Show ¥ Page 44 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday March 28 1999 X femkids for Especially The Rookie Cookie Cookbook i chuck-Aiof rocipM drowned MMciolljr far kid Ruuiur I'uuiue maim roulunifun mruunum rmdifif Hid UUm kid through the euukinc proum Tu older rona dieck or money order only far $895 plu tlSU putfugr and handling per ropy to: Rookie Cookie Cookbook PO Boa 418242 Kuiuai City Mu 84141 Maw cheriui payable tu Andrew MvMeei Publuhing Go dot to dot and color 199 UnkmHl naa Ayndicaii By BETTY DEBNAM Sign of the Season The Incredible Egg Baby chicks pock their way out of the For many centuries the egg has been a symbol of new life Thousands of years ago many people believed the world had hatched from an egg The ancient Chinese exchanged eggs to celebrate spring They brought red eggs to temples to thank the gods for newborn babies Today Chinese parents of new babies give out red eggs to friends and family At one time it was the custom in Europe to do without eggs during the period before Easter This period is called Lent Eggs became such a treat on Easter were given as gifts day they Decorated eggs at Easter have been popular for a long time The Germans brought the custom to this country They colored eggs as symbols of better times to eggs with their beaks They peck for a while rest red-color- 40-da- fora out When y The chicken is champ People Carl Faberge was a famous goldsmith and jeweler who was born in Russia more than 100 years ago For many years at Easter time Faberge designed beautiful jeweled Faberg decorated many JSSiSdCSST and rubies Often there was a tiny aurpriae Inekto For use by teachers and parents at home and For use with issue: The Incredible Egg an Draw a picture of your family doing an Easter activity (For example looking liir Easier eggs I 2 Issik through your newspaper fur Easter ads 3 Make up u recipe that has eggs as one of the ingredients Have you ever made any recipes tluit had eggs as an ingredient? 4 Discuss the fallowing: What dm your family do for Easter? Why is it such a special day? Do yiai like eggs? What are some ways to eat eggs? Have you ever seen a lard's If so wlieiv was it? Have you ever seen eggs from sny other animal? If so whal kind if animal and wlave was it? Why do you think Faberge eggs are so special? IS Issik thnaigh your newspaper for notices of Easter activities in yuur area 8 1 sink in llie weather sertiisi of yirnr newspaper for a forecaat for Eaater 7 Kind Ihe fidkiwing words in this issue: symlsil amphibian regulate yolk bcHks fragile gema hatch pnsluce pressure fluida flaws Define and make up a new sentence for each one 1 Mm to by G M0 TRY ’N FIND EGGS Hens lay eggs onto Wed floors 2 Eggs are: G sprayed withoH to keep them fresh wm held up to a light so people can see inside They check to make sure the eggs have no flaws This is called “can-dHnbecause before electricity people used to hold eggs up to candles The egg is also graded for quality GEESE DUCKS tom Tba MM Page by LAY FARM NEST ( fy Y E V E W H T E H J M R C F E B K W B 0 E G U TLX R G 0 B C Y A S S T B R N H C T A R E K N H 0 R 0 0 D U ’C’T They are refrigerated and shipped to market y S C Early hidden inside the mother The eggs we know best are the ones we can see All bird mothers lay eggs outside their bodies So do most insect fish amphibian and reptile moms Only two mammals lay eggs- the platy- ir pus and spiny Platypus anteater Eggs laid outside the mother’s body hold food for the baby They have outer sheila Eggs inside the mother do not need the extra protection of a shell E S K T 0 An egg is like a little house filled with food for a baby animal It is made up of a yolk the white and a shell After the female mates with a male a tiny speck develops on the yolk This is the baby animal It eats the yolk and white to help it grow By the time an egg hatches the baby has grown so big it fills the shell There are no baby animals inside the eggs you buy in the store Jl aJ UjyL VvlD16r060QNIgNllmilrniV0iUN of thi hnbtet In Mum ioqi ctecktec fhi pedes of crocorNtP eggs kept a tow in Mini Spy and Alpha Mouse are hunting for Easter eggs See if you can find: stork goldfish whale dolphin caterpillar frog spoon heart word MINI exclamation mark number 3 number 7 ice cream cone The Mini Page is part of Egg dtgrapp cootar produce fomgtes Maiae hatch out of wanner aggs In other apadM H Ip Juat tfw oppoatte In a neat purify In hade and party in tha aim aoma eggs wM hatch Into fomaiaa and pomp wM hateti Into males Look through An eggshell has to be easy to break and strong enough not to break It has to be thin and open and thick and tightly dosed all at the same time An egg has to be so fragile a baby animal can break its way out when it is time to be bom But the egg must be so strong it doesn't break when the parents sit on it The shell has to be thick enough to stop the fluids inside from leaking out It has to be thin enough to let air come in for the ( baby to ' breathe The shell itself is easy to break It is the shape of the egg that makes it strong If pressure is put on the egg its rounded shape spreads the pressure evenly around the whole egg TTiis way the fragile eggshell can handle a lot more weight against it Eggshells are covered with thousands of tiny holes or pores They are too small to let the important fluids leak out But they are big enough to let oxygen get in Mv Au Ak Mini Spy SI Tha tamale duck plucks feathers from bar Kvoay w mm vn noNia iinm iviunii imp wind and nrnteft (hi mxm pmntt oggsr Manysp bird pas share the cara of the eggs One parent stays with the nest to protect the eggs and keep them warm The other finds food Eggsploring the egg I N H UlAsiwIftWwn The eggscellent egg eggsistence Almost every animal on Earth comes from an egg Many of these eggs stay C N A A E FtotW— The Eggstraordinary Egg E E R K K Q: What game do bunnies like best? A: Hopscotch! (all Joke sent In by Brittany Redmond) Eggs are sorted by size and packed EAT P D A a FISH Q: Why did the rabbit cross the road? A: Because the chicken had his Easter g” Words that remind us of eggs are hidden in the block below Some words are hidden backward or diagonally See If you can find: EGGS HEN CHICKEN YOLK WHITE BREAK FOOD CRACK LIFE HATCH EASTER COLORED DYE BABY DECORATE every- tom Tba IM toga by M 0 at school Mtiin idea: Thin EukUt waue ii ahuut agga The following in a lint of activities to be UMt-er listed in order of difficulty with the easier with thin iwtue They assign monlit listed find Ask the children to do the following: Tl In modem egg production almost thing is done by machine year-roun- d Teacher’s Guide tom Egg production eat eggs from many animals including geese ducks pigeons wild birds fish crocodiles and turtles But most of the eggs we eat come from chickens A hen needs 24 to 26 hours to produce an egg Once die lays one the hen lets out a loud cackle Fifteen to 30 minutes later she starts making the next one Until about 25 to 30 years ago most eggs came from family farms The fanner collected the eggs by hand from the nests Today most eggs are produced by big companies The biggest companies might have 1 million to 5 million hens! In nature hens lay eggs only in spring or early summer when there is more light Today producers regulate the light so that hens lay eggs all Eggstraordinary artwork royal family bards and snakes are bom they break out of theegg with a special tooth K falls out once they are bom come Easter eggs for the Russian while then peck and rest some more FinaHy they make a hole big enough for them to get Fact-a-rooni- es Evary yppr UA ham lay about 08 your newspaper for ads for eggs Compare prices Fbr more Information m these sMok wwwarauadagoviakidaanimala wwwjaborg Visit our sits wiser eMagga at wwwmlnipagecofn Next weak The Mini Page Interviews Newbsry and Caldecott book award wfc- i- Herald Journal bntgnkml'i Dmly I Nmptfxr A A A The Mini Pago thank tha American Egg Board tha U& Department of Agriculture and Dr Shelia Scheideier University of Nebraeka Department of Animal Science for help with thla ieeue Newspaper in Education Program |