Indholdsfortegnelse for January 2025 i Click Science and Discovery Magazine for Preschoolers and Young Children

You need to dress warmly when you play in the snow. And to get around through deep snow, you might need snowshoes or a sled. Animals need snow gear too. THEY WEAR WINTER COATS WITH EXTRA LAYERS. A muskox wears two coats in winter. The shaggy outer coat reaches almost to the ground. It keeps the inner coat of soft, woolly fur warm and dry. The muskox sheds its furry undercoat each spring and grows a new one every winter. A snowshoe hare changes its coat to match the season. In summer its brown fur helps it hide among dirt and rocks. In winter it grows white fur to blend in with the snow. It even has fur on the bottoms of its feet. The arctic fox has fur on…

We have the best kid job in the world, my brother Axel and I—playing with puppies. All through the sunny Alaska summer, that’s what we do. Our family raises sled dogs. In the winter Mom and Dad take people mushing. That’s driving over the snow in a dog sled, and it’s super fun! But I like the summer even more. That’s when Bella has her pups. Sled dogs are a mix of different breeds. Before the puppies are born, we never know exactly how they will look. But we do know they will grow up to be strong dogs who love to run. That’s what it means to be a sled dog. When the pups were born, I was so excited. Axel was nice; he said, “Zoey, you pick first.”…

Hey, look over here, on your mitten. I’m Suzy Snowflake. Isn’t this a glorious winter day? It’s a little cold for me. I was thinking of going inside. Oh no! I’ll melt in there. Won’t you please stay and talk with me? Well, OK, for a little while. Where did you come from anyway? A cloud! Oh, like rain. Are you a frozen raindrop? No, that’s sleet. What makes you different? To answer that, first you need to know about clouds. Clouds are mostly made of air and water. In fact, there’s a lot of water in air itself. It’s called water vapor, and you can’t see it or touch it. But I can see clouds. That’s because clouds also have specks of dust and dirt in them. Yuck! Not…

What You Need square piece of paper scissors What You Do Fold the square in half to make a triangle. Cut off the uneven ends to make a triangle. Fold the triangle in half again to make a smaller triangle. Cut out shapes around the edges of the triangle. The side that does not open is the center of snowflake’s arm. Fold the triangle in thirds. This step can be tricky. Don’t crease the folds hard until you’re sure they’re in the right place. Carefully open the triangle. Ta-da!…