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March is also National Reading Month. Reading is important because it gives you the basic information about the world around you. Reading can also transport you to different places and teach you things you never knew! Being able to read can help you do anything!

Thank you for reading Kids’ World News and I hope you have a lucky day!

Have a wonderful March!

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Cheery-O Bubble Art Winter is a wonderful time. It is so fun to play in the snow, go ice skating, make snowmen and drink hot chocolate. But sometimes, the weather is too cold to play outside. Next time you find yourself looking for something to do inside, try creating some art! Creating pictures with bright colors can make a dreary, cold day a little more cheerful. Try making bubble art to have some fun.

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5. Repeat this as many times as you like. To make your drawing interesting, make sure some of your circles go off the edges of your paper.

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Low-key Loaches Loaches are cool bottom feeding fish. Some types are from Malaysia, Borneo and Create a dough loach!

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Loaches are mostly scavengers and omnivores. They will eat algae, detritus and anything else they find on the bottom. Their barbels help them search out food. Many loaches like to eat small worms and insects as well.

Loaches come in all sizes, shapes and colors. Many are only a few inches long, but some can get quite big! Their shapes range from almost snake like, to very much like a long pyramid. Each type of loach has its own color pattern to help them blend in with their surroundings. This camouflage keeps them safe from predators.

The names of loaches are just as unique as the fish themselves. There are clown loaches, dojo loaches... then there are horseface, skunk, kuhlii, yoyo, zebra, Bengal, hillstream, weather loaches and even more!

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Roller skates were invented in the 1760’s in London, England by a man named John Merlin. Monsieur Petitbled was the first to patent a roller skate in 1819 while in Paris, France. But James Plimpton invented a new type of roller skate. It was a four-wheeled skate (also called the quad skate) that was capable of turning. He founded the New York Roller Skating Association to promote the sport. The first public roller skating rink was opened in 1866.

To get started, you need the right equipment. You need roller skates or roller blades that fit you properly so you don’t get blisters. Also a proper fit can help you perform your best and avoid injury. Other equipment needed is a good helmet, knee pads, elbow pads and wrist pads.

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Our families continued to celebrate by showing support of our nation by putting together care packages for our troops. Students were motivated and inspired to seek God to show the way to God’s service with a special visit from Dawn Hausmann, Director of Consecrated Vocations and Coordinator of Young Adult Ministry for the Diocese of Lansing.

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You Don’t Have To Be An Athlete To Get Athlete’s Foot!

Athlete’s Foot is a skin infection that is caused by a fungus called Tinea Pedis. This fungus is a plant-like microorganism that is very small. You can’t even see it with your eyes and anyone can get it.

Your feet have a lot of old skin cells and this fungus eats it!

Athlete’s Foot got it’s name because athletes often get it. It grows in warm, damp surfaces like public showers, locker rooms and pools. Walking barefoot on these surfaces can cause your feet to pick up the fungus. But just walking on these surfaces is not enough to cause the infection. The fungus likes it wet! It is important to dry your feet properly after swimming, showering or bathing. Don’t wear tight shoes when your feet are sweaty and do not wear the same pair of shoes or socks day after day.

How do you know if you have it? You might have a rash that burns and itches. You may have bumps on your feet and they may be cracked, blistered or peeling most often between your toes.

The skin between your toes may look cheesy and have an unpleasant odor. On the soles of your feet there can be redness and scaling. It can even spread to your toenails!

A doctor that specializes in feet or skin such as a podiatrist or dermatologist can look at your feet and figure out if you have it.

The doctor may swab off a skin sample on your foot to test for the fungus or bacteria. It won’t hurt - you have lots of layers of skin on your feet.

For mild cases, treatment is simple. The doctor may have you apply a powder or cream that contains medicine that kills the fungus and your feet will

be better in a few days. Sometimes it takes longer for it to go away.

Keep your feet dry and take your shoes off as much as you can because the fungus can’t grow in dry air. If it still doesn’t go away, the doctor may have to prescribe a stronger medicine. Something you swallow.

If you get Athlete’s Foot, don’t put off telling your parents and going to the doctor because untreated, it will keep spreading and become harder to get rid of.

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The Gorilla There are two different gorilla species (each with two sub-species). The Western Gorilla has the sub-species: Western Lowland Gorilla and Cross River Gorilla; while the Eastern Gorilla has the sub-species: Mountain Gorilla and Eastern Lowland Gorilla. The two species live in central Africa, separated by a vast swathe of rainforest.

Gorillas are considered the largest primate! The biggest species of gorilla can weigh up to 450 pounds for males and 300 pounds for females.

They are about 5’5” when standing upright. Gorillas use all of their limbs while they walk, a technique called “knuckle-walking”. Western subspecies look mostly grey, while the Eastern subspecies have a more black coat.

Gorillas are herbivores, which means they only eat plants! A majority of the gorilla’s day is spent eating bamboo, leafy plants and sometimes small insects. It isn’t uncommon for a male gorilla to eat up to 40 pounds of food! Gorillas also can make and use tools to help them retrieve food.

Mothers often only have one baby at a time, but some cases of twins have been documented. Mothers carry the baby gorilla against their chest for the first few months after they are born, and then carry their babies on their backs.

Gorillas are known to be some of the most nurturing animals, and the babies typically are carried with the mother for 2.5 years.

Gorillas build nests in which to sleep, both on the ground and in trees, made of leaves and branches.

Gorillas face a lot of threats now. Only 700 mountain gorillas live in the wild today, and all gorilla populations are shrinking because of habitat loss and poaching caused by human populations. Climate change can also hurt mountain gorillas in their elevated habitat.

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What Is Metamorphosis?

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Metamorphosis is a Greek word that means transformation or change in shape. Metamorphosis is the series of developmental stages insects go through to become adults. Butterflies and moths have four stages of life: the egg, the larva (the caterpillar stage), the pupa (the chrysalis phase) and the adult. They undergo a complete metamorphosis.

The first stage of the life cycle is the egg.

The small butterfly eggs are laid on plants by the adult female butterfly. They are usually laid on the underside of leaves that are edible by butterflies. These plants become the food for the hatching caterpillars. They can be laid in the spring, summer or fall depending on the species of the butterfly. They lay a lot of eggs at once so that at least some of them will survive. Many types of insects, animals and birds eat the butterfly eggs. The eggs have a hard outer shell that protects the larva inside. Inside the egg it is lined with wax. This will keep the egg from drying out. The caterpillar emerges from the egg in approximately five days.

The second stage is the larva or caterpillar.

Larve have three body parts - the head, thorax and abdomen. Caterpillars have six eyes - but it still cannot see very well. The antennae helps to guide the larva. They breathe through holes in the side of their bodies. The job of the caterpillar is to eat. The caterpillar has to eat as much food as it possibly can. The caterpillar begins by eating it’s own egg shell and then eats leaves. The caterpillar will grow several times it’s original size to around two inches. An example is the Monarch butterfly egg is about the size of a pinhead and the caterpillar that hatches from this egg is not much larger. So, two inches is a whole lot of growth! Food that is ate at this time is stored and used later as an adult. As they grow, they molt. Molt means that they shed their skin 5 to 6 times over several weeks and then it begins to look for a place to start the next stage of becoming a butterfly.

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When the caterpillar is full grown and stops eating, it becomes a pupa or chrysalis. Depending on the type of butterfly, the pupa may be suspended under a tree branch, hidden in leaves or buried underground. This stage lasts a few weeks, a month or even two years depending on the butterfly species. The outside of the chrysalis looks like a hard sac but the inside is a soft cocoon. Outside, it looks like nothing is going on but on the inside changes are happening. Special cells that were in the larva are now growing rapidly. These cells will become the legs, wings, eyes and other parts of the adult butterfly.

The fourth stage begins as the adult butterfly emerges from the chrysalis.

The adult butterfly has three body parts - the head, the thorax and abdomen. It has six long legs. It curls up the front ones so sometimes it looks like they only have four! They have two sets of wings that are called hindwings and forewings. They eat nectar from flowers or minerals from shallow water by sucking with their long straw-like tongue - although some butterflies do not eat at all! They fly using their large colorful wings. The only thing they can’t do is grow at this stage. The main goal for the adult butterfly is to find a mate and lay eggs. Most butterflies only have a lifespan of two weeks though some species hibernate during the winter and live several months!

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Color and turn in by 4/1/2020 or mail to: Kids’ World 5747 Otto Rd. Charlotte, MI 48813

Student: _______________________________ School: ______________________ Grade: ____ Teacher:_______________________________

The Winner will win a pizza party for their entire classroom!

Delta township park & recreation

Youth soccer Kids’ World News • 517-285-6641 • www.kidsworldnews.org

• ǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ Ăƚ ŽŶĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ Ͳ Mount Hope Park • 'ƌĞĂƚ ƉĂƌŬŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĮĞůĚ ĚƌĂŝŶĂŐĞ • Playground and concessions available • Music and more • Deadline to register : April 3, 2020 ǁǁǁ͘ĚĞůƚĂŵŝ͘ŐŽǀͬƌĞŐŝƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ 517-323-8555

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