Apps For Kids

A tortoise from Brazil was badly burned in a fire, losing 85% of her shell. A group called Animal Avengers made Freddy a new shell with a 3D printer! They painted the shell to look just like her old one, and Freddy is now fully recovered and looking good!

Designer Sian Zeng has created a fun new wallpaper, that has a magnetic lining. She hand-paints designs like dinosaurs, which are then printed onto wallpaper you can order on Etsy. The paper comes with magnets of animals and speech bubbles, so you can act out your own scenes on the wall!

It’s National Coffee Day! Even if they don’t like the taste of it, most people love the smell of fresh coffee. Enjoy it with a sweet, double-baked biscuit, because it’s Biscotti Day too. Today is also Rivers Day, so go to a beautiful river for a swim, boat ride, or just a picnic!

Are you a Taylor Swift fan? There’s a new world record you can try to beat. Dan Simpson named the most Taylor Swift songs identified by the first lyric in one minute. As someone read the first word of her songs, Dan blurted out 27 song titles in only 60 seconds. You could say he’s a fan!

Dogs in the Australian Capital Territory want to go for a walk, and their owners are now required by law to take them! Owners can be fined $2700 if their dogs aren’t walked at least once a day. The Animal Welfare law also requires that adequate food, water, and shelter are provided. Hooray for dogs!

Tia Powell was walking on a park trail in Virginia, when a squirrel blocked her path. After it started tugging on her pants leg, she realized the squirrel was leading her to its injured baby. She called animal rescuers for help, and they relocated the squirrels so the baby could safely recover.

Air BNB is a way to rent someone’s house or apartment for a night, when they don’t need it. Now there’s a way to rent someone’s swimming pool, called Swimply. You can look at photos of pools for rent on the Swimply app, then reserve it for a few hours. It’s swimply marvelous!

Today is International Rabbit Day. The world’s biggest rabbit, Darius, is over 4 feet long! It’s also Save Your Photos Day. Don’t lose your pictures when you lose your phone. Make sure you’ve backed them up somewhere! Don’t forget to introduce yourself and say hi to your neighbors, for Good Neighbor Day.

A koala bear in Australia was stuck in the front grill of a car going 70 miles-per-hour, for 6 miles! Wazza was hit by a car, and the driver didn’t realize she was clinging to the front. When they stopped, lucky Wazza pulled herself free. She was taken to animal rescuers, and is recovering nicely.

The University of California in Los Angeles will open the first research institute, on kindness! They will research how being kind can affect health, how kindness spreads, and how kindness improves societies. You don’t have to go to college, to know that being nice to others makes everyone involved feel happier!