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Ask your parents what some of their favorite toys were, when they were kids. Do you have any of them? A study of American families showed that, despite living in the digital age, kids still love toys that have been around for decades, like Play-Doh, Mr. Potato Head, Candy Land, and plastic dinosaurs. Awesome!
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Today is National Play-Doh Day! The squishy dough started out as a wallpaper cleaner, but Joe McVicker made a colorful version for kids in 1956. It’s Guacamole Day also. Smash up an avocado with some salt for the easiest guacamole ever! Then go outside and find some cool rocks. It’s Collect Rocks Day!
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Yesterday, the largest Goat Yoga class in the world took place in Florida. 501 humans and 115 goats gathered at the Grady Goat Farm to practice yoga together. The goats wander around encouraging people, climbing on their backs, and letting themselves get hugged and loved. It’s a tough life, but somebody’s gotta do it!
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Terry Garrett knew how much his brother loved gardening, so it made him sad to see him lose the ability once he was confined to a wheelchair. Terry developed Elevated Gardens, that stand 30 inches tall! People in wheelchairs can easily work on the small gardens. Now even people in nursing homes can keep gardening!
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Are you thinking of going to a museum today? Maybe you should put it off until next Saturday, September 21st, when it might be free! More than 1500 museums across the United States will participate in Museum Day. You can print out tickets at smithsonianmag.org. Of course, Smithsonian museums in Washington DC are always free!
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Today is Greenpeace Day. The organization was started in 1971, when activists tried to stop nuclear testing off the shores of Alaska. Ever since, the group has been fighting to save the Arctic, whales, and the environment. They’ve raised awareness about the damage being done to the Earth, but it’s everyone’s job to protect it!
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Today is World Afro Day. If you have hair that grows into an afro, show off your beautiful, natural hair! Luckily, it’s also Felt Hat Day, as well as Make A Hat Day, so everyone else can cover their hair up. You can even cover your entire body, because it’s also Batman Day!
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A drought in Spain this summer, has revealed the 7000-year-old Dolmen of Guadalperal. About 100 large stones, some as tall as 6 feet, stand around an oval space. The stones were mostly covered in water since 1963, when the Valdecañas Reservoir was created by flooding the area. The stones will disappear from view once the water returns.
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Honeybees are getting some community help in North Carolina. The group, Bee Downtown, has created a honeybee corridor through some major cities. They’ve installed over 150 beehives on the property of different corporations, providing homes for 9,500,000 honeybees! The bees from each hive cover a 3-mile radius, so the zones overlap, and create a continuous pathway!
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Starting in 20 22, the entire country of India will ban single-use plastics. Getting rid of plastic bags, cups and plates, straws, and small bottles, will reduce annual plastic use by 14,000,000 tons. It’s a good start, since most of the plastic ever produced on Earth, is still here, resting in landfills or oceans!
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