Category: Kids News

Find a penny, pick it up, all the day you’ll have good luck. It’s always lucky to find money! Today is Lost Penny Day. One year, a bronze penny from 19 43 sold for $200,000! Keep all the pennies you find in a little bank, and next year on Lost Penny Day, buy yourself a treat!

A Target store in Texas, gets all kinds of customers. Yesterday, a pair of goats came in to shop. The 2 goats spent some time browsing, before the police were called to remove them from the premises. Luckily, the goats didn’t try to eat any clothes.

In 18 88, Louis LePrince made the first motion picture. Roundhay Garden Scene was only 2 seconds long, just long enough to eat one piece of popcorn! It would be 7 more years before Auguste and Louis Lumière started the motion picture industry. Today is Global Movie Day, so have a movie marathon and watch all your favorites!

Today is Make A Friend Day. It’s fun to make new friends, but it can be hard to meet someone new when you’re shy. You’re in luck, because it’s also Peppermint Patty Day! Offering candy to someone is a great conversation starter, especially when it’s a chocolate covered mint!

Did you dump your drink and make a big mess? Don’t worry. It’s Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day. Just calmly clean up the mess, and carry on with your day. It’s no big deal! It’s also Get Out Your Guitar Day, so play a few tunes today. Is your guitar electric or acoustic?

Think about all the things you use every day. Someone invented them all, from light bulbs and televisions, to socks and forks. Today is Inventors’ Day, so look up the origins of your favorite objects. When was it invented? Try to make your own invention, and someday someone might be looking up your object!

Coco’s eyelashes, are the envy of anyone who wants longer lashes. Coco is a newfypoo dog, which is a Newfoundland-poodle mix, and she has the longest eyelashes in the world. The California canine’s lashes, are 7 inches long! Coco’s humans always tell the groomer not to trim her beautiful lashes.

Hundreds of thousands of survivors of a devastating earthquake in Turkey this week, are now homeless while facing the bitter winter weather. The earthquake demolished cities in Turkey and Syria. If you want to donate money to help, give to recognized charities like UNICEF, OXFAM, Doctors Without Borders, or the Red Cross.

Today is No One Eats Alone Day. Does your cafeteria have a table where kids can go to find a lunch buddy? Suggest one, so that no one ever has to eat alone! If you’re doing virtual learning, have lunch with a friend by facetime, or put them on speakerphone.

Do you have flannel sheets? Flannel is soft and warm, so snuggle into your bed for Flannel Day. You might also have flannel pjs, or a plaid flannel shirt. If not, find one at the thrift store, since it’s Secondhand Wardrobe Week. End your day with a treat, to celebrate Cream Cheese Brownie Day.