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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Sponsor’s Spot: Ready-Made Internet Handouts
3. Weekly Topic: Gorillas
4. Link to Gorillas
5. Note from a Subscriber
6. Related Games
7. Quote of the Week
8. Classified Ads
9. Subscription Management
#1. December 14, 2005
Dear Barbara,
If you were one of hundreds of visitors who had trouble accessing the FreeKidsColoring pages last week, please give us another a try. On Wednesday afternoon I made a configuration change that should have resolved the “unauthorized access” problem.
Before you go, however, just be sure that you have the free Adobe Reader installed.
Yesterday I added a gorilla coloring page to go along with this week’s topic. Here are the links:
FreeKidsColoring.com
FreeKidsColoring: Apes and Monkeys
See ya on the Net,
Barbara J. Feldman
"Surfing the Net with Kids"
https://www.surfnetkids.com
#2. Ready-Made Internet Handouts
Make learning fun with ready-made Internet
handouts:
https://www.surfnetkids.com/printables-club.htm
#3. Gorillas
by Barbara J. Feldman
https://www.surfnetkids.com/gorillas.htm
Gorillas Printable (** for premium members only)
https://www.surfnetkids.com/printables/files/printables-club/gorillas.pdf
Gorillas are the largest of the apes and have no natural enemies except for man. They make their home in the rain forests of Africa, near the equator. I was amazed to learn they were not discovered by man until 1847 . Can you imagine seeing a six-foot 450 pound gorilla for the very first time?
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International
http://www.gorillafund.org/
Dian Fossey began studying mountain gorillas in Africa in 1963. Four years later, she founded the Karisoke Research Center Rwanda and there among the gorillas for almost eighteen years. Although she died in 1984, her foundation continues her work. Best clicks are The Life of Mountain Gorillas (don’t miss Life Facts) and the story of Isaro, A Curious Youngster (see Karisoke Kids.) “Typically, mountain gorillas live in groups that contain one or two adult males (ages 12 years or older, called silverbacks), several younger males (called blackbacks), adult females, juveniles and infants.”
Congo Gorilla Forest
http://www.congogorillaforest.com/
The Congo Gorilla Forest exhibit at the Bronx Zoo is a “six-and-a-half acre African rain forest environment that explains WHAT a rain forest is, HOW it works, WHICH animals make it their home, WHY it is threatened and HOW people can help save it.” It is home to two troops of lowland gorillas. Best gorilla clicks are found on Meet the Congo Residents and by choosing Great Gorilla Forest on the Congo Virtual Tour. Elementary kids will like the Congo Game, which is a Shockwave version of a traditional “move-around-the-board” game for two to four players.
Koko.org: Gorilla Foundation
http://www.koko.org/
In 1971, Francine ”Penny’ Patterson began teaching Koko, a newborn lowland gorilla, American Sign Language. Koko proved an able pupil, and her vocabulary has grown to 1000 words. First stop for elementary-age students should be the excellent Koko’s Kids Club. Older students will find oodles of information about the amazing “talking” Koko in Koko’s World and general gorilla background material in About Gorillas. Teachers can receive a free information packet by clicking on the Teacher icon at the top of the Kids Club.
… to continue reading, visit Surfnetkids: Gorillas.
#4. Link to Gorillas
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https://www.surfnetkids.com/daily.html
#5. Note from a Subscriber
Hi, Barbara!
I absolutely LOVE your new coloring site! The coloring pages are unique and beautiful!
As co-owner of a Yahoo group, Everything for Children, an internet resource group for teachers, homeschoolers, librarians and parents, I am continuously adding links to your Surfing the Net with Kids resources, and will now be adding them for your Free Kids Coloring site!
Thank you for offering not only one, but two, high-quality sites!!!
Sincerely,
Deb Langdon
Dear Deb,
Thank you for the effusive compliments. FreeKidsColoring has been a fun project. And I’m thrilled it’s been received so well.
Barbara
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#6. Related Games
Gorilla Slider
https://www.surfnetkids.com/games/gorillas-sl.htm
Printable Rainforest Word Search
https://www.surfnetkids.com/printables/files/printables-club/rainforest-ws.pdf (** for premium members only)
Printable Ape and Monkey Coloring Pages
https://www.surfnetkids.com/coloring/animals/apes_monkeys/
Gorilla Scrambler
https://www.surfnetkids.com/games/gorillas-scr.htm
(Learn how to make kids games just like these with my How to Add Games to Your Site step-by-step manual.)
#7. Quote of the Week
“The best way to get a good idea is to get a lot of ideas.” Linus Pauling (1901 – 1994) American Nobel Prize winning chemist
Click here for more on Linus Pauling
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