his life and rescued it immediately without a thought.
Rescue: Save Alerted: Become aware
The rat was indebted to the dove as it had saved its live earlier. It was now his turn to save the bird! If you help others, others will help you too.
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Once upon a time, somewhere in a ruthless city, lived a young boy
who was very poor. He sold newspapers for a living. After paying for his school and books, he hardly had anything to buy food with! He often got hungry but he never complained. Once while delivering newspapers he felt very hungry as he hadn’t eaten in days. He didn’t have parents to feed him, nor generous siblings who offered any help. He went door to door begging for food! Nobody gave him anything, and were unnecessarily rude. One day he stumbled upon a beautiful girl and asked for some water. But looking at the sickly condition of the boy, she offered him some porridge and a glass of milk. The boy devoured the food and thanked the girl for her help. Years later, the girl who had offered the little boy the porridge and the milk fell extremely sick. The lady didn’t have much money to offer. So all the doctors in the city refused to cure her! Disappointed, she thought of visiting a great doctor everybody was talking about. She had already heard of the doctor’s kindness, and decided to visit him. The doctor treated her very well and cured her of all her illnesses. When the woman asked the doctor how much she owed him, the doctor said, paid with a glass of milk and a bowl of porridge!
Ruthless: Heartless, Mean Devour: Relish, Enjoy
We should always help the one’s in need.
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WHY BIRDS HAVE FEATHERS AND BATS FLY WITHOUT WINGS
Bats have fur. It gives birth to the young ones and produces milk to feed their babies. It has sharp teeth with jaw bones. Tests by scientists and researchers have proven that bats have three fingers on which the skin is stretched, facilitates a better range of motion, flexibility in bat finger joints for flying and scores of hyper-sensitive hair help them discover changes in breeze and air currents.
It uses highly- flexible skin membranes on their elongated fingers for flying.
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Birds only have feathers.
It lays eggs and searches for food to nurse their babies. It has no teeth but beaks. It flaps and uses rigid feather wings to fly.
W e all know that birds are the only living animals with feathers and bats are the only mammals that can truly fly minus the feather, which makes it a peculiar creature on earth.
We might have had at some point, walked through the forests or zoos and might have gazed at the wonderful sights and movements of birds and bats. You might have observed and noticed the differences in the way they take flight and use their wings. 15
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The
has the longest bill of any bird in the world.
have the largest eyes amongst the mammals on land.
can eat as many as 2,OOO ants per day.
The most talkative bird in the world is the
it can say over 8OO words.
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some
children are born with special talents. Can you imagine a small kid acing in multilingual singing? Yes! You heard it right. Mastering in singing requires a lot of practice and effort. But this multitalented kid can sing in not one, not two languages but total eight languages. Isn’t it amazing?
Dhritishman Chakraborty, a six-year-old
kid born on 16th March, 2016 in Sivasagar, Assam has shown extraordinary talent in singing at such a tender age. He is accredited the “Youngest Multilingual Singer” by the India Book of Records when he was just four-yearsold. The talented kid received the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) in January, this year. The six-year-old was one of the 29 children who received the award this year for his extraordinary talent. He can sing in eight languages namely, Hindi, English, Bengali, Assamese, Kannada, Marathi, Sinhaleese, and Sanskrit. At present he has 43 music videos in different languages to his credit. His Facebook page has 18.5 K subscribers and YouTube 5.5 K subscribers.
Multilingual: Someone who speaks more than two languages
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POEM Poem
Every other evening,
I go to spend some time with Grandpa. He receives me with a warm greeting, And tells me stories about his life with Grandma When I was four, he’d teach me rhymes, And now, he teaches me to be brave. I feel like giving up, sometimes. Then, it’s his wisdom I crave. Tales of his army days as a major, Warning us to never give up, everThey inspire me to fight for my country’s honour, And like him, be fearless and clever. Sometimes, he feels a little lonely But never lets us get the drift. His hugs feel happy and homely, Every minute with him is a gift!
Inspire: to encourage
We should spend more time with our grandparents and elders, and learn from them. June 22
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THE SONGKRAN
SPLASH!
To celebrate the beginning of a New Year
If you step out during the Songkran days, you will be sure to get attacked with water!
and make spring-cleaning fun, let’s have a water festival! This is what people do in Thailand when they celebrate the Songkran Festival. This festival marks the beginning of the Thai New Year and is usually celebrated from April 12 to 16.
Events are held all over Thailand to celebrate Songkran - including parades, exhibitions, dances, boat races and traditional beauty pageants- like the Miss Songkran Contest. Families get together, do their spring cleaning, visit temples, and splash water at each other.
Songkran is all about making a fresh start. It has been a long-standing custom to splash water on family members and friends, and this tradition has now turned into the biggest water festival in the world! Why, you ask? Splashing water is a symbol of washing away the previous year and welcoming the new year, with a clean slate. It signifies cleansing.
In 194O, January 1 was fixed as the official New Year and Songkran turned into a national holiday and important summer festival.
Custom: habitual practice Splashing: to scatter liquid
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The man who discovered the fossils of the Tyrannosaurus Rex- Barnum Brownworked for the museum. The museum allows children between the ages of 6 and 13 to stay in one of the four halls: Ocean Life, Planet Earth, African Mammals, or North American mammals. A lot of the animal and biodiversity exhibits are shockingly life-like, and the museum officials say that its collections increase by 9O,OOO species annually.
you want to see the fossils and research specimens of over 33 million animals? Including the T-rex dinosaur and a blue whale model that takes 3 days to clean? This New York City museum was established in 1869 and is one of the world leaders in research and education on the natural sciences. The museum complex comprises of 28 interconnected buildings including 45 permanent exhibition halls housing various departments like mammology, ornithology, human origin, reptile and amphibian study, biodiversity, meteorites and minerals. There is also a planetarium with a sky theatre and a massive 4,85,OOO-volume library.
The Insectarium will be the museum’s first gallery specifically dedicated to insects in more than 5O years.
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FASCINATING DISCOVERY OF THE
“GOLD STANDARD” STAR! In the glorious Milky Way galaxy, which is where the Sun lies,
a new star has been discovered, and it’s really fascinating, because it consists of 62 whole elements, and that’s the highest number of elements ever found in any object outside the solar system! The discovery of the star, which has been named HD222925, is very special because it has broken the records of the number of elements found in the magnificent solar system. According to this research, led by astronomer Ian Roederer, forty two of the total elements found belong to the periodic table! The elements found in this unique star include platinum, silver, thorium and tellurium, all of which are rarely ever found in any other star! It has also been mentioned that The Gold Standard Star is relatively bright. The mysterious Milky Way consists of several objects that are captivating, and exploring the space always leaves us in wonder of the amazing things that lie beyond us!
Many of the stars you see in the night sky are actually brighter and bigger than our sun!
Glorious: praise & honour Captivating: pleasant or attractive
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2. Which bird lays the largest eggs? 1. Lotus is the National flower of which country? A) Japan
B) Sri Lanka
C) Bangladesh
D) India
A) Myna
B) Eagle
C) Ostrich
D) Owl
4. Which country is known for its Pyramids? A) Iran C) Egypt
3. Hockey is the National sport of which country? A) China C) America
B) India D) Russia
6. Mango is the National fruit of which country?
5. Where is Mount Everest situated? A) Nepal C) Bangladesh
B) Japan D) Italy
A) China
B) America
C) India
D) Japan
B) Sri Lanka D) China For Answers See Page 24
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What you need: • Coloured Papers • Scissors • Glue • Googly Eye
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Trace the edge of this circle on a blue paper to form a semicircle, and draw the shape for the front of the cap. Cut it out.
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Punch out star shapes or cut them out from the blue paper.
Stick them on the yellow circle to decorate your cap.
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Make small cuts using scissors to the blue flap, and fold them in to stick it to the yellow circle. Stick foam letters on to your cap to create any word you like. We wrote “star”. Your cap is ready! 23
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Across: • TURTLE • RABBIT • FOX
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• BUTTERFLY • BEE • SNAKE
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Arrange the puzzle in the correct order. Put the correct number in the space provided
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One autumn day, Windy, the tiger, had an argument with
Pony. Windy was proud and said out loud, “I’m stronger than you.” Pony said, “Not unless I’m dead.” They saw a passerby in a muffler. Windy suggested that whoever takes off the traveller’s muffler is the strongest. Pony agreed and asked Windy to proceed. Windy raged, but the traveller’s grip on the blanket grew. Windy raged harder and the traveller held to his blanket tighter. It was Pony’s turn. He smiled at the traveller gently. The traveller made his grip on the grey scarf lighter. Pony smiled some more. Feeling Pony’s warmth, the traveller took the muffler off his shoulder. Pony hopped on the traveller’s shoulders and gaily danced a li’l. Kind way is the best way, kids.
Suggested: Advised Rage: Be angry
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