Category: Kids News

Miners have spent 68 years taking metal and rock out of the Kidd Mine, in Timmins Canada, but a band just put a little rock back into it. The Miners & Sons took their instruments down 8,086 feet and 11.31 inches below sea level, to set a world record playing the deepest underground concert.

The Miami International Airport in Florida, saw some excitement yesterday. A passenger who was on a layover between flights, had a baby! Instead of continuing on with her next flight, mother and baby went to the hospital. At least the baby made its grand entrance before they were already in the air!

Today is the International Day of Tolerance, first declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 1995. Tolerance is the ability to endure something that you don’t always like or agree with. As long as no one’s getting hurt, you can show tolerance with your little brother, your parents’ rules, or spinach!

Today is Clarinet Day. Squidward’s favorite instrument, is popular with kids joining the school band, partly because the case is easy to carry! Clarinets are part of the woodwind family of instruments, because you blow past a wooden reed. Listen to some early jazz clarinetists, like Sidney Bechet, Benny Goodman, or Woody Herman.

Today is Button Day! Zippers are quicker and Velcro is easy, but buttons can be beautiful or whimsical, and they’re definitely quieter. It’s also Fast Food Day, so get your meal at a drive-thru restaurant. Then, find your teddy bears, because it’s Have A Party With Your Bear Day! Don’t forget the honey.

The Orlando Science Center in Florida, is looking for participants to help them set a world record. They’d like to gather at least 250 people, to fly paper rockets at the same time. If you can blow a paper rocket off a straw, show up by 10 a m on Saturday, and make history.

Hurricanes are becoming stronger and more common, as the Earth gets warmer. One company is working to make new homes, that are hurricane-resistant. Deltec homes are cylindrical, with conical roofs, and are anchored to stilts that reach deep into the bedrock. It’s tough for the wind to get a grip on the surface.

My raisin bran is crunchy, and kind of chewy too. I’ll bake it in a bundt pan, and make a cake for you! That’s a little poem I made up, for I Love Writing Day. It’s also Raisin Bran Cereal Day, and Bundt Cake Day. Bundt pans can make ring-shaped cakes, or beautiful Jell-o.

It’s Little Red Wagon Day, so you could jump in your wagon, and ask someone to pull you, or be like Kevin Shaller. He and his team put a motor in a Radio Flyer wagon, and raced it on a track in Illinois. It reached a speed of 30 miles-per-hour, breaking the world record!

Today is Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day! Look way in the back for moldy leftovers, and compost them. Don’t forget to recycle any disposable containers, because it’s also America Recycles Day. Plus, it’s Philanthropy Day, which is giving money to good causes. Buy less, donate more, and give the landfills nothing!