kids world news, kalamazoo county, jan. 2016

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by Neil Gaiman Illustrated by Charles Vess

Another bit of poetry done with Charles Vess illustrations that is a perfect gift for a young graduate or adult moving forward in life. Our future holds many paths and this poetry is a guide toward a wonderful life full of surprises.

by Neil GaimanIllustrated by Gris Grimly

Join two children on a wonderful adventure with a treasure map and a pet gazelle. Who knew the alaphabet could be so mysterious.

by Neil Gaiman Illustrated by Charles Vess

This is a special poem written by the master story teller, Neil Gaiman for an unborn little girl. A shower gift or baby gift, it’s paired with delightful illustrations by Charles Vess in bright colors.

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The Portage Central Elementary Student Leadership Team collected cancer care packages for patients at the West Michigan Cancer Center in downtown Kalamazoo. The packages included, cozy scarves, hats, gloves, water bottles, magazines, word search/crossword books, chapstick, love notes, and encouraging items. The entire school participated and we were able to donate over 25 baskets! The students wanted to love on cancer patients while they were receiving treatment. Way to go Central Elementary!

Mrs. Onderlinde2nd Grade Teacher

Curious Kids invites you to visit our 3 and 4 year old Preschool classrooms for our annual Open House on Wednesday, January 20. Our teachers will be here to meet and greet all families who are interested in a quality Preschool program for the 2016/17 school year. Our center utilizes the Creative Curriculum, placing emphasis on individual and personalized instruction. We have a four star rating through Great Start to Quality and are a KC Ready 4's approved site. Please join us anytime from 6:00-7:30 pm at our Milham location, 1010 W. Milham in Portage. For directions or more information, please contact Sue at 323-6764.

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Matching SetsDo The Problem And Draw A Line To The

Matching Answers9 + 9 =4 + 12 =8 + 10 =6 + 3 = 15 + 5 =1 + 11 =7 + 9 =2 + 25 =13 + 12 =10 + 8 =

9 + 2 =4 + 10 =7 + 20 =6 + 5 = 13 + 4 =1 + 19 =6 + 8 =2 + 28 =11 + 12 =10 + 18 =

2 x 10 =8 x 2 =3 x 9 =21 - 3 =16 - 4 =27 - 2 =9 x 2 =28 - 10 =3 x 3 = 4 x 4 =

4 x 7 =22 - 2 =14 - 3 =13 - 2 =3 x 10 =3 x 9 =28 - 5 =24 - 10 =21 - 4 =7 x 2 =

Solve The Problem And Circle TheGreatest Number In Each Set

9x3+5 = ___ 7+8+10+3 =___

8x3+13 =___5+17+23 =___

100-37-5 =___8x8+10 =___

8+3+7+13 =___6-2+12+4 =___


Insert The “Down” Words To Come UpWith The Solution!

See How Many Words Can You Make FromH A P P Y N E W Y E A R

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The harpsichord is a musical instrument that looks like a piano but it sounds muchdifferent. Like the piano, it is played by means of a keyboard. It produces it’s soundby plucking a string (rather than striking, as in a piano) when a key is pressed.

The harpsichord was used in Renaissance and Baroque music. The first music writ-ten for the solo harpsichord was published around the 16th century. Some of the fa-mous composers that wrote music for the harpsichord were William Byrd, DomenicoScarlatti, J.S. Bach, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

During the late 18th century, it gradually disappeared from the music scene with therise of the piano, but in the 20th century, it came back. It’s being used in historical per-formance of older music, in new compositions and in popular culture.

What Is A Harpsichord?

Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was and is a famous composer. He was born in Eisenach, Germany.

He was born March 21, 1685. His father was a town musician. In fact, over 300 years of hisancesters all worked as professional musicians. As a child, Bach's father taught him to play vi-olin and harpsichord. His parents had died by the time Johann was ten, so his older brotherraised him. His brother, Johann Christoph was the organist at St. Michael’s Church, Ohrdruf inGermany and it is assumed he taught Bach much about the organ. He also learned about organbuilding where he fixed the church organ often.

Johann held three major jobs in his life. He first worked for a duke, then a prince and finallybecame the director of music at the St. Thomas Church and School in Leipzig, Germany. Hisjob kept him very busy. He became the cantor, organist and music composer and remainedthere for the rest of his life. In his spare time, Bach conducted a group of musicians and per-formed at a local coffee house.

He was thought of as just an ordinary musician until about 100 years after his death. At thistime, Felix Mendelssohn, another composer conducted a performance of Bach’s St. Matthew

Passion. Bach composed in many established musical forms, including, for example, the cantata and fugue, and developed them intocomplex pieces. He composed over 1,100 works in almost every musical genre (except opera).

Bach was married twice and had over 20 children, including four who became famous musicians in their own right, including Carl

Philipp Emanuel, Wilhelm Friedemann, Johann Christoph Friedrich, and Johann Christian.Bach is now known as one of the great geniuses of music.


Today he is 4 feet tall but he doesn’t let that stop him. He’s very active participant at his school. While writing a presentation

his classmates found out, they drafted a letter to the governor

Lucy Glerum, Charlie Wester, Cody Hatridge, They urged the

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