Toronto Kids June 2016 by Toronto Kids & Families

June 2016

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Animal Dads: Facts Just in Time for Father’s Day PG 2

The Great Octo-Escape PG 3

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Animal Dads Most animals never even see their parents! Insects, fish, amphibians and other animals that hatch from eggs often start life completely alone. A lot of animals are raised by their mothers. But in some surprising cases, it is the dads who are in charge.

12-7+5+6=

Darwin Frog

This father keeps his eggs in his mouth until they are ready to hatch. He does not eat until his young are born, which takes several weeks.

Open Wide!

Some dads give more than lip service to the job of rearing their young – they give their whole mouths to the job! To find out which dad does what, add up the numbers next to each dad tale and match it to the number next to each dad.

7+2+4-6=

This father hatches eggs in a pouch in his mouth. He can eat and go about his life while the tadpoles grow and grow. His babies stay in the pouch until they become tiny frogs and jump out of his mouth!

6+7+3-4=

These dads are very active fathers. They build nests, guard eggs and even find food for their babies. If danger comes along, dad simply opens his mouth and the babies swim inside and wait until danger has passed.

Sea Catfish

Stickleback Fish

It’s hard to believe, but there are two animal dads that give birth. Both the seahorse and pipefish moms put their eggs in a pouch in the father’s belly. Inside this special pouch, the eggs hatch and the babies grow. When the babies are big enough to survive on their own, the father shoots them out of his belly. Find the seahorse twins. There are five sets.

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THE GREAT OCTO-ESCAPE

Thanks, but no tanks! NEW ZEALAND – One night in April, Inky the octopus slipped silently out of his tank at New Zealand’s National Aquarium. The aquarium staff followed his little suction cup prints to discover that Inky had escaped through a small gap at the top of his tank. Once out of the tank, Inky slid across the floor to a six-inch-wide drain. He squeezed his football-sized body through the drain which took him into the Pacific Ocean. And nobody has seen Inky since that night! Shape Shifters An octopus has a soft body and can squeeze it’s body into very small spaces. In the sea, they like to live alone in small caves, spaces under rocks or even in pottery that falls from passing ships. Inky was added to the aquarium in 2014. He had been injured when he was caught in a crayfish pot.

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Keep and octopus occupied Octopuses are very difﬁcult to keep in aquariums. If they get bored, they start to take things apart. In 2009, an octopus at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium in California took apart a valve and caused a ﬂood. Another octopus took apart a little robot submarine that was in its tank.

What do you get when you cross a werewolf with an octopus?

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Why won’t most fish take an octopus very seriously?

EIGHT ARMS OR LEGS? An octopus has eight arms … or are they legs? Scientists think two of the limbs act as legs, and the rest more like arms. These limbs are called tentacles. Each tentacle has two rows of suckers that sense taste. If an octopus loses a tentacle, it can grow a new one!

What do you call a squid that can transform itself into a robot?

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2016 Tick the box on each day when you have completed 15 minutes of reading. Children who develop a love of reading will become better students and build a better future.

The United Nations designated this as World Environment Day. Celebrate the day by cleaning up litter around your school.

Make a list of things you would like to do during your Summer Vacation.

Find a local activity that is happening in your neighborhood and volunteer to help.

Plan a visit to a zoo or an aquarium today and help make a difference for wildlife. Zoo and Aquarium Month

Make this a day without using the car. Walk to school if you can or ride a bike.

Make a list of everything that you know comes from milk. National Dairy Month

Write a poem on the topic of “Wishes for My Dad.” Make the day special for a man in your life. Father’s Day

Plan a summer picnic today. Who will you invite? What food will you need? Where will you hold your picnic?

See a new musical take on The Little Mermaid June 11 to June 26! Ages 3-10

Bloor Street is transformed into a block party between Bathurst and Spadina! Food, music and more! Annex Festival on Bloor

Close your eyes and listen carefully and in silence for at least 3 minutes. Then discuss what you could hear. Helen Keller’s birthday

Find a way to stay cool without air conditioning. Make a fan or a gentle water spray.

This day is the anniversary of the first U.S. Space walk by Ed White in 1965. Write a paragraph about Tune to music radio what it must be like and dance along for to walk in space. some fun exercise. Radio was patented on this day in 1896.

Riverside’s Queen Street East will be lined with local eats, live jazz, blues and children’s music and a kids tent for the 4th annual festival!

Riverside Eats & Beats Streetfest

Ask your parents what happened on the day you were born. Then ask them if they know what happened on the day they were born.

Lakeshore Village BIA 24 teams will Can you find a pond hosts the first Grilled or lake somewhere, converge in France to Cheese Challenge at play “the beautiful take a parent and Lake Shore and game,” each team feed the ducks. Islington.

Take your kites out on a hillside, park or beach. Have a friend run with the kite as you hold the string. Take turns flying your kite. Fly a Kite Day

Find a baseball game happening in your community and cheer on a local team.

Little Italy’s biggest Magic Lanterns street festival takes Theatre presents a place this weekend. weekend of the best Enjoy enjoy live movies adapted music , crafts & from Roal Dahl’s artisans and beloved kids’ FOOD! books! Taste of Roal Dahl LIttle Italy Film Festival

Take a field trip to a museum with a family member today. First plan your day, your lunch and which exhibits you particularly would like to see.

Take three bean bags or balls and see if you can learn to juggle today.

The Little Mermaid @ Solar Stage

Have a family sleepover, watch movies, eat pizza and sleep on the floor.

Try something you have never done before or explore somewhere you have never visited before.

Enjoy daily theatre performances at the George Ignatieff Theatre for children ages 3-12 as part of the Fringe Festival. June 29 - July 10 FringeKids

Donald Duck’s Birthday

Kick off summer at Etobicoke’s Centennial Park! Carnival rides, live music, midway, pony rides and plenty of ribs all weekend! Toronto Ribfest

hoping to take home Stop by for tasty food, the Henri Delaunay live music, kids’ events Cup. The tournament and shopping! starts today!

UEFA Euro 2016

Grilled Cheese Challenge

LEON Day— that’s NOEL spelled backwards. It’s 6 months from this day until Christmas. Write down 3 goals to achieve before Christmas.

One of the beachballs on this page is different from all the others. Can you find it?

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Science in Seconds at the Beach Jean Potter Over 100 quick and easy activities unlock some of the mysteries of oceans and beaches such as how ﬁsh swim, how to clean water with sand, why you hear the ocean in a shell, do snails all coil in the same way and why do they hide from the sun?

Ocean Overview video.nationalgeographic.com/ video/oceans-narrated-bysylvia-earle/oceans-overview This beautifully ﬁlmed video describes what we know about oceans and ocean life and shows that our knowledge is far outstripped by our impact on it.

Explorium: Ocean For Kids puppetlife.com/exploriumspace-for-kids.html This is a learn and play app where kids can dive with Alex and Alice into the ocean to ﬁnd the lost city of Atlantis. Along the way they will learn fun facts about the underwater world

NASA’s Eyes on the Earth climatekids.nasa.gov/menu/ ocean/ The Ocean section of NASA’S Climate Kids site has sections listed as: 10 Interesting things about Ecosystems, 10 Interesting Things About Earth, Play Climate Trivia, What is happening in the ocean?, 10 Interesting Things About Water, Paper or plastic? Play Bingo! and Gallery of Oceans.

Ocean Facts for Kids kids-world-travel-guide.com/ ocean-facts-for-kids.html Oceans cover over 71 per cent of the Earth’s surface. Learn some interesting facts about the Earth’s ﬁve oceans. This site has pictures, maps, games and travel tips for children.

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Add the numbers to find the dad

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