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What’s Happening Around Town?
Free Movies: When school’s out
this summer, you can watch great
movies at the theater for free! What
a fun way to enjoy a weekday
morning! For more information visit
http://www.regalcinemas.com/
freefamilyflicks/index2.jsp or call a
Regal Cinema that’s close to home to
make sure that it participates in the
Free Family Film Festival.
A Special Day For You: Would
you like to listen to music, have your
face painted, see pretty gardens, and
receive other fun goodies? Then
don’t miss Children’s Day at Ladew
Topiary Gardens on September 9,
2007 from 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
For more information visit
http://www.ladewgardens.com
or call 410-557-9466.
Wildlife Up Close: Have you ever
seen a snake, fish, or amphibian up
close? Well, you can see all of them
and more at the Oregon Ridge
Nature Center! You can also
walk the nature trails to see what
other wildlife you can find! For
more information visit
http://www.oregonridge.org/ or
call 410-887-1815.
Breakfast with the Elephants:
Have you ever wondered how
an elephant spends its day? Get
a close-up look at the elephants
on September 15-16 from
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. at the
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore! After
you enjoy a yummy breakfast at the
zoo, you’ll get to feed the elephants!
For more information visit
http://www.marylandzoo.org/.
You’ll need to make reservations,
so be sure to call 443-552-5276,
ext. 8062.
Roar N’ Snore—A Camping
Adventure: Would you like to
camp out at night at the Maryland
Zoo in Baltimore and eat pizza by
a campfire? Well, you can do just
that! The fun begins September
28 at 5:00 p.m. and ends the next
morning, September 29, at 10:30
a.m. After you enjoy your delicious
breakfast, you’ll get to watch the
animals as they eat their breakfast!
For more information visit
http://www.marylandzoo.org/.
You’ll need to make reservations,
so be sure to call 443-552-5276,
ext. 8062.
Recipe Corner: Pumpkin Pancakes!
Ingredients:
2 eggs
2 ½ cups lowfat milk
3 cups biscuit mix
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 tsp. cinnamon
nonstick vegetable oil spray
April 2007
ESB’s Reading Club
This month’s Kids Club Book
selection is:
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
by Betty MacDonald
You’ve probably never
met anyone quite like
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle.
She really understands
kids and can cure their strange habits
with silly remedies that really work!
The children in the book love Mrs.
Piggle-Wiggle and you will too!
Other books about Mrs. PiggleWiggle that you might enjoy include:
• Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic
• Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
• Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Farm
If you would like to share your favorite
book with your fellow Kids Club members,
please e-mail the title and author to Debi
Headley at dheadley@easternsavingsbank.
com or you can mail it to her at:
Eastern Savings Bank
Executive Plaza 2
11350 McCormick Road, Suite 200
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
Who says you can only enjoy pumpkin in the fall? Canned
pumpkin is available any time of year, and these delicious pancakes
are a perfect treat on a beautiful spring or summer morning!
Directions:
In a large bowl, beat eggs slightly and mix with milk. Add biscuit mix. Stir in
pumpkin and cinnamon. Spray large skillet or griddle with vegetable oil and
heat over medium heat—make sure you get your parents’
help with this!
Pour 1/2 cup batter onto the pan and cook
until bubbles form. Flip and cook another
minute or two until golden brown.
Executive Plaza 2
11350 McCormick Road, Suite 200
Hunt Valley, Maryland 21031
The Exciting World of Outer Space: The Moon & Sun
Did You Know?
• The moon is not round. It’s actually
egg shaped with the large pointed end
facing Earth.
• It weighs 81 quintillion tons.
• During the day, the temperature reaches
a high of 273 degrees. At night, the
temperature drops to -244 degrees.
• The moon rises and sets every day just
like the sun. It rises 30 to 70 minutes
later each day.
• The moon has a day side and a night
side just like the Earth. We see different
parts of the moon as it orbits around
the Earth.
• A New Moon occurs when the moon
lies between the sun and the Earth. The
moon cannot be seen from the Earth
during a New Moon.
• A Full Moon occurs when the Earth lies
between the sun and the moon.
• A Waxing Moon lasts from the
first day of the New Moon to the
Full Moon. The moon is shaped like the letter “D” during the waxing phase. Waxing
means growing.
• A Waning Moon lasts from the first day
of the full moon to the New Moon.
The moon is shaped like the letter C
during the waning phase. Waning
means shrinking.
• A Blue Moon is the second occurrence
of a full moon in one calendar month.
A Blue Moon occurs once every 2.7
years. (It can also occur when the
3rd of 4 full moons occurs within one
season.)
• The Earth rotates 1000 mph; the moon
rotates 10 mph.
• The oldest rock collected from the
moon was 4.5 billion years old.
• The footprints left by Apollo astronauts
will never erode because there is no
wind or water on the moon. They
should last at least 10 million years.
• When the Apollo 12 astronauts landed
on the moon, its surface vibrated for 55
minutes because of the impact.
• The spacesuit worn by the astronauts
weighed 180 pounds on Earth, but
weighed just 30 pounds on the moon
because of reduced gravity.
Winter & Summer Solstices:
What Are They?
Have you heard people talk about the
winter and summer solstices, but you didn’t
know what they were? Then, check out
these fun facts:
• Solstice comes from the Latin word
“solstitium”: sol (sun) and sistere (to stand).
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• The solstices are the days of the year
when the sun is farthest from the
equator.
• The winter solstice occurs on December
21 or December 22, and it marks the
beginning of winter in the northern
hemisphere, which is where you live.
You may have noticed that this is the
shortest day of the year. Did you know
that this day marks the beginning of
summer in the southern hemisphere?
• The summer solstice occurs on June 21,
and it marks the beginning of summer
in the northern hemisphere, which is
the longest day of the year. So, you can
play outside longer on this day! Just
like the winter solstice, it’s the opposite
in the southern hemisphere in that there
it marks the beginning of winter.
• The solstices and the equinoxes (when
the sun is directly above the equator)
are related to the seasons.
Sources: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/
subjects/astronomy/, http://geography.about.com/od/
physicalgeography/a/summersolstice.htm, and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice
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