Category: Kids News

Today is Kitten Day. Your cat might not understand your meows, but you can communicate with your eyes. Just narrow your eyes, and blink very slowly at your kitty. It’s like a friendly smile, and can make a wary cat approach you. If you’re lucky, you’ll get a slow-blink smile in return!

Alexa the assistant,

Tried to eat a thin mint.

But since she had no hands or teeth,

The chocolate settled underneath.

Today is Clerihew Day. Write your own Clerihew poem with 4 lines. The first 2 lines rhyme, and so do the second 2. A person’s name is the first line, followed by something funny about them.

Gather all your teddy bears and a basket of food, and head outside. It’s Teddy Bear Picnic Day! You should probably bring some honey for your bears. Speaking of honey, watch out for bees, especially since it’s Don’t Step On A Bee Day! You don’t want to squish any awesome pollinators, or get stung!

Professor Zhen He, doesn’t think wastewater is full of waste. Dirty water is full of organic material, that bacteria can eat. He developed a system that turns wastewater into biogas and bioelectricity, while filtering the water clean for reuse. Using bacteria that could live without oxygen, wastewater becomes useful again.

Former US President Jimmy Carter, and his wife Rosalynn, just celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary. When Jimmy was only 3, he met his newborn next-door neighbor Rosalynn. She became best friends with Jimmy’s little sister, but it wasn’t until she was 17, that they went on their first date. They’ve been together ever since.

Aisha Nieves was browsing shelter sites, to adopt a pet, when she spotted her long-lost dog. Kuvo had disappeared 2 years earlier, when a car damaged their fence. He’d been taken to a shelter and adopted. Luckily for his old family, he was put up for adoption again. He was so happy to return home!

If you like old cars, this is the day for you. It’s Collector Car Appreciation Day, so find an antique auto show, and marvel at the styles of the past. While you’re cruising between the classic cars, keep your hands clean by eating your snacks on a stick. World Kebab Day, calls for supper on a skewer!

Today is Sugar Cookie Day. Find an easy recipe online, or buy a roll of dough if that’s easier for you. Sugar cookies are the best, because you can decorate them with sprinkles, icing, or food dyes. Use cookie cutters to make different shapes, or make one cookie as big as your head!

13 elephants living in the United Kingdom, will soon be living free in Africa. Howlett’s Wild Animal Park in Kent, has a Back to the Wild program, that breeds endangered animals, then releases them into their native habitat. The herd of elephants will be flown to Kenya on a 7-4-7-Dumbo jet.

If you don’t eat your broccoli, could you make bricks with it? Maybe! Researchers in Tokyo Japan, created a new way to turn discarded fruits and vegetables, into construction materials. They vacuum-dried food scraps, ground them into powder, mixed it with water, and heat-pressed the mixture into molds. The results were strong and edible.