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The toddler classroom at Greyhound Early Learning Center enjoyed several fall activities. The class went on nature walks to collect leaves, acorns, and pine cones. After collecting the materials we used them in creative ways. Students made leaf prints and re-painted the leaves. Children were also able to paint with the pinecone and acorns. We then counted the pine cones and acorns and put them into test tubes to enjoy. This was a great year to see all to fall colors. October is also fire prevention month and the toddlers enjoyed dressing up like firemen!

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Count your blessings. Maybe you’ve heard that saying before? It means to remember and be thankful for all the good things in your lifel We all should do that every day but there is a holiday in November in which we all celebrate it together. Every year in November, on the fourth Thursday of the month, we will celebrate Thanksgiving. It’s the holiday which is all about “giving thanks”.

Kids’ World News is thankful for you! Thank you for reading and enjoying the paper that is created with you in mind every month. We are thankful for all of our generous sponsors, who help us bring this paper to you and your families. We are thankful for the teachers and educators who work hard to help you learn and who make school a great place to be. When we count our blessings, we count all of you!

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What Is Hibernation and Migration?

Winter is very cold. There is snow and ice on the ground. We live in warm houses. What do animals do?

The biggest problem for most animals is finding enough food.

So, some animals sleep all winter! It is a very deep sleep called hibernation. They need little or no food and hibernation allows them to conserve energy. Bears and chipmunks hibernate! So do frogs, snakes and even some bugs.

Most hibernators prepare in some way for the winter. Some store food in their burrows or dens, to eat when they awake for short periods. Many eat extra food in the fall while it is plentiful.

It is stored as body fat to be used later for energy. Hibernators have two kinds of fat: regular white fat and a special brown fat.

The brown fat forms patches near the animal's brain, heart and lungs. It sends a quick burst of energy to warm these organs first when it is time to wake up.

True hibernators go into such a deep sleep that they are difficult to wake and may appear dead. Their body temperature drops and their breathing and heart beat slow down significantly. If an animal lives in an area where the winter is mild, it may hibernate only briefly, or not at all. However, even when the weather is severe, hibernators may wake up for short periods every few weeks to use their "toilet rooms" and eat if food is available.

The largest hibernators are the bears. Although a grizzly or black bear's heart rate may drop from a normal of 40-50 beats per minute down to 8-12, its temperature drops only slightly, allowing it to wake up quickly. These bears are also unique because, unlike other hibernators, they do not eat, drink, or excrete at all while hibernating, which can be as long as six months.

Other hibernating animals do not experience major changes in temperature, heart rate and breathing. Animals such as skunks, raccoons and some chipmunks are the light sleepers, easily awakened. They may sleep during the most severe weather and wake to roam and eat during milder weather.

Some birds fly south for the winter. We call this migration. You can often see them gathering because most birds fly together.

They go to a warmer place to find food when the weather starts

getting colder and the food supply becomes less. Other birds stay here all winter and we can help by feeding them!

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What you will need: • An empty plastic milk or water bottle, or a milk carton • Scissors, string, bird seed

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2. Fill the bird feeder with seeds and hang from a tree or shrub.

Scattering some seeds on the ground can help the birds find the feeder. Watch the birds. Be patient. Try different types of seeds and different locations. Record your observations.

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St. Gerard 4th grade scientists recently finished a unit about classification.

During this unit, the students explored invertebrates. The squid dissection really demonstrated that the squid is an invertebrate with interesting characteristics like a beak, 8 arms and 2 longer tentacles, a pen inside the mantle to help give it internal support, and an ink sac. The students examined all these parts and even wrote their names with the squid ink. When asked the best part of the dissection one student said, "All of it." Another student asked if the class could dissect a vertebrate. The 4th grade scientists loved learning about the squid this way.

Students pictured: Paulina Rivet and Daniel McGaughey Did you know the month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary? Every year in celebration of Our Lady of the Rosary (October 7th) the 3rd grade students at St. Gerard School make their own rosaries.

The beautiful colors and large size help in learning how to use the rosary and reflect on the mysteries.

These rosaries are blessed by Fr. John, and then sent home to continue being used with their families. The 3rd graders love to walk with Mary through this beautiful prayer. We hope you are taking the time to do the same this month.

For Halloween Deacon Andy came into all the classes, dressed up as a red M & M, to share his love for reading. A great time was had by all!

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Coloring Corner The year has turned its circle, The seasons come and go.

The harvest is all gathered in And chilly north winds blow.

Orchards have shared their treasures, The fields, their yellow grain.

So open wide the doorwayThanksgiving comes again!

Five little turkeys standing at the door, One waddled off, and then there were four.

Four little turkeys sitting near a tree, One waddled off, and then there were three.

Three little turkeys with nothing to do, One waddled off, and then there were two.

Two little turkeys in the morning sun, One waddled off, and then there was one.

One little turkey better run away, For soon it will be Thanksgiving Day.

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Cookin’ Fun

Bit-O Honey Pumpkin Bars With Cream Cheese Frosting

Brown Sugar Carrots

3/4 pound medium carrots, peeled 1 tablespoon butter or margarine 1 tablespoon brown sugar, packed Dash of salt

Pumpkin Bars: 5 (1.7 ounce) Bit-O-Honey Bars 1 cup canola oil 4 eggs 1 (15 ounce) can pure pumpkin 1 cup granulated sugar 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 3/4 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon ground allspice 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 cups all-purpose flour

Cut carrots in half, both crosswise and lengthwise. Cook carrots in a medium saucepan, covered, in a small amount of boiling water 8-10 minutes, or until crisp-tender. Drain well; remove from pan. In the same saucepan combine butter or margarine, brown sugar, and salt. Stir over medium heat until combined. Add carrots. Cook, uncovered, about 2 minutes or until glazed, stirring frequently. Season to taste with pepper.

Cream Cheese Frosting: 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 4 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 4 cups confectioners' sugar

For the pumpkin bars : Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 13 x 9-inch pan with nonstick spray. Freeze the Bit-O-Honey Bars 10 minutes. In a food processor, chop candy bars coarsely. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, using electric mixer, combine the oil and eggs, and mix 30 seconds on high. Add the pumpkin, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, ginger, nutmeg and salt. Mix on medium 1 minute, scraping down sides of the bowl. Add the baking powder, baking soda and flour, and mix on low 30 seconds. Fold in the chopped candy bars. Pour the batter into your prepared pan and bake 25 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool completely before frosting.

For the cream cheese frosting: In a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer, beat together the cream cheese and butter until smooth and fluffy (about 3 minutes). Mix in the vanilla extract. Add the confectioners' sugar and beat until thoroughly mixed together. Spread the frosting evenly over the top of the cooled pumpkin bars. Cut into 2 x 3-inch squares.

Rules For The Kitchen!

1. Always ask an adult if you can use the kitchen.

2. Have all the ingredients before you start.

3. Wash your hands before you touch food.

4. Wear an apron or towel to keep your clothes clean.

5. Always clean up when you are finished.

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Bowling is one of the most popular sports in the world!

One of the reasons for it’s popularity is that children and adults of nearly every ability level can participate. It can be enjoyed as a relaxing fun exercise and social activity or as a competitive sport. Other major benefits of bowling is that its easy to find a place to play. Equipment is at the bowling alley and instructions, as well as practice, leagues and competitive play are all there too.

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foul line and using two hands, shove the ball down the lane. Most bowling alleys have rails or bumpers up on the sides of the alleys for children on some of their lanes. This helps give kids the chance to knock down the pins! Also the bowling alleys have special bowling shoes to fit children and special balls that are not to heavy!

Many bowling alleys have classes kids can take to learn how to play the game.

Bowling is a lifetime fitness sport which contributes to balance, coordination and motor skills. Bowling is able to fill the needs of so many people because it is, above all, a simple game. The rules are not complex and the basics of how to roll the ball are quickly learned. The modern game of bowling is played on an indoor wooden or urethane lane. Ten pins are arranged in a triangular formation 30 centimeters apart. The game is played by rolling a ball down the lane in an effort to knock down all the pins stationed at the end of the lane. Each individual is allowed two attempts per frame to knock down the pins. One game consists of 10 frames.

The person who has the highest score (meaning the one who has knocked down the most pins) is the winner.

Bowling is an excellent recreational activity for all ages so the entire family can play and enjoy themselves. Check it out today!

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What Is Asthma?

When you breathe in through your nose or mouth, the air goes into your windpipe, through the airways (or bronchial tubes) and into the lungs. For most kids, this is easy and automatic. When a person has asthma, it can be more difficult.

When you have an asthma episode or “attack”, the airways become swollen and narrower and it is a lot harder to get air to go into the lungs and get out of the lungs. The swollen airways can also produce extra mucus which makes things even more difficult! If you have asthma, this could make you wheeze (a whistling sound) as you breathe and/or your chest feels tight like someone is squeezing you.

It can also make you cough and take shorter breaths.

No one knows why some kids get asthma and others do not. But, it often runs in families - like having a parent, sibling or other relative that has it. Asthma is not contagious. It can start at an early age and stop when a person becomes an adult - but some children get it back when they are older.

What causes asthma to flare up? Sometimes there are different triggers that cause an attack. Some kids are sensitive to substances that cause allergic reactions in the airways called allergens. Some common allergens for kids with asthma are dust mites, mold, pollen from trees, weeds and grass, furry animals with dander (dandruff) in their fur. Sometimes its perfume, chalk dust and cigarette smoke, smog or air pollution. There is also a reaction at times to an infection like a cold or flu that makes the airways more sensitive. Cold air and even exercise can cause a flare-up. There are many more triggers and sometimes kids need to have an allergy test to find out what their triggers are!

It is important to manage your asthma with your doctor and the help of your parents with a treatment program. There are different medicines for treating asthma be-

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cause not all children’s asthma is the same. Some kids need to take medicine only once in a while when they have a flare-up. This is called a rescue medicine because it works fast to open airways so they can breathe easier. Other children need to take controller medicine every day to keep flare-ups from happening.

If a kids with asthma know they will be around allergens they may need to take medicine ahead of time to keep airways open. With exercise induced asthma, kids can take medicine before exercising also, so they can continue to exercise or do sports.

One of the tools used to manage asthma is a peak flow meter. This tool, when used properly, will give kids who have asthma an idea of how well they are breathing that day.

Asthma medicine is often taken through an inhaler. An inhaler is a plastic tube that holds a medicine container. It is held up to the mouth and then the medicine is breathed in. The medicine comes out in a mist that goes into the lungs. The mists’ job is to relax the airways to make it easier to breathe. Sometimes the inhaler is used with a spacer. The spacer is a piece that goes between the inhaler and the kids’ mouth. It allows the kid to breathe in when the kid is ready, so inhaling the medicine is easier. There are also medicines that are taken in by swallowing them. Some need a nebulizer - thats a machine containing medicine that has a face mask that the kids put on and breathe the medicine in.

Whatever the medications are being taken, the goal is to get the asthma flare-ups under total control so there are no problems created by triggers. There are many athletes, including Olympic athletes and sports stars who have asthma that they are managing.

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Pallas Cats

The Pallas cat is also called the manul. They live throughout Central Asia, and prefer cold climates and high elevations. They are short and have long hair - making them look very soft! They appear to be bigger and heavier than they actually are due to their stocky builds and long coats. Don’t be fooled though, the Pallas cat is actually about the same size as a domestic house cat without all that hair! In reality, they measure up to 26 inches in body length (with an 8 to 12 inch tail) and weigh only around 10 pounds.

The Pallas cat has the longest and densest fur of any cat! Depending on the season, it can be different colors. In the winter, it turns to a grey, uniform color. In the warmer months, their fur turns to a brown color with different stripes and rings! Their fur looks glossy and frosted due to their hair having white tips.

Pallas cats like to be alone. They are very territorial and both

males and females mark their territory. Pallas’ cats spend their days in caves, crevices, and burrows made by other animals, emerging toward dusk to hunt. They hunt rodents and other small animals.

Poaching is a problem with the Pallas cat. It’s fur is very soft, and many poachers hunt them for it. Another problem is poisoning of their food supply of Pika. Pika are thought to carry traces of a plague, so they are poisoned which makes it very hard for the Pallas cats.

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• Pallas cats have round pupils instead of slits like all other cats!

• They are bad at running! With their short legs, running is difficult for the Pallas cat.

• They yelp or growl when excited, making a sound similar to a small dog. Pallas’ cats can also purr.

• They are named for eighteenth-century German zoologist Peter Pallas.

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Mexico

United Mexican States • Mexico is located in North America, bordering the United States of America, Guatemala, and Belize. It is 758,449 square miles. That’s a pretty big country! In fact, Mexico is the 14th largest country by land area.

• The capital of Mexico is Mexico City. In that city alone, there are almost 20 million people! There are 31 states in Mexico.

• The population of Mexico is the 11th largest in the world with around 117 million people.

• The currency of Mexico is the Mexican Peso.

• The government is a Federal Republic.

• Mexico’s weather varies by region. Since Mexico is a large country, the weather can be very warm or cool. There are two main seasons in Mexico; the rainy season and the dry season. The rainy season lasts from around May until about September or October. During the dry season, it rarely rains. Another season that Mexico experiences is a hurricane season. Hurricanes can be common between June to November, but they don’t always happen!

• Mexico is very rich in culture! Ancient culture in Mexico included the works of the Maya and Aztec people. Some of the beautiful temples, traditions, and art created by these cultures still exist today. Mexico is a unique blend of both native and European culture, due to Spanish invasions and colonies. The language spoken in Mexico and the most common religion were both introduced by the Spanish people, • The most commonly spoken language in Mexico is Spanish, but some native languages are also spoken, including Náhuatl and Maya.

• The highest mountain in Mexico is Pico de Orizaba, a dormant volcano that reaches 18,491 feet above sea level.

• Mexico City hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1968.

• The Chichen Itza Pyramid in Mexico was named one of the new Seven Wonders of the World.

• Mexico’s flag is made up three vertical stripes. The left green stripe stand for hope, the middle white stripe represents purity, and the right

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red stripe represents the blood of the Mexican people. The picture of an eagle eating a snake is based on an Aztec legend •Stone tools have been found in Mexico that suggest the existence of humans there around 23000 years ago.

• The most popular sport in Mexico is football (soccer). Mexico hosted the World Cup in both 1970 and 1986.

• Mexican food is known for its range of flavors and spices. Popular dishes include tacos, burritos and enchiladas.

• The largest wildcat in North America is the jaguar, which can be found in Mexico's southern jungles.

• Millions of monarch butterflies migrate to Mexico every year from the U.S. and Canada.

• The Chihuahua is the world’s smallest dog and is named for a Mexican state.

• The first great civilization in Mexico were the Olmecs (1400-300 B.C.) who established many cities along the eastern coast of Mexico, sculpted the famous Colossal Heads, and worshipped a mysterious, unnamed god that was Beautiful view of Chichen Itza monument, part human and part jaguar.

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• The Zapotec civilization (600 B.C.-A.D. 800) established great cities along southern Mexico and developed the first writing system in the Americas.

• Spanish conquerors brought bullfighting to Mexico, which is now the national sport of Mexico. Bullfighting takes place from November to April, and the Plaza Mexico is the largest bullring in the world.

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Circle The Greatest Number In Each Set Of Turkeys!

Can You Solve These Story Problems?

1. If one turkey can feed eight people, how many turkeys are needed to feed one hundred sixty people?

2. A non-profit organization for the homeless is asking people to donate $4.00 to feed and care for one person. If the non-profit wants to raise enough money to feed and care for seventy-five people on Thanksgiving, how much money will they need to raise?

3. The Indians and Pilgrims brought a total of nine turkeys to cook. If the Indians brought four turkeys, how many did the Pilgrims bring?

4. Fourteen Indians and thirteen Pilgrims were going to have dinner together. Each person brought two pieces of fruit or vegetable to the feast. How many food items did they have in all?

5. A restaurant spent $345 on food to feed sixty-nine people. How much did the food cost for each person?

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