Official Kids Mag www.kidscoop.com © Vicki Whiting January 2022
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A
hockey
puck
slammed
into
the
article
about
pucks,
scattering
the
letters
a,
b
and
c.
Can
you
put
them
all
back
where
they
belong?
Ho_key
pu_ks
weren't
_lw_ys
m_de
of
_l_
_k
ru_
_er
like
they
_re
tod_y.
The
e_rly
pu_ks
were
pro_
_
_ly
_
_lls,
_ut
other
obje_ts,
su_h
_s
stones,
lumps
of
_o_l,
or
frozen
_ow
or
horse
poop
were
_lso
used.
Wooden
pu_ks
were
used
for
m_ny
ye_rs.
Mothers
sometimes
put
hot
_
_ked
pot_toes
into
their
_hildren's
sk_tes
so
th_t
the
sk_tes
would
_e
_ozy
_nd
w_rm
when
the
_hildren
re_
_hed
the
rink
or
pond.
The
pot_toes
were
not
thrown
_w_y.
They
eventu_lly
froze
and
were
used
_s
pu_ks.
Although
ru_
_er
w_s
invented
in
1839,
it
w_sn't
until
the
l_te
1880s
th_t
someone
thought
of
m_king
ru_
_er
pu_ks.
uropean settlers
in Canada developed
the game of hockey as
we know it today. The
first rules of the game
were published in a
Unscramble the answer!
wish, click, swoosh. Swish,
click. Click! Click!
CLACK! "GOAL!"
These are the lively sounds of a
hockey game!
Who were the first people to
play hockey? No one knows for
sure. But for many hundreds
of years, kids have been sliding
stones and other objects across
ice with sticks and tree branches.
Over the years, in different parts
of Europe, a variety of games
played on ice with sticks and
sliding objects were created.
Source: Backcheck: Hockey for Kids
Library and Archives Canada
Standards Link: Physical Education:
Understand the role of sport in a diverse
world (e.g., the influence of professional
sport in society).
How many silly
things can you
find in this
hockey scene?
How many
hockey pucks
can you find on
this page?
