Category: Kids News

Tick. Tock. Tick, tock, ticktock-ticktock! It’s Tick Tock Day, and the new year’s nearly here. You have 2 days to finish anything you needed to do this year! Another name for it is Still Need To Do Day. If you’re all caught up, bravo! You can relax and enjoy the rest of the year!

Stig Severenson is really good at holding his breath. The freediver set a world record, by holding his breath for 22 minutes, and another record for the longest swim under ice, wearing only a Speedo, at 252 feet. Stig’s most recent world record, is swimming over 662 feet underwater, on a single breath!

If you had a real Christmas tree this year, don’t put it in the trash. Virginia Beach uses them to protect the beachfront from storm surges. Many farms have goats that love to snack on trees. Some communities will pick up trees and turn them into mulch. Find a way to recycle your tree!

Last month, a 10-foot tall monolith, mysteriously showed up in the Utah desert. The 3-sided metal beam soon disappeared, but similar monoliths have popped up around the world. On Christmas day, another monolith appeared in San Francisco California, but it was made of gingerbread! The 7-foot-tall tower of gingerbread, collapsed the next day.

125 years ago, Auguste and Louis Lumière started the motion picture industry. The brothers showed 10 short films, to an audience of 33 paying customers, in Paris France. The moving pictures showed ordinary events, and each movie was less than a minute long, but the audience was amazed. Today, Short Film Day, commemorates that movie history moment.

Get your favorite deck of cards out, because today is Card Playing Day! Do you know how to play Crazy 8’s, War, or Rummy? Or try another card game, like Uno. It’s also Chocolate Candy Day, so you could also learn to play Poker, and bet with chocolate, then eat all your winnings!

Last week, a deer in Wisconsin was stranded on slippery ice. She was in the middle of a frozen reservoir, and couldn’t get enough traction to get back to shore. Luckily, Gil Lencour spotted the deer. He walked out carefully, and gently pushed the deer across the ice, sliding her to safety.

13-year-old Rylee Brooke Kamahele, has been volunteering to help others all her life. The Hawaiian teen recently won a “Spirit of Community” award. She formed The Catalyst Club, and the Love Is A Verb organization. Her volunteer teams have organized beach cleanups, Thanksgiving dinners for the homeless, and entertainment for kids at shelters.

What do you do when it’s Visit The Zoo Day, but it’s the middle of a pandemic? You visit the zoo virtually! Many zoos have livecams, to watch animals from home. See a baby panda on National Zoo’s Panda-Cam, view Vancouver Aquarium’s hypnotic Jellyfish-Cam, or watch insects at work, on Houston Zoo’s Leafcutter Ant-Cam.

Today is Fruitcake Day! Fruitcake has a bad reputation, but it’s really a delicious cake made with candied fruit and nuts. Ancient Romans used pomegranate seeds and pine nuts. Honey and spices were added in the Middle Ages. One family keeps a fruitcake as a family heirloom. Their great-great-grandmother, Fidelia Ford, baked it in 18 78!