Okido issue 30 - Holidays

The Arts & Science Magazine for Kids Stories Activities Games Doodles Recipe & a poem Issue #26 #29 #30 Space Machines Holidays Okido is a bimonthly quarterly magazine for children aged 3 to 8

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Hello Okido readers!

Welcome to your magazine.

This issue is all about holidays. Holidays are about doing different things, travelling, relaxing, being outdoors and lots more! Let’s explore, play and have fun making, cooking, colouring and reading. Enjoy!

Start by writing your name: Okido helps children learn through play. It is full of stories, activities and games that stimulate creativity and inspire scientific interest.

Messy Monster, Felix and Zoe travel with their new books (p.4). Zim, Zam and Zoom learn how to build a tent (p.10).

Read the Happy Holiday poem (p.14).

Make a travel journal (p.16). Find Foxy in the forest (p.18). Make a twig boat (p.33).

Find out what Squirrel Boy is up to (p.36). Play ‘Say Hello’ (p.40). Have fun outdoors (p.42), make some apple and cinnamon flapjacks (p.44), read the OKIDO fan page (p.47) colour in and doodle-do! (p.21)

Story & Illustration by Rachel Ortas

Wow! What did you find in the attic Messy Monster?

Look! A survival guide book and a language dictionary!

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It’s a magic suitcase!

Ready for an adventure!

All aboard! Our journey is about to begin!

Ok, the book says that we have to look at where the sun is to work out where we’re going.

Land ahoy!

A desert island!

‘First, we need to build a shelter to keep us dry and safe from the wild beasts at night,’ says Felix, reading from the book.

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‘Hey, why don’t we take a BUS tour around the island?’ Suggests Messy Monster.

‘Let’s see…then we need to explore!’ reads Felix.

Woah!!

Here’s a tiger bus!

Perfect timing!

Take a seat! Whoa! You just have to get used to the wavy movement of the bus!

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When our three friends arrive back at their camp after a fantastic tour around the island, they find a note pinned onto the door of their shelter.

What does the note say?

Zoe uses the dictionary to translate what the note says. ‘It’s an invitation to a party at Kirikiki village!’

‘Hang on, I’ll use the Language Dictionary’, says Zoe.

‘There’s a map in the guide book with directions’, says Felix.

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So it wasn’t a deserted desert island after all!

When the friends arrive at the party, Zoe says ‘Krikrikri’, which means: ‘Hello, how do you do?’

And the Kirikiki folk reply, ‘Krukriku’, which means: ‘Thank you for coming!’

It’s very useful to travel with a good guide book and a good dictionary!

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Soon they all become firm friends!

They dance the Kirikiki twist…

They all drink the delicious juice of a giant coconut…

And after all the fun, it’s time to go home. ‘Kroo, kroo, kroo’, they all say, which means: ‘bye-bye’ in Kirikiki.

When they get back home, Messy Monster, Felix and Zoe send the Kirikiki folk a letter inviting them to come and visit them!

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Story by Dr Sophie and illustration by Alex Barrow

Questions with Zim Zam Zoom:

How do you pitch a tent?

It’s a lovely day and Zim Zam Zoom are in the garden enjoying the sunshine Yeah! We can sleep under the stars!

Let’s sleep in the garden tonight!

Here’s what we need to build a tent.

Look!

We need some shelter to keep us warm and dry - we need a tent!

A waterproof sheet

Pegs Poles

Hmmm!

I can’t see anything!

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You need the poles to keep the sheet up!

Now that the poles are propping-up the tent, we can go inside.

Arrrgh!

Whoops! We forgot to peg the tent down!

I’m inside and I’ve just turned on a lamp. Hold this page up to the light to see me!

Phew! Now that I’ve hammered the pegs into the ground, the tent won’t blow away.

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I love sleeping outside under the stars!

But look at all the insects flying around the tent. They are flying towards the light.

A tent can keep you dry, warm and away from animals!

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Sleeping bag Pillow Airbed Thermos flask

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The next morning Did you sleep well? Do you like camping?

I slept really well last night! I was toasty-warm but I woke-up early when the sun rose!

Did you hear the owl in the night? And all the birds singing early this morning?

Hmmm - this is the most delicious breakfast I’ve ever eaten!

I love camping!

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Make faces with 10 things you find and collect!

Make a travel journal

1. Keep all the bits and bobs you collect every day. These might include: - Ticket stubs - Stickers - Stamps - Notes - Maps

- Photos - Food labels - Sweet wrappers - Leaves - Flowers

2. Find yourself a notebook and start sticking stuff in it! Don’t forget to write notes about all the interesting and different things you see each day on holiday.

3. Try to write something down and stick something in your journal every day.

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How to make your travel journal: 1

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Find an empty notebook

Collect cards, stamps…

…flowers, leaves etc.

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Write, draw & colour in!

Cut out, stick and fold!

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You’ve made a travel journal!

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Find Foxy

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Foxy is on his summer holiday! Can you see him?

Can you spot his friends?

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Crazy reflection!

Illustration by Rachael Saunders

Can you spot the 8 differences in the reflection. (answers p.46)

Let’s Okidoodle!

These little critters have lost some of their body parts! Can you draw them in?

Compass Island Colour the northern part of the island in blue Colour the eastern part of the island in red Colour the southern part of the island in green Colour the western part of the island in orange

Draw 5 things you want to do during your holidays

Forest trail maze Find your way through the forest to the campsite

Start

Finish

Water slide splash

Which slide goes to the swimming pool?

Start

Finish

Holiday snaps!

Can you spot where these snaps were taken?

Illustration by Dounia Chanchorle

Colour in the picture

Which suitcase is going where?

Match the suitcases to the destinations on the postcards.

Aya’s Holiday Story and illustration by Alex Barrow

Here we are in London...

...where Aya and her mum are visiting on their holiday Aya! Why did you pack those binoculars?

Are you going to carry those binoculars around all day?

But mama, I need them to spot the dinosaurs!

I can’t wait to see them!

We’re going to visit museums not the jungle!

Now we need to catch a bus...

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Aya and her mum hop on a bus! Can you follow their trail all the way to the dinosaur museum?

Can you spot the famous London landmarks Aya spies through her binoculars?

Big Ben

Tower Bridge

The Shard

The London Eye

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St. Paul’s Cathedral

Is this the museum?

Is this where the dinosaurs live?

Or there?

Are they here?

What about here?

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They finally arrive at the museums! But which one has the dinosaurs?

LOOK!!!!!

Look!

That museum is covered in dinosaur gargoyles*!

Lucky you brought your binoculars Aya! They helped us find the museum!

YIPPEE!

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OK!

(*Gargoyles are statues carved out of stone on buildings)

Suddenly...

Aya sees this through her binoculars!

Make a twig boat You will need:

Some wooden twigs of the same length, waterproof string, a long stick for the mast and paper or material for the sail.

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Make a square with four twigs.

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Insert the sail stick between two twigs and secure it with string.

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Make a sail, pierce 2 holes in it and slide it onto the stick.

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Add the other twigs and secure them with string, like this :

Your boat is ready for adventure!

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10 fun things to do outdoors

by Lauren Veevers

Draw in the sand with a stick.

Make a de n in the b ushes with twigs and leave s.

Lie outside at night to watch the stars. Make a wish when you see a shooting star.

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Make green fairies with twigs and leaves. Cross one twig over another and fix with string. Use drawings for the ir heads.

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Observe a fly. Get a glass ready and wait for a fly to land. Watch it through the glass and then let it go.

Leave a secret message.

Write a message on a piece of paper and hide it. The message could be part of a treasure hunt.

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Help a bee. When you see a bee on the floor, it might be tired and thirsty. Place a little water and sugar in a bottle cap for it to drink.

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Let’s make apple and cinnamon flapjacks!

You will need:

1/2 cup of butter

3 cups of rolled oats

1/3 cup of sugar

2 apples

3 tbp of golden syrup

1 tsp cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 180ÂşC

Adult help needed for these steps!

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On a low heat, melt the sugar, butter and golden syrup in a pan.

Put the chopped apple, oats and cinnamon into a large bowl, add the contents of the saucepan and thoroughly mix all the ingredients.

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Take the saucepan off the heat and chop up the apples into small pieces.

Put the mix in an ovenproof dish and pat it down. Cook in the oven for 30mins until golden brown.

Where does cinnamon come from?

80-90% of the world’s cinnamon comes from a faraway island called Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean.

Cinnamon is actually the bark of Cinnamomum tree. It is peeled off the tree and then dried, which is when it curls into hard sticks.

These are ground into a powder which can be used in recipes like this one!

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This issue of Okido is all about Holidays.

Read fabulous stories, draw, make stuff, play, create and enjoy your new Okido.

Stories

Activities

Games

Doodles

Recipe

& a poem

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