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6W -RVHSK 3HZDPR (OHPHQWDU\ 1HZV The 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders at St. Joseph School in Pewamo enjoyed their day at the Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park in Alto, Michigan, on October 20, 2016.
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December has arrived! Snowy weather, houses lit up for the holidays, shopping, family parties, building snowmen, time off from school and more are all part of this great month. The holidays of Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa are also celebrated in December. Singing songs, decorations, candles and gift giving are part of these beautiful traditions. Plus... it’s the last month of the year before a new year begins! December has a lot going on for only having thirty-one days, doesn’t it? December is also a time for realizing all of the blessings we have in our lives. Have you heard of the saying, “it’s better to give than receive”? It doesn’t have to be a fancy gift. One of the ways we can give is to remember someone with a special picture drawn for them or make a card especially for that person. What about cookies? It’s fun to make cookies and pass them out. Think about what you can do for someone else. 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. Our special thanks to all the educators and staff who make learning fun and to our sponsors who help us bring this paper to you each and every month. Debi
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Did You Know? • Reindeer are pets in some parts of the world. • Reindeer are excellent swimmers and have thick waterproof fur. • They live in cold areas and their hooves are like snowshoes. • Both male and female reindeer have antlers. • The first known story of Santa Claus having reindeer helpers was in 1821. • The reindeer who drive Santa's sleigh are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph. • You will have fun drawing your very own reindeer! Contributed by Rebecca Nechuta, KidzArt
Let’s Draw a Reindeer! The Face
1. Draw a “v” shape in the center of your paper. 2. Enclose it on top with a curved line. 3. Above the nose, draw two ovals for eyes. Fill in the center with a solid circle. 4. Draw a small line at the bottom of the nose.
5. Starting at the end of the small line at the bottom of the nose, draw “C” shapes on both sides of the nose ending near the eyes. 6. Draw a curved line to create a bottom lip. 7. Add two small “c” shapes by the eyes to create the reindeer temples.
The Ears And Antlers
1. Draw a “c” shape on each side as shown to begin the ears. 2. Finish the ears with curved lines. Use a curved line to create the top of the head. 3. Begin creating the antlers using straight lines and “v” shapes. 4. Finish the second antler using same technique.
The Front Legs
1. Draw two short lines to make the neck. 2. Draw two “c” shaped lines to make the body. 3. Draw a small “c” shaped line leaving a small opening on each side for the legs. 4. Draw thin, long legs using two straight lines. An upside down “V” creates a hoof at the end of each front leg.
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Finishing The Body
1. Draw a straight line to create the back of the reindeer. 2. At the end of this line, draw a tail using two curved lines that form a point. Use a curved line just under the tail for the top leg muscle. 3. Draw a thin, long leg using two straight lines. An upside down “V” creates a hoof at the end of the leg. 4. Before drawing the second back leg, use a curved line to make the reindeer tummy.
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Wilder Boys by Kwame Alexander To evade their mother’s abusive boyfriend, brothers Jake and Taylor venture from the Pittsburgh suburbs toward the wilds of Wyoming in search of the father they have not seen in four years, using their wilderness skills to survive against both natural and human dangers.
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The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare Left alone to guard the family’s wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hardpressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.
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Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal • Most Nepalese live in the central, hilly region, which embraces the Kathmandu Valley, and in the southern plain known as the Terai. • Nepal has the greatest altitude variation on the Earth, from the lowlands near sea level to Mount Everest at 29,035 feet (the tallest mountain in the world). In fact, Nepal has eight of the world’s ten highest mountains within their borders. One of them is Mt. Kanchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world. • Nepal's city of Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha in 500 BC, is the holiest destination for Buddhists • Nepal lies between China and India in South from all over the world. Asia. The country is slightly larger than • There are more bird species in Nepal than the numArkansas. Nepal is also landlocked. ber in USA and Canada combined, 840 species. • Nepal's medieval capital, Kathmandu, houses There are 300 species of orchids, 600 indigenous seven world heritage sites declared by the plant families United Nations Educational, Scientific and Culand 15 families Snake Charmer In Nepal tural Organization. Kathmandu is often termed (500 species) of as a open museum of medieval arts and monubutterflies. ments. • Nepal has • The majority of Napalese workers (approxialpine, tempermately 75%) are employed in agriculture, mostly Swayambhunath Stupa in Kathmandu Valley, is ate and tropical in the production and processing of jute, to- one of the oldest shrines in Nepal. The history of climates, plus all bacco and grain. Jute is a cotton-like plant. flora the monument backs to the 5th century. It is kinds of • Industry includes tourism, carpets, textiles, also known as the Monkey temple as there are and fauna. small rice, jute, sugar, and oilseed mills, ciga- holy monkeys living in parts of the temple in the Nepal boasts to rettes; cement and brick production. Despite its north-west. be the home of tourism and energy-production potential, Nepal Bengal tiger, rhiremains one of the world's poorest countries. nos, elephants, deers, wild bison • Nepal’s exports are carpets, clothing, leather goods, jute goods and and crocodiles just to mention the grain. few. Similarly the alpine regions of • Nepal ended its long standing constitutional monarchy in June of Langtang is the home for endan2008 when King Gyanendra abdicated the throne. Their first president gered species of red panda and was chosen by parliament the following month. Nepal is now a federal snow leopards. republic.
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The Viola Is Great To Play! The viola is a string instrument. The four major instruments in the string family - the violin, the viola, the cello and the double bass are built the same way. The instruments are made of many pieces of wood which are glued - never nailed - together. The body of the instrument is hollow becoming a resonating box for the sound. Four strings (sometimes five for the double bass) are made of animal gut, nylon or steel. They are wrapped around pegs at one end of the instrument and attached to a tailpiece at the other. The strings are stretched tightly across a bridge to produce their assigned pitches. The viola is the alto voice of the string family. Like the violin, it is held under the chin, resting on the shoulder. Unlike the violin, the viola is slightly larger and is tuned five notes lower. It has a darker and warmer tone quality than the violin. A “full sized� viola’s body is between one and four inches longer than the body of a full sized violin. The viola has an average length of about 16 inches. A person who plays the viola is called a violist.
Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist. He was one of the leading musicians of the Romantic Period. Born in Hamburg, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria. There he was a leader in the music scene. He composed music for the piano, chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra and for voice. A pianist, he premiered many of his own works. Brahms was one of the few music composers who could devote his time completely to composing without having to accept other employment. In fact, he spent so much time with his composing that he sometimes neglected his appearance. In 1889, Thomas Edison, an American inventor, visited Brahms in Vienna and invited him to perform for an experimental recording. Brahms played a short version of Hungarian Dance No.1 on the piano. The performance is one of the earliest recordings ever made by a major composer. Johannes Brahms died on April 3, 1897. He wrote many musical pieces that featured the viola. His most notable works include his Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, Liebeslieder Waltzes, Academic Festival Overture and his Lullaby.
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6FLHQFH ,V $ZHVRPH Microwave Soap Experiment (An experiment about Physical Change which will prove to you that science is awesome!) A physical change is a change in the way something looks, but not in what it is made out of. In this experiment, you will see a bar of soap undergo a physical change but stay soap.
microwave safe plate (ask your grownup for help with this if you’re not sure!), and set the microwave to cook for about 3 minutes. Press Start and watch what happens!
You will need: a bar of Ivory soap (other kinds will not work), a microwave, a grown-up helper. Start by asking your grown-up helper if it’s OK to use the microwave for your experiment. Nothing will happen to the microwave, but it will smell like soap for a few hours. Once you’re been given the go-ahead, put your unwrapped bar of soap on a
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What Is Lactose Intolerance? Between 30 and 50 million people in the United States have lactose intolerance. This huge number means at least one out of every ten Americans have the problem. To understand lactose intolerance, you first need to know what lactose is. Lactose is a type of sugar found in milk and other dairy foods, but lactose intolerance does not mean you are allergic to milk or milk products. As with everything you eat, your body also needs to digest lactose to be able to use it for fuel. The small intestine normally makes a special substance called lactase which is an enzyme that breaks lactose down into simpler sugars called glucose and galactose. These sugars are easy for your body to absorb and turn into energy. People with lactose intolerance do not make enough lactase in their small intestine and without lactase, the body can't properly digest food that has lactose in it. That means if you eat dairy foods, the lactose from these foods will pass into your intestine, which can cause gas and stomach pain. Many cases of lactose intolerance are genetic. This means that something in people’s genes makes them more likely to develop it. Another way people can develop lactose intolerance is that sometimes another illness may keep the intestine from producing enough lactase such as Crohn’s disease or other long term problems that affect the intestines. Lactose intolerance can also develop if people are taking
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Crazy Cleaner Shrimp Have you ever seen a shrimp that wasn't on your plate? Most people have never seen these cool little creatures alive. There are many species of shrimp that live all over the world, and many are way to small too to eat! eat! Cleaner shrimp are very special. They are helpful in the coral reefs where they live. A cleaner shrimp is only a few inches long, but can help protect huge fish and even sea turtles! Each cleaner shrimp will set up a "station" and fish and turtles will visit them to be cleaned. The shrimp will pick away all the dead scales, bits of old food and parasites. The shrimp eats these for dinner, while the fish lives healthy and happy. Try This!
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The Highest Mountain On Earth, Mt. Everest Not only is Mount Everest the highest mountain on earth at 29,035 feet, it is close to 60 million years old! The mountain is located on the border of Nepal and Tibet in Asia. Mount Everest is still growing! Shifting tectonic plates continue to push Everest upward, along with the whole Himalaya mountain range. It continues to grow an average of two inches per year. In 1999, an American implanted a GPS device on the highest rock point under the ice and snow in order to establish the elevation. Another interesting fact is that it isn’t always called Mount Everest. The people of Tibet call it Chomolangma which means “Goddess Mother of Snows”, while the Nepalese called it Sagarmatha meaning “Mother of the Universe”. Mount Everest remains a scared mountain to the native people in Tibet and Nepal. In the mid 19th century British surveyors named this great mountain after the Surveyor General of India, George Everest. He first recorded the location and height of Everest. The climate of Mount Everest is extreme. The summit temperature never rises above freezing and can drop to -76 degrees F. In July, the
average summit temperature is -2 degrees F. The Jet Stream blasts the rocky, icy summit of Everest nearly all year long. The Jet Stream is a constant wind force at four to six miles above the earth. The winds have reached the strength of a hurricane at 118 miles per hour at times. The air is very thin on Everest. As the altitude increases, the oxygen content of the air decreases dramatically. At 29,035 feet, at the summit of Everest, there is only a third of the oxygen in the air. The best time to attempt the climb is said to be in early May. The reason is that early May is before the difficult monsoon season. The two most common climbing routes are the South Col Route which is the southeast ridge from Nepal and the North Col Route which is the northeast ridge from Tibet. Here are some Mount Everest facts: • On May 29, 1953, Tenzing Norgay Sherpa of Nepal & Edmund Percival Hillary of New Zealand climbed to the summit of Everest via the Southeast Ridge Route. They were the first to climb Everest. • First Ascent by an American was made by James Whittaker via the Southeast Ridge Route on May 1, 1963. Whittaker summitted with Sherpa Nawang Gombu. • The first woman to climb Everest was Junko Tabei of Japan. She climbed via the Southeast Ridge on May 16, 1975. Stacey Allison from Portland, Oregon made the first ascent by an American woman on September 29, 1988.
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Michigan’s Pioneer,
Henry Ford Henry Ford was born July 30, 1863. He grew up on a farm in what is today Dearborn, Michigan. He was the oldest of six children. He went to a one room school house and did farm chores. At an early age he became interested in mechanical things and he didn’t like to do farm work. At the age of sixteen in 1879, he left home and went to Detroit to work as an apprentice machinist. He was an apprentice for three years before returning to Dearborn. Once back in Dearborn, he operated or repaired steam engines and over-hauled his father’s farm implements and occasionally worked in a Detroit factory. In 1888, he married Clara and made his living running a sawmill. In 1891, Ford became an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit. He was promoted to Chief Engineer in 1893 which gave him enough money and time to devote his attention to personal experiments on internal combustion engines. These experiments came to a head in 1896 when he completed his self-propelled vehicle called the Quadricycle commonly called the “gasoline buggy”. It had four wire wheels, was steered with a tiller and had only two forward speeds. Ford was not the first to built a self-propelled vehicle with a gas engine but one of several pioneers. He drove it around for two years and it drew a crowd everywhere he went. The Ford Motor Company was incorporated in 1903 with Ford as vice-president and chief engineer. They produced only a few cars a day at the factory on Mack Avenue in Detroit. Two or three men worked on each car from components made to order by other companies. Ford’s dream of producing an automobile that was reasonably priced, reliable and efficient came true with the introduction of the Model T in 1908. Some called it the “Tin Lizzie” and the “Flivver”.
The original cost was $950. It became a huge success because it was easy to operate, maintain and handle. The Ford Company opened a large factory at Highland Park, Michigan in 1910 and in 1913 had a continuous moving assembly line. Workers remained in place, adding one component to ach automobile as it moved past them on the line. Delivery or parts by a conveyor belt to the workers made it smooth and efficient. This moving assembly line revolutionized automobile manModel T ufacturing which lowered costs. This made Ford’s production of the Model T the largest automobile manufacturer in the world. In late 1910 the company built the River Rouge Plant in Dearborn. This plant included all the elements needed for production of the automobile. In 1918, half of the cars in America were Model T’s. Sales lagged in the 1920's as other car makers offered more options and financing. He and his son Edsel designed a new car, the Model A. In his lifetime, Ford also made airplanes including a twelve passenger plane called the “Tin Goose” and tractors. In 1932, the first V8 Ford car was built. This pioneer died at the age of 83. He worked hard throughout his life and helped make Michigan great!
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The Snow Leopard The red panda typically grows to the size of a house cat, though their bushy tails add on an additional 18 inches. They use their ringed tails as wrap around blankets in the chilly mountain heights. Their tails are also used to keep balance when they are in trees. Red pandas weight between 7 and 14 pounds. Their dense fur covers their entire body including the soles of their feet. These pandas live in the cool temperate forests of Nepal, northern Myanmar and central China. Forest of ancient trees called “old-growth” forests are very important to the red panda. They provide dens and hiding places for the small cubs. They share part of their range with giant pandas. The red panda spend most of their lives in trees and even sleep there. The adults are shy and solidary except when mating. When they are foraging they are most active at night, dusk and dawn. Their diet consists of bamboo, fruit, acorns, roots and eggs. Like the larger giant pandas, they have an extended wrist bone that functions like a thumb and aids their grip. Their broad teeth and strong jaws allow them to chew through the tough leaves and stalks of the bamboo. They are endangered as they are victims of deforestation. Their natural space is shrinking as more forest are being destroyed by logging and agriculture.
The snow leopard, has a white, yellowish or soft gray coat with ringed spots of black on brown. These markings help camouflage it from prey. With their thick coats, heavy fur lined tails and paws covered with fur they have adapted to the cold and dry habitats in which they live. Their large paws also act as snowshoes and keep them from sinking into the snow. The snow leopard uses its thick tail to aid in balancing and they use their tail to wrap around their body and face for warmth when resting. Standing about two feet at the shoulders and 6 to 7.5 feet long including their tail, they weigh 77 to 120 pounds. The males are larger than the females. Snow leopards have light green or gray eyes. Unlike other cats, snow leopards are unable to roar. The adults are also solitary, except during mating season. Snow leopards primarly hunt wild sheep and goats but are also known to eat smaller animals like rodents, hares and game birds. They stalk their prey and usually spring from a distance of 20 to 50 feet. They are most active at dawn and dusk. The leopards live at high rugged altitudes of 9800 to 17,000 feet in the mountains of Central Asia. Their typical habitat range is where the tree line stops and the snow line begins on the mountains. Snow leopards prefer the steep, broken terrain of cliffs, rocky outcrops and ravines. This type of habitat provides good cover and clear views to help them sneak up on their prey. The snow leopard was placed on the endangered list.
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Having Fun With Ice Hockey Ice Hockey is a team sport that is best for kids who are energetic and team players as they are almost constantly in motion. It’s a fast-paced and aggressive game. It requires kids to learn balance and sportsmanship. The skills used involve flexibility, muscle strength, endurance and coordination. The ice hockey season is usually in the winter but with indoor ice rinks - some are year around. Programs may be recreational, competitive or select. Levels of ice hockey: USA Hockey youth hockey classifications for boys are: Mite, 8 years old and under; Squirt, 10 and under; Pee Wee, 12 and under; Bantam, 14 and under; Midget Minor, 16 and under; Midget Major, 18 and under. For girls, the levels are 10 and under, 12 and under, 14 and under, 16 and under and 19 and under. There are also many leagues and teams such as minor leagues college and professional teams all over the world. There are teams for special needs such as sled hockey and teams for amputees, the blind and hearing impaired. THE TEAM There are six players for each team on the ice at the same time. Each team has a net, like soccer, and the team that scores more goals by shooting the hockey puck into the opposing team’s net wins. The players wear skates to move around the ice. HOCKEY PLAYERS Six players take to the ice for each team. Five players try to score a point, using a hockey stick to shoot the puck and try to get it in the other team’s net. The sixth player is a goalie who tries to stop pucks from entering their net. EQUIPMENT The goalie guards the net and stops the hockey puck from going into the net. The puck looks like a flattened ball or a small thick black pancake. The goalie wears special padding to protect him/her from injury when being hit by the puck; the padding which looks like big pillows attached to the legs, is large, to cover much of the net. The goalie wears skates, pants, chest and arm protectors for stopping shots, a blocker for the hand that holds the goal stick, a catching glove similar to a baseball glove to catch pucks, a neck protector and a goalie mask that protects the face.
In front of the goalie are five players (two who play defense, three who try to score goals). The five players wear ice skates, shin and knee pads, pants, gloves, elbow pads, shoulder pads and a helmet. SPORT LINGO • Puck - the object players hit with their stick to score a goal. The puck is a small, black disc that’s made out of rubber about one inch thick, and three inches wide. • Hockey Stick - usually made from wood, aluminum or graphite - it has a long rectangular shaft like a broom handle, with a flat blade at the end that extends out from the shaft and is used to shoot and pass the puck. • Goal - has two meanings - what you score when you shoot the puck into the net and a term for the net itself. • Shot - a player takes a shot when he/she hits the puck toward the net with his/her stick. • Penalty - a player who makes an illegal move is given a penalty, and he/she will sit out of the game for a short period; his/her team plays one person short. • Goalie - guards the net and prevents the other team from shotting the puck in. • Defensemen - two players in front of the goalie who try to prevent the other team from shooting or scoring on the net. Defensemen can themselves score goals against the other team. • Forwards - three players who try to score against the opposing team. • Ice Rink - hockey is played on an ice surface, surrounded by boards to keep the puck in. A common rink size in professional North American hockey is 200 feet long by 85 feet wide.
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Cookin’ Fun Christmas Tree Sandwiches For the dough: 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 2 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup milk 3/4 cup sugar
For the filling: 1/4 cup Crisco shortening 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups powdered sugar 1 1/2 tablespoons milk Green food coloring
In large bowl with an electric mixer, beat the butter until creamy. With the mixer on low, alternately add the flour, salt, and milk and beat until well blended. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm which will take about 1 1/2 hours. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spread the sugar on a plate. On a floured surface, roll one third of the dough to 1/8" thick. Cut out tree shapes with a 2" cookie cutter. Press cookies into sugar to coat on both sides then place on ungreased cookie sheets. Prick each cookie all over with a fork, for decoration. Bake cookies 9 to 11 minutes until very lightly browned. Cool on sheets 2 minutes then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. While cookies are baking, prepare the filling. In a large bowl, beat the shortening and butter until creamy with an electric mixer. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add powdered sugar and milk. Add food coloring to tint the filling pale green. Beat on high until the filling is light and fluffy; approximately 3 minutes. Spread the filling on half of the cookies and sandwich with the remaining halves.
Haystacks 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips 2 cups butterscotch chips 1 12 ounce can of cocktail peanuts 5 ounces chow mein noodles
Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars 1 cup creamy peanut butter 6 tablespoons butter, softened 1 1/4 cups sugar 3 eggs 1 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 cups chocolate chips Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, beat peanut butter and butter until smooth, about 1 minute. Add sugar, eggs and vanilla, and beat until creamy. Blend in flour and salt. Stir in 1 cup of the chocolate chips. Spread into ungreased 13x9 inch baking pan. Bake 25-30 minutes, or until edges begin to brown. Take out of oven and immediately sprinkle remaining morsels over cookie layer. Let stand 5 minutes until morsels become shiny and soft. Cool completely.
Melt chocolate and butterscotch chips in the microwave. Stir in nuts and noodles. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paperlined cookie sheet. Cool and store covered in the refrigerator.
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