The Arts & Science Magazine for Kids Stories Activities Games Doodles Recipes & a song Issue #26 #28 Space Plants Okido is a bimonthly quarterly magazine for children aged 3 to 8
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Plant some flowers for wildlife Get a wildflower or meadow mix of seeds (such as daisies, poppies and cornflowers) and add a sprinkle of compost.
Plant the seeds somewhere you would like to have flowers...
...and water them. In a few days you should see flowers begin to grow!
I am a bee, I love flowers and flowers love me!
Have a look at the last page to find out what else Messy Monster is up to...
Hello Okido readers! Welcome to your magazine. This issue is all about plants. We love plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables. Do you? 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 shows Felix and Zoe why we need plants (p.4). Zim Zam and Zoom grow a cherry tree (p.10). Foxy hides in a vegetable patch (p.12). Squirrel Boy finds out about seeds (p.36). Have fun with the seed experiment (p.30). Sing the seed song (p.34). Visit the Bird Market (p.32). Read Chloe’s Hair story (p.16). Play the munch and match game (p.14), prepare a super-smoothie (p.40), cook some Smiley Tofu Patties (p.42) colour in and doodle-do! (p.21)
Story & Illustration by Rachel Ortas
Yuck! Vegetables are disgusting - I wish they’d never been invented!
We are so lucky to have plants!
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Put on these bubble suits and come with me. I am going to show you a planet with no plants.
Hello Zoe and Felix! What are you saying?!! Plants are so good to eat!
Oh! This planet is so empty and sad....
Nothing around! No life at all...
Yes, this is what happens when there are no plants. Nothing can live because nothing can breathe!
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Trees and plants make OXYGEN and that’s what we need to breathe.
A flying seed!
Look!
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Catch it!
Let’s plant the seed...
...to grow a tree... ...that makes...
We can take off our bubble suits now as there is lots of oxygen! We can BREATHE!
Bravo, Bravo! We love a green planet!
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Story by Dr Sophie and illustration by Alex Barrow
Questions with Zim Zam Zoom:
The Life of a Cherry I don’t like cherries. I LURVE cherries!
Hey Zam! Come inside quick, it’s going to rain!
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Oh...what’s this? A brown stone?! Left inside the cherry?
This is a cherry seed!
Much later...
A plant is beginning to grow
Will the stone grow?
The seed starts growing roots
How does this plant eat and drink?
Can I drink with my feet like a plant?
leaves This plant loves warmth and light from the sun stem
seed
The plant drinks with its roots
roots 9
Summer
Spring
A new tree has grown from the cherry seed
A cherry flower becomes a cherry
I can see another cherry tree...
Can trees have babies?
...can trees move?
Trees can’t move because they have roots. But their seeds can move
Trees and plants reproduce by making fruits and seeds...
So seeds are like baby plants!
hahaha! Hey, Zoom is a bird! He’s got some cherries!
See, seeds travel before becoming a new tree
Can you guess what will happen later? yummy!
op pl
woops!
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Find Foxy Illustration by Mathilde Nivet
Foxy is in this beautiful vegetable patch. Can you see him?
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Munch and match game
Pair up the food with the plant
START
Instructions:
Place your counters on the START and take it in turns to roll the die. When you land on a square, you need to find its pair and move forward or back. (Remember the pairs have matching colours)
FINISH
You will need: Counters Die
Once there lived three children. The first was Chlorophyll or Chloe for short.
Story and Illustration by Alex Barrow
Then there was Marina. She was a water child and lived in the sea.
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And finally, up in the sky lived Sunny. Sunny was a fire child!
Chloe was a plant child and lived on the land. She never met any other children and was a glum little thing.
Like Chloe, Marina knew no other children.
But he was lonely, because like the other two, he thought he was the only child in the world.
One day, Marina spotted something bright and glowing in the sky… Hello! My name is Marina. What’s your name?
Oh hello! My name is Sunny. Do you want to play a game?
Marina and Sunny were so happy to meet each other! They soon became firm friends.
And strangely, every time they played together it would start raining!
One afternoon while Sunny and Marina were taking a stroll... Hey look over there, Marina! Who’s that?
Hello over there! My name’s Marina and this is my friend Sunny. What’s your name?
My name is Chloe.
After the rain they noticed that on the ground plants started to grow! 17
Why are you so sad, Chloe?
Sunny and Marina began to dance around Chloe. Soon clouds appeared and it started to rain!
Oh my! So beautiful!
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I just feel so tired and cold. And I feel lonely, with no one to play with.
Whoopee! I’m feeling so alive!
We can warm you up! And we can make rain to play in, too!
And then a very strange thing happened indeed. Chloe’s hair began to grow thick and green and flowers started to bloom everywhere!
And from that day, the three children stayed good friends and the world became a greener place with their help!
Whenever it rains, they might be playing near you! 19
Let’s Okidoodle!
Colour in everything that’s green!
Grow lots of plants in the garden It is spring, draw vegetables, fruits, plants and flowers in your garden
Find water and sunshine Find the seed: draw its roots looking for water in the soil and then draw the plant reaching up to the sun
seed
Plants grow towards the light This plant is growing up and through the hole towards the sun. Draw it!
Where are the flowers? Draw some flowers on the stalks below. Then draw the insects that live on the plants!
What are these foods made from? Draw a line between the food and the plant it’s made from. foods
plants
Which came first: the seed or the flower? These drawings of a plant growing are mixed up. Draw them in the right order using the big boxes below.
1.
2.
3.
4.
This tree needs leaves - draw them!
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At the allotment Pick some fruits and draw them in this space
Pick some vegetables and draw them in this space
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Seed experiment You will need:
kidney beans
3 yoghurt pots It’s so dark in here. Where will I get my energy?
watering can
soil
I wonder how long the bean can grow without light?
2 1
1
2
Place a kidney bean in each of the pots. 30
‘Brrrr it’s so cold in here!’
Cover the beans with soil and water but be careful not to drown them.
What is inside a seed? baby plant What do you think are the best conditions for growing a plant?
3 food stores
This looks like a sunny spot for a plant
3
Record your results Pot 1 Place in a dark place, such as a kitchen cupboard.
Pot 2 Place in a cool place such as a kitchen fridge.
Pot 3 Place in a sunny spot, such as a windowsill.
see results p.47
What did you find? Did the bean in the cupboard grow a plant? What 3 things do you think a plant needs in order to grow healthily?
What if you water the seed too much? Or if you don’t water it at all? What will happen if you put lots of beans in one pot?
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Plant SUPER Powers potatoes save the worlds venus trap fruits camomille makes you sleep coffee wakes you up mint clean your mouth....
Littleseed Ladybird can sleep for hundred of years Market Adventure seed can travel very far Help little ladybird discover more about plants and their amazing uses in the Bird seed can fly Market.
sticky
Can you spot all the things that are made from plants and all the things that are not?
fruits flowers
see answers p.47 32
Illustration by Amaia Zelaiaundi
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Verse 2
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CHORUS:
Warmed by the sunshine the ea rth is my bed, Out shoot my roots and my lea ves and my head!
Verse 1
CHORUS:
Hidden and quiet and ever so slow, Something is stirring and starti ng to grow...
g n o S d e e S e Th 3 Verse
CHORUS: Little seed, little seed - what will you be?
y growing is done. m en ld go d an g n ili Sm basking in sun! ER W O FL N U S a I am
CHORUS:
Higher an d Up throug higher I reach for t he h the air w here the b sky umblebee s fly
CHORUS: Verse 4 Verse 5
A flower, a weed or a very big tree..?
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36 Story & Illustration by Beth Morrison
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Oh no, I’ve lost my spots! Can you help me find them again? Follow the arrows and complete the activity to move onto the next stage of the recipe. Let’s make a brown supersmoothie to fill me with spots again!
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b In a u s h
Wash and add one handful to the super-smoothie maker
break Peel one banana, it into small chunks perand add it to the su smoothie maker
h and Remove stems, was e add 1 cup full to th er super smoothie mak
40 Illustration by Liam Wyles
O n a tree
see answers p.47
Add 2 cups of milk and 1 teaspoon of cocoa powder to the super-smoothie maker
Ask an adult to help you with this bit!
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Recipe by Nozomi Motoji
Add whatever vegetables you like to customISE your own patty!
ingredientS 1 BLOCK OF TOFU 1 LEEK CHOPPED 1 ONION CHOPPED 2 CUPS OF FLOUR 1 SLICE OF CHEESE A PINCH OF SALT AND PEPPER 1 TEASPOON OF CUMIN 1 TABLESPOON OF KETCHUP 42
what is tofu?? TOFU IS MADE FROM SOYBEANS AND IS VERY GOOD FOR YOUR BODY AND BRAIN!
Soy Beans
let's make it with an adult!
Wrap tofu IN KITCHEN roll AND heat In THE microwave for 5 miNS. LeavE to drain FOR 20 mins.
Chop the vegetables
FRy the onion, leek and garlic until soft.
Combine the vegetables, tofu, floUr, salt, pepper and cumin in A bOwl.
Mix it all together!
MAKE INTO PATTies and fry until golden brown.
cut cheese into hair shaPES AND usE the end of a straw to make eyes!
Serve and enjoy!! 43
How to recognise trees in the forest Trees have differents leaves and seeds
Name the trees Use the pictures of leaves and seeds to name all the trees.
Deciduous trees lose their leaves in the winter.
sycamore
oak
sycamore seed
acorn
horse chestnut
conker
ash
ash seed
elm
elm seed
Evergreen trees keep their leaves in the winter.
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holly
holly berry
pine
pine cone
Bark protects the branches and trunk of a tree.
Underground the roots are as big as the tree above!
Can you spot the leaves that are in the wrong trees?
Look how this seed spins as it falls.
Roots in the soil suck up water for the tree.
A tiny seed can grow into a tall tree!
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Answers
Brown super-smoothie p 36-37
The bird market p 32-33
strawberries
Things which aren’t plants are circled in red, all the other things on the market are made from plants! Plant experiment p. 30-31
1 Cupboard bean
2
3
If the bean is in a dark cupboard it will germinate and sprout quickly but it won’t continue to grow without light.
If it is very cold the bean stays asleep and doesn’t grow because it thinks it’s winter.
Fridge bean
Windowsill bean
With light and water, the bean on the windowsill grows the best and will continue to sprout.
Make a seed bomb with Messy Monster What you need: -seeds -a bit of compost -some clay from your garden
Mix the seeds, the compost and the clay
Shape your mix into a ball
Throw your seed bomb where you would like to see flowers 47
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