Tongue Twister Tuesday!

Hey readers,

It’s Tongue Twister Tuesday! Can you say these five times fast?

• Toy Trucks
• She Sees Cheese
• Perfect Pirates
• Silly Snacks

Do you have any favourite tongue twisters? Let us know in the comments!

Talk to you later,

-Mariam, chirpblog@owlkids.com

Would You Rather Wednesday

Hey readers,

Get ready for another Would You Rather Wednesday! Check out the scenarios below and decide which one you would rather do.

Would you rather: 

1. Eat 100 apples OR eat 100 oranges?
2. Have a pet dragon OR have a pet robot?
3. Fly to space OR swim to the bottom of the ocean?
4. Watch a funny movie OR a scary movie?

Let me know your answers in the comments below!

Have a great day,

-Mariam, chickadeeblog@owlkids.com 

Recipe: Sailing Snack!

Ahoy readers,

In the Jan/Feb issue of Chirp, we show you how to make a cute and yummy sailing snack!

Read on below to learn how to make it:

*Always ask an adult for help in the kitchen.

You’ll need:

• Small cucumbers
• Cottage cheese and/or cream cheese
• Carrot sticks
• Animal crackers or cookies

What to do:

1. Cut away some of the cucumber and fill it with cottage or cream cheese.
2. Add a carrot mast and a thinly sliced cucumber for a sail.
3. Add some sailors – your animal crackers or cookies.
4. Serve with cottage cheese/cream cheese and add some fishy crackers too!

Enjoy!

-Mariam, chirpblog@owlkids.com

Craft: Dynamite Dragon!

Hey readers,

Celebrate Lunar New Year with this awesome craft! Turn a toilet paper roll into a fire-breathing dragon!

You’ll need:

• toilet paper roll
• tissue paper strips
• 2 small pompoms
• 2 large pompoms
• googly eyes
• paint
• glue

What to do:

1. Paint a toilet paper roll your favourite dragon color. Let the paint dry.
2. Glue tissue paper strips to the inside edge of the toilet paper roll.
3. Glue two small pompoms to the toilet paper roll, close to the tissue paper. These are the dragon’s nostrils.
4. Glue googly eyes onto the large pompoms. Let the glue dry.
5. Blow into the dragon head to see it breathe fire!

Have fun!

Mariam, chickadeeblog@owlkids.com

Listen to a Chirp Story!

Hey readers,

Click play below to listen to Polar Surprise by Clayton Hanmer, a chill-y story about friends packing for a trip to explore the Arctic!

Polar Surprise by Clayton Hanmer (read by author), Chirp December 2020

Enjoy!

-Mariam, chirpblog@owlkids.com