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I’m NOT scared of shots! Going to the doctor to get a shot doesn’t 3. You can distract yourself for a minute! If you’re nervoushave to be scary! Here’s what you need to about getting your shot, talk to your parents about somethingknow about shots so you can be brave at else. It will help keep you calm and take your mind off the shot.the doctor’s office: 4. Smile! It’s hard to be scared or nervous if you’re smiling. So 1. Shots are good for you! Shots are just a way to make sure even if you’re really scared about getting the shot, just keep smil-your body has the medicine it needs to help fight off diseases. The ing and it will help you be brave.small needle puts the medicine under your skin so your body canbuild up strength against diseases. 5. Talk to your parents! If you’re really scared, tell your par- ents about it before you go to the doctor. Maybe you want to hold 2. They don’t take long! When the doctor or nurse sticks you your parent’s hand while you are getting your shot, or bring a fa-with the needle it will hurt a little bit, but only for a minute and vorite toy or game to hold and look at. Work out a plan together.then the pain will go away. The next time you go to the doctor to get a shot, you can surprise your parents and the nurses by staying calm and being brave. 445599HHwwyy111199 SSoouutthh •• SSpringfield, GA ((991122)) 7754-6451 wwwwww..EEffffiinngghhaamHealth.orgPAGE 2 EFFINGHAM COUNTY KIDSVILLE NEWS! MARCH 2018

A FUN FAMILY NEWSPAPER Hi, Kids! EDITOR cocyuaootenhgulakeoolWndrrn,soi,ppeszwhsleaaacanotniripepoeaenelntnetstaido!pslltuek“oseriCfsnxtesfopgtuxihbnlptoeaulneeirrbereec.oct.hYwtuowoiothmuecnaeosmwt”slwoaiatlnyalenihlzbkdnaaseovtthawieaoebbntikohrlneetulhoottitwovsesepcmeadahxosncopnoeAnltolhmoeer.xsgeeHpytraoilucotnnhatrdrdaaa. rttlIveiinowvedenltishlilaoneomtnnfocdayMotkehhmeaaeoirrnswssgpgroaietrcaet Truman “britNniaWhivgeeamp,TirTlth“aoidsihtvCe,rsveeitltsiuagloSollAbekrtfmufeeem.o”raNsiaaetuthualorrbsitCnrciohlftduahuoinselnnit,pAaosnhto.nmoreeynYoceIr,donot.riisusinonRc,ticneacttiulhssaa.u”tiadnidFsosribolnnbmeeigmciraoirdstdirriomtenheitnsohamam.anmrbsosoteohrfttreheutojorustaimsvitmtbtoeieosanaunrtylythoiesfxtihpnelorreelriscsatnhdat are [email protected] turnDyoonu’trfcolrogcektstoah“espardinMg aforcrwh a11rd. ” and Subscribe FREE online at www.kidsvillenews.com/Cumberland SALES & MARKETING BArnigtytaenMi Hororiwsoelnl bahmoowrreisllo@[email protected] Christy Scroggs [email protected] Kim Dennis [email protected] PUBLISHER Bill Bowman [email protected] NATIONAL EDITOR Janice Butler [email protected] ASSOCIATE EDITOR Stephanie Crider [email protected] For advertising information, please call (912) 826-5012©Copyright 2008 Kidsville News! Inc., All Rights Reserved.Truman is a service mark of Kidsville News! Inc., and theKidsville News! logo is a registered trademark of KidsvilleNews! Inc. No part of this issue of Kidsville News! may bereproduced in whole or in part in any form without permis-sion of the publisher or the copyright holder. Neither par-ticipating advertisers nor the publishers will be responsible orliable for misinformation, misprints, or typographical errors.The publishers reserve the right to edit any submitted mate-rial. Kidsville News! Inc. is not responsible for unsolicitedmanuscripts, artwork, or other material. Children's submis-sions should include name, address, telephone number, andpermission to publish signed by a parent or guardian. Gee,Thanks! The depletion of the ozone layer was DKidNYOouW? once a hot topic, but this issue has largely fallen by the wayside in recent years. Even though the ozone layer might no longer be discussed on a daily basis, there is still widespread concern that it is deteriorating rapidly. To understand the implications, one must first know the purpose of the ozone layer. According to National Geographic, the ozone layer is a belt of gas that sits between 9.3 and 18.6 miles above the Earth. Its purpose is to shield the planet from harmful ultraviolet B radiation that is emitted by the sun. Due to the release of pollution containing the chemicals chlorine and bromine, as well as chlorofluorocarbons found in spray aerosols, the ozone layer is thinning and deteriorating in certain areas. This allows UVB radiation to reach the earth, contributing to higher rates of skin cancer and cataracts in humans. Exposure to UVB rays also may impact ecosystems. It is believed UVB radiation inhibits the production of phytoplankton that make up an important food source for marine animals. The good news is that measurements from satellites this year showed the hole in the earth’s ozone layer that forms over Antarctica each September was the smallest observed since 1988, according to scientists from NASA and NOAA. Reduction in environmental pollutants may be behind that development. However, scientists note warmer stratospheric temperatures also constrained the growth of the ozone hole.MARCH 2018 EFFINGHAM COUNTY KIDSVILLE NEWS! PAGE 3

Can you For many, space is a symbol of endless imagine possibilities. Every year, scientists discover visiting new planets with environments unlike another anything they could have imagined. We planet? know these distant bodies have the potential to revolutionize science and make many Or even living people rich. The biggest question is do they on one? If it also have the potential to sustain human life? were possible, There are currently two big ideas about how would you humans could physically interact with space: choose to space tourism and colonization. do it? Space tourism is already a growing industry. There are companies that let regular people experience space for fun. The biggest problem with space tourism right now is that it is incredibly expensive. But for a price, people can pay to experience space-like conditions. One of the cheapest options is called a zero-gravity flight. It uses a Boeing 727, a large airplane, to simulate the zero- gravity experience of space. Tourists can flip and float for about 20 minutes, thanks to the freefalling airplane. It is like space, but tourists don’t leave the atmosphere. One of these experiences costs around $5,000 per person. A one-week stay in space is $20 million. For now, only the very wealthy can afford these trips, but that used to be the same for cars. The more popular space trips become, the cheaper the technologies will get and the more people will be able to experience space. Colonizing space is different than space tourism. It’s relatively easy to keep a human alive in space for a short period of time; it is much harder the longer they stay off planet Earth. Most of the plans for colonization are focused on Mars because it is our closest neighbor. One of the most popular ideas about how to colonize Mars involves 3D printing. Instead of making everything on Earth and launching it all to Mars, the idea is to send a printer and use materials on Mars to make whatever the astronauts and colonists need. It is a much cheaper option and allows the colonists the opportunity to change designs based on what they learn. It will still take decades of planning and hard work, though. www.cnn.com/style/article/nasa-3d-printing-colony-mars/index.html www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-releases-plan-outlining-next-steps-in-the-journey-to-mars www.space.com/35850-spacex-private-moon-flight-nasa-reaction.html science.howstuffworks.com/space-tourism.htmPAGE 4 EFFINGHAM COUNTY KIDSVILLE NEWS! MARCH 2018

Kingdom: Animalia Family: Ardeidae Phylum: Chordata Genus: Ardea Class: Aves Species: A. herodias Order: Pelecaniformes The great blue heron is the largest and The great blue herons are named after most common heron in North America. the blue-grey feathers that cover most They are generally between three and four of their bodies. It stands out against their yellow bills and rust-red thighs. They also feet tall with a wingspan of six feet. have a black streak that runs down their Even though they are a large head. These unique and beautiful birds bird, they only weigh five or six are not currently endangered, but their populations are threatened because pounds because they have hollow wetlands are being developed. bones. Most birds have hollow bones, as this makes them to be light enough to fly. • Great blue herons are adaptable. • Their unique necks let them strike prey that is at They live all over North America a distance. because they can survive almost anywhere there is a body of water. • They hunt during the day and night. •Common areas to find them are marshes, • They nest in large groups called colonies. rivers, lakes, saltwater shores and ponds. • A popular nesting place is the Florida • They migrate during the winter and summer. In Everglades and Lake Okeechobee, which is also in Florida. the winter, they migrate to Mexico and in the summer, they can be found in Canada. • The average blue heron nest has between three • They eat salamanders, snakes, shrimp, crabs, and six eggs. crayfish, grasshoppers, dragon flies, small • The oldest heron on record was 24 years and 6 mammals and frogs. months old. • Herons hunt by standing still in the water. As its • Herons are usually solitary when they are prey swims by, the heron quickly grabs it in its strong beak. not nesting. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Blue_Heron/lifehistory# www.nhptv.org/natureworks/greatblueheron.htm • In Florida, there is a white version of the bird called the great white heron. www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/ardea_herodi.htmMARCH 2018 EFFINGHAM COUNTY KIDSVILLE NEWS! PAGE 5

Where in the World: • NASA was created in 1958. • The population of Washington, D.C.,The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, orNASA, headquarters is in Washington, D.C., the capital is 672, 228.of the United States of America. As Washington, D.C.,is the capital, it is the center of many of the nation’s most • D.C. stands for District of Columbia,important departments.Most of the scientists and engineers that work for NASA which is named after Christopherdo not work in D.C. Instead, there are field centers and Columbus.installations all over the United States where most ofNASA’s experiments and construction take place. The • The city is a federal district, whichheadquarters plays a unique part in making NASA work.The headquarters provides the overall guidance and means it is not part of any state. It isdirection to the agency. Without this guidance, all the made of land taken from Virginia andengineers and scientists across the nation wouldn’t know Maryland.what projects to work on. Additionally, being close toCongress means that NASA directors can work closely with • The federal district is 68 square miles.the government leaders who set the budget every year. • D.C. has many important government kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/states/washington-dc/#DC-monuments.jpg buildings like the U.S. Capitol (where www.nasa.gov/centers/hq/home/index.html Congress meets), the White House, www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html the Supreme Court Building and the Smithsonian Museums. • D.C. was not the first capital of the United States. Philadelphia and New York City were once capitals. • Washington, D.C., was formed in 1790 and is named after George Washington. • The first president to live in the White House was John Adams. • NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It was created by President Eisenhower. • Space travel and technology were a symbol of power during the Cold War. America wanted to keep up with the Soviets, who were the first to launch a satellite into space. • The D.C. flower is the American Beauty rose. • The D.C. bird is the wood thrush.PAGE 6 EFFINGHAM COUNTY KIDSVILLE NEWS! MARCH 2018

What's It Like to Be ... an adventurer? Please tell our readers a little bit about yourself. My name is Trish Sare. I’m the founder and owner of BikeHike Adventures in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. I started BikeHike 24 years ago after spending seven years living abroad. My life is about experiences, much more so than accumulating things. I am also passionate about animals, especially furry felines. Trish Sare What do you love most about traveling/adventuring? I love exploring new lands, meeting the local people and learning about their cultures. Adventure travel enriches one’s life and opens us up to how others in the world live. I also love to be active and challenge myself with new activities. Why is it important to travel and see and do new things? To gain an appreciation for other cultures and the world and experience how other people live in developing and developed countries. To never experience other lands besides home will make for a very insular and sheltered perspective of the world. There are so many different landscapes, cultures, religions, types of flora and fauna, languages, cuisines and political systems to be exposed to. International travel gives one a well-rounded worldview. What is something you wish everyone knew about traveling? In my opinion, it is one of the best educations that one can have in their lifetime. It is not learning from a book but experiencing firsthand. It is also a great opportunity to meet people. People tend to be much more open when they travel compared to when they are at home. Conversations flow much easier. Also, it’s easy to travel, especially today with the digital world offering so much information. Just always ensure to have your street smarts when traveling into foreign lands. If you could travel to another planet, would you? Right now, I don’t think that I would go to live on another planet. I find it rather intimidating to travel through space to get to another planet. It’s just a little too far from home and takes me out of my comfort zone too much. However, as we learn more about space travel and develop safer and speedier passages to get there, my views on this may change. One day I may look at space travel the same way (I view) traveling to another country.MARCH 2018 EFFINGHAM COUNTY KIDSVILLE NEWS! PAGE 7

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MATHTIME Draw spots on me! Embry saw a ladybug with eight spots. Drawing the number of spots that Embry saw on each lady bug seen in red, how many spots in total would you see? 11 pencils. Working backwards is an effective strategy, but Draw on not the only one for solving this problem. Students should be us, too! encouraged to share their methods with their classmates and to try other strategies. 24 On Monday, Tachi had a pocketful of pencils. On Wednesday, she loaned four to her friends and had seven pencils left. How any pencils were in Tachi’s pocket on Monday?PAGE 10 EFFINGHAM COUNTY KIDSVILLE NEWS! MARCH 2018

WAroOunRd LthDe • The first Europeans to find and colonize North • The Spanish colonized the Southwest and found Colonization is a complicated America were the Vikings. gold and silver. topic, but it shaped North America as we • They arrived around 986 A.D. in what is now • The French settled in what is now Canada and the know it. The European empires had a lot of people Canada, but their colonies did not last. Northern U.S. They made money on the fur trade. and a lot of money, but not a lot of land. The European rulers decided to send out explorers to find new land. • Christopher Columbus found America in 1492. • French is still spoken in parts of Canada. They hoped this new land would be full of resources • Columbus was sponsored by Spain. like gold that would make them richer and even more • He returned to the Americas three times. Even though the shores of America were not lined with powerful. An important part of colonization was the • Spain sent Hernando Cortez on a journey in 1519 gold, the American colonies made a lot of money for individuals who who were willing to leave everything many European nations. Where there wasn’t gold, they’d ever known to try and live in a completely new with a small army to take over the gold and silver they grew cash crops like tobacco, indigo and rice. A place. There were many reasons people might go — cash crop means that the farms do not support families like religious freedom and the hope of finding mines that the Aztecs had. with food. Instead they grow one crop that is then sold. extreme wealth. Colonists used slaves to grow the crops cheaply that • Hernando de Soto, another Spaniard, explored were then shipped to Europe and sold. The Spanish and the English colonies could be considered the most from Florida to the Mississippi. successful. They lasted for centuries and formed the basis of what is now America. • Colonization was terrible for native peoples. • The English colonized the Northeast and grew tobacco. www.americanhistoryforkids.com www.ducksters.com/history/colonial_america/timeline.php www.history.com/topics/exploration/exploration-of-north-america wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/European_colonization_of_the_AmericasMARCH 2018 EFFINGHAM COUNTY KIDSVILLE NEWS! PAGE 11

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Come Out & Play 1. Draw a circle on the ground a few feet across. 8. Players take turns shooting marbles from 2. Draw a second smaller circle in the middle of Ring Taw, behind the taw line. the first. or marbles, is an ancient game that 9. The goal is to use a shooter marble to knock children have played for hundreds of years. 3. There is no limit to the number of players, Researchers think that ancient Romans played other marbles outside the large circle. a similar game, though no one is sure of the but each player should have at least six small, exact rules. It was a tradition to give bags 10. The shooter must also end outside the circle. of nuts and marbles as a gift for the winter round marbles. 11. Players collect any marbles they knock out of celebration Saturnalia, so the game of marbles was likely popular for Roman children. 4. It is helpful if the marbles are distinct, so it is the circle. Children across Egypt and Europe also easy to remember to whom they belong. 12. If the shooter stays inside the circle, the player collected and played with marbles through the centuries. It is almost as if every group of 5. Next, draw a line several feet away from the can continue with a different marble that he or children had its own set of rules. The game of marbles with the rules that we are most circle. This is called the taw line. she knocked out earlier as the new shooter. familiar with today dates to European in the 18th century. However, there are still many 6. The standard taw line is 6 feet away from the 13. If a player has no more marbles to shoot, he or variations of the game. Here is how to play one version known as Ring Taw. This game is circle. The farther away the line is, the harder she is out of the game. played in the National Marbles Tournament. the game will be. 14. The game ends when all the marbles have 7. Each player should put five marbles in the been knocked out of the circle. small inner circle. 15. The winner is the person who has collected the most marbles at the end of the game. www.imarbles.com/ringertaw.php www.britannica.com/topic/taw www.magwv.com/magmarble/origin_of_the_game_of_marbles.html www.landofmarbles.com/marbles-play.htmlMARCH 2018 EFFINGHAM COUNTY KIDSVILLE NEWS! PAGE 17

waterfall by Uncle Pastuzo and to me. He sounds more like a Aunt Lucy when he was a cub. politeandproperman. Even They adopted him and raised though he doesn’t sound him as their son. young, his voice matches Paddington’s personality, particularly because Then the film returns Paddington is very polite, kind to present time. and sweet. Paddington wants to get the perfect gift for Aunt Lucy on her The animation for this film 100th birthday, but is very realistic. Paddington it is expensive. He interacts with objects that works hard to earn aren’t animated, which makes enough money to him seem like he is actually buy the gift. One there. Paddington looks very night, while he is realistic with very detailed fur, walking past the eyes and feet. My favorite parts store where the gift of this film are all of the jokes is, a thief breaks throughout it. They are so into the store funny and sarcastic. This film is hilarious and and steals it. Paddington The moral of this story is to be made me cry a cry of joy, and chases after the burglar, but when kind and positive so that life alsoofsadness– multiple the police arrive they assume will be kind and positive to you. times. It is amazing to watch that he is the thief. Paddington is Throughout all the hardships live characters bond with an sentenced to 10 years in prison Paddington goes through, he imaginary animated bear. Even even though he didn’t commit the stays positive, remains kind and though there’s not actually a crime. His family tries to prove his eventually, everything becomes bear there, you can feel the love innocence, but they don’t have right in the end. “Paddington within the family. much evidence. 2” is such an amazing film toPAGE 18 PaddinEgFtoFnIN(BGeHnAWMhi sChOawU)NisTY KIwIDgaSitvVcehIiLtw5LitoEhu NytooEufWr5wsSth!a orsleafn admily. MARCH 2018

SIXTY YEARS OF OBSERVING OUR EARTH Angela Fortin By Teagan Wall South Effingham Elementary Left: This photo shows the launch of Avery Ferry Explorer 1 from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Jan. 31, 1958. Explorer 1 is the small South Effingham Elementary section on top of the large Jupiter-C rocket that blasted it into orbit. With the Blake Woody launch of Explorer 1, the United States officially entered the space age. South Effingham Elementary Image credit: NASA Satellites are a part of our everyday Photo by Christopher Morse life. We use global positioning PAGE 19 system (GPS) satellites to help us find directions. Satellite television and telephones bring us entertainment, and they connect people all over the world. Weather satellites help us create forecasts, and if there’s a disaster — such as a hurricane or a large fire — they can help track what’s happening. Then, communication satellites can help us warn people in harm’s way. There are many different types ofsatellites. Some are smaller than a shoebox, while others are bigger than a schoolbus. In all, there are more than 1,000 satellites orbiting Earth. With that manyalways around, it can be easy to take them for granted. However, we haven’talways had these helpful eyes in the sky.The United States launched its first satellite on Jan. 31, 1958. It was called Explorer1, and it weighed in at only about 30 pounds. This little satellite carried America’sfirst scientific instruments into space: temperature sensors, a microphone, radiationdetectors and more.Explorer 1 sent back data for four months, but remained in orbit for more than 10years. This small, relatively simple satellite kicked off the American space age. Now,just 60 years later, we depend on satellites every day. Through these satellites,scientists have learned all sorts of things about our planet.For example, we can now use satellites to measure the height of the land and seawith instruments called altimeters. Altimeters bounce a microwave or laser pulse offEarth and measure how long it takes to come back. Since the speed of light is knownvery accurately, scientists can use that measurement to calculate the height of amountain, for example, or the changing levels of Earth’s seas.Satellites also help us to study Earth’s atmosphere. The atmosphere is made up oflayers of gases that surround Earth. Before satellites, we had very little informationabout these layers. However, with satellites’ view from space, NASA scientists canstudy how the atmosphere’s layers interact with light. This tells us which gases are inthe air and how much of each gas can be found in the atmosphere. Satellites alsohelp us learn about the clouds and small particles in the atmosphere, too.When there’s an earthquake, we can use radar in satellites to figure out how muchEarth has moved during a quake. In fact, satellites allow NASA scientists to observeall kinds of changes in Earth over months, years or even decades.Satellites have also allowed us—for the first time in civilization—to have pictures ofour home planet from space. Earth is big, so to take a picture of the whole thing, youneed to be far away. Apollo 17 astronauts took the first photo of the whole Earth in1972. Today, we’re able to capture new pictures of our planet many times everyday.Many satellites are buzzing around Earth, and each one plays an important partin how we understand our planet and live life here. These satellite explorers are possible because of what we learned from our first voyage into space with Explorer 1 — and the decades of hard work and scientific advances since then. To learn more about satellites, including where they go when they die, check out NASA Space Place: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/spacecraft-graveyardMARCH 2018 EFFINGHAM COUNTY KIDSVILLE NEWS!

Kidsville KitchenSimple Vegetarian DishPacked with Flavor Vegetarian dishes are often loaded with flavor, which might come as a surprise to those who do not adhere to vegetarian diets. In fact, many dishes that originated in India, a country known for its flavorful, spicy cuisine, are vegetarian dishes that are popular the world over among vegetarians and meat-eaters alike. For those who want to try something simple, flavorful and vegetarian, the following recipe for “Lentils with Spinach” from Monisha Bharadwaj’s “India’s Vegetarian Cooking” (Kyle Books) checks all the boxes and will no doubt surprise those who feel the most flavorful dishes are those with meat. Britan Hoehne South Effingham ElementaryLentils with Spinach Caleb Johnson 3⁄4 cup yellow lentils (toor dal), washed South Effingham Elementary 3 large handfuls spinach, chopped 2 tablespoons sunflower oil, divided Gerardo Real 1 teaspoon coriander seeds 3 dried red chiles South Effingham Elementary 1⁄4 cup freshly grated coconut 1 teaspoon tamarind concentrate, diluted in 1⁄4 cup water 1⁄2 teaspoon turmeric Salt, to taste 1 medium onion, sliced 1. Put the lentils and 1 1/2 cups of hot water into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the lentils are mushy, about 35 minutes. 2. In the meantime, place the spinach in a pot along with a little hot water and heat it for a couple of minutes. Add it to the lentils. 3. In a separate pan, heat half the oil and fry the coriander seeds until they turn dark, then add the chiles and coconut. Reduce the heat and stir for a couple of minutes. Remove from the heat, let it cool slightly, and then tip it into a blender along with the tamarind and a few tablespoons of water. Blend until you get a fine paste. 4. Add this to the lentils, along with the turmeric and the salt. 5. Heat the remaining oil in a small saucepan and fry the onions until golden, and then add them to the lentils. Reheat thoroughly and serve hot with rice.PAGE 20 EFFINGHAM COUNTY KIDSVILLE NEWS! MARCH 2018

How Youngsters Can Go Green Children often aspire to emulate their parents. discarding items kids can no longer wear, requires the burning of significant amountsYoung boys who see their fathers shaving mightreach for dad’s shaving cream, while young girls parents can take tots along to donation of fossil fuels. Take kids along to the store tomay find their way into mom’s closet in an effortto dress up like their mothers. centers or thrift stores to show them how purchase their own reusable water bottles, Kids’ curiosity may be similarly piqued when their clothes can be reused. Use this as an explaining to them how they’re doing theirthey see their parents going green. Parents whoreduce, reuse and recycle are setting positive opportunity to teach kids how donating or part to protect the planet by choosingexamples for their kids, who may inquire aboutthe ways they can follow suit. While going recycling old items cuts down on the need reusable bottles over bottled water.green might not seem like the most kid-friendlyactivity, there are myriad ways for parents to to use natural resources to create new items. Visit the library. Young children whoinvolve children in their efforts to live eco-friendly lifestyles. Do the same with toys, which kids tend to Donate clothing and toys. Children outgrow outgrow almost as quickly as their clothing. love to read can borrow books from the their clothing pretty quickly. Rather than Bike to school. Stay-at-home parents, library rather than asking mom and dad to LIFE OUTSIDE purchase their own copies at the bookstore. LIFE OUTSIDE telecommuters or those who have time to Explain how borrowing cuts down on the escort their children to and from school can need for paper, which helps preserve forests bike to school with their children. Teach and reduce waste. them how biking in lieu of driving helps to Spend more time in the great outdoors. conserve fuel and how such conservation benefits the planet. If biking is not an Many parents want their children to spend option due to weather or distance, parents morLeIFEtimOUeTSoIDuEtdoors and less time on the can organize carpools, teaching kids how LIFE OUTSIDE couch playing video games or watching traveling together instead of individually television. Parents can make an effort helps to conserve fuel. to spend more time outdoors with their Avoid plastic water bottles. Plastic water children, engaging in fun activities like hiking, camping or fishing. Such excursions bottles might seem more convenient can instill a love and appreciation for nature because they don’t need to be washed in youngsters, and that love can compel after using them, but the environmental them to a lifetime of protecting the planet organization Clean Up Australia notes and conserving its resources. LIFE OUTSIDE that plastic bottles, many of which are LIFE OUTKSiIDdEs who want to follow their parents’ derived from crude oil, generate enormous amounts of waste that ultimately end up in example and go green can do so in various landfills. In addition, the transportation of ways, many of which are as fun as they are such bottles from factories to store shelves eco-friendly.MARCH 2018 EFFINGHAM COUNTY KIDSVILLE NEWS! PAGE 21

Wake Up Refreshed Simple ways Ready, set, go. Just as of noise and to begin your you would set off at the distraction. morning starting line of a race, Practice sitting this hectic pace is how still, with eyes doing something nice mornings begin for closed, and focus only for your mind. For many men and women. on your breathing. example, journaling is a Using deep, controlled gentle way to ease into Instead of waking with breaths, try to steer your dread to face another thoughts away from your morning and get hectic morning, consider negative and stress- your brain firing. If you these tips for a healthier inducing thoughts. can’t think of a topic, simply write down a way to ease into your Stretch. While the few affirmations for the daily rituals. While these activities may require most health-conscious day, revisit a pleasant you to allow extra time, person may opt for you may be pleased a morning sweat-a- memory from your past with the productive thon, working in some or scribble down a goal results. stretches can also be for the week. Journaling can be an uplifting way beneficial. When you to engage the mind and express gratitude for the Meditate. A practice awake, think about day ahead. that has been around oft-used muscles and for thousands of years extend each one for may still be one of the 15-30 seconds. Find more tips for best stress busters for hurried mornings. To Activate. Give your starting your day start, find a place in brain some fuel in the on the right foot at your home that is free morning while also eLivingToday.com. PhotocourtesyofGettyImagesPAGE 22 EFFINGHAM COUNTY KIDSVILLE NEWS! MARCH 2018

BEGINNER READS Ada Twist Scientist Nerdy Birdy By Andrea Beaty By Aaron Reynolds Illustrated by David Roberts Illustrated by Matt Davies For ages 5-7 For ages 4-8 Scientist Ada has always been curious Nerdy Birdy doesn’t just like video games — about everything. She asks lots of — he loves them. Not only does Nerdy questions and expects lots of answers Birdy like to play video games, he also in return. Follow Ada as she fearlessly likes to read about them, and while that conducts many experiments — some is always fun, it does make him one that even get her into trouble. With lonely bird. When Nerdy Birdy hits a low themes of perserverance, problem point, he finds another flock of birds who solving and STEM, this picture book is are just like him and realizes that there perfect for young girls and boys are more individuals in the sky than everywhere. “cool” birdies.PAGETURNERS Jacky Ha-Ha: My Life is a Joke By James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein Dog Man and Cat Kid Illustrated by Kerascoët By Dav Pilkey For ages 8 and up For ages 9 and up Jacky Hart was looking forward to a Dog Man is back and better than carefree summer with friends and ever. And this time he has a partner, participating in the community summer Cat Kid. Both Dog and Cat team up in play. However, instead of singing and this hilarious journey as they struggle dancing her way through the summer, to string together the mysterious Jacky is forced to get a summer job. disappearance of a movie star as well Suddenly, the Seaside Heights boardwalk as what they think of the new kitty is her new hang out and she has to sitter in town. It is up to Dog Man and balance work with babysitting her Cat Kid to save the day. If not, Petey, younger siblings. Will Jacky discover the meanest cat in the world, will win this summer that juggling isn’t one of and that will leave Dog Man and Cat her talents? Kid in a rough place. An Abundance of KatherinesADVANCED READS By John Green For ages 12 and up Tiny Pretty Things By Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Colin Singleton has a type. It isn’t hair Clayton color, eye color or height, specifically, that For ages 12 and up he looks for in a girl. Instead Colin’s type is any girl named Katherine. And when it Wonder what life is like for a ballerina comes to Katherine’s, Colin gets dumped — in training? Follow Gigi, Bette and June, 17 times to be exact. After the last break three top ballerinas at their elite up, Colin is determined to figure out the Manhattan ballet academy. Gigi just Theorem of Underlying Katherine wants to dance, but her life is at risk; Predictablity to prove why he has been Bette desperately wants to get out dumped so many times. Join Colin on his from behind her older sister’s shadow; long roadtrip filled with tons of laughs and and if June doesn’t get a lead in the some hopeful answers. ballet, her controlling mother will not let her dance anymore. Every dancer is out for themselves and perfection comes at a price.MARCH 2018 EFFINGHAM COUNTY KIDSVILLE NEWS! PAGE 23

Lily Tran South Effingham Elementary Julia Weatherford Kyra Phillips South Effingham Elementary South Effingham Elementary Hayden Gatewood South Effingham ElementaryPAGE 24 EFFINGHAM COUNTY KIDSVILLE NEWS! MARCH 2018