about goldfish and flight to the moon (interesting activities for children)
DESCRIPTION
This book is intended for children aged 5-8 and their motto is "let's play and learn together". If a reader is interested in becoming a scientist, a great mathematician or a researcher, he or she will find suggestions for interesting activities which will help you discover wonderful facts from the world that surrounds us. This book is also intended to encourage parents and children to spend their time together in a creative way - to have fun and to learn at the same time.TRANSCRIPT
Vesna Kartal
ABOUT GOLDFISH
AND FLIGHT
TO THE MOON
INTERESTING
ACTIVITIES
FOR CHILDREN
ABOUT GOLDFISH AND
FLIGHT TO THE
MOON FUN ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN
Vesna Kartal
How are snowflakes mad
e?
How does a rocket fly?
Why do cats purr?
Children love discovering the world. That is
why they always ask interesting questions.
How does a rocket fly?
Come along with us on an adventure to make new
discoveries!Find out how a rainbow is
formed, why bees are useful, how fish breathe under
water, as well as the answers to many other questions.
I was three years old when my mum and dad took me to the zoo for the first time. I saw almost all the animals from my books live and concluded – they drew them really well
in picture books. I liked fish best of all. They were playful, swimming in water here and there, chasing one another. My parents bought me a fish, a gold one. I named it Lensky. Grandma said it was wonderful for a child to have a pet. The other grandma added it was great for children’s upbringing because a child should get used to having responsibilities from an early age. So, eventually, I got a fishbowl and more fish.
I wondered for a long time: “Why is Lensky a goldfish?” The only thing that came to my mind was that it was made of the same material as my mum’s chain she wore around her neck. Yes, I know, Lensky is a goldfish because it is made of gold!
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Nicholas knows... What Goldfish Are Made Of
Find
out
How fish swimHow to catch a goldfish which makes wishes come true
How fish breathe under water
HOW FISH SWIMThe goldfish has a spindly body covered in scales arranged as roof tiles. It uses fins to move, keep balance and determine the direction, and swim bladder to adjust the depth at which it is. Swim bladder is like a reservoir which fish can fill with air and empty. Thus, fish can either move from one depth to another, or remain at the same depth in water.
Dive in – Dive Out
2. Immerse the bottle in a tub full of water. When the bottle is at the bottom, shake it to make sure there isn’t any air left in it.
1. Put one end of the hose into the opening of the balloon and fasten it with thread. Make two long cylinders out of Plasticine and put them in the bottle together with the balloon.
3. Blow air into the free end of the hose for a while. What do you notice?
a plastic bottle a thin silicone or rubber hose six sticks of Plasticinea balloon thread
You need:
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What Goldfish Are Made Of
In c
onfidence
The balloon will fill with air, which will reduce the amount of water and the bottle will move towards the surface.
Just as the goldfish inflates or deflates the swim bladder, so do submarines take water in and out in order to increase or reduce their weight, that is, to move towards the bottom or the surface.
Lear
n more...
Goldfish
The goldfish comes from the rivers and lakes of China and Japan, and its ancestor is the carp, olive-grey in colour. The goldfish arrived in Europe two hundred years ago as an unusual gift for Madame Pompadour, a friend of the French king Louis the XV.
HOW TO CATCH A GOLDFISH WHICH MAKES WISHES COME TRUE
1. Draw on a piece of paper as many fish as you can and cut them out with scissors.
2. Spread glue over the paper fish and sprinkle them with glitter.
3. Attach a paper clip to the front of each fish.
drawing paper colouring pencils paper clips glitter a pair of scissors glue�magnets (fridge magnets will do just fine) short sticks (mixing spoons will do) rope
4. Tie one end of the rope to the stick, and a magnet to the other end of the rope.
You need:
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HOW LITTLE FISHIES BREATHE UNDER WATERLittle fishies take water in with their gills. Gills are organs with which membrane extracts air from water. That is how little fishies breathe under water.
5. Put a scarf on the floor – it will represent a lake.
7. You can invite your friends to join you in this game. The one who catches the goldfish is the winner and he or she makes a wish.
6. Put the fish on the scarf and throw the hook.
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The goldfish is believed to be able to grant a wish, therefore, the person who catches a goldfish is considered very lucky. Inspired by this belief, the famous Russian writer Alexander S. Pushkin wrote “The Tale of the Fisherman and the Little Fish”.
Lear
n more...
Spring came and I agreed with the girls from the block to make wreaths, chains and bracelets of yellow and white “gold”. We used dandelions for yellow gold, and daisies
for white gold. First, we were supposed to provide the “material” for work, so we set out to pick the flowers. When I tried to pick a dandelion, I got stung. My finger hurt badly and I ran home crying.
Mum quickly understood what had happened. She put a cold compress on my finger and explained that a bee had stung me and that she had removed a sting from my finger. She tried to convince me that bees were useful and hard working. This one was scared and it was merely defending itself, because I wanted to pick the flower on which it was standing. Even the fact that my favourite snack is honey sandwich didn’t help. My hand kept hurting and tears just kept on going: “I don’t care! Bees are naughty and I’m never eating honey again!”
Bees Are UsefulAnne knows that...
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Find
out
How bees make and keep honey
If honey is a liquid
How to make honey cookies
БиблиотекаИзбаци досаду из куће!
ОД ЗЛАТНЕ РИБИЦЕ ДО МЕСЕЦА Забавне активности за децу
АуторВесна Картал
Рецензентмр Срђан Вербић
Илу ст ра ци је Милица Стевановић
ДизајнДушан Павлић
УредникАнђелка Ружић
ЛекторМирјана Делић
Припрема за штампуТатјана Ваљаревић
ИздавачКреативни центарГрадиштанска 8, Београдтел.: 011 / 3820 464, 3820 483, 2440 659e-mail: [email protected]
За издавачаЉиљана Маринковић, директор
ШтампаПубликум
Тираж2.000
CIP - Каталогизација у публикацијиНародна библиотека Србије, Београд
745.5(035.053.2)
КАРТАЛ, Весна, 1969 Од златне рибице до Месеца : забавне активности за децу / Весна Картал ; [илустрације Милица Стевановић]. - Београд : Креативни центар, 2013 (Београд : Публикум). - 30 стр. : илустр. ; 24 cm. - (Библиотека Избаци досаду из куће!)
Тираж 2.000.
ISBN 978-86-529-0002-2
COBISS.SR-ID 197969164
ISBN 978-86-529-0002-2
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Let’s play
and learn together!
What do you want to be? An inquisitive
scientist, a great mathematician or an
explorer? These pages are filled with ideas
for fun activities which will help you
discover various interesting facts
from the wonderful world
around you.