Creative Kids articles from September 2004

Creative Kids archives from September 2004

From the editor.
September 22, 2004... Welcome to the Fall 2004 issue of Creative Kids! Autumn has arrived and school has started again. Creative Kids is ready for another great year! Be sure to check out all of the great artwork, poems, stories, and games in this issue. Thanks...

Speak out!(Letter to the Editor)
September 22, 2004... No! I would not want to be famous because the papparazzi follow you around all the time and tell lies about you! Lindsay Bates, 13 Waco, TX I wouldn't want to be famous because you wouldn't have privacy. It would be cool to be on...

From the mailbox.(Letter to the Editor)
September 22, 2004... Dear Creative Kids, I have been trying for months to get my work published and wondered if you could publish my writings. I am 13 years old and I have very good ideas about what I want my stories to be about. I have been writing for my...

More choice for school lunch.(Write On)
September 22, 2004... Have you ever felt that you should have a choice in what you want? Well, that is how some students feel about school lunch. They think they should get to pick from a variety of foods. Here are three reasons why I say this. One reason is...

The headdress.
September 22, 2004... Sometimes when I'm sad and I miss my brother Carl, I look at a present he gave me when I was a baby. It's an Indian headdress that his tribe made for my naming ceremony. When I close my eyes, I can imagine it perfectly. It's not enough to...

Word chain.
September 22, 2004... Instructions: Figure out a word to match each clue. Then, take the last two letters of each word to start the next word. 1. Lead writing tool -- 2. To draw a picture -- 3. Educator -- 4. Time period --...

Rhyme time.
September 22, 2004... Directions: Use the clues to figure out the rhyming answer. A heavy feline -- Living quarters for small rodents -- A stallion that uses its strength -- A desert for...

Chain links.(word game)
September 22, 2004... To find the answer to each clue, use the last two letters of the previous answer to begin the next answer. 1. house pet -- 2. past tense of "eat" -- 3. you need this for basketball -- 4. our...

50 cents word.(mendacious)(Glossary)
September 22, 2004... Mendacious: \men-DAY-shus\ * adjective : given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth. Next time one of your friends is stretching the truth, tell them they are being mendacious instead of calling...

Fall.(Poem)
September 22, 2004... Fall I wake up in the morning and it's the first day of fall. When I look out of the window, I see brightly colored leaves, falling outside. The sun is glistening off the bare branches. I hear birds singing their...

The Half-Built Bridge.(Poem)
September 22, 2004... The Half-Built Bridge The half-built bridge spreads across the land, Reaching out like a hand Over all the valleys wide, Trees and holes where animals hide. But halfway there, the big bridge stops, Still...

Evil.(Poem)
September 22, 2004... Evil Serena spotted six silvery spiders. "Eeek! Eeek!" she screeched. SIX SMALL SILVERY SPIDERS! "Kill! Kill!" she barked. Serena swiped seven sticks. Bam! Bam! She tried to kill the spiders. "Hea! Hea! Ha!...

Live: the Mirror Image of Evil.(Poem)
September 22, 2004... Live: The Mirror Image of Evil Serena spotted six silvery spiders. "Ahh! Ahh! Spider!" she panicked. "Such small spiders!" Serena thought. "Oh! Oh! Come here! Come here!" she urged. "I'll keep you safe!" Serena...

Disney vacation.
September 22, 2004... Maggie, Sam, Kyle, and Kate went on a family vacation to Disney World. They were 7, 8, 9, or 10 years old when they were there. They each bought one souvenir: a Mickey doll, a t-shirt, a trading pin, or a key chain. Each of them had a favorite...

Clues.
September 22, 2004... 1. Maggie loves soft things she can carry around. 2. The girl with the key chain is older than Maggie, but is younger than the boy with the t-shirt. 3. Kate does not like big fast rides. 4. Sam and Kyle did not enjoy the Kingdoms....

The Life For Me.(Poem)
September 22, 2004... The Life for Me The life of a rock star is the life for me. I could sing and smile for the TV. I could dance to pop or blare out rock, Stun the crowds with the moonwalk. But perhaps that's not the life for me. ...

Progress.(Poem)
September 22, 2004... Progress Yesterday my name was crumpled paper Hurled in the recycling bin with frustration Today my name is write Acceptably Tomorrow my name will be Author Admirably Alexis Sones, 13 Los Angeles,...

A Wet Moose.(Poem)
September 22, 2004... A Wet Moose An outlandish wet moose Sky dives Upside down As a pink leprechaun Flies away Home Patrick O'Brien, 12 Wharton, NJ Haiku: Three line poem. First, last verse: five syllables. Middle has...

Punctuation.(Poem)
September 22, 2004... Punctuation Who is the emotionless dot on my paper? The period. Who jumps out of his skin when excited or scared? The exclamation point! Who's always confused right down to the point? The question mark? ...

Door Knob.(Poem)
September 22, 2004... Door Knob The dull steel curved knob turns to open, clicks into place and holds shut. The still cold handle screwed on the door palm fitting finger grasping. As I entered my new...

Working on the farm.
September 22, 2004... I like to go to my uncle's farm to work because I'm good with my hands and I like to work with animals, except when it comes to making the bull move from pen to pen. Never trust a bull when a heifer is in heat because he can get real mean....

School scramble.
September 22, 2004... 1. eahretc -- 2. detsunt -- 3. stet -- 4. syase -- 5. zuqi -- 6. cenlip -- 7. rpaep -- 8. rrsaee -- 9. tamh -- 10. eieccns -- 11. stiyroh ...

Back-to-school!
September 22, 2004... Words may be up, down, diagonal, and backwards. Word List Alarm Clock Assignment Book Backpack Binder Chalk Desk Dress Code Lunchbox Paper Pencils Pens Projects School Supplies Shopping Teachers Answers Back-To-School!, page...

Creatures Feature The Alphabet.(Poem)
September 22, 2004... Amazon anteaters ate amber apples in autumn. Black bears batted the blueberry baseballs beautifully. Cats and cows carefully captured caramel-colored camels. Dragons and dogs drank dairy delights in dazzling December. Enormous elephants eat...

Party in Brazil.(Poem)
September 22, 2004... Party in Brazil Early one morning in Southern Brazil, I hear a cockatoo singing at the top of a hill. He lived in the rain forest steamy and hot, All his friends could do there was party a lot. They stand by the...

The Present Time.(Poem)
September 22, 2004... The Present Time A quarter past one. As I eat lunch at home here. I wonder about across the world; What is happening there? A gun may be fired, A mailman might have died, A maid is cleaning up. ...

Exploring the South Pacific.
September 22, 2004... This summer, I had the most wonderful opportunity and experience of a lifetime. I was selected to be a People to People Student Ambassador and, along with a group of other 5th- and 6th-graders, traveled to New Zealand and Australia for 16 days....

If I Were in Charge of the World.(Poem)
September 22, 2004... If I Were in Charge of the World If I were in charge of the world, Ice cream with hot fudge would be a vegetable, School would be a two-day week, And my birthday would be every other day of the year. If I were in...

The Well.(Poem)
September 22, 2004... The Well Creaking its lifegiving song As she pulls its rough rope, Clinking metal against brick And the slosh of liquid life as She hoists it up and walks slowly Back to her farm, cherishing The well's...

Mom souffle.(humorous dish)
September 22, 2004... Ingredients: 1 cup of rock music (the louder the better) 1 carton of dirty clothes 2 tablespoons of picking on your little sister 1 pinch of leaving your light on 3 pints of being late 1 gallon of refusing to get up ...

Word plexers.
September 22, 2004... 1. man board 2. the spot 3. town 4. geg geg 5. father father father father 6. ggiveet 7. E CT Evan Myers, 12 Prarie Village, KS Answers 1. man overboard; 2. X marks the spot; 3. downtown; 4....

The walk.(Short Story)
September 22, 2004... It's time to go on a walk!" I call, as I put on my sneakers and grab the leash that I never need. I hear a pattering of feet and then see my beautiful, slobbering, 84-in-dog-years Sasha. Since we're in the laundry room, she starts doing the...