Category: Kids News

Today is Hurray For Buttons Day! Zippers are quicker and Velcro is easy, but buttons can be beautiful or whimsical, and they’re definitely quieter. It’s also Butterscotch Brownie Day. Sometimes known as blondies, the yummy dessert is made with brown sugar, but no chocolate. Save one for me!

Today is Bellydance Day. Watch a bellydancing tutorial, then give it a try. It’s also Train Day. Take a train ride, or count the graffiti-covered cars on a passing train. Give your best train-whistle, and say, “All aboard!” Then celebrate Windmill Day, by making your own pinwheel, and taking it outside for a spin.

It’s Fintastic Friday, Giving Sharks, Skates, and Rays a Voice. The best way to protect the ocean’s elasmobranchs, is for everyone to learn more about them. Sharks, rays, and skates, are types of cartilaginous fish, that don’t have swim bladders. You have cartilage in your ears, but sharks have cartilage skeletons, instead of bones.

Today is World Donkey Day. Male donkeys are called jacks, and a female is called a jenny. Wild donkeys are only found in North America, although domesticated donkeys live worldwide. Donkeys can hear other donkeys 60 miles away, with their long ears. They can remember donkeys they’ve met, and places they’ve visited, 25 years later!

Are all your favorite socks dirty? Who cares! It’s No Socks Day! Make sure you have clean feet. Take a walk and try to find some iris flowers blooming, for Iris Day. It’s also Coconut Cream Pie Day, and Have A Coke Day. Sounds like a super sweet, Coke-coconutty snack!

Mosquito bites are itchy, annoying, and deadly if they’re carrying diseases. The mosquito’s proboscis looks like a needle, but it has blades, microneedles, and can vibrate and bend at a 90-degree angle, to get through your clothes. Entomologist John Beckman, developed a stretchy fabric, that blocks mosquitos. It’s like spandex chain-mail!

Only 1/4 of Earth’s ocean floor has been mapped, but in the last few years, scientists used satellite data, to locate 19,000 new seamounts. The latest discovery is the 10,200-foot-tall Nazca Ridge. Underwater mountains are formed by volcanic activity. Some are more than 6 miles high, even taller than Mount Everest!

Don’t you wish there was a book about your cat? Today is Make-A-Book Day, so create one yourself! You can make a simple book by folding sheets of paper in half, and stapling them together at the fold. Will you write a long story, or make a picture book with colorful drawings? Have fun!

It’s so frustrating when you forget your password, and your mom probably can’t help you find it! Today is World Password Day. It’s important to update passwords with something difficult to hack, but make sure you can remember it yourself! Try using random words, and don’t use 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 or the word PASSWORD, for your password!

Last Saturday at the Indy 500 Festival Mini-Marathon, an unauthorized runner joined the race. The extra contestant was a friendly dog, excited to be part of the pack of people. The dog stopped to greet a police officer, who took him to Indianapolis Animal Care Services, so the pup’s family can find him.