OKIDO magazine ages 2–7 ISSN 1753-3139 £3.50 Issue 08 2009
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 Creative production: Alex Barrow PR and Marketing: Gabby Dawnay (gabbydawnay@gmail.com) Contributors: Alex Barrow, Mike Chan, Gabby Dawnay, Christie Li, Beth Morrison, Mathilde Nivet, Paul Noble, Rachel Ortas, Marilou Rabourdin, Lesley Saddington, Peter Slight, Kevin Tang, Charlotte Watt. Thanks to: Stephan Silver for proofreading. Stella Fox and Giovanna Balivo for the photographs in Sukie the Cat. 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. Distributed in the UK by WWMD. Tel: 0121 788 3112
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Welcome to OKIDO on senses! This is your magazine, to read and play with! Let’s start with colouring in Messy Monster. What is he doing?
Story & Illustration by: Rachel Ortas
We have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 senses. I spy with my little something eye‌ beginning with M...
I smell with my little nose something begining with P...
I hear with my little ears something begining with B...
I taste with my little tongue something begining with I...
I touch with my little hands something very very soft!
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Some people cannot see. They use other senses such as hearing or touching instead.
d me. un ro When I close my eyes, it’s hard to walk. Can you?
Some people cannot hear.
They do it very well.
They make signs with their hands.
Like bats, I have very good ears.
Like owls, I have very good eyes.
The moles too have a very good sense of touch but can’t see very well‌
Like cats, I have a very good sense of touch through my whiskers.
Hey! Hey! I can smell as well as a dog!
Did you know that pigs have an excellent sense of taste?
Our questions with
Story by: Dr. Sophie Illustration by: Alex Barrow
How do we know what’s around us? We have senses. Five of them.
Two eyes to SEE Two ears to HEAR A nose to SMELL A tongue to TASTE Two hands to TOUCH
Which part of your body would you use to recognise the items pictured below? Draw a line between the nose, eye, tongue, ear or hand to the pictures on the right to see which sense you would use the most.
Our senses make us aware of danger
You can smell a cake burning.
You feel pain when you touch something spikey.
You can taste if your food is bad.
You can hear a car toot. You can see a car coming down the road.
What other dangerous things can you detect with your senses?
Our senses make us aware of nice things
I can smell a flower.
I can taste strawberries.
I can see a rainbow. I can touch a cat
I can hear a bird sing.
What other nice things can you detect with your senses?
Let’s play some Rockidoroll!!! Design & Illustration by: Kevin Tang
What you will need: A cardboard tube
Cut open the cardboard tube
Loop the rubber bands around the tube so they rest on the notches
A thick piece of card
Five rubber bands
A pair of scissors
Cut out five little triangles on each sides
Open it up and cut one end at an angle
Now get the piece of card and cut it at an angle
Push card through the tube until the rubber bands get tight
When you strum the rubber bands, they vibrate and make sounds. Paint it your own colours and start strumming!!
The sound travels through air and into your ears.
If you play it on a surface, the whole surface will also vibrate and make sound. Which surface makes the loudest sound?
Wood
Glass
Empty box
Illustration by: Mathilde Nivet
Seek. Locate.
Foxy is in a beautiful meadow today. Foxy can smell nice flowers.
Foxy can hear a woodpecker and some birds singing. Have you ever touched a lamb or a slug ? A caterpillar is tasting fresh leaves. Can you see them all?
Pete senseless game
chap This poor s! is senseles e Help him get som of his senses back by drawing his features in! Illustration by: Peter Slight
Story & Illustration by: Beth Morrison
Poem by: Gabby Dawnay Illustration by: Alex Barrow
I see the sea splash on the beach I spy the boat just out of reach. I taste the salt and breathe the air, And jump the waves without a care. And from the corner of my eye, I spot a seagull in the sky. I hear its squawk an urgent screech, I watch it circling round the beach.
I taste the ice cream on my tongue Fast melting in the warming sun. I feel the tickle on my skin As ice cream trickles down my chin.
I build a castle in the sand And let its grains run through my hand. I pick up pebbles smooth and round, And search for treasures lost and found.
I climb the rocks, I touch the top I shudder as I spy the drop I turn towards the sea once more And watch it as it hits the shore.
I feel alive, I feel I’m me I love it here, beside the sea… And as I look for distant ships, I smell my supper – fish and chips!
Les & stration by: Story & Illu
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One lazy afternoon Sukie is gazing out of her window. She can hear someone singing...
Lolobird loves to sing. She is practising her singing in her room, ”La,la,la.........”
Lolobird’s singing is so sweet that Sukie soon drifts off into a catnap.
Sukie wakes up in the magic garden. In the middle is the magic paintpot tree. It is surrounded by musical trees of all different shapes and sizes.
“Hello Lolobird, where did all these musical trees come from?” “I made them Sukie, with my beautiful singing.”
Sukie can still hear Lolobird’s singing. There in the distance Lolobird swoops down to meet Sukie.
“How clever,” thought Sukie. “Now I feel like creating something too. This lovely music is making me want to paint a musical painting.”
She listened to the music and started to paint. When the music speeded up, Sukie painted faster and when the music slowed down, so did Sukie. She used blue for the quieter music and pink for the louder music. Soon the painting was finished. “Wow, what an exciting painting,” thought Sukie.
Why don’t you put some music on and try painting along to the music? What kind of painting will you make?
Story & Illustration by: Christie Li
Bitter melon is the most bitter food in the world!
Salty food makes me thirsty.
Bitter
Sour
Sour
Salty
Salty Sour food makes me giggle
Sweet food makes me happy! Sweet The King, the Queen, the Prince and the Princess of Teeth are having a very big banquet tonight. They are all sitting around the tongue table, where everything has a very particular taste and they are happy it is all very tasty. Story & Illustration by: Mike Chan – http://www.chanmike.com/
Tutti Frutti Tart Rub all the pastry ingredients together until fully mixed and resembling fine breadcrumbs, then squash together into a ball - it will be quite dry, but this makes the pastry light and crumbly.
INGREDIENTS Pastry Base: 180g (6oz) plain flour 120g (4oz) butter 60g (2oz) caster sugar Topping: Custard or jam and fruit: 1 banana, 2 kiwis, 1 pear, 6 strawberries and grapes into small pieces. Roll out and press into a flan dish, prick all over with a fork, and cook until golden in an oven at 150ÂşC.
Leave the pastry base to cool‌
Eat with your eyes closed. Can you guess the flavours of my fruit?
Spread a layer of custard or jam on the top of the pastry.Then decorate with rings of fruit.
The Tutti Frutti Tart is ready!!!
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This issue of Okido is about the senses! Messy Monster uses all of his senses. Zim, Zam and Zoom tell us what the senses are and what they are used for. Foxy is in a beautiful meadow. Squirrel Boy decides to become very squirrelly. Pop and Puff are babysitting. You can make a musical instrument, cook, draw and more. Enjoy!