Apps For Kids

Today is Draw A Picture Of A Bird Day. Look up your favorite bird, and try to sketch it. You can draw a common one in your backyard, or a crazy imaginary one! It’s also Empanada Day. The pastries are like a pocket of dough, stuffed with deliciousness. What’s your favorite filling?

Zoos are home to animals that are extinct or endangered in the wild. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, most have temporarily closed their doors to visitors. Since today is Zoo Lovers Day, visit them online. Will you watch pandas at the National Zoo, or polar bears at the San Diego Zoo? Visit them all!

Jenny Doan has been waiting since November, to find out that she set an official hula-hooping world record. She hula hooped for 100 hours straight! Next, Jenny wants to set records for hula hooping upside-down, and hula-hooping while climbing stairs. How long do you think you could hula hoop? Give it a try!

Here’s something to do if you’re feeling bored. Learn Morse code! Each letter is represented by a series of long and short signals, so you can communicate by flashlight, or tapping your foot. The Morse code app makes it easy to learn, and it certainly takes less time than learning a new language!

Today is World Health Day, commemorating the creation of the World Health Organization. This year’s theme is the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Midwives help deliver babies. Thank you to nurses, midwives, and the W H O, for helping the world with their medical expertise. Remember their advice; wash your hands.

Today is Beaver Day! Beavers are the national animal of Canada. The master engineers build dams and canals, and make lodges out of mud and sticks. Their dams create valuable wetlands. They can stay underwater for 15 minutes, and use their flat tails like rudders. They’ll eat every part of a tree! No leftovers!

Forget the chores and cleaning. It’s No Housework Day! Today is also Make The First Move Day, which is about bullying. If you see someone being bullied, make the first move to stick up for them, and hopefully others will follow. Then keep the kindness going for the whole year!

What’s the highest you’ve ever flown a kite? The world record is 16,009 feet, which is over 3 miles high! but a Canadian man wants to aim for a 20,000 foot kite-flying record. The only problem is, he can’t get approval from the government, to make the attempt. He’ll fly a little lower while he waits.

A construction worker in Britain, found a stray puppy at a building site. He took the puppy home, but soon realized he’d made a mistake. It was really a baby fox! The RSPCA retrieved the fox kit, and will raise the baby until it can be released back into the wild.

2 new Jersey teenagers, are helping small businesses, healthcare workers, and patients, all at the same time. Drew and Heather Pagila started a GoFundMe campaign, to buy restaurant gift cards, and deliver them to hospitals. The cards are distributed to weak patients when they are released, and the heroes who work long hours, saving lives.