Kid's World

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Tuesday • February 21, 2012 — D1

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Kids World

Megan bollinger Copy Editor Phone 240-7111

Fax 243-3121 Email mbollinger@cumberlink.com

When kids speak out, The Sentinel listens

Kids Speak Out

Tell Me A Story

My favorite thing to do on the weekend is .... My favorite thing to do on the weekend is my hobby. Cheerleading! Cheerleading is my life. Sometimes I have a two-day competition which is when I have a competition Saturday and Sunday. But, sometimes I have one day competitions which could be Saturday or Sunday. I love cheerleading and I’m very lucky that I do it. Caylynn Bunhower, 9 (WINNER) Fourth grade Fishing Creek Elementary

My favorite thing to do on the weekend is to invent things all day long. Jillian Daggs, 10 Fourth grade Fishing Creek Elementary

My favorite thing to do on the weekend is go to my BFF’s house and watch scary movies with popcorn.

My favorite thing to do on the weekend is play with my 4-year-old neighbor. We pretend that a straw is a wand, a skirt is a gown and that a headband is a pretty tiara. We pretend to fight dragons, go to the ball and to be a famous singer. We never see each other without having an adventure. Rebecca is one of the best 4-year-olds I know with a giant imagination. If it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t know what to do!

Jara Mumma, 10 Fourth grade Fishing Creek Elementary

My favorite thing to on the weekend is watching Downton Abbey Masterpiece Theater Classic with my mom, dad, brother and grandma. It is fun. I also like to bake cookies with my grandma. I like to wrestle my brother with no shoes or coats on. That is my favorite thing to do on a weekend.

An original tale

My favorite thing to do on the weekend is play hide and go seek with my dad. Riley Newell, 6 Kindergarten Grace Baptist

Maggie Marie Burton, 10 (WINNER) Fifth grade Carroll Elementary

My favorite thing to do on the weekend is to ride bikes with my daddy. We love to ride in the woods. Sometimes we pack a lunch. We found a pond. We saw a bunch of squirrels. It was so cool! There was so many things to see. We explored many times. We found that pond 2 to 3 years ago. We still go. That’s what I do on the weekends, ride bike with my dad. Erin Garvey, 11 Fifth grade Carroll Elementary

Anna Arensdorf, 8 (WINNER) Second grade Hillside Elementary

An essay on history By Georgia Mantione, 8 Second grade Shaull Elementary School What is history? It is the story of our past. We learn about history because it tells us who discovered our country and who lived before us. I love history because it is so interesting! You can learn a lot from history when you pay attention! History is one of my favorite subjects in school. There are many famous American people in history. My most favorite thing about history is to learn about

Tell us what you think at www.4Kids.org/ speakout

To complete the Kid Quest Challenge: Visit the websites featured in this issue, find the answers to our questions, then go to www.4Kids.org/ kidquest

Go to our website: www.4Kids.org/askamy Or write: Ask Amy, 236 J.R. Pearson Hall, 1122 West Campus Rd., Lawrence, KS 66045

in Lancaster. Our president right now is Barack Obama. He lives in the White House. Many people think history is boring but I don’t think it’s boring. In Virginia I saw Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello. Thomas Jefferson was our third president! I hope you learn a lot and enjoy history just like I did in history! You should learn a lot to!

Amy answers your questions about the World Wide Web at www.4Kids.org/askamy

Up North

Something Fun

The Smithsonian’s Alaska Native Collections, alaska.si.edu, invites curious kids to take a journey to Alaska as they learn about indigenous people and their art, values, culture and beliefs. Sample the Smithsonian collections as you mouse over objects such as helmets, kayaks, ceremonial bowls and more. Click on the ones you want to learn more about and discover what native elders have to say as you browse through their history and pictures. Check out Cultures before you move on, and see which people inhabit different areas.

Kids can rock out at Chuck Vanderchuck's “Something Something” Explosion, pbskids.org/ chuck. Begin with Music and choose from salsa, jazz, reggae, country or rock. Pick your favorite, then the band will tell you the origin of that genre, who performed it, and the instruments to listen for. Move over to Videos and watch Chuck, Ramona and Zeppelin get their groove on, tell crazy jokes and offer fun music facts. They will have you bobbin' your head and stompin' your feet! Rock steady with this awesome collection of music.

What culture is the “dag” or tunic from?

Animal Awareness

Where did salsa music begin?

Our Endangered Animals konicaminolta.com/kids/endangered_animals Endangered Species aspca.org/aspcakids/real-issues/endangeredspecies.aspx

More Than Just a Veggie Meet the fungi, bacteria, viruses, algae and protozoa in the spotlight at Science: The Children's University of Manchester, www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/micro organisms. Dr. David Moore, a mycologist (a person who studies fungi), wants to let you into the cool fungus kingdom to explore. From cheese and edible mushrooms to medicines that keep you healthy, fungi are present in your everyday life. Once you think you know all there is to know about mushrooms, play Match the Mushroom and test your skills. Now learn which micro-organism appeared nearly 4 billion years ago!

The world is full of wonderful and unique creatures. Unfortunately, more than 17,000 species of animals and plants are endangered and could become extinct. There are ways to help, and the first step is awareness. Learn all about endangered species and what we can do to help at the sites below. Then share what you've learned with friends and family. Making simple changes to “green” your daily routine can indirectly benefit endangered animals as well as the planet we all share.

In step four of the fungi life cycle, what does the mushroom do?

Endangered Species Program fws.gov/endangered Green Tips worldwildlife.org/who/green-headquarters/ green-tips.html

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When you are craving something sweet, what do you reach for?

the presidents and where they live. I want to visit George Washington’s home! It is almost time to pick a new president! Do you know that Washington, D.C. is named after George Washington and D.C. stands for District of Colombia? Everyone in the USA calls George Washington the father of our country. There is one president who lived in Lancaster. James Buchanan lived

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The man who believed adapted by Amy Friedman illustrated by Jillian Gilliland

Long ago, on a hot February day in the Australian Outback, a young man called Pindan led a group of tourists on a camel trek. Pindan hoped to convey the soul of this place, to teach the visitors of the great gifts of the Anangu people. The group had just toured ancient cave paintings and was headed toward Uluru or Ayers Rock, the sandstone rock formation at the southern edge of the Northern Territory. “Uluru is sacred to the Anangu,” Pindan explained. “As we ride, I shall tell you tales of the Dreamtime. There is one rule. You must not ride out of my sight.” Pindan looked carefully into everyone’s eyes as he said this. This land was vast and spectacular, but to these strangers every part of it might look the same as every other part. The riders could easily get lost. Three girls especially worried Pindan, but he was grateful for the serious gray-haired fellow called Walter. Walter was intelligent and eager to hear Pindan’s stories, but he, too, seemed wary of these girls. The girls were from California, and the first thing Pindan noticed was how differently they dressed from the other travelers. They wore expensive trousers and stylish boots, while the others wore practical khakis and canvas shoes. Dressing up to ride a camel across this land made no sense, but then, little about these girls made sense. They had packed large backpacks, though the group was camping and needed little. They laughed too loudly; they spoke out of turn; they boasted. “We can’t ride this slowly,” one of the girls complained. “We’re experts -- not like these people,” she pointed a painted fingernail at the other tourists. The other two girls flipped their long hair, like haughty horses swishing their tails. Pindan could see that Walter was interested in his stories and in the vast landscape, and that he did not like the girls. As they rode and Pindan talked, Walter listened closely, and this pleased Pindan, so he turned his attention from the girls and continued his tales. “The world was a featureless place until creatures, plants and people were created and began to travel across the land. As they were created and destroyed, they formed the landscape. Our land is still inhabited by the spirits of those ancestral beings.” Someone asked Pindan to tell stories about Ayers Rock. “There are many stories,” Pindan said, and he began with this one: “Some say that two boys were playing in the mud after a rainstorm,” Pindan said. “This was during Dreamtime, and when the boys finished their game, they traveled south toward Mount Conner. But they began to fight. They fought all the way toward the table-topped mountain, and their bodies are preserved there as boulders.” At this, the three girls burst out laughing. “Boulders can’t be boys!” one of them guffawed. Tears of sadness formed in Pindan’s eyes; Walter was so angry, he felt his hands beginning to form into fists. Walter knew a lot about this land. He knew the Anangu people considered themselves direct descendants of those who roamed the land 40,000 years ago, in the time known as Dreamtime. This was a sacred place, which these girls would never understand. They rode on, and the day began to cool off as the sun approached the horizon. In the Outback, night fell suddenly -- one moment it was day and the next it would be pitch-dark night. Pindan went on with his stories, but suddenly someone called, “Where are the girls?” and Walter looked up just in time to see a speck in the distance that might have been one of them on her camel. Then she was gone. The sun began to set and darkness made its rapid descent. “They’re lost!” someone cried. Pindan quickly led the group to a campsite. “No one must leave this place,” he said. “Build a fire, pitch your tents, and I will search for the girls.” He nodded at Walter, and Walter nodded back, silently agreeing to be the caretaker while Pindan was gone. Pindan rode away, and when Walter no longer heard the camel’s hooves galloping across the land, he gathered the others around the fire. He could feel the spirits of the Anangu -- their power, their warmth, their understanding of this world. Walter thought of the story Pindan had told of two tribes of ancestral spirits invited to a feast at Uluru and of a great battle that led to the deaths of the leaders of both tribes. The very earth had risen up in grief and had become Uluru. Pindan had also told them that some believed that anyone who took a rock from the formation would suffer great misfortune. Walter was certain the girls had taken a rock from Uluru. For a moment he thought that now they would be lost forever. He heard someone whisper, “What if Pindan doesn’t find them? What will we do?” Walter knew he could easily turn the others against the girls. He just had to tell them they had stolen a rock from Uluru. He opened his mouth, and then he thought of the Aboriginals, born under the shadow of Uluru. Their stories were the core of life, the subject of art, the tie to the ancestors. In their language, belief was knowledge, and knowledge was belief. There were no separate words for these things. Walter closed his eyes. He knew if he believed the girls were gone, they would be gone, forever. He listened for the sound of laughter, wind, of camels’ hooves tapping the earth. And then he spoke. “They will be saved,” he said. A few minutes later he heard the sound of hooves and Pindan appeared on his camel, leading the girls back to the camp. He looked at the others. “They’ve been saved because Pindan believed they would be,” he said. And this was true.


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