Innholdsfortegnelse for January 2025 i Little Sparkles

Zander was hard at work growing food for himself and his neighbors. The food was floating, and as he walked by, he looked at each plant, pointed his laser at it, and the laser gave the plant what it needed. That was the easy part. The hard part was how much walking he had to do! He heard a knock at his door. It was his neighbor, Jules. She was holding some cleaning products. “Hi, Zander. I just finished making some cleaning products. Do you need any?” he asked. “Hi, Jules. I do. Can I get some cleaning spray? I can give you 4 breakfast plants for a bottle.” Jules said, “I have enough breakfast plants for this week. How about 4 lunch plants?” “They need a couple more hours…

A FULL-GROWN BROOK TROUT IS AROUND TWO FEET LONG AND WEIGHS AROUND 7 POUNDS. IT IS GREENISH BROWN IN COLOUR WITH A MARBLED PATTERN ALONG ITS SIDES AND BACK. THE FINS AND TAIL ARE OFTEN RED AS WELL AS SOME OF THE BELLY AND SIDES. THE BROOK TROUT HAS THE SCIENTIFIC NAME SALVELINUS FONTINALIS. IT IS THE STATE FISH FOR 9 STATES INCLUDING NEW HAMPSHIRE, MICHIGAN, VIRGINIA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, PENNSYLVANIA, VERMONT, AND WEST VIRGINIA. FUN FACTS • THE BROOK TROUT IS PART OF THE SALMON FAMILY OF FISH. • ALTHOUGH IT IS CALLED A TROUT, IT IS ACTUALLY A CHAR. • IT CAN BE FOUND AS FAR NORTHWEST AS ALASKA. • THEY CAN GROW TO NEARLY 3 FEET AND 14 POUNDS AND LIVE UP TO 9…

Football Craft Supplies: • Cardstock paper. • Brown craft paint. • White tape • or shoe lace and glue. • Scissors. • Paper plate. First, cut out a football shape from cardstock paper. Cut out one for each person that is making a finger paint football craft. Then, squeeze a small amount of paint on to a paper plate. Finally, have your little ones dip their finger into the paint and stamp it on to the football. Once the football is covered in dry paint, use the cloth tape or laces to add the laces to the football. I think tape is much easier to use than laces, but either one will look great. Simply cut the tape or laces and stick onto the football. You will need one long…

Kiwanis is a club that most people are familiar with. They may, however, be unaware of the club's activities. Kiwanis is a worldwide service organization. Several service initiatives are held by these groups each year. The majority of these volunteer initiatives are centred on children. Building playgrounds, mentoring teenagers, and funding child sports are examples of Kiwanis service programs. The service programs guarantee that children have all they need to thrive in their communities.…

Tyler asked his mom if he could ride his bike to the park. “As long as you wear your helmet when you are riding,” she said. When Tyler got to the park it was filled with people holding garbage bags. A lot of his friends were there and so were some of his teachers. His friend Bella said, “Everyone is pitching in and cleaning the park today.” She asked Tyler if he would help. Tyler said, “Sure,” and asked for a garbage bag. There was garbage everywhere. Tyler picked up candy wrappers, juice pouches, newspapers and apple cores. It was really gross. After an hour, he filled three garbage bags. His friends filled a lot of garbage bags too. When everyone was finished, one of the teachers loaded the filled…

Duncan just wants to do some colouring - but when he opens his box of crayons, he finds a whole bundle of letters of complaint. The crayons aren't happy: Beige is sick and tired of playing second fiddle to Brown; Blue is exhausted after colouring in so many oceans, lakes and rivers; Orange and Yellow can't agree on who is really the colour of the sun, and Peach has a rather embarrassing problem. Can Duncan come up with a solution to keep the crayons happy - before they quit colouring for good?…