Hopscotch articles from June 2002

Hopscotch archives from June 2002

Circus.(Three-Ring)
June 1, 2002... "Ladies and gentlemen! Children of all ages!" Sound familiar? If you've attended a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, you have heard the ringmaster say those words as the circus begins. Have you wondered how the circus began? Who...

The circus.
June 1, 2002... A circus offers excitement, fun, and laughter to the young and young at heart. Elephants dance; horses drill like soldiers; jugglers juggle; tightrope walkers and trapeze artists perform 20 feet over your head. Ever since the first circus took...

Language and the circus.
June 1, 2002... What do hold your horses, white-elephant sale, and let's get this show on the road have in common? Give up? If you guessed these familiar phrases are part of our language because of the circus, you're right. They belong to circus history....

Circus challenge.
June 1, 2002... Find all the circus-related words under the big tent. Search up, down, forward, backward, and diagonally. Unused letters spell out the mystery circus term. ACROBAT BALLOONS CLOWN ELEPHANTS FUN HORSES JUGGLER...

Circus trivia.
June 1, 2002... Circus Jargon Three high: a vertical tower of three acrobats Alfalfa: paper money Aba-Daba: any dessert served in the cookhouse Cookhouse: the dining tent Rubberman: the person who sells balloons Tail up: the command...

Circus.
June 1, 2002... Unscramble the letters to discover the types of performers in a circus. Unscramble the underlined letters onto the blank to answer who is usually the favorite circus performer. NOLI RATEM CRABBEAK ERRID TIPROTHGE LAWREK ...

The strange mystery of the rising ball: do you like tricks? Do you like science? Well here is a science trick you can show your friends.(Science)
June 1, 2002... WHAT YOU NEED: * a tall wide-mouth clear PLASTIC jar with a cover * a small ball of any kind (Even a rock will work.) * enough uncooked rice to fill the jar half full WHAT YOU DO: Show your friend the jar, ball, and rice....

Clown birthday party.
June 1, 2002... Birthdays are fun and so are clowns. For your next birthday why not have a clown party? Ask an adult to help you make plans, and use these suggestions to have a great time. BEFORE YOU BEGIN: Make a list of whom you want to invite. It's...

Admit one: welcome to the circus!
June 1, 2002... Hidden among these letters are all the words in the list below. Words can be read forward, backward, up, and down. The leftover letters spell a message. WORD LIST ACROBATS CANVAS CLAP CLOWN ELEPHANT LAUGH ...

Miss Rozalind joins the circus.
June 1, 2002... illustrated by Roz Fulcher One bright and sunny morning, Miss Rozalind hopped from bed. She opened her newspaper, And this is what she read: ATTENTION, EVERYBODY! THE CIRCUS IS IN TOWN! So, she told her doggie, Honey, "Yippee! I'll be...

Circus puzzle.
June 1, 2002... Find the circus words below by looking up, down, forward, backward, and diagonally. The remaining letters, in order, spell the name of "The Greatest Show On Earth!" ACROBAT BALLOONS BAREBACK RIDER BIG TENT CLOWN ...

Tightrope.
June 1, 2002... Over the steady click-clack of the train's wheels, Cara heard someone calling her name. It was a dreamy, sing-song kind of sound. Her mind wandered back to the accident. She had been up on the wire, high above the sawdust floor. One small...

Circus crossword puzzle.
June 1, 2002... The world's smallest people or the tallest clowns riding unicycles or walking on stilts you can find and much more at the circus. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

The astonishing acrobats.
June 1, 2002... Acrobats are apt to astound And hold their audience spellbound. They circle with flair And spin through the air, And occasionally down to the ground.

Girl power science squad! A group of girls belonging to the organization T.A.I.L.S. Travelling Adventures In Laboratory Science! Episode two.
June 1, 2002... Commander Doolin! We can't wait for our next assignment! What will it be? Biology? Geology? Paleontology? I was thinking it would be nice if you girls organized a circus for the children of Tailville... It's been a long time since our...

The Circus is in town.
June 1, 2002... There's magic on the ground. There's magic in the air. Come along now, children dears. There's magic everywhere. The World's Strongest Living Man will lift a hippo, if he can. Now all together, loudly cheer For...

Circus words.
June 1, 2002... What is always a BIG DEAL at the circus? Fill in the circus-related word in each line. Then read the letters in the boxes to find out the answer. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Answer 1. Peanut 2. Lion ...

Larger than life.
June 1, 2002... Towering an amazing 11 feet tall at the shoulders, it weighed in at a whopping six and a half tons. It was like nothing you had ever seen before. It was an incredible 15 feet from ear tip to ear tip with a seven-foot long trunk. The one and...

Circus.
June 1, 2002... (2) flags baseball (2) cones tepee ladder shoe baton cherry nail slice of pie football (2) crowns toothbrush drumstick (2) needles bowl moon heart tooth ...

Circus riddles.
June 1, 2002... 1. What do the stilt walker's children call their father?-- 2. What kind of bat lives with the circus?-- 3. Why does Mrs. Clown scold her wig?-- 4. Where does the circus keep portable showers?-- 5. Which kind of net do circus...

Circus runaway.
June 1, 2002... "I'll never go back to the circus," Peggy promised. She wanted no more traveling. She'd find a real home like other kids had. Sometimes, she'd hear kids talking about how they would like to run away and join the circus, but not her. She was...

Lions and Tigers and Bears.
June 1, 2002... Step right up. Come inside the big tent. Isn't it exciting to watch a circus in a tent the size of a building? Outside the tent, children and adults are riding huge elephants. Inside the tent, clowns are running around making people laugh, and...

Circus memories.
June 1, 2002... Once a circus came to play in our town With lions, tigers, elephants, and clowns. The parade was a sight for all to behold The ringmaster smiled as his story he told. A lady swung high on a flying trapeze. A man...

The circus is coming.
June 1, 2002... Tomorrow is Fair Day in Crazy Town. The circus train is chugging along the railroad track on its way to the fair. Each set of three circus cars is painted with three words. The middle word is blank. When the blank is filled in, the first and...

The circus train.
June 1, 2002... "Hurry, hurry, step right up," roars the sideshow barker over the heads of the hundreds of happy, circus goers. "See the Indian elephants, watch the daring trapeze flyers, and be amazed by the clowns and magicians," he continues while the band...

Let's clown around.
June 1, 2002... Clarabelle took her three daughters: Smiley, Grinny, and Happy to the circus. Tickets cost $6.00 each for adults (Clarabelle) and $4.00 each for children (the daughters). The circus under the Big Top started with a big parade. The...

Potsy's Pen Pal Club.
June 1, 2002... Dear Readers, 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...

Potsy's post office.
June 1, 2002... Dear Potsy, My name is Erika Vichcales. I am eight. I have a brother, a mom, and a dad. I love HOPSCOTCH and my favorite part is the Hidden Picture Puzzle. I like American Girls, ice skating, and skiing. I also like Irish step dance and...