Category: Kids News

It’s World Oceans Day, which means it’s time to show oceans some love. What can you do, to help protect or clean the ocean? Do some research and find out! Then go to an uncrowded beach to enjoy the water. Pick up any trash you find, so it doesn’t wash out to sea!

Upsy daisy, rise and shine! Wake up with a smile, because it’s Upsy Daisy Day! It’s also Best Friends Day. Celebrate by brainstorming with your best friend to concoct a special drink, for Name Your Poison Day. Be sure to give it a fun name. A pickle-pineapple juice drink could be a Pinnacle!

An accident inIllinois caused hours of delays yesterday, but at least there were snacks. A tractor trailer full of frozen pies turned over on the highway, spilling 7,700 pounds of sweet treats everywhere. There were no injuries, unless you count the sad fate of the lost desserts.

2 endangered giant Galapagos tortoise eggs hatched at a Swiss zoo. One was black, the same color as its parents. The other was completely white, with red eyes. Albino turtles are extremely rare, with about 1 case in every 100,000 hatchlings. This is the first albino Galapagos tortoise ever born in captivity.

The world’s largest plant, is also one of the oldest. A seagrass meadow in Australia, covers 77 square miles of the ocean floor, and it all sprouted from one seed. That’s as big as 20,000 football fields! The massive plant is 4,500 years old, and is located in Shark Bay.

Today is June Bug Day. June bugs are beetles in the Phyllophaga genus. There are lots of different varieties, so see how many types of beetles you can find. They’re emerging from the ground after up to 3 years, ready to eat a meal and find a mate. Happy hunting!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Hooray, it’s Chocolate Ice Cream Day! While you enjoy your frozen dairy treat, watch a movie on videotape. It’s VCR Day, and you must know someone, who still has their video cassette recorder. Remember to please be kind and rewind!

Don’t worry if you see a baby deer on its own. The mother deer is probably nearby, and’ll return in a few hours. But a fawn in Pennsylvania needed a helping hand, after falling into a window well. A police officer rescued it, and put the baby deer back where mom could find it.

How far would you go for a hunk of cheese? In Brockworth England, an annual race sends people down Cooper’s Hill after an 8 pound wheel of Double Gloucester cheese. The hill is so steep, it’s almost a cliff, and nearly impossible to stay on your feet. Cheese-rollers have bounced and rolled in Gloucestershire for over 100 years!

Today is Eyewear Day. If you wear glasses, you’re one step ahead of everyone else, who will have to find some sunglasses to celebrate. Maybe today’s the day to try a monocle! It’s also Green Roof Day. Buildings have a lot of unused space on top, to make a perfect garden, or harvest solar energy.