Kids Alive! 10 February 2024

Kids Alive! – formerly The Young Soldier – Issue No 7397

10 FEBRUARY 2024

The world's longest-running publication for children!

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A Look at Lent

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The Sixth Day Was Good Too

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What’s Inside?

Puzzle Answers Turn this page upside down to read the answers DOWN: 1 Fade. 2 Sri. 4 Crack. 5 Door.

6 Mystery. 10 Ideal. 11 Calf. 12 Boat. 15 Duo. CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Fast. 3 Acid. 7 Daisy. 8 Ado. 9 Mistake. 13 Ace. 14 Radio. 16 Fall. 17 Moat.

EGG TIMER CHALLENGE 1 Trumpet. 2 Mutter. 3 Utter. 4 True. 5 Rut. 6 Tour. 7 Route. 8 Detour. 9 Tutored.

SUPER SUM!: 5 x 5 + 7 – 8 ÷ 6 = 4.

GIGGLE IN THE MIDDLE PICK OUT PATCH: Page 8.

BIBLE BRAINTEASERS: 1C. 2B. 3A. 4A. 5B. KA! JAM PLANET PROTECTING PUZZLE TICK: 1. 4. 6. 8. CROSS: 2. 3. 5. 7.

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Morning Praise with Kids Alive! on Salvationist Radio every Sunday at 9–9.30am

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International Day of Women and Girls In Science and Ed’s Bit

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Bible Brainteasers

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Giggle in the Middle

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Bloxies Competition

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Creative Corner

Kids Alive! – formerly The Young Soldier – Issue No 7397

10 FEBRUARY 2024

The world's longest-running publication for children!

salvationist.org.uk/kidsalive

50P/60c

this week...

and caring and an active lifestyle Living a healthy mental and spiritual well-being. for your physical,

A Look at Lent

this week...

The Sixth Day Was Good Too

12–13 KA! World 14–15 Your Space 16

Patch’s Pals Naughty Norman

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EDITOR Cara Mott DEPUTY EDITOR AND KA! JAM CO-ORDINATOR Ibukun Baku GRAPHIC DESIGNER Philippa Martin PROOFREADER Chris Horne CONTACT US Phone Office – 020 7367 4910 Territorial Headquarters Switchboard – 0845 634 0101 Email kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk Post 1 Champion Park, London SE5 8FJ FOUNDERS William and Catherine Booth GENERAL Lyndon Buckingham TERRITORIAL LEADERS Commissioners Jenine and Paul Main EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Major Julian Watchorn

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id you know 11 February is International Day of Women and Girls in Science? It’s a worldwide celebration of women who have worked in science in the past, those who do today and female scientists of the future. It’s also an opportunity to encourage more girls to consider STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) at school and go for STEM jobs when they finish their education.

One way you can celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science is by researching some of the women who have made a big impact in the world of science. Why not take a trip to your local library or search on the internet to discover more about pioneers such as Marie Curie, Katherine Johnson or Rosalind Franklin? There are also plenty of inspirational women working in science today, such as Donna Strickland and Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock.

Dr Maggie is a space scientist and has loads of brilliant books and terrific TV programmes you can check out too.

You could even make your research into a project that you can show your family, friends, teachers and classmates. Hopefully learning about these wonderful women will inspire you to get more involved in STEM subjects too!

Reading about all these wonderful women of science has been really inspiring. What incredible things they’ve achieved! It’s probably too late for me to change my career and study science, but I hope they’ve inspired lots of you to get more involved in STEM subjects and maybe even become a famous scientist yourself one day.

There are lots of inspiring women in the Bible too. Ruth was loyal and brave when she decided to stay and look after her mother-in-law.

Deborah is the only female judge mentioned in the Bible and she was a super strong leader. And Esther showed enormous amounts of courage when she risked her life to save the Jewish people.

As well as learning about spectacular scientists this week, I hope you can also find some time to learn about some Bible heroines. Hopefully they’ll inspire you too!

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Read the comment below about taking care of our world

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ast week’s Bible cartoon told the story of the . first five days of creation. This week, it’s time to see what happened on day six. On this day God created land animals and the first humans – Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve were given a job – to look after the world God had created. What an important job!

Guess what? That very important job has been passed down from Adam and Eve, over many, many generations and now it’s our job to take care of the world and everything in it.

Unfortunately, humans aren’t doing a particularly good job of caring for our world at the moment.

We can see that through the climate change challenges it’s facing. However, that doesn’t

mean we can’t turn things around.

If you listen to the song ‘One Planet’ by Right Tracks (it’s on YouTube) you can hear some of the ways we can look after God’s creation. These include recycling, limiting the amount of plastic we use, not wasting water, walking places instead of being driven and making sure lights and electrical devices are switched off when we’re not using them. We can also volunteer our time to help clean up our local communities.

Looking after the world might feel like a big responsibility, but if we all work together and do as much as we can, then hopefully we can get God’s creation back on track!

by Cara Mott

Planet Protecting Puzzle Here are some things that humans can do. Put a tick next to the ones that are good for our planet and a cross next to the ones that aren’t.

1 Recycle paper

2 Drop litter

3 Leave taps running

4 Turn off lights

5 Drive everywhere

6 Reuse water bottles

7 Cut down trees

8 Eat less meat

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Hopeful Creation Care

Check out your Bible – Genesis 1:24-31, 2:7-9, 15-17, 20-22

The Sixth Day Was Good Too Kids Alive! follows the Salvation Army Children and Youth’s Explore It! resource – go to salvationist.org.uk/resources/discipleship/explore-it Steve English

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Would you consider yourself to be a Bible buff? Do you know how many fish and loaves Jesus used to feed 5,000 people? Which teenager defeated a giant and who was swallowed by a huge fish? From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is full of incredible stories and interesting information. Test your Bible knowledge by having a go at the questions below.

KA! JAM is the coolest Bible activity club around. As a member you’ll go on amazing adventures through th e Bible learning about Jesus. Each activity sh eet is filled with lots of great stuff about be ing a Christian. You’ll also receive our mini-m ag, Chatterbox, which is filled with jokes , games and much more. And to top it off, there are loads of awesome prize s to be won!

To join KA! JAM and complete the Bible activity courses online, go to salvationist.org.uk/ kajam.

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To join KA! JAM just fill in the application form and send it – along with KA! JAM, 1 Champion two first-class stamps Park, London SE5 8FJ. – to: Applicants must be be tween 7 and 17 years old Name: to join.

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and if so, which one?

apply for membership of Kids Alive! Jesus And Me . I understand that joining KA! JAM doesn’t mean I have joined The Salvat ion Army and that it is not free subscription to Kid a s Alive!

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Pick Out Patch It’s pancake day this week!

I love to have lemon and sugar on my pancakes what’s your favourite topping? See if you can spot this version of me on ANOTHER PAGE IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE.

Optical illusions use colour, light or patterns to confuse our brains – that means the illusions look different to what is actually there.

Rather than reading the words on the left, think of the colour of each wo rd.

It’s harder than you might think. Thi s is because your brain is trying to jug gle two different types of information. One part of your brain reads words and anothe r recognises colours, so it gets mu ddled.

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The space bar!

Why is a Moon rock tastier than an Earth rock?

It’s a little meteor!

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H o h o, h a h a, h e h e!

Why are chemists great at solving problems?

They have all the solutions!

The answers to the clu es in this puzzle are anagrams of the an swer immediately above or below, plus or minus one letter.

The first one is filled in to give you a start.

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Why can’t you trust an atom?

They make up everything!

Where did the chemist have their lunch?

On a periodic table!

What do you call it when a biologist takes a photo of herself?

A cell-fie!

What’s a pirate’s favourite element?

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o you love animals and collectable toys? If you answered yes to that question you’ll want to read on and find out more about the new colourful collectable toys called Bloxies!

Each cube-shaped Bloxie has its own funny little movements.

Push the top to see what each one can do – whether it’s moving arms, a wagging tail, moving eyes, an opening mouth or something else! Featuring animals including a monkey, penguin, elephant and owl, you can add to your collection and see what each animal’s unique movements are. Then stack the Bloxies on top of each other, press the top and watch all the Bloxies perform their different movements in sync with each other. How many can you get moving in a tower at the same time?

For your opportunity to win a Bloxies 4 pack*, answer the question below and email your full name, age, address and answer to kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk. Remember to put ‘Bloxies Competition’ in the subject box. Your entry needs to reach us by Friday 8 March when the winners will be chosen. You can also enter by filling in the details on the coupon below and posting it to: Bloxies Competition, Kids Alive! 1 Champion Park, London SE5 8FJ. *Styles may vary

Which of these animals is a Bloxies collectable?

Tiger

Lion

Monkey

Name: Address: ____________ Postcode:

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Remember, the best way to enter is to email your entry to kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk

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Valentine’s Day CARD Love is in the air as it’s Valentine’s Day on Wednesday 14 February. Is there someone special in your life that you would like to let know just how much they mean to you – maybe a parent, carer, sibling or friend? If so, here’s a lovely Valentine’s Day card for you to make and share with them.

The design on the right or a print of the design on the right. A piece of A5 card (or cut a piece of A4 card in half).

Scissors. Paints, pens, pencils and crayons for colouring in. Bright and colourful stuff to cut out and stick on to make a collage. Glue. A grown-up to help.

Your imagination.

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1 Cut out the ‘You Are Loved’ design and stick it on to a piece of A5 card or print it on to a piece of card and cut it out.

2 Use paints, pens, pencils and crayons to colour in and add to the design. Or cut out some bright and colourful shiny stuff and stick it on to make a collage.

3 Fold the card in half.

4 Write a message to someone you think is wonderful inside the card and give it to them.

Go to salvationist.org.uk/kidsalive to download a printable PDF of this page

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A Look at Lent It’s Shrove Tuesday this week (13 February), which means many of you will be tucking into a stack of delicious pancakes. But do you know why people enjoy pancakes on Shrove Tuesday?

Shrove Tuesday Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday, which is the start of Lent. It’s also known as Pancake Day. Traditionally people used to fast during Lent, so on the day before it began they would feast and use up ingredients such as eggs and milk. These are two very important ingredients for making pancakes, which explains why they were often eaten on this special day.

Ready, Set, Flip!

Eating pancakes isn’t the only tradition that takes place on Shrove Tuesday. There are also famous pancake races where people race down streets tossing a cooked pancake in a frying pan as they run.

The most famous pancake race takes place in Olney, Buckinghamshire. One story for how the race began says that in 1445 a woman from Olney heard the church bell ring while she was making pancakes. She ran to the church for the service, but she was still wearing her apron and holding her frying pan!

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Some churches believe Lent ends on different days, but it’s usually either the evening of Maundy Thursday (the day before Good Friday) or Easter Saturday. So this year it will end on Thursday 28 March or Saturday 30 March.

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Forty Days Lent is 40 days long because of something that happened to Jesus in the Bible. Jesus went into the desert to fast and pray. During this time he was tempted to turn away from God several times by the Devil, but he resisted. You can read the whole story for yourself in the Bible – check out Luke 4:1–13. Or Search for The Temptation of Jesus by Saddleback Kids on YouTube.

Give It Up During Lent, Christians remember Jesus fasting in this Bible story and choose things to give up. Some Christians don’t eat lots of different foods, including meat, fish, eggs and other dairy foods.

Other people choose to give up something they really enjoy, such as chocolate, or something they think isn’t good for them, such as too much screen time. Here are some other ideas for things you could give up for Lent.

Cake Fizzy drinks

Your tablet computer Your favourite toy

Take It Up Although traditionally people give things up for Lent, some people like to take things up instead. These should be things that are good for them or others. It might be things such as reading the Bible every day or doing more nice things for family and friends. Here are some other ideas you might want to do every day in Lent.

Tidying your room Reading

Praying Exercising

How will you celebrate Lent this year?

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Cool Colourings Clarabel, age 8, sent us this Pukka Panto Colouring. It’s so colourful and there is hardly any white space on the page – great work!

This Cat Colouring was completed by Kelsiemai, age 13.

She’s done a great job colouring in the cat so neatly and we love the effect she’s given the snow.

What a brilliant Carollers Colouring. It was sent to us by Louise, age 7. The carollers look like they’re having a great time – they must be singing something very jolly!

Here’s a Time Travel Colouring by Alice, age 7.

We think she must want to travel back to Christmas and celebrate it again!

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New Junior Soldiers

A junior soldier is a young member of The Salvation Army

Britney, Nicole, Bromley Temple; Alice, Anastazie, Arthur, Beatriz, Benjamin, Joel, Maria, Penny, Oldbury.

If you’d like to star in our reader profile section we’d lov e to hear from you! Get a grown-up to send us an email using the address in the purple box below. Then we’ll send you the forms to complete.

A méliè Age? 7.

Favourite colour? Blue.

Favourite food? Waffles.

Favourite sport? Tennis.

Favourite bit of Kids Alive! ?

Games.

G et I n To u c h !

The Kids Alive! team loves to hear from its readers. And guess what – other readers love reading your news! So why not get in touch?

You can email or post your own colourings, drawings and letters.

Or you could ask your Sunday school, church or corps leaders to email us or write to us with any news about the fun stuff you’ve been doing at your church or corps.

Email: kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk Post: Kids Alive! 1 Champion Park, London SE5 8FJ

Favourite Bible story and why?

Christmas story, because of the donkey.

Favourite TV programme?

Bluey .

What do you want to be when you’re older? Rich.

Pets? Three fish.

Hobbies? Tablet.

Tell us a joke. Why did the cow cross the road? Because they wanted to go to the moovies!

What special skill or talent do you have? Painting.

Tell us something interesting about yourself. I do ballet, tap and modern.

Is there anything else you would like to tell us? On my 7th birthday I went to see Matilda the Musical at the theatre in London.

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I’M VERY IMPRESSED, NORMAN!

YOU’VE FINALLY LEARNT TO STOP CALLING OUT IN CLASS…

…AND TO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION.

BUT YOU DON’T NEED TO RAISE BOTH HANDS - JUST ONE.

OH, I WASN’T RAISING MY HANDS TO ASK A QUESTION, MISS…

...I FELL ASLEEP AND I’VE JUST WOKEN UP. I WAS JUST ENJOYING A REALLY GOOD STRETCH!

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