Hopscotch articles from December 2008

Hopscotch archives from December 2008

It's Chinese to me!(Mandarin language)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Have you ever studied a new language, or do you speak more than one language at home? Learning a foreign language can be a lot of fun. It's also a great way to find out about other countries and about the people...

Word search.(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Look forwards, backwards, up, down, and diagonally to find the following words. Cross the words off the list. After all the words are found, the letters remaining will spell something relating to communication. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Echoes ... echoes ... echoes ... echoes.(Science)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Have you ever heard echoes? Usually you hear them when you are in the mountains. You shout "hello," and from somewhere, you hear "hello" back. It's rather spooky the first time you hear your echo. An echo is your own...

Hand talk.(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A handshake is a way to say, "Hello, I'm glad we met today!" By clapping both hands, you suggest, "Good Job! Well done! I am impressed!" To raise your hand above your head, Means, "Hey, I want to talk...

Can you follow directions?(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If you can read this sentence, you are reading LEFT to RIGHT. Did you know some languages, like Hebrew, Persian, and Arabic, are written from RIGHT to LEFT? Other languages, like Chinese, are written from TOP to...

Put the brolly in the boot and let's go.(Short story)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jenny's stomach tightened as she looked around London's Heathrow Airport. She was glad that the airline hostess was there to help. It was her first trip outside the United States. At least her parents had been right...

British sayings.(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... British weather is famous for its rain, so the English almost always have an umbrella handy. The names for many things are different in Great Britain--as Jenny found out. To complete the crossword, you need to match the American words below...

Molly & Buttercup: postcards from the bed and the shed.
December 1, 2008... Dear Buttercup, You misunderstand me, Buttercup. Perhaps you never really knew who I was after all this time. I thought you knew how important creature comforts are to me. By this I mean my pillow should be fluffed and a blanket available...

It's a Secret.(Poem)
December 1, 2008... It's a SECRET Can you keep a secret? Cross your heart, you won't tell? Can you keep your mouth closed? If you can, that is swell. So what is my secret? Should I provide a clue? Here is all I can...

A big part of our jobs as T.A.I.L.S. agents is communicating our discoveries to other scientists and the public at large, so--let's talk science!(Cartoon)
December 1, 2008... COMMANDER DOOLIN--THE FOOTAGE WE FILMED ON OUR LAST MISSION PROVES OUR THEORY THAT THE BEARDED VULTURE SURVIVES BY EATING THE BONES OF CARRION!" AMAZING [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THIS FILM WILL HELP EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS...

Let's talk knots!
December 1, 2008... The riggers bend is a stable knot that is easy to unite. It is formed with two interwined overhand knots. [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED]

Card caddies.(greeting cards)
December 1, 2008... You probably received a greeting card for your birthday or when you were sick. Remember how special it made you feel? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Now you can make others feel special by sending cards. Making your own Card Caddy will help...

In a dark & silent world.(Short story)
December 1, 2008... "Unlock the door, please!" Helen Keller's mother pleaded, pounding at the pantry door. Six-year-old Helen slipped away with a mischievous smile, clutching the key in her hand. Because she was deaf, she couldn't hear her mother's voice or...

Reading hands, talking feet.(alphabets)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Manual Alphabet The letters of the manual alphabet are created by different hand positions. Helen Keller's teacher would form the letters with her own hand, and Helen would "read" by feeling the position of the teacher's hand. This was the...

Pictures for touching!(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Someone who is blind can read books written in Braille. But, what about pictures? Is there a way to feel a picture the way you feel Braille? Yes! Try making pictures you can "see" with your fingertips. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pictures...

An alphabet for the blind.(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... By feeling patterns of raised dots on paper with their fingertips, blind people are able to communicate by reading and writing. Use this same alphabet of dots to learn more. The first one has a few letters inserted for an example. ...

Quiz: what would you say?
December 1, 2008... Mother Teresa once said, "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." The things we say have a powerful impact on people. Do your words build people up or tear them down? Take this quiz to determine how...

A tin can telephone.
December 1, 2008... The simplest means of communicating at a distance is by simply talking. How does your mother, father, brother, or sister let you know when it's time to eat, and you are outside? Of course, they HOLLER! If it's your brother or sister yelling for...

Read all about it!(newspapers)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... People wanted to learn the news as soon as possible before the internet on computers, before television, and even before the radio was invented. Newspapers accomplished this communication with readers across the country. Solve the...

My Sister's Words.(SISTER)(Poem)
December 1, 2008... MY SISTER'S WORDS My sister speaks a language No one has ever heard. At work or play, throughout the day, She never says a word. My sister's jokes are spoken With fingers and with hands. The tales she tells...

Quiet communication.(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Hidden in lines of letters below are seven forms of quiet communication. To find them: Cross out all the vowels in columns 1, 3, and 4. Cross out all the consonants in columns 2 and 5. Then write the remaining letters in the blank spaces. ...

A special trip.(KID'S CORNER)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... One day we decided to go on a cruise. To get to the boat, it took 13 HOURS to drive!! Our first stop was in Jamaica. Our 2nd stop was Grand Cayman where we swam with stingrays. Our last stop was in Mexico where we swam with dolphins and kissed...

A deer greeting card craft.(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... A Deer Greeting Card Craft Surprise your friends and family with this deer card that you can make. Materials: * stiff card paper 8.1/2 x 11 inches * thin, corrugated cardboard * wooden craft sticks (3) * twigs ...

Fun by the spoon(er)-ful.(Spoonerisms)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Have you ever performed a verbal somersault? One professor at Oxford University was famous for them. "You have hissed my mystery lecture, The Rev. Wilham Archibald Spooner (1844-1930) once told a student. You have tasted two ho e worms!"...

Bake and read a cookie: good things are coming your way!(Recipe)
December 1, 2008... What is the best thing to put into a cookie? Your teeth! The next best thing is to put your own sayings in fortune cookies you make by hand. Researchers think the idea for the first fortune cookie may have come from China in the 13th...

Toons.(Cartoon)
December 1, 2008... "YES, THAT WAS GOOD, BUT PEOPLE WANT PARROTS THAT TALK, NOT YODEL." by Joseph Bore [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "I DON'T MIND IF HE TALKS ALL THE TIME, BUT DOES HE HAVE TO BE RIGHT ALL THE TIME?" by Joseph Bore [ILLUSTRATION...

Potsy's Pen Pal Club.
December 1, 2008... These are the new additions of Hopscotch girls who want to be pen pals. These do not include girls on the previous list. To receive the addresses, simply mail us a self-addressed, stamped, #10 envelope. We'll send you the addresses within six...

Potsy's post office.(Letter to the editor)
December 1, 2008... Dear Potsy, I decided to write. My library has stopped getting Hopscotch so I'm going to get it. I can't wait for school to start. I have a totaly new schedule which I made myself. I hope I'll stick to it. Right now my desk is really...

Mystery picture puzzle.(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] (2) pencils mushroom clipboard donut (2) rulers (2) flags soap satellite (2) envelopes (2) toothbrushes band-aid flat screen tv spool of thread (2) cell...