Kids Only Nov. Dec. 2010

The Fun Magazine for Kids and Families!

November/December 2010

What’s Inside: Holiday Fun Crossword Two For Tots Holiday Legends Fill In With A Friend Peppermint Puzzler

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The FUN Magazine for Kids

And Families November / December 2010 PUBLISHER Terri Mendez

Our mission at Kids Only is to provide children with a fun, safe, educational magazine they can enjoy independently & with their parents. We are committed to promoting literacy, critical thinking, and creativity among our young readers. It is our goal that children will read, write, solve problems and laugh every time they pick up Kids Only magazine!

EDITOR Laura Bach GRAPHIC DESIGN Martha Ann Cole

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Happy holidays!

We hope that you’re enjoying the holiday season and all that comes with it.

This issue of KIDS ONLY will get you in the holiday spirit! There are jokes, activities and some challenging puzzles to keep you on your toes! Can you guess what a pickle has to do with Christmas? Do you know why we pull wishbones at Thanksgiving? Read on to find out!

Make sure that the little ones in your house have fun with the ‘Two for Tots’ section. They can enjoy KIDS ONLY, too!

Remember to send in your art for the art contest. You can have your art published & win a great prize.

Enjoy your reading and happy holidays!

Laura Bach Editor

Teachers: reproduction is permitted for classroom use only. email: k ­ ids@cmconline.biz

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5. Group that celebrated the first Thanksgiving 7. Animals that pull Santa's sleigh 8. Something that you might eat with turkey 10. A male turkey is called this 11. A red and white peppermint candy 12. Something you might light during the holidays that has a wick 13. A baby turkey is called this 14. A sticky bush with red berries

Down 1. The Pilgrims watched this to tell time 2. What Santa rides in 3. Pilgrims used this to call others to a meeting 4. Christmas is celebrated in this month 6. The name of the Pilgrims' ship 9. What you hang on the mantle for Santa to stuff 11. A horn that is filled with fruit, nuts and vegetables answers on page 33

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Claustrophobia

Can You Find The Differences?

Look carefully at the two pictures below and see if you can spot the differences!

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Legend of the Wishbone After a holiday meal of turkey and dressing, have you and someone else ever held on to either side of the wishbone of a turkey and pulled, hoping to break off the largest piece? If you got the largest piece, did you make a wish? If so, you are carrying on a tradition brought to America by the Pilgrims!

The wishbone legend began with the ancient belief that chickens were fortune tellers. The tradition of wishing on their collarbone, or “wishbone,� was passed down through generations and brought to America by the Pilgrims. They adapted it to the turkey, making it part of the Thanksgiving festivities.

Did You Know?

A male turkey is a tom. A female is a hen.

Babies are called poults.

Ben Franklin liked the turkey so much he thought it should be the official bird of the USA. One hen lays around 115 eggs a month.

Each egg takes about 28 days to hatch.

A mature turkey has 3,500 feathers.

Turkey feathers were used by Native Americans to make arrows.

Wild turkeys can run 20 miles per hour and fly 55 miles per hour.

A tom's gobble can be heard a mile away.

A group of turkeys is called a flock.

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Cornucopia Symbol of Thanksgiving The ‘cornucopia,’ or ‘horn of plenty,’ is an old symbol of harvest and the time for giving thanks. It is a horn-shaped container overflowing with fruit and vegetables.

Its beginning as a symbol of abundance comes from Greek mythology.

Can you unscramble the words below that name some of the things you see in the picture?

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answer page 33

answers on page 33

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SOLVE THIS!

Feed me and I live.

Give me a drink and I die.

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answer on page 33

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Doodle Fun For You! Use your imagination and draw what you think might be in the wrapped boxes below.

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Christmas Shadow Shapes

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Draw a line to match each Christmas picture with its shadow.

Christmas Tree Maze Start at the bottom of the tree and find your way to the star at the top.

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for Tots

Santa Says !

Practice printing Santa’s message to YOU!

Have you been good? I love cookies and milk!

Ho!

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What’s On The Tree?

Practice printing the names of things you see on your Christmas tree.

stars

stars

lights

lights

candy

candy

two ornaments

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Look at the scrambled names of the Christmas pictures below.

Write the correct spelling in the boxes below the pictures!

Legend of the Christmas Pickle In Old World Germany, the last decoration placed on the Christmas tree was a pickle.

Parents carefully hid the pickle in the tree’s branches among the bright, shiny ornaments.They believed an old legend that said the first child who found the pickle on the morning of December 25th would be blessed with a year of good fortune and a special gift!

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Here’s How it’s Done Ask a friend to help you with this funny story! Without showing your friend the story, ask him/her to give you words to fill in the blanks. The crazier the answers, the better! Read the new story out loud for a laugh!

My Snooping Adventure

It was December ___, and I couldn’t help myself…I just #

had to snoop for presents! I climbed up ___ stairs to #

the _______________ to have a look around. I looked room in house behind the _____________…..nothing. I looked under piece of furniture the ______________….still nothing. I looked on top piece of furniture of the _______________….Jackpot!! There were ___ # piece of furniture _____________ presents up there! Could they all be for me? I picked up the adjective first box. It was about the size of a shoebox. I shook it. It sounded like a box full of _____________. I took off the wrapping paper very ________. I peeked adverb plural noun inside. Just as I suspected, it was a ___________ _________. Yeah! Just adjective noun what I wanted! Then it was on to the next box. It was tiny, about the size of a ________. I shook it, but it made no sound. I smelled it, and it smelled a little coin like ______. What could it be? I couldn’t get the paper off to peek inside, but I food bet it’s a __________ _______. Just about then I heard my mom _________ adjective noun verb-ing up the stairs. OH NO! The rest of my snooping will have to wait till tomorrow!

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Parents’ Page

Teach them Manners

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aving good manners will take your child far in life. People will respond better to him and treat him with more respect if he exhibits good manners. To some kids, manners come naturally. To many kids, manners must be taught. Teaching manners is not rocket science; it just takes consistency. The payoffs, however, will follow your child wherever he goes in life. Here are a few simple tips to help your child get off to a very polite start: Actions speak louder than words. Model politeness and manners in your home. You can teach manners very effectively by practicing good manners yourself.

Start when your kids are young. A toddler is not too young to say ‘please’ when asking for a snack.

Focus on one behavior at a time. Don’t try to tackle everything at once. When you’ve got ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ mastered, move on to other behaviors.

Be specific. Instead of just telling your child to have good manners on the phone, tell him to speak loudly and clearly when answering the phone, to ask who’s calling, and to write down the message.

Give frequent reminders. On the way to a birthday party, remind your child to thank the host for inviting him and to say thank you for any food, drink, or goody bag.

Hopefully these tips will help ensure that good manners abound at your house, and that your child learns manners that will take him far in life!

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Hidden Picture

Reprinted with permission by Highlightskids.com / By Surgei Tunin

Toy Maker at Work

Can you find these hidden pictures?

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Help Be A Blessing This Holiday Season Sharon A. McGee, LPC-S, LMFT, RPT

Counselor’s Corner

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an you believe the holidays are approaching already? Seems like yesterday we were wishing for warm weather so we could pull out the shorts and flip flops. Yet here we are in the middle of college football season with Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner. When we stop to think about the meaning of these holidays, consider how to give life to their meaning by becoming a blessing to someone this season. Being a blessing may seem like an unusual concept, yet there are countless ways we can reach out and bless others. The holidays can be a very lonely time for many people. College students who cannot afford to go home; military members and/or families who cannot go home; senior citizens who will spend the holidays alone or in a nursing home with no visits from families; and the list could go on and on. Use this holiday season to become a blessing to others. Invite at least one person outside your family to share a holiday meal. Bake cookies to send to soldiers or to take to a nursing home and provide a little holiday cheer. Write letters and cards to elderly family members, neighbors or church members because handwritten letters are rare these days, and they mean so much. Giving surprise anonymous gift cards can help a family stretch their grocery and/or gift budget, and it is a great way to be a secret Santa. As Christmas approaches, many organizations need supplies to assist families in providing for their families. Food is always needed at the Food Bank and other organizations. The possibilities are endless. Include your family in the brainstorming of ideas and execution of the plans to become a blessing to someone this holiday season. Good luck in your adventure, but beware! Once you start and you feel that warm feeling inside that comes from giving, it becomes contagious. You just might find you and your family becoming a blessing to others all year round.

Deborah Batson Photography

Sharon McGee is a Licensed Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Registered Play Therapist in private practice in Montgomery, AL. www.deborahbatsonphotography.com

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Call 334-514-1260

Count the number of the different kinds of holiday cookies.

Write the correct number of each kind on the lines below.

answers on page 33

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Is turkey soup good for your health?

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Not if you’re the turkey!

Look at the clues below and figure out the secret words.

The 1st letter is in puppy but not in guppy.

The 4th letter is in pole but not in hole.

The 3rd letter is in mow but not in bow.

The 2nd letter is in cup but not in cap.

The 5th letter is in like but not in line.

The 7th letter is in been but not in bees.

The 6th letter is in pin but not in pen.

The 10th letter is in leg but not in lag.

The 8th letter is in pump but not in hump.

The 9th letter is in pine but not in pane.

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Secret Words

answer on page 33

Peppermint Puzzler

What do you think they are saying?

Place an ‘x’ on six of the peppermint sticks above to leave 3 equal sized blocks. answer on page 33

Telling Time For SUPER STARS Draw a line from each clock to the time it tells.

AWt Ae} Ap} AiP AY{ 5:55 or 5 minutes before 6:00

10:00 o‛clock

5:10 or 10 minutes after 5:00 or

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

Norma Lee. Norma Lee who?

Norma Lee I don’t eat this much!

3:00 o‛clock

7:50 or 10 minutes before 8:00

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Kids’ SuDoku Here’s How it’s Done...

Fill in the squares with the numbers 1 to 4 so that every row has each number once, every column has each number once, and each 2 x 2 box has each number once.

Try this one . . . it’s a little harder Fill in the squares with the numbers 1 to 6 so that every row, column and 3 x 2 box has each number once.

Make sure you don’t repeat the numbers.

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Can You Discover The Secret Words?

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Look right, then left, then right again to discover the secret words in each group of boxes below.

Write them on the lines below each group of letters.

Try to save yourself a little time in the kitchen. When browning meat for spaghetti, brown some extra for the freezer. You can get it out for another meal, like tacos or sloppy joes, on a night when you don’t have much time to cook. Half of your work will already be done!

How do you suppose Pilgrims knew what time it was?

Did they have watches? How about grandfather clocks?

During the 1600s, watches were carried in their pocket on a chain, and only the very wealthy could afford them.

Clocks also were very expensive. The Pilgrims were very poor, and lists of what they owned do not show any type of watches or clocks.

The Pilgrims could tell the time of day by watching the position of the sun in the sky. When it was time for them to get together for a meeting or church, someone would beat a drum to let them know to come together.

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Drop by or send art to: Barb’s on Mulberry Art Contest, 1923 Mulberry Street Montgomery, AL 36106

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Don’t forget to have your parents sign the permission line!

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Why can’t you take a turkey to church?

Because they use such fowl language!

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Christmas Tree Puzzler

Draw 3 straight lines in the box above to divide it into 4 parts. Each part must contain 3 different Christmas trees.

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Draw a line to join each object to its matching shadow.

What’s Missing?

The Santa on the right is missing some things. Can you add them?

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Cornucopia page 9 tomatoes apple pumpkin fruit horn corn vegetables

Answer Key

Holiday Crossword page 6

Solve This! page 10 Fire Christmas Word Scramble pg 14 angel snowflake tree present candy bell holly santa Be a Word Wizard: page 20 Pumpkin Pie Secret Words page 23 ornaments reindeer Christmas

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How do you fix a broken pumpkin?

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You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.

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Did You Know?

If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

A polar bear’s skin is black; its fur is not white, but actually clear.

Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.

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