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A Water World of Wonder Have you ever found yourself starring into an aquarium watching the fish swim and discovering coral, crabs and beautiful star fish? I love to look for the hidden treasures of tiny creatures as I take the time to really observe a world below the surface. The shapes and colors of natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s marine life are incredible. As an artist, drawing aquatic life is fun because fish come in countless shapes and sizes. Some are round and others are long. Some fish swim along happily while others are swift hunters. Create your own fish by using your imagination. There is no wrong way to create your fish. Grab a pencil, markers or crayons and discover a world of wonder by using your imagination to create an underwater world. Have fun!

Create a Water World 1. Supplies: Paper. Pencil for drawing. Black fine point marker for outlining your drawing. Crayon, markers, colored pencils, or watercolors.

2. Warm up your drawing skills by practicing the three fish shown step by step. Practice creating other marine life such as an octopus, star fish, or clams.

3. Take a clean paper and begin your drawing using your pencil to add fish.

You can add several long fish or round fish and even add a scary shark. For interest, draw in some sea grass, shells or even a crab running along a sandy ocean bottom.

4. When your pencil drawing is complete, use a black fine point marker to outline your drawing.

5. Color your fish brightly and use interesting patterns. Make sure to color your entire background with blue and create a sandy ocean floor.

Shark: Begin with eyes. Draw large ovals and color in the black iris leaving a bit of white for the reflection details. Continue with steps 2-10. Lastly, draw in the big sharp teeth!

Long Fish: Start with the fin. Add details such as scales, other fins and bubbles.

Round Fish: Start with the eyes, then add your own details.

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Koala Bears The koala is native to Eastern and Southeastern Australia, and like a kangaroo, is a marsupial. Marsupials are animals where the female has a pouch to raise her young. A baby koala is called a joey, and is born hairless, blind, and earless. It stays hidden in its mother’s pouch for about six months, while it grows fur and ears.

After this time, it stays with its mother for another six months, riding on her back, and feeding on both milk and Eucalyptus leaves.

Koalas have no tail, but have an excellent sense of balance.

They also are very muscular and have strong limbs for climbing.

Their paws have rough pads on their palms and sharp claws for climbing. Each paw has five fingers, which helps them keep their grip while climbing. The fingers even have fingerprints that are unique to each koala!

Koalas have a thick, woolly gray fur, which acts like a raincoat to repel moisture when it rains. It also protects them from extreme heat and cold. Koalas have patches of white fur inside their ears, on their chin, chest, and neck, as well as inside their limbs.

Koalas have a highly developed sense of smell and hearing. A koala’s nose is dark and leathery and unusually large. Koalas rely on their sense of smell to determine the levels of toxicity in the eucalyptus leaves. A koala’s large ears are important in listening to other koalas.

Eucalyptus leaves are the main part of a koala’s diet. Eucalyptus leaves are low in protein and high in indigestible substances that are

toxic to most species. The koala has a very low metabolic rate and rests for about 18 to 20 hours a day, sleeping most of that time.

Koalas rarely drink water. Eucalyptus leaves provide the water they need.

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Breakfast Is Important!

We always hear how breakfast is the most important meal of the day! There is a reason for that. After youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve slept all night long, your body has no energy without breakfast! And children who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eat breakfast are less able to learn or participate at school.

On the other hand, kids who eat breakfast do better in school, are more likely to participate in physical activities, and tend to eat healthier overall. Plus - it promotes proper growth!

Any breakfast is better than no breakfast. But, try not to have doughnuts all the time. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re high in calories, sugar and fat.

They also donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t contain the nutrients you really need. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better to eat a variety of foods, including breads and cereals (grains), meats, beans and nuts (protein), fruits and vegetables, milk, cheese and yogurt.

Some traditional breakfast ideas are: eggs, waffles or pancakes, cold cereal and milk, hot cereal like oatmeal or cream of wheat (try them with fruit on the top), whole grain toast, bagels or English muffin or yogurt with fruits or nuts.

Some kids skip breakfast because they sleep too late, are too rushed, or they are trying to lose weight. But skipping breakfast doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help people with weight. As a matter of fact, someone who skips breakfast tends to eat more calories throughout the day.

If you find yourself skipping breakfast because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re too rushed, try these quick breakfasts.

They are easy to grab on the way out

the door or can be prepared the night before and they are nutritious: â&#x20AC;˘ Ready to eat cereal with fruit and milk. â&#x20AC;˘ Toasted bagel with cheese. â&#x20AC;˘ Fruit-filled breakfast bar and yogurt. â&#x20AC;˘ Toasted waffle topped with fruit and yogurt. â&#x20AC;˘ Fruit smoothie (fruit and milk whirled in a blender). â&#x20AC;˘ Peanut butter on whole wheat toast.

So tomorrow morning, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t run out the door on an empty stomach. Fuel up with a healthy breakfast! Your day will be much better.

Some Quick Tips To Help You With The Breakfast Crunch!!

1. Finish homework and pack your school bags at night.

2. Decide what you will wear to school before going to bed. Locate lost shoes for the next day.

3. Get up 15 minutes earlier.

4. Give up morning television and computer games.

5. Make sure thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s healthy foods on hand.

6. Set out cereal the night before if that helps. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re running late, fill a zip-lock bag with your portion - you can add milk to that and eat it on the go!

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Our Water Cycle

A - evaporation B - condensation

C - precipitation D - collection

Get a glass of tap water in a clear glass. Take a good long look at the water. Now, can you guess how old it is? The water in your glass may have fallen from the sky as rain just last week, but the water itself has been around pretty much as long as the earth has! It was on this earth with the Brontosaurus! Our earth has a limited amount of water. That water keeps going around and around - thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we all the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water Cycle.â&#x20AC;?

The Water Cycle is made up of four main parts. The parts are: Evaporation (and transpiration), Condensation, Precipitation and â&#x20AC;&#x2C6;Collection.

Evaporation: Evaporation is when the sun heats up water in rivers, lakes or the oceans and turns it into vapor or steam. The water vapor or steam leaves the rivers, lakes or oceans and it goes into the air.

Do plants sweat? Well, sort of... where people sweat - plants transpire.

Transpiration is the way by which plants lose water out of their leaves. Transpiration gives evaporation a bit of a hand in getting the water vapor back up into the air.

Condensation: Water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid, forming clouds. This is called condensation. You can see the same sort of thing at home... pour a glass of cold water on a hot day and watch what happens. Water forms on the outside of the glass. That water didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t somehow leak through the glass! It actually came from the air. Water vapor in the warm air turns back into liquid when it touches the cold glass.

Precipitation: Precipitation occurs when so much water has condensed that the air cannot hold it anymore. The clouds get heavy and water falls back to the earth in the form or rain, hail, sleet or snow.

Collection: When water falls back to earth as precipitation, it may fall back in the oceans, lakes or rivers or it may end up on land. When it ends up on land, it will either soak into the earth and become part of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;ground waterâ&#x20AC;? that plants and animals use to drink or it may run over the soil and collect in the oceans, lakes or rivers where the cycle starts all over again.

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s An Experiment For You To Try! Please read all instructions completely before starting and observe all safety precautions.

You will need: â&#x20AC;˘ a large metal or plastic bowl â&#x20AC;˘ a pitcher or bucket â&#x20AC;˘ a sheet of clear plastic wrap â&#x20AC;˘ a dry ceramic mug (like a coffee mug) â&#x20AC;˘ a long piece of string or large rubber band â&#x20AC;˘ water 1. Put the bowl in a sunny place outside.

2. Using the pitcher or bucket, pour water into the bowl until it is about 1/4 full.

3. Place the mug in the center of the bowl. Be careful not to splash any water into it.

4. Cover the top of the bowl tightly with the plastic wrap.

5. Tie the string around the bowl to hold the plastic wrap in place.

6. Watch the bowl to see what happens.

A miniature water cycle. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;mistâ&#x20AC;? that forms on the plastic wrap will change into larger crops of water that will begin to drip. (You can speed up the dripping by carefully removing the bowl - donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t splash! - into the shade).

When this happens, continue watching for a few minutes, then carefully peel back the plastic. Is the coffee mug still empty? Water from the â&#x20AC;&#x153;oceanâ&#x20AC;? of water in the bowl evaporated. It condensed to form misty â&#x20AC;&#x153;cloudsâ&#x20AC;? on the plastic warp. When the clouds became saturated it â&#x20AC;&#x153;rainedâ&#x20AC;? into the mug!

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Coloring Corner The Beautiful Spring by George Cooper "I was here first," said the snowdrop: "look!"

"Not before me!" sang the silver brook.

"Why," cried the grass, "I've been here a week!"

"So have I, dear," sighed a violet meek.

"I came betimes," sang the southwind, "I!" "After me, love!" spake the deep blue sky.

"Who is it cares?" chimed the crickets gay: "Now you are here, let us hope you'll stay."

"Well," piped a bluebird, "don't leave me out!

I saw the snow that lay round about."

"Yes," chirped a snowbird, "that may be true; But I've seen it all the bleak winter through."

Whispered the sun, "Lo! the winter's past: What does it matter who's first or last?

Sky, brooks, and flowers, and birdies that sing, All help to make up the beautiful spring."

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Cookinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Fun Banana Tree Stumps 1 1/2 cups butterscotch pieces 6 tablespoons creamy peanut butter 4 medium bananas 1 1/2 cups finely chopped peanuts or almond brickle pieces In a small saucepan, combine the butterscotch pieces and peanut butter. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until butterscotch pieces are melted. Remove from heat.

Peel the banana. With a knife and supervision, cut the banana into 1-inch pieces. Dip each piece of banana into the butterscotch mixture. Lift out with a fork. Roll in the chopped peanuts or almond brickle pieces to coat. Place on a wax paper-lined plate. Chill for 2 hours.

Cinnamon Snails 4 slices soft texture whole wheat or white bread, crusts trimmed 1/4 cup softened cream cheese 3 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/4 cup melted butter Preheat oven at 350 degrees F. Spread 1 tablespoon cream cheese on each slice of bread. Roll up bread slices with cream cheese on the inside. Cut each roll into thirds.

Stir together sugar and cinnamon until well mixed. Dip each cut roll into melted butter, then into the sugar/ cinnamon mixture. Do not dip the ends of the rolls. Place rolls, seam side down, on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake in oven for about 12 minutes, or until light brown and crisp. Serve warm or cool.

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

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