Category: Kids News

Yesterday was Everything You Think is Wrong Day. Today, is Everything You Do Is Right Day! Whether you put mustard on your pizza, or wear your socks in the shower, you’re still right. It’s also Lips Appreciation Day, so give them some moisturizing lip balm, and use them to smile!

How fast can you put a Mr Potato Head together? 13-year-old Matilda Walden, can assemble one in 5.69 seconds, which is a new world record. One of her speed tricks, is joining the nose and mustache together, while picking them up one-handed. Next, she might try breaking the blindfolded record, of 14.9 seconds.

Have you ever seen a tricycle, with a couch? A group called Cycling Without Age, has special trikes with a built-in sofa, to take the elderly for a ride in comfort. Volunteers around the world pedal the trishaws, giving people who can’t use a bike by themselves, a chance to enjoy a lovely ride.

Each spring, buzzards show up in Hinckley Ohio. The turkey vultures have returned to the cliffs and caverns of Whipp’s Ledges like clockwork every March 15th. Everyone in town loves watching for them on Buzzard Day! Vultures eat dead animals, so look for them along roadsides. They also soar in circles in the sky.

Some people think they know everything. They won’t appreciate Everything You Think Is Wrong Day! Leave decision-making for another day, since whatever you choose will be wrong. It’s also World Speech Day. Make awards for everyone in your family, then take turns giving acceptance speeches! Don’t forget to clap and cheer them on!

Beware the Ides of March. That’s today! But unless you’re Julius Caesar, you’re safe. Julius Caesar was a Roman leader, who was assassinated March 15th, in 44 BC. That line is from a play by William Shakespeare, when a soothsayer was warning Caesar that his life was in danger. It’s fun to say it ominously!

The Cotswald Wildlife Park in England, has a new baby white rhino. The rhinoceros calf is named Queenie, in honor of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd’s 70th anniversary as queen. White rhinos are endangered. The second-largest land mammal on Earth, they can weigh 140 pounds at birth. Their skin is 2 inches thick!

The Hill’s horseshoe bat is easy to identify, because of its funny-looking face. But for the last 40 years, the species was believed to be extinct. A research team was astounded to find the long-lost bat, in a cloud forest in Rwanda. Scientists recorded the horseshoe bat’s echolocation calls, to pinpoint where they liv.

If you live somewhere that observes Daylight Saving Time, you lost an hour of sleep yesterday. Get it back, by taking a nap after school or work, because it’s Napping Day! After your nap, restock your stapler, for Fill Our Staplers Day. Now it’s ready to use, for Children’s Craft Day.

Today is International Ask A Question Day. Go ahead, ask me anything! It’s also Learn About Butterflies Day, and Moth er Day. Butterflies and moths are similar, but what things make them different? Do some research. Did you know butterflies like your salty sweat? Maybe they’ll enjoy Potato Chip Day with you!