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THE FUN FAMILY NEWSPAPER Hi, Kids! of Cumberland and Hoke Counties tachotiGhwasbrpn“jsloeuanoWrooaetswRnhusmrrtIapeiltbdeetMnzod’lseaclawaenpmayaardygtteehhhoclwmroaaedfoaeilfcani.dnanaruttPagamhR”eeygznharsenet.eiisda.t,onlidcaeylssAtpegfhouctdaswosgpnstothsiita.nnoa“edee.omATeynnrnOthwbiohsrtitswetsoeafanicattstaouThga“ealfPkeesnkCieymansgotxedh,dogcaaatmpimooinunstsfbrihiengb.rrnocwmoeigtTneaashOIuheagtcWcgiltltanyhetkcdciewagotieaiosepodiniasrwarllewaendaslafadna”nteifseelpdi.d”tstdrlseiredooTyccetkhfisaoatsict–etureihobeanttgnpliiraoefv.aoenedsegtanaduntt.iaswsarntdiIlnwrmtowdraetbwiothapa’mfaskaalaoswgstatscwafeawikitarlt!ideeitcneltfeohgaisrcaeetadof?eGnifftTfyferehue.aranaeDct,’ntsihadPcsnaedcydcoaoinirfIutiyoctlhe!kebanTheornewedthat I hope you are ready www.KidsvilleNews.com/Cumberland great school year – I for a PUBLISHER know I am! Bill Bowman [email protected] EDITOR Stephanie Crider [email protected] DIRECTOR/GRAPHIC ARTIST Elizabeth Long [email protected] SALES & MARKETING Linda McAlister [email protected] DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Laurel Handforth [email protected] ILLUSTRATOR Cover & Truman • Dan NelsonCopyright © 2017 by Merrigold Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.No part of this issue may be reproduced in whole or in part in anyform without permission of the publisher or copyright holder. Neitherparticipating advertisers nor the publishers will be responsible orliable for misinformation, misprints or typographical errors. Thepublishers reserve the right to edit any submitted material. MerrigoldPublishing, Inc. is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts, artwork,or other material. Children’s submissions should include name, address,telephone number, and permission to publish signed by a parent orguardian. Subscribe FREE online at www.kidsvillenews.com/CumberlandFTCC Children’s CENTER 7CAenMter-is6oPpMen Monday - Friday and Follows the FTCC Calendar for Holiday & Other Closings.ChildACgaere1(26) w- SeuemksmtherroCuagmhp5sy(eRaisrisnogld1s)t-tAhfrtoeur-gShchRoisoilnCga7rteh(PGrrea-dKetrhs)roughTOUR OUR FACILITY - MONDAY - FRIDAY 9-10:30 AM & 3-4 PM - CALL TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT! 910-678-8560Call/email for details and to enroll your child today! License ID 26001112Education for Life 2201 Hull Road, Fayetteville, NC [email protected] www.faytechcc.edu/childrens-centerSEPTEMBER 2018 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland 3

Just a short walk on just about any beach can • 70 percent of marine debris sinks to the reveal a big problem facing the world’s oceans bottom of the ocean. today — garbage. It is easy to find plastic bags, cups and all sorts of other man-made litter in the • Trash from the coast of North America takes sand. This garbage on the beach is just part of the six years to reach the garbage patch. problem; there is also a large amount of plastic and litter in the ocean that the average beach goer • Most of the debris is fishing nets. may never see. Because of the way that currents • This garbage patch is very dangerous for work, much of this trash finds its way to the same area: the Subtropical Convergence Zone. In this marine animals. area of the ocean, warm water from the South • The plastic can break down into micro plastic Pacific meets cold water from the Arctic. This is also where the litter that ends up in the ocean and that fish eat. People eat these fish and can end seas collects into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch up eating the plastic. or Pacific Trash vortex that stretches from the west • Scientists are not sure exactly how large coast of North America to Japan. the patch is, but they estimate that 67 ships working to clean up the garbage for one year Even though the Great Pacific Garbage Patch would clean up less than 1 percent of it. is a big problem, there are people working on • It is hard to measure how big the garbage solutions. One of the first and most important problem is because a lot of trash sinks into steps is to stop making the patch bigger. This is the ocean. something that everyone can be part of in his • There is more than one garbage patch in or her daily life. Things like using less plastic, the world. recycling and using biodegradable plastic are ways to help. garbagepatch.net/solutions-what-can-you-do/ www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/ magicseaweed.com/news/the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-solution/7615/ news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/04/140414-ocean-garbage-patch-plastic-pacific-debris/4 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland SEPTEMBER 2018

• The United States is the No. 1 trash-producing country in the world. • On average, every person produces about 1,609 pounds of trash a year. • This is 40 percent of the world’s waste. • 1/3 of the contents in an average dump is packaging. • It costs $30 per ton to recycle trash, $50 to send it toRecycling and the impact the landfill and $65 to $75 to incinerate (burn) it. Sept. 3 Labor Day celebrates • A glass bottle takes 4,000 years to decompose. American workers and theirit has on communities and • Americans use 2,500,000 plastic bottles every hour. contributions to the U.S. It’s a national • If all newspapers were recycled, it would save holiday, which means schools are closed and many people have thethe environment 250,000,000 trees a year. day off from work. • The average American uses seven trees a year in Sept. 9 is National Grandparents paper and wood products. Day. It falls on the Sunday afterD • 60 percent of materials that end up in a landfill could Memorial Day. Let your grandparentso you know where your garbage goes be recycled. know you appreciate them. Call them or send a card. If you are lucky after you throw it away? Most people Recycling is taking waste materials like old water bottles enough to see them in person, give don’t think about this question, but the and turning them into something new like shoes. Recycling them a hug!answer is very important. Americans produce a keeps trash out of landfills, and more importantly, out oflot of trash every year. What we do with it makes the ocean. It can take thousands of years for many of Sept. 21 is International Peace Day.a big difference to the health of our environment. these materials to degrade. Also, if we reuse products The United Nations created this dayMost of the time, trash ends up in landfills or that already exist, there is no reason for factories to make to help us remember as individualsdumps all over the country. A dump is an open more. Factories that use recycled materials instead of and as nations, how important peacehole in the ground where trash is buried. A new materials generally use a lot less water and energy. is. Even small actions can make alandfill is a designed structure built into or on difference.top of the ground where trash is kept from the Recycling helps to save the planet’s resources. Recycling issurrounding environment. This protects nearby easy, but check with your local waste management to findsoil and groundwater. out exactly what they can recycle.climatekids.nasa.gov/recycle-this/ kids.niehs.nih.gov/topics/reduce/index.htm www.usi.edu/recycle/solid-waste-landfill-facts/ GEE THANKS!to our partners for sponsoring our Kidsville News! in literacy initiativeSEPTEMBER 2018 To be a corporate educational sponsor, call: 910.484.6200 5 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland

This page proudly sponsored by Lion-tailed Macaque Kingdom: Animalia Order: Primates Family: Cercopithecidae Phylum: Chordata Suborder: Haplorhini Genus: Macaca Class: Mammalia Infraorder: Simiiformes Species: M. silenus The lion-tailed macaque is a small old- • They live in small groups that range between 4 and 30 Lion-tailed macaques are the world monkey native to India. They members. smallest and most endangered of are the smallest of the macaques; the macaques. It is estimated that • There is usually one dominant male in a group. Larger there are fewer than 4,000 in the wild and around 500 in captivity. they weigh between 6 and 22 pounds. They groups could have up to three males. Because these monkeys can only • Their diet consists mostly of fruit, but they also eat seeds, be found in a small region of India, can only be found in the Western Ghats they are incredibly threatened by the destruction of their habitat. Mountains, which are along the southwestern young leaves, flowers, buds, lizards, small mammals and The rainforests are being cleared to sell the trees for timber and coast of India. These mountains are covered in insects. make room for farming and rainforest. They have a shiny coat of long black • They gather and store food in their cheek pouches. homes. Today, only 1 percent of hair covering most of their body and a long • The cheek pouches can hold as much as their stomaches. the original habitat remains. The naked tail with a tuft of black hair on the end. • Males are larger than females. rainforest, and therefore the lion- The most striking feature and the easiest way • The average lifespan in the wild is tailed macaques, are still found in 21 protected areas of forest. to recognize a lion-tailed macaque is the silver 20 years. • They get most of their water from licking dew from leaves. mane of hair that surrounds its face. • They are important to the forest because they spread seeds around the forest, so new plants can grow. • They are also known as a “beard ape.” animalia.bio/lion-tailed-macaque • There are 21 species of macaque. animaldiversity.org/accounts/Macaca_silenus/ www.arkive.org/lion-tailed-macaque/macaca-silenus/6 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland SEPTEMBER 2018

Staying Safe When Flames Run HighDid you know that wildfires can have a is kept, as well as what your plan is in case If you find that your location is at risk ofpositive impact on the environment? While of an emergency. experiencing wildfires, now is the time to putthey appear as destructive and damaging, Now that you’re prepared far ahead of time, into action the emergency kit and plan that youthey can also benefit forest landscapes! how will you know if your location ever is at developed ahead of time.When trees burn and decay, nutrients that threat of wildfires? The National Weather Tune into a NOAA Weather Radio, othercan help nearby plants grow are released Service issues watches and warnings to let radio or TV stations and local governmentinto the soil. Controlled fires can also you know what’s going on. Have a family and emergency managers to get the latestmanage the amount of living and dead member or friend help you check the local information. If local officials order an actionvegetation in an area, which ultimately helps forecast at weather.gov to see if you’re at such as evacuation, make sure to follow theseprevent the chance of larger, more out-of- risk. Here are a few examples of what you instructions. If you are not required to evacuate,control wildfires. might see related to a wildfire: make sure not to light campfires, bonfires,However, wildfires are a hazard that need 1. RED FLAG WARNING This means that candles or anything else that could start a fire ifto be taken seriously. While they benefit blown over. It’s also a good measure to bag upparts of the environment, they can also be fire conditions are ongoing or expected trash, clippings and other flammable objects asdangerous to life and property. Fortunately, to happen within the next 24 hours and well as stowing important items in your car, inthere are ways that you can be prepared that you should take action. case of later evacuation.long before a wildfire is a direct threat 1. FIRE WEATHER WATCH Don’t Remember, in any sort of hazardous weather,to your area. Kids can help parents by panic, but be prepared. This means it is important not to panic. Stay alert, follow aclearing tree branches and brush away that weather conditions could lead to plan and listen to local officials. To read morefrom the home and by putting together a wildfires in the next 12 to 48 hours. about wildfire safety, visit www.weather.basic emergency supply kit. Make sure that gov/safety/wildfire.everyone in your family knows where the kitSEPTEMBER 2018 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland 7

The Taj Mahal is married to the Persian • It took 22 years to build and was completed in 1653. one of the most princess Mumtaz Mahal. • 22,000 laborers and 1,000 elephants were used to build the Taj Mahal. famous and They got married in 1612, • Shah Jahan is also entombed in the mausoleum.important landmarks but she died in 1631 • It cost 32 million rupees.in the world. Located while giving birth to their • It is made almost entirely of white marble.in India, it is listed both 14th child. The emperor • Jade, turquoise, sapphire and diamonds decorate the marble.as one of the Seven was heart-broken, so he • During the Indian rebellion in 1857, many of the precious stones were taken from the building.Wonders of the World decided to create the Taj • The British viceroy Lord Curzon ordered a massive restoration project in the late 1800s.and is a UNESCO Mahal so his beloved • The restoration was completed in 1908.World Heritage Center. wife could be entombed • This remodel included the British-style lawns and gardens that people still enjoy today. TheseWhile the Taj Mahal is in the most beautifulbreathtakingly beautiful, and impressive building gardens cover 17 hectares.the story behind it is a in the world. He wanted • The dome is 240 feet tall.sad one. It was built by to make a permanent • Verses of the Quran are inscribed into the marble.the Mughal Emperor example of how much he • Three million people visit a year.Shah Jahan. He was loved his wife. • The complex includes a tomb, mosque, guest house and main gate. • The tomb is perfectly symmetrical. • One of the most beautiful views of the tomb is from the nearby river at sunset. whc.unesco.org/en/list/252 www.tajmahal.gov.in/history.html www.history.com/topics/taj-mahal8 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland SEPTEMBER 2018

What does 4Ocean do? fish that eat the microplastic. Through How can people make a difference andWe are actively cleaning the ocean and bioaccumulation, we are now eating the keep our oceans and our planet clean?coastlines while inspiring people to plastic and chemicals we have put into Rethink your daily actions. For example,create change. We employ boat captains the ocean. Here’s another example. Sea the use of single-use plastic bags orand crews around the world to go out turtles eat a lot of jellyfish. It is one of their bottles. By using reusable bags and bottlesand remove plastic and trash – anything main food sources. When plastic bags and you can keep these single-use productsthat doesn’t belong in the ocean – from balloons end up in the ocean, they look like from being made and keep them out of thethe oceans and coastlines. We currently jellyfish. The turtles ingest it, making them ocean and landfills. Go out and clean yourhave headquarters in South Florida, Bali, sick and sometimes killing them. local beaches and neighborhoods. ManyIndonesia and Haiti. people don’t realize that 80 percent of What is something you wish everyone all marine debris comes from land-basedWhat is your role at 4Ocean? knew about our oceans? sources. It washes and blows in by theI, with our Community Cleanup team, We get more oxygen from the ocean than wind and rain from your neighborhoods,plan and run large volunteer cleanup and from all trees or rainforests on the planet. playgrounds and landfills and ends up ineducation events throughout Florida, the rivers and our oceans.U.S. and the Caribbean. I also go out into What is your favorite thing aboutthe communities, (schools, summer camps, your job? Never feel like one person can’t make acivic organizations and festivals) to educate What I love most is seeing the impact we difference, it starts with one person. Onethe public about the ocean and the marine are making by removing this trash and person times 8 billion is a lot. Image thedebris crisis. plastic but also seeing that we are inspiring amazing things we could do if we work people to make changes – and inspiring together. My third-grade teacher, Ms.Why is this work important? them to care about and understand the Wheeler (now Mrs. Sanders), used to tellNot only does the marine debris crisis ocean. For example, we just worked with us that.affect the animals and the ecosystem of people of the island of St. Croix. It wasthe ocean, it directly affects us as humans. impacted by the storms that came through She not only changed the way I think aboutFor example, the plastics that end up in last year. We were able to help remove tons and see the world, but she inspired me tothe ocean absorb chemicals and toxins of trash from the ocean and the island’s take action.then break up into very small pieces called coastline. Volunteers came out from allmicroplastic. Smaller fish and organisms over the island to help. There were tourists What a rewarding job! Thank you foreat these plastics. Larger animals and and locals working together. More than 400 sharing with us.fish – the kind we eat – eat the smaller people came out to help. FAYETTEVILLE ACADEMY Why choose us for your child’s education? 3200 Cliffdale Road Fayetteville, NC 28303 • Ranked #1 in the Niche.com 2019 Best Private High 9 910.868.5131 Schools in the Fayetteville, NC area www.fayacademy.org om • Chromebook and iPad pilot programs • Grades 4-7 LEGO® Robotics TeamFayetteville Academy is an independent, college • New Middle/Upper School STEAM SmartLab®preparatory school that offers Pre-K – 12th grade • 76% of AP exams taken resulted in a score of 3 orstudents a personalized education that preparesthem for success in school and life. higher. • The 29 members of the Class of 2018 were offered Fayetteville Academy admits qualified students and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, or religion in the administration of admissions, educational policies, more than $3.2 million in college financial aid, athletic programs, or other activities. scholarships and grants. • More than $500,000 in need-based financial aid SEPTEMBER 2018 awarded annually to qualified applicants. www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland

Where in the World: New Deli is the capital of India and is one of the smoggiest cities on Earth. Smog is a type of dangerous air pollution that is a mix of smoke and fog. Smog can be a dangerous problem. The small particles stick to lungs as people breathe in the air. This can make it difficult to breath. It can also cause long- term problems like allergies, asthma and cancer. The thick pollution can also make it difficult to see, which is dangerous. All this pollution is the result of vehicle emissions, industrial emissions and nearby farmers clearing their crops by burning them. • New Delhi is one of the largest cities in India. • It is located on the Ganges river. • Delhi is actually composed of two cities. In the north there is the historic Old Delhi. New Delhi is to the south. • The Himalayas are 100 miles to the north. • Delhi has been a center of wealth and power in India for centuries. • It has been inhabited since the 6th Century B.C. • The city has also been called Dilli and Dhilli. • New Delhi has been the capital of India since 1947. • It is rumored that Delhi has changed sites between 7 and 15 times. • The climate in the area is extremely dry, but there is a wet season. • It has a population of 16.3 million. The smog issue is a complicated one for India to solve. It will likely take years of planning to completely fix it. In the meantime, the city is trying out unique ideas to make daily life more bearable. One of the more popular ideas is a water cannon or “anti- smog gun.” These large cannons are brought in on large flatbed trucks. Then they spray small droplets of water into the air, up to 230 feet away. The droplets of water merge with the dust in the air. The water then falls like rain and brings the pollution down to the ground. www.ducksters.com/science/environment/air_pollution.php www.cnn.com/2017/12/22/health/india-new-delhi-water-cannon-pollution-intl/index.html www.britannica.com/place/Delhi www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-13/why-smog-chokes-india-s-capital-and-its-economy-quicktake-q-a10 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland SEPTEMBER 2018

MATHTIME hFaionnudgsleaelbsl etohloenwrthi.gePhuttDofraswymthme leintrey a square on eachfthoer seeaschhaopfes. one like this:Students’ understanding of symmetry is evident in this example as well as 17 right angles There are two squares and one rectangle making 12 right angles. The their ability to draw the appropriate line. bottom of the door meets the bottom of the house forming two more. The chimney has two obvious right angles at the top but also forms a right angle where the right vertical line meets the horizontal line on the top of the house. Students may think the room forms a right angle, but if you measure with the corner of a piece of paper it is a little larger than a right angle. Send it!* Did You KNOW?Hey, Kids! According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, cooks shouldMeet my new BFF the Duck from Duck Donuts! avoid reusing plates or utensilsWe want to remind you to send us your photos, used to prepare raw meat, poultryoriginal artwork, letters, poems and stories, or seafood for serving. Even if theWe would really love hearing from you. We plates only momentarily came intomay even print them in a later issue or include contact with uncooked food, theythem on our cool website. should be thoroughly washed inwww.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland hot, soapy water after coming into contact with raw foods. BacteriaName: Age: from the raw juices of food can easily spread to cooked or ready-to-Address: Grade: eat foods, potentially contributing to illness. The FDA recommends cooksCity: State: Zip: keep clean platters and utensils next to their grills that they can usePhone: to serve food. In addition, if usingName of your School or location where you picked up a copy of Kidsville News!: a bristle brush to clean cooking surfaces prior to firing up the grill,Parent, Teacher, Guardian Signature (Permission): inspect the brush to make sure it’s Source image © JJ Harrison ([email protected])Email: clean and that the bristles do not still contain any specks of food or (Receive a “Free” online subscription of Kidsville News!) other foreign objects from a previous grilling session. Once the grill has*If your submission appears in Kidsville News! been cleaned, make sure none of theyou will be entitled to a FREE Duck Donut just by bristles fell off and onto the grill. picking up your FREE Duck Donut Card at 208 Rowan Street, Fayetteville NC 28301. 910-484-6200. Each month, one lucky student chosen from ALL the submissions will win Duck Donuts for their entire class! Send to: 208 Rowan Street Fayetteville, NC 28301 • 910-484-6200SEPTEMBER 2018 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland 11

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Come Out & PlayI ndia is a large and diverse country with a • To set up, stack the seven stones • If all the players on the offensive long history and many languages. People in a pile on the ground. It helps if in many different regions share similar team are tagged, the round is over.games under many different names. Every the stones have a flat side. • At the same time, the throwingsmall village may have its own version and • Draw a circle around the pile ofname for the same game. Because there are team should try to restack the pileso many local histories about similar games stones. You could use chalk or justover hundreds of years, it is hard to know of stones. When the pile is stacked,exactly where the traditions started. Instead, draw in the dirt.it is much easier just to enjoy the game and • Mark a line about 20 feet away. they shout, “Lagori!” and theappreciate the long and colorful traditionfrom which it comes. One such game is from This is the throwing line. round is over.Southern India; it is called Lagori. It is al so • Toss a coin to decide which team • The offensive team earns a pointknown as Lagoori, Dikori, Lingocha, Pitthu,Pittu Garam and Dabba Kali. These are just is on offense or throwing. by restacking the stones in time.a few of its other names. To play, you need • The goal of the throwing team is to • The defensive team wins a pointa tennis ball, seven stones and two teamsmade of two to six players. The teams should use the rubber ball to knock down by tagging out all the offensivebe evenly matched. the pile of stones from behind the players before they restack the throwing line. Players can take stones. • Teams switch roles between turns throwing. • If the stones are knocked down, rounds. • The first team to get five points the defending team takes the ball wins. and tries to tag the throwing team • Rounds can be timed to make it by hitting them below the knees more challenging. with the ball. mocomi.com/lagori/ SEPTEMBER 2018 www.topendsports.com/sport/list/lagori.htm fsl-india.org/blog/2012/09/the-game-of-lagori-nittur-aided-school-udupi-district-kundapur/14 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland

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Kidsville Kitchen Main Street, Raeford, NC For info: [email protected] banana coffee cake (910) 904-2424with a twist!Waiting for bananas to ripen for baking can tryanyone’s patience. Laurie McNamara, author of“Simply Scratch: 120 Wholesome HomemadeRecipes Made Easy” (Avery), admits she doesn’thave the patience for bananas to brown andthat roasting them in the oven speeds upthe process. That process is on display inMcNamara’s recipe for “Roasted BananaCoffee Cake,” which makes a greataddition to breakfast tables and brunches.8 servings• Preheat the oven to 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, 350 F. Butter a 9-inch melted and cooled, plus 1 tablespoon round cake pan with at room temperature for the panthe 1 tablespoon roomtemperature butter, dust with 2 tablespoons granulated sugar Thursdaythe granulated sugar and 2 bananas Sept.13 3⁄4 cup chopped pecanstip out any excess. Main St. Parade 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar• Place the bananas on a 1 teaspoon ground cinnamonsmall rimmed baking sheet 11⁄2 cups unbleached all-purpose flourand roast for 15 minutes. 1 teaspoon baking sodaRemove and set aside to 1 teaspoon baking powder FRIDAYcool. 1⁄4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg Sept.14• In a small bowl, combinethe pecans, brown sugar 1 cup granulated sugar Golf Tournament, Stompin &and cinnamon. Set aside. 2 large eggs, lightly beaten Stuffin’ Dinner, Turkey Bowl•Sift the flour, baking 1⁄4 cup sour cream 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extractsoda, baking powder and Saturdaynutmeg through a fine-mesh strainer into a medium bowl. Sept. 15 In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat togetherthe butter and sugar on low speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the Kidz Zone, Car Show,eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Scrape down the sides of Music, Art & Craft Vendors,the bowl with a spatula, then add the roasted bananas, sour cream and vanilla. Gospel Concert, Beach Concert Mail or drop off entry by 09/14/18 to:Beat until incorporated. Kidsville News! 208 Rowan St. With the mixer running on low speed, spoon in the flour mixture and mix until Win a Fall Festival Gift Basket! Fayetteville, NC 28301just combined. (*Information is required). Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a spatula.Sprinkle evenly with the pecan topping. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a *Name:toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean with a few crumbs attached. *Address: *Phone: Let cool for 10 minutes before slicing and serving. *Parent Email:SEPTEMBER 2018 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland 17

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THE BEST METEOR SHOWER OF THE YEAR Teachers,gyorAeuraretsryteousudoeluonrotcskeiantbogotfueotarwcahaterBy Jane Houston Jones and Jessica Stoller-Conrad pollution? The City of Fayetteville SodstfteofuemrdrmesonwnFtsRsattrEoeaEnrtioDshntiavosnirstmdihosawn-toaentdeur caantde water pollution. The Perseid meteor showers appear to radiate STORMWATER from the constellation Perseus. Perseus is To request a presentation for your visible in the northern sky soon after sunset classroom, Call 910-433-1071 this time of year. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech www.fayettevillenc.gov/stormwaterIf you’re a fan of meteor showers, August was an exciting month! The Perseid meteor shower is the best of the year, and in 2018, the peak viewing time for the shower was on a dark, moonless night – perfectfor spotting meteors. The best time to look for meteors during this year’s Perseid shower wasat the peak, from 4 p.m. EDT on Aug. 12 until 4 a.m. EDT on the Aug.13. Because the new moon fell on the peak night, the days before andafter the peak also provided very dark skies for viewing meteors. On thedays surrounding the peak, the best time to view the showers was from afew hours after twilight until dawn. Meteors come from leftover comet particles and bits from brokenasteroids. When comets come around the sun, they leave a dusty trailbehind them. Every year, Earth passes through these debris trails, whichallows the bits to collide with our atmosphere and disintegrate to createfiery and colorful streaks in the sky – called meteors. The comet that creates the Perseid meteor shower – a comet calledSwift-Tuttle – has a very wide trail of cometary dust. It’s so wide that ittakes Earth more than three weeks to plow all the way through. Becauseof this wide trail, the Perseids have a longer peak viewing window thanmany other meteor showers throughout the year. The Perseids appear to radiate from the constellation Perseus, which iswhere we get the name for this shower. Perseus is visible in the northernsky soon after sunset this time of year. Observers in mid-northernlatitudes will have the best views. However, you don’t have to look directly at the constellation Perseusto see meteors. You can look anywhere you want to; 90 degrees left orright of Perseus, or even directly overhead, are all good choices. While watching the sky for meteors in August, viewers saw a paradeof the planets Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn – and the Milky Wayalso continued to grace the evening sky. In next month’s article, we’lltake a stroll through the Milky Way. No telescope or binoculars required!SEPTEMBER 2018 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland 19

Help your kids get a good night’s rest Adequate sleep is important is vital for the body to recover • Set a smart bedtime and nap schedule. for children’s health, states the and rebuild and for the brain to • Do not allow the use of electronics approximately American Academy of Pediatrics. process new information. The Quality sleep is just as important Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders one hour prior to bedtime. as well visits and protective at Boston Children’s Hospital says • Create a regular bedtime routine that includes immunizations. Babies and young that children who are not getting children may sleep between 10 and enough sleep may experience winding down and cues that rest is coming. 18 hours per day, but by the time difficulty learning new tasks. Parents • Stick to the same schedule every day of the week — a child reaches school-age, he or who want to foster good sleeping she may be well-rested after getting habits in their children can try the including weekends. between 9 and 11 hours. Sleep following strategies. • Make sure kids get daily exercise, which can make it20 easier for them to grow tired around bedtime. • Create a cool, comfortable and dark sleeping environment. www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland SEPTEMBER 2018

How parents can help children make friendsSocial connections are important for children’s growth and in a comfortable setting. Parents can help model good host/development. Some children have a hard time fitting in and hostess behavior, which includes putting guests beforemaking friends, and these kids may just need a little extra help oneself and paying attention to friends being entertained.fostering friendships. • Find fun activities. Kids often make friends when socializing with other kids who share common interests. Parents canAccording to the resource Parenting Science, decades of facilitate this by signing children up for sports teams, clubs orresearch indicates that parents play a key role in teaching taking them tochildren how to make friends. But some parents may be play groups.concerned before they need to be. Eileen Kennedy-Moore, a • Try role-playing. Shy kids may have difficulty greetingclinical psychologist and author, says that parents begin to be others. Parents can help kids practice making eye contact,concerned about whether their kids are making friends before smiling, engaging in conversation and other techniques asit becomes an issue for the children. Psychologist Fred Frankel, they are applicable to the child’s situation and personality.author of the book, “Friends Forever: How Parents Can Help • Parents can be friends. Sometimes childhood friendshipsTheir Kids Make and Keep Good Friends,” say girls may have develop when kids are brought together through their owna harder time making friends because of the cliques that can parents’ friendships. This can be helpful if everyone getsform among young girls. along. But parents should not force the situation or sacrifice their own relationships if their children and their friends’Children often become conscious about friends around age children no longer get along.seven, say experts. Both sexes can struggle making friends • Be supportive but not too involved. Children need to learnbetween elementary and junior high because of the many to find their own way. Parents can be a sounding board, butchanges, including puberty, that occur during this period in they shouldn’t meddle too much. Children’s friendships thattheir lives. The following are some ways parents and other are seemingly on the rocks may rebound the next day. So longcaregivers can help youngsters to make friends more readily. as bullying or hurtful behavior is not present, letting kids work things out is often the best bet. Parents can help their children• Invite friends over and be a good host. Children can make friends by setting up social opportunities and being initiate social opportunities through their parents. The good role models. play date is a great way to introduce kids to other childrenSEPTEMBER 2018 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland 21

“ABC Monsters: The episodes is based on introducing kids to Complete Season” is the letter “A.” In this episode, the Alphabet a fun and educational Monsters are so excited about the archery experience for young competition when suddenly, all the arrows children. It inspires them go missing! Alice, Bryan and Cherry Berry to enjoy learning and (the protagonists) go on a mission to find even encourages them the missing arrows and the missing letter to participate in physical of the alphabet, which just so happens to activity. It is creative be Letter “A.” On the way, they go on a and interesting all the lot of mini quests, such as helping Amy the way through. If I were a Alligator find her armband and helping parent, I would use this Farmer Alex find his apple. At the end DVD to help me teach my of the episode, Alice, Bryan and Cherry child about the alphabet Berry review everything we learned in the and early language skills. episode and include fun little songs and dances for us to do and sing. I have reviewed other episodes of ABC Everything about this show is child- Monsters previously friendly and appropriate for a young and enjoy how each age group. The storylines are consistent episode is different. For without being repetitive and are quite example, one of the easy to follow. This show would be very entertaining for young kids. The visuals are bright and colorful, which will attract young viewers. The music is upbeat and cheery. The characters are adorable and likable. I think that all of these aspects are important in order for kids to enjoy watching a program. I give this DVD 5 out of 5 stars and recommend it for kids ages 1 to 5. I believe that this show will intrigue kids with its cute characters and interesting plotlines. It will get them excited about learning, music and physical fitness. It will help parents teach their kids about spelling, grammar and phonics while keeping them hooked and wanting to learn more. This show offers quality entertainment for young children who need to be introduced to the alphabet. Parents can feel confident about using this DVD to enlighten their little ones about the English language. It is available on DVD now so, check it out.22 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland SEPTEMBER 2018

BEGINNER READS Alphabeasties: And Other Amazing My Kindergarten Types By Rosemary Wells By Sharon Werner For ages 3-6 For ages 2 and Up Take a glorious month-by-month tour You've never seen an alphabet book through the kindergarten year with like this before. A is for alligator, but teacher Miss Cribbage, a guinea pig, as the accompanying picture is composed seen through the eyes of Emily the of hundreds of black A's. Each page rabbit, one of eight animal students. contains an animal — bat, camel, dog, You'll get to know all of them: Diane, elephant — rendered entirely in its Emily, Louise, Martha, Odysseus, Otis, initial letters.The giraffe's neck is so Roger and Terrance, snug in their little tall, the head is gate-folded on the top their schoolhouse on Cranberry Island and the legs accordioned on the in Maine. bottom! Unblieveably Boring BartPAGETURNERS By James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein Judy Moody Goes to College For ages 8-12 By Megan McDonald For ages 6-9 Invisible creatures are attacking the school, and 12-year-old Bartholomew Substitute teacher Mrs. Grossman Bean is the only one who can stop hands out candy to all of her students them! Okay, so maybe Bart is only a for good behavior, except to Judy, who hero in the video game app he created. is in one of her famous moods. Instead, But if he reveals his identity as the she hands Judy a note to take home to genius behind the game, he'll become her parents because of her inattentive- the most popular kid in school! Or he ness in math. The result? Mom and Dad could secretly use the game to get back get her a tutor. Judy is in a snit at the at his bullies. notion of being a \"tutor tot,\" as she calls it, until she realizes where she'll be going for her math sessions: to college.ADVANCED READS Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity Eleanor & Park By Dave Roman By Rainbow Rowell For ages 9-14 For ages 13 and Up Hakata Soy leaves his past as the In this convincing chronicle of first love set leader of a superhero team to attend in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1986, Rainbow Astronaut Academy, a school on a space Rowell introduces two high school station orbiting Earth. He hopes to students, Eleanor and Park. Eleanor is an make a fresh start in life, but his heroic outsider. She’s the new girl in town: past keeps catching up with him. All he redhead, tall, complex and abundantly sar- wants to do is study for his classes in castic; Park is the unwitting, low-key, Fire Throwing and Anti-Gravity average guy at school. When the two first Gymnastics, but when a lookalike robot meet on the bus, they hardly speak; arrives at Astronaut Academy on a though slowly but surely they begin to fall mission to destroy him, Hakata Soy just for one another. can’t do as he pleases.SEPTEMBER 2018 Kidsville News, Truman and James Patterson's READKIDDOREAD.COM are pleased to 23 partner on this page to help you discover books that the kids you love are sure to love. www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland

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