Kids Alive! – formerly The Young Soldier – Issue No 7275
18 September 2021
The world's longest-running publication for children!
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morning, have hen you eat your cereal in the ich crop it’s made you ever wondered about wh farmers are harvesting from? Well, this month British down the country – such cereal grains in fields up and n! as wheat, barley, oats and cor harvest of British food. Each autumn we celebrate the important months September is one of the most all their hard work of the year for farmers – when wing results in the in ploughing, sowing and gro also an opportunity gathering of crops. Harvest is l abundance of to be thankful for the wonderfu land provides! grains, fruit and vegetables the 3 October, British Between 18 September and country’s harvest Food Fortnight celebrates the harvest events, food and yummy British grub with nus. There are also festivals and special British me es all over the UK. Harvest services held in church g out for British food You can get involved by lookin ps and markets; in local greengrocers, farm sho plums, marrows eating food in season, such as r own vegetables – and squashes; or growing you also rummage even if they’re in a pot! You can d berries! in hedgerows for delicious wil this autumn and Enjoy celebrating the harvest ver you do, eating British fare – and, whate food on your table! remember to be thankful for the
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When I was a kid, I found harvest boring. At church and school we’d sing the same songs every year – which seemed to be about ploughing, sowing, tilling and milling. Even though I grew up in Devon and sound a bit like a farmer, I had no idea what ploughing, sowing, tilling and milling were! I thought all my food came from Asda! Now I love harvest – probably because I love food! I also love learning about where food comes from. Supermarkets might sell food, but loads of people put a lot of time and effort into getting food into the shops. I’m no longer a harvest humbug, but a happy harvester – I’ve even done a few laps around a wheat field on a friend’s combine harvester. These days, I do my best to thank God for our food with a happy heart, not only at harvest time but every day.
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READ THE COMMENT BELOW ABOUT HOW GOD WILL MAKE THE WORLD GOOD AGAIN
Even Wasps? asks Justin Reeves
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s I read this week’s cartoon Bible story, all I could think of were wasps and Boris Johnson. The illustration opposite made me think of the prime minister, but why did I think of wasps? Well, I think they’re nothing but pesty picnic party poopers that sting people. So when I read that all things were made through Jesus’ power I thought, ‘WHAT, EVEN WASPS?’ Now, God made a perfect world where everything works together, so even I know that wasps must be good for something. Apparently, they do a pretty good job of controlling Earth’s insect population – especially bugs that destroy food crops. YAY WASPS! Then I started thinking about how God must have made horrible people. Well, he didn’t – he made good people. Sadly, some of them allowed their own greed and selfishness to cause them to do horrible things –
including mucking up God’s creation. Thankfully, God knows that everyone is good for something, so he came up with a plan to help everyone get rid of their horribleness and become the people he created them to be. This week’s Bible passage says ‘…through Christ [that’s Jesus], God decided to bring all things back to himself again – things on Earth and things in Heaven.’ (Colossians 1:20 International Children’s Bible) And that’s what gives us hope for the future. Just as all things were made in Jesus’ power, Jesus’ power will make all things good again. That doesn’t mean we can give up caring about the planet. As Christians, God wants us to do our bit to help people turn back to him and to help fix the mess we’ve made of creation too.
Future Hopes Use this space to write or draw your hopes for the future – for yourself, for the people of the world and for our planet.
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Climate Change
Kids Alive! follows the Salvation Army Youth and Children’s Ministries Unit’s Explore It! resource – go to salvationarmy.org.uk/youth-and-children/childrens-resources
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Hope For The Future
CHECKOUT OUT CHECK YOUR BIBLE YOUR BIBLE –– 1 KINGS 5–8 COLOSSIANS
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What’s your favourite Bible verse and do you know it off by heart? If so, do you often repeat it to yourself? Reciting Scripture we’ve memorised is a great way of expressing how we feel – all our joy, hopes and concerns. It’s also a great reminder of God’s promises and enormous love for us. That’s why in Deuteronomy 18:11, we’re encouraged to place God’s word in our ‘hearts and minds’. So have a go at learning the Bible verse below… ‘Love God, your God, with your whole heart: love him with all that’s in you, love him with all you’ve got!’ Deuteronomy 6:5 (The Message)
Tick this box when you’ve memorised the verse This Bible verse makes me feel…
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I’m just on my way home from a FABULOUS food festival! See if you can spot this version of me on ANOTHER PAGE IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE.
2 2 Septembe r Ben Stephens – age 11 Christopher To za – age 11
Kids Alive! is 140 years old, so let’s take a peek each week at some historic happenings in each decade from 1881 to 2021… On 4 November 1922, English archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb and mummified body of Pharaoh Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb was full of gold and ebony treasures, including two life-size statues of Tutankhamen, chests, thrones and shrines.
The Walt Disney Company was formed in 1923 and, in November 1928, the much-loved cartoon character Mickey Mouse first appeared in the short film Steamboat Willie. The rest is history! Although chewing gum had been around since the 1860s, bubblegum was invented in 1928. Walter Diemer, an accountant for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company in America was experimenting with new gum recipes. He created a more stretchy chewing gum that could be blown into a big bubble! It was originally called Dubble Bubble.
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Why did the farmer want to bury all of his money? To make the soil rich!
BRITISH FOOD WORDSEARCH Find the foods listed below in the grid
What’s the best thing to put into a pie? Your teeth!
L Q W F Z K R O P J K A PORK LAMB BEEF P A B E I W X R V N S F APPLES DUCK FISH O R M E H S R O C P T L T U I B T I H F A N C O LOBSTER BEANS A I K C U D V R C R A B Why is it hard to be serious T U R K E Y A F D H D S with goats? CRAB ASPARAGUS O I S W M G O O S E J T e they’r se Becau E T E J U T G V L O B E always kidding! POTATOES TURKEY S R Q S Q H F S O P U R R A P P L E S M Z K M L GOOSE EGGS How did the farmer fix I X Z G O W H S R A E P a hole in her trousers? With a cabbage patch! PEAS PEARS B E A N S J P E A S X T What are a scarecrow’s favourite fruit? Strawberries!
What did the farmer talk about when he was milking the cows? Udder nonsense!
Why shouldn’t you tell a secret on a farm? Because the potatoes have eyes and the corn has ears!
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Harvest Colouring
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It’s that time of year again when farmers are very busy harvesting crops which will be used to make lots of food we eat! Here’s a picture of a farmer and his dog surrounded by lots of delicious fresh fruit and vegetables for you to colour in. Just grab some pencils, pens and paints to colour the picture or stick some stuff on to make a collage. Then email your colourings to: kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk – make sure you write ‘Harvest Colouring’ in the subject box and give us your full name, age and address. Alternatively you can post your colourings to: Your Space, Kids Alive! 101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN. If you’re sending by post remember to fill in your details on the left so we know who you are.
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Why Exercise? Exercising burns off the calories you eat so that your body doesn’t store them as fat. It also keeps your bones healthy and encourages muscle strength and flexibility. However, exercising isn’t just about how we look, there are lots of different healthy positives for getting active. People who are overweight have a higher risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, some cancers and type two diabetes. One of the best things about exercising is that although you can do it on your own, you can also do it in groups, so it’s a great way to have fun with friends.
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Ten Top Tips Don’t sit around too much watching TV or playing computer games.
Make exercising a family event – go , ice skating, swimming ng lki cycling or wa together.
Try to exercise for at least 60 minutes every day.
If you don’t have a garden to play in, ask your parents or carers to take you to the nearest park.
Instead of sitting and chatting during your breaks at school, find ways to be active such as playing ‘it’, hopscotch or catch.
stead Walk to places in r. e of going in th ca See if there are any charity walks or runs that you could get involved with. If you or anyone you know has a dog, take it for a walk.
Join a sports club – there’s bound to be a sport you’ll like.
If the weather’s bad you can still exercise indoors. How about do ing some star jumps or danc ing around your living room?
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Answers on page 2 Check out next week’s KA! World to learn more about being healthy with our top tips for your mind!
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Harvest
Grow to Give Once a month, we’ve been encouraging our readers to learn more about The Salvation Army’s food security projects in Zimbabwe. We’ve also been encouraging you to raise money to support the Feeding Hope Appeal.
Subsistence Farming The Feeding Hope Appeal means that farmers like Gudu and Janet are no longer subsistence farmers – that’s a fancy way of saying they used to grow just enough crops to feed themselves. Thanks to new skills they’ve picked up at The Salvation Army’s training centre, they now have leftover crops to sell. That means they can afford to send their children to school and buy much-needed medicines. Harvest for them is now a much more exciting and fruitful time.
Home-Grown Yumminess It’s harvest time in the United Kingdom and Ireland. If you and your family have had a go at growing crops, you might be ready to harvest your produce too. At this time of year crops including onions, apples, runner beans, tomatoes, courgettes and potatoes are ready for picking or digging up. If you’re fortunate enough to have a fruit tree in your garden, you might have a bumper crop of apples, pears or plums.
Foraging Fun! Gathering wild food for free is called foraging. If you live near a wood, public fields or a park where brambles grow, you might be able to pick some blackberries. You might even find some exciting things to forage in your own garden. Remember, not all foraged ‘food’ is safe to eat, so make sure you have a grown-up with you to help you work out what’s OK to pick. Make sure you give it a really good wash before you eat it … erm … we mean the food, not the grown-up!
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Fruits of Your Labour So what can you do with all this pukka produce? Of course, you can eat it as it is, or you could add other ingredients to make some tasty treats. Onions and tomatoes can be made into chutneys and pickles and other fruit and vegetables can be used to make amazing pies and other pastries. There are loads of easy recipes available online. Why not enjoy some family time cooking together?
If you’ve been super successful in your growing, gathering, making and baking you might have more pickles, pastries and other awesome edibles than you and your family can enjoy. If that’s the case, you could give your excess produce away to family, friends or neighbours – you could ask for donations towards the Feeding Hope Appeal. Or you could donate some of your food to a food bank.
Plan to Plant – Grow to Give If you haven’t tried growing fruit and vegetables this year, there’s always next year. You don’t need a farm or even a big garden to grow produce. Fruit and veg can easily be grown in small containers: strawberries do well in hanging baskets; tomatoes and radishes thrive in pots; peas and beans love to grow up trellises against fences or walls. Just remember to plant them where there’s plenty of sunlight and keep them well watered.
Perhaps, you could sell some of your produce and donate the money you raise to The Salvation Army to help them continue helping farmers like Gudu and Janet in Zimbabwe.
Be a Helping Hand Remember, in the UK and Ireland we’re fortunate to live in a country where food, education and medicine are relatively cheap or free. Sadly, that’s not the case everywhere in the world. If you feel you’d like to do something to help, speak to your parents or carers about making a donation to the Feeding Hope Appeal: salvationarmy.org.uk/international-development/campaigns/feeding-hope.
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YOU’RE RIGHT, PATCH.
I GUESS THAT BEING AN EEL MEANS IT’S DIFFICULT TO EXPRESS YOURSELF USING BODY LANGUAGE, ERIC.
YOU CAN FOLD YOUR ARMS TO SHOW THAT YOU’RE IN A HUFF…
…OR STICK OUT THE PALM OF YOUR HAND TO SAY NO TO SOMETHING.
SO, HOW WOULD YOU SAY NO USING BODY LANGUAGE, ERIC?
LIKE THIS, PATCH!
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