Innehållsförteckning för December 2023 från Sparkle Buds

Traffic In this variation of “Red Light, Green Light,” there’s wore going on on “the road.” Rids stop and start at red and green lights, but they also shuffle to the side for a yellow light, do bunny hops at speed bumps, link elbows and run with a partner for a “carpool,” and even gallop when the cue is “deer crossing.” Make up some more moves! Benefits? Some of the benefits include aerobic exercise, balance, and coordination practice.…

Primary school children need 10-11 hours of sleep each night and teenagers need about 9. Not getting enough sleep is common among school children. Going to bed when you are not tired increases the chances of bedtime struggles. Therefore, for some children it is best to start by setting the bedtime at the time they usually fall asleep and gradually making the bedtime earlier. Sleep is important for children’s learning and behaviour. Sleep also helps children’s brains grow. Key points to remember about normal sleep patterns • for school going children, bedtime should ideally be no later than 8.30 pm • going to bed when you are not tired increases the chances of bedtime struggles • work out when you are naturally falling asleep and set this as the temporary…

There was once a poor peasant named Hans. He lived with his wife and children in a valley at the foot of a snow-capped mountain. Hans often drove his sheep to pasture up the mountainside. He always carried his crossbow with him to protect the sheep. He was a skillful marksman. Once in a while, Hans would shoot a deer, the deer meat would serve as food for his family for many days. One day Hans was watching his sheep while they grazed on the mountainside. Suddenly a deer appeared. Its spreading antlers glittered in the morning sunlight with wonderful brightness. The deer bounded across the pasture to the rocks higher up the mountain. Hans followed quickly, hoping to approach near enough to shoot an arrow. From rock to rock,…

The ocean sunfish is famous for being the largest bony fish in the world. Its scientific name is the mola mola and it is often called the mola fish. The average weight of ocean sunfish is 2,200 pounds. However, some have reached a size as large as 5,000 pounds. The sunfish has a grey, rough skin which can get infested with lots of parasites. They use other fish and even birds to help eat the parasites and clean them from their skin. Amazing Facts! Because of their massive size, they can cause serious damage to boats that run into them in the ocean. Ocean sonfish live in warmer ocean waters throughout the world. They often swim in open waters, but will sometimes come to the surface, lying on their sides…

Project Supplies: • Battery-operated candles. • Craft paint and small paintbrushes. • Felt or fleece. • Buttons. • Hot glue gun and glue. Begin by removing any labels from the candle. We used battery operated candles, but you could use a tall white prayer candle in a glass too. First, paint a face onto the candle. We used black and orange craft paint. The mouth and eyes were painted with the handle end of the paint brush and black paint to look like lumps of coal. Then, we wiped off the end of the paint brush and used the brush end to paint a small orange triangle nose for our snowman. Then, cut the felt or fleece into a small rectangle. Make sure it is long enough to wrap around…

Taste Testing Without Smell We all know that some foods taste better than others but what gives us the ability to experience all these unique flavours? This simple experiment shows that there’s a lot more to taste than you might have first thought. What you’ll need: • A small piece of peeled potato • A small piece of peeled apple (the same shape as the potato so you can’t tell the difference) INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Close your eyes and mix up the piece of potato and the piece of apple so you don’t know which is which. 2. Hold your nose and eat each piece, can you tell the difference? WHY? Holding your nose while tasting the potato and apple makes it hard to tell the difference between the two. Your…