Category: Kids News

Scottish farmer Crawford Niven, didn’t think sunflowers could thrive in his northern climate. After he was happily surprised to find they would survive, he planted 13 acres of sunflowers! 250,000 of the 7-foot-tall flowers line a winding trail, that draws visitors from all over the world. Happy yellow sunflowers bring smiles to their faces.

The final game of the FIFA Women’s World Cup took place this morning. Spain defeated England, 1 to 0. Yesterday, Sweden won their match over Australia, for 3rd and 4th place. Soccer is the world’s most popular sport, and about 2,000,000 people were able to attend one of the matches in person.

National Lemonade Day, helps kids become entrepreneurs. Set up a lemonade stand, to start your business. If you really want to impress people, butterfly pea flower, can make your lemonade turn purple, pink, or indigo. First make a tea with the flowers, then pour it into a glass of lemonade, for a colorful show!

Turn off the TV and put down your screens today. It’s National Radio Day! The radio was invented in the late 18 hundreds. Before television, people gathered around the radio to listen to shows, like Dragnet or Gunsmoke. It’s also World Mosquito Day. Mosquitoes spread malaria and other diseases. But they’re great food for bats!

It’s International Orangutan Day, celebrating the expressive orange-haired apes. They are an endangered species, found only in Borneo and Sumatra. While orangutans grow only about 5 feet tall, their arm span can reach 7 feet from tip to tip! Palm oil plantations are the biggest threat to the wild population, destroying their rainforest homes.

Bees are essential to pollinate crops, but honey bee populations have been declining. You can help the honey bees by planting more flowers, setting out water for them, and not using pesticides. Or start a beehive! Say thank you to a bee today, for World Honey Bee Day!

Do you do the same thing every day? Even if it’s something you love, like playing video games, your brain would like to try something new for Break The Monotony Day. Start with something new for breakfast. Next, how about a treasure hunt, for Geocaching Day? Check out Geocaching.com, to get started. Good luck!

Hooray, it’s Potato Day! Have some baked potatoes and hash browns and potato dumplings and French fries and potato chips and home fries and sweet potatoes and tater tots and mashed potatoes! Dress up your spud in a bow-tie or hair-ribbon, and take its photo, since it’s also Photography Day and International Bo Day.

In 19-oh-3, Orville and Wilbur Wright made history in their engine-powered airplane. The Wright brothers’ plane flew for 120 feet, with Orville as the pilot. It was the first controlled, powered, and sustained, heavier-than-air human flight. Today, Orville’s birthday, is Aviation Day. Celebrate by flying paper airplanes, drones, or taking an actual plane ride!

The distinctive mullet haircut is known as business-in-the-front, and party-in-the-back. The USA Mullet Championships have crowned the best in the Kids category, but registration is still open for adults. 6-year-old Rory Ehrlich and his “Cheddar Wiz” hairdo won $5000, while Ezekiel Arita’s “Mr Aloha Mullet” came in 2nd, and Kamden Cunningham’s “Kammander” took 3rd.