Calling All Cove Kids!

At the Morrisons Cove Herald, we know that there are some pretty awesome kids in the Cove. We want to meet YOU, show off your talents and give you things to do throughout the week.

If you have a piece of artwork (a drawing, painting, sculpture, a baked good, anything) that you created and would like to show the Cove, send in a digital picture to [email protected] or a physical picture to 113 N. Market St, Martinsburg 16662 for the chance to be published in the newspaper!

Don't forget to include a picture of your creation, the name of your creation, your first name, your age and where you're from. Submissions will not be accepted through Facebook.

Storm Projects

I've been really interested in the weather recently. I like it when it rains really hard and there is a thunderstorm to go along with it. So, this week's theme is storms. Here are some activities you can try at home!

STEM: Rainbow Rain

What you will need:

A large jar of water, 3 to 4 small containers of water, food coloring, pipettes, shaving cream

How to do it:

In the large jar of water, fill the surface with shaving cream. This is where all the action will be, but put it aside for now.

In the small containers of water, put several drops of one color of food coloring in each of them until they are thoroughly the color you want. If I did this experiment, I would have a bowl of red, a bowl of green, a bowl of purple, and a bowl of blue.

Fill the pipette with the first color and drop it into the shaving cream. Do this with each color of water you created.

Watch as it starts to rain pretty colors! The shaving cream acts as a cloud and the colored water acts as water. When the cloud gets too full of water, it will start to rain.

Before the rain stops, snap a picture of your Rainbow Rain and send it to the Herald!

ART: Abstract

Thunderstorm

*Scissors Warning! You may need a parent's help!*

What you will need:

Grey, white, black and blue paints, construction paper, markers, glue

How to do it:

Pick out your base color of construction paper. White works best, but you can choose whatever you like.

Paint a big cloud that takes up almost the entire paper. It can be any type of cloud you want. Storm clouds are usually big, thick and dark. Be sure to let it dry!

Cut out lightning bolts and raindrops. They can be on colored paper, or you can color them, yourself! I like to color a large part of white paper, then cut out the shape I want.

Paste the lightning bolts and raindrops on to the cloud.

Send a picture of your thunderstorm to the Herald!

MUSIC: Handmade

Thunderstorm

If you have access to the internet, go to YouTube and search for “A Choir Making the Sounds of a Rain Storm.” It is posted by Genius. It is a two-minute video of a group of people making the sounds of a thunderstorm, starting with a light clicking rain, working its way to deep stomping thunder, then returning to the light rain. The people do it all with their hands!

BOOK: Thunder Cake

By Patricia Pollaco

This is a fun story I read in elementary school. A little girl is staying with her grandmother when a thunderstorm shakes their farm! The little girl is scared of the storm, but her grandmother helps her overcome her fear. The grandmother asks her granddaughter for help baking a thunder cake, which must be in the oven before the storm arrives. Thunder cakes require many ingredients that are not so easy to find around their farm. This is such a fun story.