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Kids Carnival
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Readers' Corner

A carefully curated collection of articles on diverse topics for parents & kids alike.

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Creative Showcase

A sneak peak into the brilliant creations of our wizkids carnival (wkc) Champions.

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Kids Space

Indulge your mind with the fun games and information collated for 4-15 Yr olds.

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THE LEARNING CURVE

India and Its Unique Ancient Artforms

By Kudrat Sandhu

YOUNG MINDS

My Visit to Unacoti Caves

By Sachvir Singh

THE KALEIDOSCOPE

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21st Century Skills for Today's Kids - A Three Part series

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By Geetanjali

In the previous part we learned about how today’s kids need to have a specific skill set to cope with the changing times. In this part we shall learn about what these skills are.

What are 21st Century Skills?

These are essentially skills that kids of today need to -

  • Adapt to the rapidly changing education spectrum
  • Manage the interdisciplinary dynamics of different streams of education like Science, Arts & humanities
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MEET THE AUTHOR

An exclusive section on acclaimed literary figures penned by our judges!

Back to the Malgudi Days!

By Himanshu Nimbhorkar

XPERT SPEAK

Nationalism Is All About Feelings

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By Dr. Kanwalpreet Baidwan

Art & Fun

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By Subhani Rishi

Book Review!

Send us a book review of your favorite book @ namita@wizkidscarnival.com.

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Hrithika Khurana, 12 Years
Hrithika Khurana, 12 Years
Contest - Painting Maestro
Suchinta Das, 5 Years
Suchinta Das, 5 Years
Contest - Nanhe Kavi
Sayesha Victor, 6 Years
Sayesha Victor, 6 Years
Contest - Handwriting champs
Ananya agarwal
Ananya agarwal, 15 Years
Contest - Essay Champs
Aadya Dokania, 3 Years
Aadya Dokania, 3 Years
Contest - Nanhe Kavi
Myra Amit Bhatia
Myra Amit Bhatia, 5 Years
Contest - Little Craft Masters

Spot The Difference

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Unscramble The Words

How many words can you make from
the pool of alphabets below
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Image credits: https://www.kidsgen.com/events/indian_independence_day/puzzle_activities/word_search/wordsearch_color.htm

Kiddles

  • Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
  • What gets bigger the more you take away?
  • I go around the world but never leave the corner. What am I?
  • I will fill a room but take up no space. What am I?
  • I am easy to lift but hard to throw. What am I?
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Did you know?

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  • The African elephant is the largest living land mammal.
  • Elephants can swim and they use their trunk to breathe like a snorkel in deep water.
  • Elephants purr like cats do, as a means of communication.
  • The elephant is the national animal of Thailand.
  • The elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump.

Toonopedia

Bolt
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  • Bolt is a fictional character from the Walt Disney Animation Studios' 48th animated feature film, Bolt (2008) who has superpowers such as a "super bark" and the ability to shoot lasers from his eyes.
  • The design for the main character Bolt was loosely inspired by the American White Shepherd.
  • Rhino, the hamster, was originally supposed to be a rat.
  • Mittens, the street-wise alley cat, was originally called Mr. Mittens, because her owners never took the time to figure out if she was a boy or a girl.
  • What Bolt teaches us –
    Believe in yourself, even when others don’t
    Always protect and be there for the ones you love
    Turn your enemies into friends; and the most important
    Create your own luck!
Image credits: https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/bolt-review/

Twist, Turn & Fold

Origami Paper Rakhi
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India’s Pride

Raman Sukumar
Raman Sukumar
  • Raman Sukumar is an Indian ecologist best known for his work on the ecology of the Asian elephant and wildlife-human conflict.
  • In 1986, he helped design the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve; and in 1997, he set up the Asian Nature Conservation Foundation.
  • He is a Professor at the Centre for Ecological Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and also the Managing Trustee, Asian Nature Conservation Foundation and a Project Leader, Wildlife Trust Alliance, New York.
  • In 2006, he became the first Indian to receive the International Cosmos Prize, from Japan.
  • Some of the prestigious awards won by him are -The Presidential Award of the Chicago Zoological Society, USA (1991); Order of the Golden Ark (The Netherlands) (1997) and Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2000) .
Image credits: https://www.gyanwalebaba.com/elephants-lover-raman-sukumar/

Math Fun

Celebrating World Photography Day with Maths
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  1. A lot of different mathematical concepts are involved in photography, one of them is the most basic of them all, fractions which are used to calculate aperture size, depth of field, and focal length.
  2. The Rule of thirds. If we divide a photo into thirds, we can get a grid with dimensions 3×3 – 3 vertical and three horizontal thirds. This gives a total of 9 rectangles, and this rule is called the Rule of Thirds. The main idea behind this uses the lines to position the important subjects in the photo at the places where those lines intersect.
  3. Shutter speed is the speed at which the shutter of the camera closes. The field of mathematics used in shutter speed is fractions. Shutter speed is generally measured in fractions of a second when they are under a minute.
  4. Math is also used to calculate perspective, composition, and other elements of photographic design.
  5. Mathematics is also used to understand optical principles, lens design, camera angles, lighting, and other different features.

Did you know?

  • 20th August is celebrated as World Mosquito Day!
  • There are more than 3,500 species of mosquitoes.
  • They can detect carbon dioxide from 75 feet away. Carbon dioxide, which humans and other animals produce, is actually a key signal to mosquitoes that a blood meal is near.
  • They have poor eyesight : They have two spheres on both sides of their head which has hundreds of eyes which looks like a mesh. Due to this design, their vision becomes hugely contorted and therefore they rely majorly on chemical and thermal receptors.
  • Werewolves, zombies… and mosquitoes? Yes! A full moon can increase mosquito activity 500 percent!

DIY

Dreamcatcher with waste mask
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Conundrum

Can you identify these famous sites related to our freedom struggle?
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ALAWNAIALAJ GHAB

[Hint: Here a peaceful crowd of protesters that included defenceless women and children were fired upon by the hordes of the British Indian Army]

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SJAAWR NAWAHB

[Hint: Used to be the residence of Nehru family and later converted into the head office of the Indian National Congress(IINC) where many important decisions were taken to end the rule of the East India Company in India]

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ITARMABAS AMRAHS

[Hint: This place has many names, and was the base for the famous Dandi March, which started on 12th March, 1930.]

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GUAUTS ITNARK NADAIM

[Hint: From this ground of Mumbai, Mahatma Gandhi started ‘Quit India Movement against British rule in India with the famous catchphrase ‘Do or Die’.]

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LLUACELR ILAJ

[Hint: Three-storeyed prison, constructed by Britishers in 1906; a pilgrimage destination for freedom fighters.]

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No Flame Cooking

Fireless Sweets for your happy moments!
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