Fun For Kidz articles from May 2008

Fun For Kidz archives from May 2008

The silly Millers.(Short story)
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] One sunny morning Mr. and Mrs. Miller took their cow to the milking festival in town. On the way, they passed a group of young boys shooting marbles. "What silly people," cried one of the boys, "walking down...

Farm analogies.
May 1, 2008... An analogy is a word problem in which two sets of pairs share a relationship. The key to solving an analogy is to figure out the relationship in the first pair in order to figure out the missing part of the second pair. Take a look at this...

Trip to the farm.(KID'S Corner)
May 1, 2008... Dear Readers, My name is Kelly Kearnan. I am 12 years old. When I was a 5th grader at Rutgers Preparatory School, our 5th grade had the experience to go to a farm in Massachusetts for three nights and four days without parents. It gave us...

Can you grow better tomatoes?(Science)
May 1, 2008... The science of improving soil and growing crops is called agriculture. Farmers know that plants grow better when they get certain chemicals called nutrients. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are readily available...

Talk about farm animals.
May 1, 2008... Farm animals tend to sneak into polite conversations all the same. In fact, one creature has been removed from each of the sentences below and hidden in the letter square. When you figure out which animal was lurking in each sentence, find it...

Workshop.
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Did your mouth ever start to water as you looked up at an apple tree and saw a big, beautiful, luscious looking apple staring back at you? But then your mouth started to become dry as you became sad, and even a bit...

Super sleuths!
May 1, 2008... Jenny, Dylan, and Tanya are three kids with a nose for adventure! They call themselves "Super Sleuths," detectives who seek out and try to solve the mysteries of the world. Of course, anybody who loves to learn and discover new things can be a...

Word search puzzle.
May 1, 2008... Look forwards, backwards, up, down, and diagonally to find the following words in capital letters. Cross the words off the list. After all the words are found, the letters remaining will spell something about the farm. [ILLUSTRATION...

[Cartoon].(FARM COMEDY)(Cartoon)
May 1, 2008... "This isn't a very good loaf of bread. It doesn't have a picture of a farm on the package." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

[Cartoon].(FARM COMEDY)
May 1, 2008... Vacation is time to be with your friends! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Amazing mazes of maize.
May 1, 2008... It's best viewed from the air but more fun to explore on the ground. Getting lost is half the fun. It feeds farm animals, can be eaten right on the cob, and is an ingredient in soda pop. It fuels automobiles. It's really corny, and you're sure...

Fix this mess!(Poem)
May 1, 2008... FIX THIS MESS! Horses sporting mustaches, Cows sipping tea, Chickens donning petticoats, How can this be? Piglets batting eyelashes, Goats munching pie, Ducklings wearing overalls, Someone tell me...

Food from the farm.
May 1, 2008... Farms provide many foods for us to eat. The twelve listed are hidden in the puzzle. Search forward, backward, up, down, and diagonally. Write the leftover letters in order, in the blank boxes, to find other farm-grown foods. BERRIES ...

Potato chip cookies.(Chef's Corner)
May 1, 2008... Potato chips in cookies? Try this recipe, and you will see how good they can be. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Potato Chip Cookies 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup white sugar 1 cup shortening 2 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla 2 cups flour 1 tsp....

The castaways!
May 1, 2008... Most of the readers of Fun for Kidz are familiar with the Buckleys, a family of hares who have been shipwrecked on a very strange deserted island. The question is often asked, however, how they get their food. Since they don't have any modern...

Things to do with the Buckley family.
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Reefer's Knot. This knot is a square knot with a single bow in it so that it can be untied. A common use on a farm might be to tie a gate open or closed. Honda Knot. This is one overhand knot inserted into...

How do you cock-a-doodle-doo?
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What if a cow from a farm in Finland met up with a cow from a farm in Germany? Would they speak the same language? Would a pig from Russia "grunt" and "oink" the same as a pig from America? How about a pig from...

Quack the code.
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Help Ma Duck "quack" this secret code to find her missing baby ducklings. Write the name of the baby of each farm animal in the circles provided. If done correctly, the letters in the boxes will spell out where Ma...

Pig puns.
May 1, 2008... 1. What do pigs use to write letters? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2. What does mother pig feed her baby? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 3. Where do pigs eat when they go out to dinner? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 4. What do you call a...

Riding the back road with Max.
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Max and his owners, Linda, Craig, and their seven-year-old son, Ed, are driving the back roads of America. Perhaps you have seen Max with his head out the window. If not, here is a letter describing his most recent...

The needle in the haystack maze.(Stunts & Puzzles)
May 1, 2008... Have you ever heard someone say, "That's as hard as finding a needle in a haystack?" That saying means that whatever it is, it is really hard to do. Try to imagine just how hard it would be to find a little needle in a haystack containing...

Training a "cow's moo".
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Audree Morrison doesn't train dogs or cats. This 12-year-old young lady turned her back on common pets and accepted a challenge offered by a friend who is a "traditional" farmer. (That means that he farms the old...

Moo manners.
May 1, 2008... A cow who's mooing While she's chewing Ignored her Papa bull. For he always said, When the calves were fed, "Don't talk with your mouth full." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Cow crossing.
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What signs would you expect to see on a country road? Maybe a speed limit sign, a stop sign, or even a sign advertising a roadside corn stand. What about a cow crossing sign? Yes, along Franklin Road in Butler...

Down on the farm.
May 1, 2008... Use the clues provided to put these farm creatures where they belong in the crossword puzzle. dog owl cows bull deer duck frog oxen pigs goat mouse skunks sheep horses ...

Funny Farm.(Poem)
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Funny Farm There's a place in the country A long way from town, That is home to a person Named Old Farmer Brown. It's a place on a hillside With likeable charm, And it's known...

Fun with farming logic puzzle.
May 1, 2008... Each of the four kids in this puzzle lives on a farm. Each farm is in a different state, and each kid has a different farm chore to do. Use the clues to figure out what state each farm is in and what farm chore each kid has to do. ...

Produce Riddles.(Poem)
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Produce Riddles Tough on the bottom, Soft on the top. A veggie I am. A tree I am not. Answer: broccoli Sunset color, Icicle shape, Living in dirt, 'Til I make my...

Fabulous fowl.(guinea fowls)
May 1, 2008... I don't want to sound conceited, but I think my family is one of the most interesting on the farm. I'm sure you know about chickens, ducks, and geese, but have you ever heard about guineas? (Our name rhymes with pennies.) Now don't get us...

A-maze-ing farm fun.
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Finding your way through a farm's corn maze can be a-maze-ing fun. Can you find the way through the one below? Begin at "Start" and connect the word CORN 12 times until you reach "End." You may move any direction,...

Mystery picture puzzle.
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] necktie butterfly (2) hearts milk bucket (2) milk jugs envelope glass of milk sock cowbell eyeglasses (3) birds radish umbrella soda candle (6) ice cream cones