Kids World News, Eaton County, Dec. 2015

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Volume 9, Issue 2, December 2015

1HZ &RYHQDQW &KULVWLDQ (OHPHQWDU\ This Fall the elementary students at New Covenant Christian School made applesauce! These apples were picked from apple trees located on our playground. Students, under the direction of parents, gathered the apples. We washed them and checked them over for soft spots.

Next, students sliced the apples and prepared them for the cooking pot!

While the apples simmered, students were treated to apple cider and homemade apple butter. Once cooked, students took turns using a sieve to separate the pulp from the skin. The applesauce was collected in a large bowl. We enjoyed tasting the fruits of our labor:) Yummy!

Thank you to our parent helpers.

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St. Mary School Early Learning Center collected over 150 food items that we gave to St. Vincent DePaul over Nov. 9th thru 20th.

Our Preschool and Developmental Kindergarten classes were very excited to give the gift the giving to the others.

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Snowy weather, jingle bells, twinkling lights, and candy canes and are all signs that December has arrived! It’s the last month of the year and there is certainly a feeling of anticipation in the air. People are busy making plans and preparing for the holidays, also known as the “hustle bustle” of the holiday season! Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa are all holidays celebrated in December, where songs, decorations, candles and giving gifts are part of their beautiful traditions.

Kids and teachers are especially excited to have time off from school this month.

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Kids’ World News wishes you the happiest of holidays this December, and a wonderful time sharing the joy of the season with your family and friends!

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The Water Cycle If you get a clear glass of tap water and look closely at it, 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 almost as long as the earth has! Our earth has a limited amount of water and that water keeps cycling around and around. That’s what we call “the water cycle.”

This water cycle is made up of four main parts.

1. Evaporation

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 didn’t somehow leak through the glass! It acutally came from the air.

Water vapor in the warm air, turns back into liquid when it touches the cold glass!

Evaporation: Evaporation is when the sun heats up water in rivers, lakes, and the ocean and turns it into vapor or steam. The water vapor or steam leaves the river, lakes and ocean and goes into the air. With evaporation, we also have transpiration.

What is that? 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.

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3. Precipitation

2. Condensation Collection: When water falls back to earth as precipitation, it may fall back into the oceans, lakes and 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 “ground water” that plants and animals use to drink or it may run over the soil and collect in the oceans, lakes and rivers where the cycle starts all over again.

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 of rain, hail, sleet or snow.

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Reindeer!

The reindeer is a medium sized member of the Cervodae (deer) family. Reindeer came to North America in the early 1900s from Siberia and Norway. Recently, they have been raised on farms in Canada and the United States.

Some of the benefits of raising reindeer include the following: They can be raised on the same farm as other deer and livestock.

Reindeer are low maintenance, easy handling and relatively disease free animals. They do well in areas that have cold winters and marginal land. Costs for handling facilities and equipment are often lower. But a really unique part of raising reindeer is the demand for them in commercials, parades and other promotional events. They can be trained to pull sleighs and can be ridden.

Reindeer can also generate products such as meat, milk, robes, hides and the antlers they shed.

Reindeer are about 4 feet tall at the shoulder and 6 feet long.

The adult females weigh about 162-187 pounds while the males are 200-220 pounds on the average. Unlike most other types of deer, both bulls (males) and cows (females) have antlers. Even the calves (babies) produce antlers. The antlers are shed each year and regrow. Sometimes the antlers are called “racks.” Reindeer have very wide hooves which helps them move through snow and tundra, a broad muzzle (nose), and thick brown fur.

Their thick fur traps air which insulates the reindeer from the cold and help the reindeer float in water. They are strong swimmers and runners.

Calves are born between May and June COLOR and grow quickly. They ME! are around 14 pounds when they are born.

They can stand and walk within minutes of their birth. They are also born with teeth so they can start eating right away. Calves do, however, drink milk from their mothers.

The reindeer are herbivores (plant eaters) and they spend much of the day eating. Reindeer travel in herds in the wild. They generally roam on pasture grounds in a farm setting.

Reindeer are also associated with Santa Claus! Santa’s sleigh is said to be pulled by flying reindeer! These were first named in the 1823 poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas, where they are called Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dunder and Blixem. Dunder was later changed to Donder and in other written works changed to Donner, and Blixem was later changed to Blitzen.

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Let It Snow!

Decorate With Snowflakes!

How does a snowflake form? Snow crystals form in clouds when the temperature is below the freezing point. They are created when water droplets freeze on tiny ice particles. When an ice crystal drops through a cloud, it bumps and hits other crystals which causes each snowflake to form into a unique complex design. There are no two snowflakes that are exactly alike. Decorating with snowflakes is a fun way to make the winter season and holiday times special.

Follow the step by step directions to create your very own snowflakes. Try making several to hang and a few to share with your family and friends.

What you will need: Paper towel tube, ruler, scissors, glue, ribbon.

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I Love To Play The Piano!

The piano is a very important part of music. Many musical notes do not seem possible without it and many notes sound better on the piano. The piano can play all types of music from classical to rock and roll. It can also be played solo or with other instruments, so it is very versatile.

There is some disagreement on when the first modern style piano was built. Most say the modern style piano (or piano et forte, meaning soft and loud) was probably built by the Italian, Bartolomeo Cristofori in 1709. It was described as a harpsichord with both soft and loud!

The difference between the harpsichords that came before and the piano, was the way the strings were sounded. In-

side the piano the strings are tightened into tune. A grand piano, for instance, looks like a harp when on it’s side. Modern style pianos use hammers to pluck the string. So when you touch the keyboard, the hammer hits the string which affects the sound of the note. If you stroke the key gently, the sound will be soft. If you use a heavy touch on the key, the sound will be much louder!

PIANO FACTS: • The average medium sized piano has about 230 strings.

Each string has about 165 pounds of tension. With the combined pull of all the strings, that equals approximately eighteen tons!

• There are over 10 million pianos in American homes, businesses and institutions.

• Yamaha, established in 1887, was the first piano manufacturer in Japan.

• The world’s largest piano is a Challen Concert Grand Piano. This piano is eleven feet long and has a total string tension of over 30 tons. This piano weighs more than a ton!

• The working section of the piano is called the acion. There are about 7500 parts in there. They all play a role in sending the hammers against the strings when the keys are struck.

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What Is Whooping Cough?

Kids of today get a series of shots to protect them from getting whooping cough, but some kids will still get it. Babies who have not had all their series of shots are at risk for whooping cough. This is a very serious illness for a baby, and also affects adults ages 60 and older.

Whooping cough, which is also called pertussis (pur-tus-is) is a bacterial infection of the respiratory system. This includes your lungs and breathing tubes. Whooping cough got its name from kids coughing a lot and in between coughs, they make a “whoop” sound when they try to take a breath.

In 1906, two French scientists discovered the pertussis bacteria and this became the first step to creating a vaccine to prevent this disease. Thousands of children used to get it because it spreads very quickly. Pertussis bacteria can live in the saliva in mouths and in the mucus in noses. It is spread by people coughing or sneezing and releasing tiny droplets in the air that other people breathe in. Colds are caught this way also.

The symptoms of whooping cough are similar to a cold but, unlike the cold, whooping cough sticks around and the cough gets stronger and more severe. If the doctor thinks that a child might have whooping cough, they may take a sample of the mucus in the back of their nose. This can be tested in a lab to see if there’s any bacteria in it. They may also order a chest X-ray and blood tests.

A child who has whooping cough will need to rest, drink plenty of fluids and eat healthy food. Also, the doctor will prescribe antibiotics to help fight the infection from the bacteria.

This will guard from spreading the illness to others. Regular check-ups with the doctor will make sure that the breathing and coughing are improving.

Whooping cough can be avoided by getting the pertussis vaccine called the DTaP. The shot prevents two other illnesses — diphtheria and tetanus in addition to pertussis.

Today, kids are usually given five doses of it. The first three shots are given while a child is a baby. Another is given when a child is

a toddler and the fifth one is given between ages 4 to 6. And now, doctors want to give another shot when children are around 11 or 12 to make sure he or she is still protected.

Washing your hands often and staying away from people who have a bad cough may help you avoid getting the disease.

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6W 0LFKDHO (OHPHQWDU\ 1HZV Our school did it’s annual Treats for Troops project last week.

Students are encouraged to bring in their Halloween candy so that it can be donated to our military troops overseas. This year our school donated over 318 lbs of candy.

Laurie Mooney, who is the head of the Fuel up to Play 60 team at our school, organized the event so that all of the candy will be donated to the Blue Star Moms. They will be sending the candy, in care packages, to our troops.

St. Michael School is so thankful for all of the hard work that our military men and women put in protecting our country. May God Bless You!

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Book Character Dress Up Day Students and teachers at Our Savior Lutheran School celebrated Book Character Dress Up Day on October 28th by dressing as their favorite book characters. The all-school event started with a parade in the gym, followed by students gathering with their teachers and reading buddies to share a favorite story during an all-school read-in.

Sunday, November 7th, teens and parents from our church, school, and other communities in Michigan gathered for music by the Michael Maher Band and spiritual resource information on dating and marriage. A heartfelt thanks to all the event volunteers and contributors who were present. Our Savior thanks Mr. Wright, Family Life Director, who coordinated the event.

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The second graders at St. Gerard School were hard at work making awards to honor veterans from the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The students also wrote letters to thank the veterans for serving our country.

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