Official Kids Mag

October & November 2018

Official Kids Mag is specifically written for kids ages 5 to 12. It contains activities and stories ranging from kid heroes, cooking, gardening, STEAM, education, fun facts and much more every month.

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If you like building with LEGO, you are not alone. The building blocks are one of the best-selling toys of all time. They were named the "Toy of the Century" in 2000 and they're even in the National Toy Hall of Fame®. Official Kids Mag visited some kids having fun with LEGO at the Bella Vista Public Library, at a recent LEGOmania event. Rylan S., a 4th grader, doesn't even know how long has been building with LEGO and has quite a collection of them at home. Even so, he was impressed with the assortment at the library. "Like these Bionicle ones," he pointed out. "I know what they are, but I've never actually played with them." Rylan thinks the good thing about LEGO is that you can just keep changing it up. "If it falls apart once, you're gonna be able to rebuild it again," he said as he was building. "I just put that on, it's like a mini gun…now I'm just gonna attach this like a jet pack." Three-year-old Henry B. had the most creative name for his LEGO creation, "A Super Luxurious Omnidirectional Watchamajigger." Kindergartner Nicholas E. liked building on the LEGO platforms. He was also impressed with the number of LEGO the library had, all spread out on a big sheet in the middle of the room. "How did they even get this many?" he wondered. Nicholas was filling up his LEGO building platform with a car, a tree for the car to drive around, and even a boat with a little jail inside of it. Tyrese and his brother Pharrell are big LEGO fans. Last Saturday, Tyrese G. turned 4 and had a LEGO birthday party, and the LEGO fun continued this weekend at the library. He and 5-year-old Pharrell took full advantage of the brilliant bricks and bits, and enjoyed standing up and using the LEGO building wall. Meanwhile, their friend Emma-Ann, 3, played with a Duplo bus, and took time out to have a little tea party. Six-year-old Tatum W. has a lot of LEGO experience for her age, the result of growing up with three older brothers. "They can build a whole castle," she said of her brothers' LEGO skills. Tatum combed through the sea of colorful pieces like a pro and knew exactly the LEGO pieces she was looking for. "I'm building an island. I'm also making a boat," she said. "I'm looking for a lantern. I have two fishes here." In a short amount of time she also built a very well- constructed house, complete with a see-through window and a LEGO figure living inside. Ellen Farwell, Children's LEGOmania hits Bella Vista Public Library By Karen Rice • krice@nwadg.com BUILDING BLOCKS OF 16 • Off icial Kids Mag • OC T & NOV 2018 3...

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