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Coco Jones Interview
9th grader Coco Jones stars in the Disney movie Let It Shine with Tyler James Williams and Trevor Jackson. In this interview she talks about her music, her life at school, and the other shows she would love to guest star on.
How to Make a Recycled Plastic Snowflake
I know you guys love recycling stuff. Well here is a way to take those ugly, evil plastic six-pack rings and recycle them into something beautiful. When I saw this video showing how to make a snowflake out of them, I flipped! It doesn't even look hard! I am so making this!
Watch the Snowflake how-to video and start collecting those plastic rings. You can make a pretti-ful winter wonderland.
Leave a Comment telling us how awesome you think these snowflakes are! Do you have any other recycled craft ideas? Leave those in the Comments too.
You know when you find an amazing book, and you never want it to end? How do you find another book to read after that? Our answer: Readalikes to the rescue! We hope our Readalikes will rescue you from the what-to-read-next question, and help you find lots of new amazing books.
Today's Readalikes are for The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart. When 11-year-old Reynie answers this ad in the newspaper ("Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?"), he has no idea of the adventures he is about to get into. He and 3 other kids pass a series of strange tests that admit them into the Mysterious Benedict Society. That's when their lives start getting strange!
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I SPY a Challenge!
'Tis the season for games! Video games are on many holiday wish lists (including mine)! Some of you may even have a couple I SPY games on your lists. If you do, Scholastic has a special treat for all the I SPY gaming fans out there. For the first time ever, Scholastic has released I SPY game packs on Wii and Nintendo DS that offer double the fun with two complete I SPY games in one. The Wii game pack includes Ultimate I SPY and I SPY Spooky Mansion, while the Nintendo DS pack includes I SPY Fun House and I SPY Universe (all rated E).
Did you know that the covers of all the I SPY video games are designed so that you could play I SPY on the cover? It's true! There are numerous objects hidden within each I SPY cover and you could play I SPY on each one. So in honor of the game packs and for some fun (not to mention extra challenge), we've developed two I SPY riddles to solve across the Wii and DS games. Are you up for the challenge? Yes? Alright! Ready, set, go!
I SPY CHALLENGE #1
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I spy a horseshoe, a cymbal, a bell, a little red bug, and a brown pot that fell; a tower, a diver, a rocket, a hat, a hidden sailboat, a key, and a rat.
I SPY CHALLENGE #2
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I spy a jack, two balloons, a drum, a plane, a ringed planet, and a little candy cane;
Two ice cream cones, a dog with a hat; a letter, a snake, two balls, and a cat.
Did you find all the objects? Let us know in the Comments below. And, for extra fun, get creative and write an I SPY riddle of your own using these covers!
—Amabel, Scholastic Media
Feliz Navidad! Happy Hanukkah! Celebrate Kwanzaa! Let the party begin! Kids everywhere are celebrating winter holidays, all over the country, and all over the world. Test your international knowledge in our Holiday Traditions Quiz. We’ll list the holiday tradition, and you guess the country it comes from. Some questions have more than 1 correct answer because they are celebrated in lots of countries.
Create a Caption: Holiday Cat
Many of you know I have 2 insane cats, so obviously, I do not have a Christmas tree in my apartment. I can only imagine the mayhem I would come home to if I left those 2 alone with a tree full of dangling, glittery things for them to play with/destroy. Today's Create a Caption photo demonstrates my problem perfectly.
What do you think this playful Christmas kitty is saying up there in its tree?
I think it is saying,"Deck the halls with pretty kitty! Fa la la la la, la la la la!"
Oe "Jingle bells, jingle bells! Kitty climbed the tree!"
Leave YOUR captions in the Comments. Happy Holidays!
Flickr photo by tiffa130
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