Apps For Kids

Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
A furry new friend,
is waiting for you!
Rescue a new pet from an animal shelter, for Adopt A Shelter Pet Day! It’s also Poem In Your Pocket Day. Carry your favorite poem, to share with others. You could even write your own, in honor of your pet!

What’s up Doc? It’s Bugs Bunny Day! The famous cartoon rabbit made his first appearance 82 years ago! It’s also Oatmeal Cookie Day, Raisin Day, and Bubble Tea Day. Bubble tea is a drink made with tea, juice or milk, and tapioca balls. Eat your tea and oatmeal raisin cookies while watching Looney Tunes!

People with the disease called diabetes, have to check their blood sugar levels throughout the day. Instead of checking with blood tests, scientists are testing an easier way. Contact lenses, can monitor glucose levels, with the blink of an eye! The lenses could even deliver the drugs diabetics need, directly through the eyes. Amazing!

Bioni Samp is a musician and a beekeeper. He’s found a way to combine his 2 passions, by recording the sounds of his beehives. Then he mixes the sounds into electronic music. Bioni plays shows wearing an antique beekeeper mask, so his real identity is secret. Check out his bee beats on Spotify.

About 1/3 of the food produced around the world, is wasted every year. Visit grocery stores that sell ugly fruits and vegetables, or even give food away. Community refrigerators and food banks feed people with donated food. Food can be turned into fuel or fertilizer. On Stop Food Waste Day, eat all your leftovers!

Today is International Guide Dog Day. Guide dogs are dogs that are trained to lead blind and visually impaired humans. They help people around obstacles. Dogs are color blind, and can’t read street signs, so they still need to be assisted by their human. Never pet or distract a guide dog. They’re working!

Today is We Jump The World Day, celebrating Parkour. Also known as free running, it requires impossible-looking jumps and catapulting off walls! It might be easier to celebrate International Dance Day, by dancing all day long! It’s also Zipper Day, so use your jacket zipper to create a funky rhythm!

David Rush and his quarantine buddy, Jonathan Hannon, are still setting records. This time, the duo passed a beach ball back and forth 84 times, in 30 seconds. Last week, David held a basket on his head, and caught 98 of the 123 tennis balls Jonathan threw at him, breaking another world record.

A Canadian boy couldn’t set up a lemonade stand, so he built a joke stand instead. 6-year-old Callaghan Mclaughlin sits at the end of his driveway in Saanich British Columbia, and delivers free jokes to people who drive up. It’s a fun way to give people a good laugh, from a safe distance!

Did you know, that ancient human and dog poop looks alike? Molecular archaeologist Christine Warinner and Maxime Borry, led a team that analyzed the DNA, in ancient feces from around the world. But poop from dogs that ate human excrement, could also contain human DNA. They developed a tool, to tell the difference!