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Tulips in Michigan One of the first signs of springtime is the emergence of the tulip. Did you know that the Netherlands was not the first place to grow the tulip. As early as 1,000 AD, the Turks were cultivating tulips. It is believed that the tulip flower was named for its resemblance to turbans worn in the Middle East. “Turban” in Latin becomes “tulipa.” When the botanist, Carolus Clusius discovered tulips in1593 growing in Vienna, he began cultivating them in the Netherlands. Once they blossomed out of his small planted garden, they attracted a lot of attention! He wouldn’t sell the bulbs which created a demand for them. So one night, his garden was broken into and the bulbs were stolen. The thieves were bold enough to create the Dutch Tulip Trade. The bulbs were sold and grown to multiply. In the beginning, tulips were very rare and only the wealthy could afford them. The people were going bankrupt in order to buy the bulbs! They weren’t even planting them for fear of them being stolen! Because of the inability of growers to produce enough to meet the demand, tulips lost their value. People began to plant them again. Now with the demand equal to production, over half the farmland
in Holland is set aside to grow tulip bulbs. The Netherlands produces three billion tulips bulbs each year. The U.S. is the top importer of tulip bulbs. There are now over 3,000 different registered varieties of cultivated tulips. In 1927, a Woman’s Literary Club meeting was held in Holland, Michigan. Lida Rogers, a biology teacher at Holland High School suggested that Holland adopt the tulip as its official flower and celebrate it with a festival. The next year, the City Council purchased 100,000 tulip bulbs from the Netherlands to plant in city parks and other areas. They were also available for Holland residents to purchase for one cent each. By the spring of 1929, thousands of tulips bloomed and so did the annual festival. By the mid 1930’s, Tulip Time was internationally known. Tulip Time has continued to thrive in Holland Michigan boasting over a half million visitors during their festival. Holland’s annual celebration of Dutch heritage and culture is a multi-generational event that has something for everyone. Three amazing parades, traditional Dutch Dance performances, concerts, theatre, Dutch attractions, Dutch food, children’s events, Tulip City Tours and so much more! This year it starts on May 5th.
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Antarctica • Antarctica, the fifth largest continent in size and about half the size of America. It is located on the underside of the globe. No continent is further south than Antarctica. Near the center of the land mass is the South Pole. • This continent is almost completely covered in layers of ice and snow. The average thickness is approximately one mile. Only 2% of the land is not covered in ice. The ice often looks bluish. • Antarctica has no countries and no portions of the continent are owned by any country. There is no government like other countries or continents in the world. Several countries do claim sovereignty on different parts though. The Antarctic Treaty System regulates the relationship between these nations. • Antarctica has no trees and no reptiles.
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• 11% of the land that is part of Antarctica is composed of floating ice shelves. These shelves are formed when ice piled on mountains and terrain slide down the coast and into the water. The continental ice sheet contains about 7 million miles of ice, 90% of the world’s total. In fact, there is as much ice on Antarctica as there is water in the Atlantic Ocean. Antarctica has the highest average elevation of any continent which is due to all the ice on it! • The weather is extreme. Antarctica has high winds and the temperatures are between -40 and -90 degrees Fahrenheit. Air humidity is near zero. The warmest temperature ever recorded on the continent is 58.3 degrees F, which was recorded on January 5, 1974 at the Vanda Station. • Antarctica has little rainfall, so it is considered a desert! • Flora and fauna do live on the continent. The most well known fauna are the King and Emperor Penguins, seals and a bird, the Snow Petrel. • Captain James Cook and his expedition ships are the first Europeans in recorded history to cross the Antarctic Circle in January 1773. The first recorded landing on the continent was a seal hunter named John Davis in February 1821. • Churches have been established on COLOR the Antarctic. One is Catholic, one ME! non-denominational Christian, one Bulgarian Orthodox and one Russian Orthodox. There are up to 5,000 temporary residents in the summer. They are mainly researchers and explorers. During the winter, the population is only around 1,000 researchers. There are no permanent residents. • During the South Pole winter, which is late March to late September, it is dark all the time. In the summer, it is light 24 hours a day, even though the sun is very low in the sky.
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Coloring Corner Celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd! Earth Day is the name used for two observances both held worldwide every year! Some people celebrate Earth Day around the time of the March equinox and others observe it on April 22nd. The April 22nd Earth Day was founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970 to promote ecology and respect for life on the planet. It was to also encourage awareness of the growing problems of air, water and soil polution. Today Earth Day is observed in more than 140 countries around the world.
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The Value Of Self Esteem Good self-esteem is very important. It helps you feel proud of yourself and what you can do. It makes you confident and gives you the courage to try new things and to believe in yourself. When you respect yourself, kids and adults will usually respect you too. Self-esteem is a term which means to be valued or important. Such as you were told by your friend, that your mother is a great person. Your friend therefore holds your mom in high esteem. Selfesteem is not bragging about how great you are or how perfect. It’s quietly knowing that you’re worth a lot, worthy of being loved and accepted. One benefit to having good self-esteem is that it helps you make better choices about your mind and body. If you think you are important, you’ll be less likely to follow the crowd if they’re doing something dumb or dangerous. Good self esteem means you value your safety, feelings, and health. You’ll protect yourself from bad decisions. You’ll have the courage to say no. Self esteem is not something we are born with, it is something developed. When we have achievements like a good grade or having a good sense of humor, or being a good friend - those things to be proud of. Coaches, teammates and classmates can also help each other by noticing each other’s qualities, encourage each other to keep trying, etc. Some kids have good self-esteem but then something happens to change that. For example: • If a kid moves and doesn't make friends right away at the new school, he or she might start to feel bad. • Kids whose parents divorce also may find that this can affect selfesteem. They may feel unlovable or to blame for the divorce. • A kid who feels too fat or too thin may start thinking that means he or she isn't good enough. • A kid who's dealing with an illness, such as cancer, diabetes, or asthma, might feel different and less confident than before. If your self-esteem needs a little boost - that’s normal. It’s alright to have ups and downs in your feelings, but having low self-esteem is not alright. If you think you have low self-esteem, try talking to an
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Do You Know These Animal Fun Facts? • The blue whale can produce the loudest sound of any animal. At 188 decibels, the noise can be detected almost 500 miles away. • Horses and cows sleep while standing up. • Giant Arctic jellyfish have tentacles that can reach over 100 feet in length. • Locusts have leg muscles that are about 1000 times more powerful than an equal weight of human muscle.
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• Even when a snake has its eyes closed, it can still see through its eyelids.
• Insects such as bees, mosquitoes and cicadas make noise by rapidly moving their wings.
• Unlike humans, sheep have four stomachs, each one helps them digest the food they eat. • Despite the white, fluffy appearance of Polar Bears fur, it actually has black skin. • As well as being a famous Looney Tunes character, the Tasmanian Devil is a real animal that is only found in the wild in Tasmania, Australia. It is the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world. • The average housefly only lives for 2 or 3 weeks. • Mosquitoes can be annoying insects but did you know that it's only the female mosquito that actually bites humans. • Cats use their whiskers to check whether a space is too small for them to fit through or not. • Crocodiles have the strongest bite of any animal in the world. • Butterflies taste food by standing on top of it! Their taste receptors are in their feet unlike humans who have most on their tongue. • A hippopotamus may seem huge but it can still run faster than a man.
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Play The Trumpet! The trumpet is a musical instrument in the brass family. Of all brass instruments, the trumpet is highest in register, above the French horn, trombone, baritone, euphonium, and tuba. A musician who plays the trumpet is called a trumpet player or trumpeter. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by buzzing the lips into a mouthpiece. The oldest trumpets date back to 1500 B.C.E. and earlier. The bronze and silver trumpets from Tutankhamun's grave in Egypt, bronze lurs from Scandinavia, and metal trumpets from China date back to this period. The earliest trumpets were signaling instruments used for military or religious purposes, rather than music in the modern sense. In ancient Rome, they were called “tubas”, Latin for “tubes”.
Trumpet Facts • Taking care of a trumpet is easy! It is stored in just two pieces in the carrying case. The only regular maintenance other than keeping it clean is to oil the valves and grease the slides as it’s needed. • The trumpet is played with the right hand on the top of the instrument with the first three fingers resting on the valves. The left hand holds the trumpet with the fingers wrapped around the middle of the valves. • The trumpet is a very versatile and widely used instrument. Trumpets are always needed in bands, symphony orchestras, jazz groups and small instrumental groups. It is very common for the trumpet to perform a large number of solos and melodic lines in all of these groups. The trumpet also works well as a solo instrument. • There are many different kinds of trumpets. The most common type is the B-flat trumpet, but C, D, E-flat, E, F, G and A trumpets are also available. • The trumpet is used in nearly all forms of music, including classical, jazz, rock, blues, pop, polka and funk. • The most famous trumpet player in the United States was Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong. He was an unofficial ambassador to the world for the State Department in the post WWII era and was more famous worldwide than anyone except the president!
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Emperor Penguins of Antarctica Antarctica is abundant with Emperor Penguins. Most species of penguins live in the Southern hemisphere and most of them live on the coasts of Antarctica. Penguins are described as flightless birds because they don’t fly through air - they can “fly” through water. In the water they search for prey like fish, crustaceans, squid and krill. In the water, they are graceful swimmers. They have been observed swimming up to 8 miles per hour though normally they don’t go over 6.7 miles per hour. Most penguins have “tuxedo” coloring with their black back, head, flippers and white front. The emperors have a pale yellow breast and bright yellow ear patches. They grow to about four feet tall and are the heaviest, weighing anywhere between 49 and 99 pounds. They live and breed during the Antarctic winter months. Winter starts in March in the Antarctic. During this time, the winds may reach up to 124 miles per hour. They survive breeding, raising young, and eating by relying on a number of clever adaptations. Emperors clump together in huge, huddled masses. They take turns moving to the inside of the group, where they're protected from the icy cold temperatures and wind. Once they've had a chance to warm up, they take their turns back on the circle's edges, giving fellow penguins time in the warmer center. The total population is estimated to be about 200,000 breeding pairs. They can live to
be 20 years of age. The Emperor Penguin is known best for the sequence of journeys the adults make each year in order to breed and feed their offspring. The Emperor penguin walk slowly. They are also known to “toboggan” - slide across the ice on their bellies! All mature Emperor penguins travel to breeding colonies which may include thousands of penguins. Emperor penguins do not build nests. The male stands upright for about 65 days and incubates the egg on top of its feet under a loose fold of abdominal skin called a brood patch. At this time, the male doesn’t eat or fasts throughout the courtship, nesting and incubation period. He lives off his body fat and loses up to 45% of his body weight, plus stands through icy temperatures, cruel winds and blinding storms. After the female lays her egg, she goes to sea (at times that’s well over fifty miles away) to feed while the male is incubating the egg. She returns just before the egg is ready to hatch, bringing food which they regurgitate, (or bring up) to feed the hatched chicks. The males then eagerly leave for their own fishing session at sea. The mother’s take over care of the chicks.
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Cookin’ Fun Hummingbird Nests 1 cup milk chocolate chips 1 cup shredded coconut 1 bag of jelly bean eggs Melt the chocolate chips, following the directions on the bag. When the chocolate is smooth, stir in the coconut, then drop the mixture by the heaping tablespoon onto waxed-paper-lined cookie sheets. While the nests are still warm, use your thumbs to poke an impression into the middle of each. Cool them, then fill with jelly bean eggs. Makes about 1 dozen.
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Deviled Eggs 8 eggs 1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard 1 tablespoon creamy salad dressing salt and pepper to taste 1 pinch paprika Place eggs in saucepan and cover with water. Have an adult help you with this. Bring to boil. Cover, remove from heat, and let eggs sit in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water and cool. Gently peel off the shell and cut the egg in half lengthwise. Remove the yolks and combine in a bowl with mustard, salad dressing and salt and pepper. Mix together until smooth. Refill each egg half with the yolk mixture and sprinkle with paprika.
Easter Shortbread Cookies Nonstick cooking spray 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 2 cups cake flour (not self-rising), sifted 2 tablespoons coarse sanding sugar Spray a 9-inch fluted tart pan with a removable bottom with nonstick cooking spray; set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar. Stir in vanilla. With mixer on low speed, slowly add flour. Mix until well combined. Evenly spread cookie dough into prepared tart pan. Refrigerate until firm, at least 2 hours and up to overnight. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Sprinkle shortbread with sanding sugar. Using a 2-inch round fluted cookie cutter, make a shallow cut in the center of the dough. Using the tines of a fork, score dough from the edge of the circle in the center towards the edge of the pan into 12 equal wedges. Transfer tart pan to oven and bake until light brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the shortbread comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Immediately re-score circle and wedges with cookie cutter and the tines of a fork. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool 1 hour. Remove shortbread from tart pan and let cool completely. Cut into wedges with a serrated knife along the scored lines.
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3) Water Balloon Tag - Whoever is “it” carries the water balloon. If you get hit and the balloon breaks then, “Tag, you’re it!” 4) Water Balloon Toss - Everyone lines up and stands across from their partner. Partners start close together and each time they catch it they must take a step backwards. The team with the greatest distance between the partners wins!
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PLAYDOUGH AT THE PARK Playdough is a great activity to do outdoors. Kids get to enjoy creating and moms don’t have to worry about cleaning playdough out of the carpet. Make the simple recipe below and take it to the park with you. Kids can use rocks, grass, twigs and other items to make prints or 3D creations! FXS ÀRXU 1 cup water (add 4-6 drops of food coloring) ½ cup salt 2 TBSP oil 2 tsp. Cream of tarter Mix all ingredients together in a large pot. Heat and stir over medium heat until dough leaves the side of the pot. Cool on wax paper and knead well. Can be stored tightly in an uncovered container for several weeks and used repeatedly.
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