Apps For Kids

On Cloud Appreciation Day, people from around the world look up, photograph their sky, and describe how it makes them feel, at cloudappreciationsociety.org. Share your view of the sky today, or simply take some time to watch the clouds. Look up the differences between cirrus, stratus, and cumulus clouds. What’s your favorite cloud?

Today is Make Your Bed Day. If your room is a mess, a nicely-made bed can be an island of calm, in a sea of clutter. If you’re already making your bed every day, like you should be, challenge yourself to make it perfectly, so it looks like a hotel bed!

25 years ago, terrorists attacked the United States, by crashing planes into buildings. 9 11 started years of war against those responsible, but it also showed the heroism of those who died, trying to save others. They’re honored today, with Patriot Day, and National Day Of Service And Remembrance.

It’s a new school year, with new waves of viruses making people sick, but the easiest way to stay healthy is old news. Wash your hands frequently and thoroughly with soap, and don’t touch your face. Cough or sneeze into your elbow, and please stay home if you’re sick!

The Rogue Factory in Michigan, produces Ford Raptors and F-150 trucks. But above the assembly lines, is a roof covered with 454,000 square feet of plants. Kildeer started building nests 5 days after the green space was created. 24 years later, the living roof is home to thousands of flowers, trees, birds, and bees.

Today is Swap Ideas Day. Everyone think of a good idea, then trade! If you’re thinking of dinner ideas, remember it’s also TV Dinner Day. One person can pick the meal, and the other one can pick the show. Ask your grandparents, to tell you about Hungry Man Salisbury Steak dinners, in foil trays.

The Pet Encounter group in England, has taken in more than 20 snakes this year. The latest adoption came from a grocery store, where a corn snake was found slithering through the bread aisle. The snake, now named Crumbs, joins other rescued animals at the education center.

Cats are curious, and often end up in places they don’t belong. Firefighters rescued a cat from a roof in Connecticut, animal rescue officers fished a kitten out of a 20-foot-deep utility pipe in Texas, and another kitten in Texas stowed away in an engine compartment, for a 76-mile ride! They’re all safe now.

Quiet places are rare. Quiet Parks International hopes to create parks, protected from noise pollution. For Quiet Day, make your house a noise-free zone, so you can hear yourself think! Challenge your family to see who can stay quiet the longest. Enable my whisper mode, and if you whisper to me, I’ll whisper back!

Have you ever played Sudoku? It means single number, in Japanese. The logic puzzle is a 9 by 9 grid, where each row and column contains all the numbers 1 thru 9, only once. It’s International Sudoku Day, so see if you can finish an easy one. You can practice your skills at sudoku.com.