OKIDO magazine ages 2–7 ISSN 1753-3139 £3.50 Issue 06 2008
OKIDO PO Box 51971 LONDON SW9 8UZ sophie@okido.co.uk http://www.okido.co.uk Published by: Okido Studio Editor: Sophie Dauvois Creative Director: Rachel Ortas Art Director: Edmund Fung Designer: Gigi Ho Contributors: Alex Barrow, Gabby Dawnay, Dora Diamant Doury, Christie Li, Beth Morrison, Mathilde Nivet, Paul Noble, Ben and Fiona O’Brien, Peter Slight & Kaz Takahashi. We can all be contacted at info@okido.co.uk Thanks to: Gabby Dawnay for proofreading Thanks to the Wellcome Trust for its support OKIDO is printed on 100% recycled paper and using biodegradable vegetable ink by CALVERTS print co-operative. Calverts is an accredited Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) printer using paper made from well-managed forest products; from 100% post-consumer recycled paper. For more information visit http://www.calverts.coop/
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Pattern by Dora Diamant Doury
Hello OKIDO readers! Welcome to your magazine. It is yours to read, have fun and draw on. In this Okido, we are going to discover what germs are. They are so small we can only see them with a microscope.
Colour in those funny germs!
m a I ! o l l He a GERM
Story & Illustration by: Rachel Ortas
Wash your hands!!!
But we don’t like washing our hands all the time!
They are not so dirty, almost clean.
I like my hands to be dirty, messy, full of germs!
Oh! can you see them?
‘Oh yes!’ said Messy Monster. If I become very extremely extremely tiny – MICROSCOPIC I can see millions of germs; beastly bacteria and viruses too.
Some are funny, some are ugly, some are scary, hairy, fluffy, mini, mini, mini, mini beasts.
Quick! Quick! Let’s wash our hands, and get rid of all those mini mini beasts.
Our questions with
Story by: Dr. Sophie Illustration by: The Okido Team
What are germs?
Germs are very very small creatures, so small that you cannot see them. They are like tiny mini beasts, they are alive and live everywhere.
When Zim wears his special glasses he can see all the tiny germs around.
So where can we find germs? There are lots in the soil.
There are some on us.
There are lots on our shoes.
There are some in water.
There are some on door handles.
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We can protect ourselves really well.
The Nose stops the germs from the air.
The Skin stops the germs getting inside us.
In our blood we have white blood cells that can kill and eat germs.
When you wash your hands the germs go away!
germ
white blood cell
So it’s good to breathe in with your nose!
When you catch a cold your nose gets runny - it’s pushing the germs out!
When you cut yourself make sure you clean your skin and put a plaster on the cut to stop the germs sneaking in. I don’t feel very well! Yum! When our cells are fighting, we feel ill, have a fever and we have to rest. Sometimes we have to take medicine to help.
Illustration by: Mathilde Nivet
Seek. Locate.
Foxy had to go to hospital today. Can you see where Foxy is?
Where are his friends?
You will need: 1 1 cup flour 2 tablespoons brown sugar
How to make pumpkin puree: Cut the pumkin into quarters, then steam the pieces in a steamer for about 15 minutes.
1 teaspoon of baking powder 1 teaspoon of mixed spice or cinnamon 1 cup of milk 1 cup of pumpkin puree (see step 1 to find out how to make it) 1 egg
2 tablespoons of oil
Leave it to cool for half an hour. Scoop out the flesh and mash it into a smooth pulp with a fork. Your pumkin puree is now ready to use!
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Mix all the ingredients together, add them one by one following the order in the list of ingredients.
3 Pour a ladle of batter on a medium hot greased pan. Cook until the edges are brown, then flip pancake and cook the other side. Repeat!
Mix well until you have a smooth batter.
Enjoy your pancakes!
Using pennies as counters take turns rolling the die, first to the finish gets well quickest!
Game Design & Illustration by: Peter Slight
speaker dog with fleas
Design & Illustration by: Ben and Fiona O’Brien
The Uninvited Guests Poem by Gabby Dawnay, Illustration by Alex Barrow
With an itch comes a scratch With a scratch comes a scrub – It’s time to dip your head in the tub! It’s time for the comb with the tiny teeth That searches, removes and scoops beneath – Finding the critters that give mum the jitters, Removing the lice that are not nice! Nit-picking teeny-weeny eggs Which grow into bugs like pins with legs. Oh! That pesky little louse Who chooses to make your hair his house. So wash, condition, comb and comb, Send them packing from their home. Off with the bugs, they need to go Or they will settle and they will grow And they will tickle and prickle and bite And you will itch and scratch all night, And through the day they’ll titter and play. So send the nit-wits on their way. “OUT!” we cry, to the lousy beast For trying to make your head his feast…
Story & Illustration by: Beth Morrison
Which of these germs do not come in a pair?
Help this White Blood Cell to find and eat the germs.
Draw some round germs, some pointy ones, some triangular ones, some funny ones......
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This issue of Okido is about germs and mini beasts! Messy Monster can see the germs and Felix and Zoe find them a bit scary! With ZIM ZAM ZOOM you can discover what germs are and where they live. Foxy is not well and had to go to hospital. Squirrel boy is feeling itchy and he wonders why. We are also inviting you to cook some special halloween pancakes, play some great games and much much more. Enjoy!