OKIDO magazine ages 2–7 ISSN 1753-3139 £3.50 Issue 07 2009
OKIDO PO Box 51971 LONDON SW9 8UZ sophie@okido.co.uk http://www.okido.co.uk Published by: Okido Studio Editor: Sophie Dauvois Creative Director: Rachel Ortas Art Director: Edmund Fung Creative production: Alex Barrow PR and Marketing: Gabby Dawnay (gabbydawnay@gmail.com) Contributors: Alex Barrow, Gabby Dawnay, Hugh Frost, Christie Li, Beth Morrison, Parusha Naidoo, Mathilde Nivet, Paul Noble, Rachel Ortas, Maisie Platts, Yu Sato, Kevin Tang. We can all be contacted at info@okido.co.uk Thanks to: Stephan Silver for proofreading. Thanks to the Wellcome Trust for its support OKIDO is printed on 100% recycled paper and using biodegradable vegetable ink by CALVERTS print co-operative. Calverts is an accredited Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) printer using paper made from well-managed forest products; from 100% post-consumer recycled paper. For more information visit http://www.calverts.coop/
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Pattern by Hugh Frost
Hello OKIDO readers! Time to get active, flex, jump and run. This issue of OKIDO is all about muscles and movement. It is yours to read, have fun and draw on.
The athletes are late for the olympics. Can you help them find their way?
Story & Illustration by: Rachel Ortas
One day, my brother and I had nothing, nothing to do. When suddenly...
‘Hello! Come and play with me,’ said Messy Monster.
Look! We can be acrobats!
Look! I can dance!
Look!
We can jump, roly poly, somersault, catch a ball.
Run, run...
‘I am quicker,’ said Messy Monster. ‘I am the best.’
‘I won the race. I am a champion.’
‘Never mind, Messy Monster. What we like to do is to play.’
Our questions with
Story by: Dr. Sophie Illustration by: The Okido Team
How do we move?
Do we have cogs like a wind-up robot? Do we have a string like a puppet?
What is inside us pulling our bones?
What makes us move?
Put this page against the window to see all the muscles.
Let’s have a look inside your body!
We have lots of muscles! 600 of them!
Try to move every bit of your body. It’s all the muscles which are pulling the bones and making us move!
There are lots of muscles in our face. They make us smile, frown, look angry, bored or mischievous.
We have many muscles that help us move, dance and jump. Can you feel the muscle in your arm getting big when you flex it? Can you feel the muscles in your leg when you move your foot?
Some muscles move all the time without us knowing it. Can you hear your heart? The heart is a muscle. It makes our blood move in the body.
Can you hear your stomach? Our stomach is a muscle as well. It is squashing our food. Can you hear it rumbling?
Let’s make a paper frog! Design and Illustration Kevin Tang
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Cut page out along the dotted line.
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Turn over and fold all the corners towards the centre.
4
Fold down the top triangle to show the tongue
Connect the muscles of the frog!!
Bring the left and right corners into the centre.
5 Fold the two bottom corners towards the centre to see the legs
Fold up the bottom triangle to complete the stomach
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7 Now use your muscles and fold up just above the top of the knees
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Then fold down to show the top of the feet and turn over
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Here is your finished frog! Have a long jump competition with your friends!!
Make a frog family of different sizes and colours!
1. Press down on the legs of the frog
2. Then release to make the frog jump
Colour the animals and match up those that move in the same way.
Hop Walk Fly Slide
Creepy Scary Bagels! Recipe by: Sophie Dauvois & Parusha Naidoo
You will need: lots of bagels, toothpicks, cream cheese or hummus
Decorate with red pepper, raisins, carrots, alfafa sprouts, black olives...make eyes and tongues with tomatoes, olives or raisins.
Cut the bagels up to make half circles.
Then slice the bagels open and shape some head and tails for the snakes.
Make it as long as you want!
Attach the slices using toothpicks to form the body.
Spread some cream cheese or hummus over the bagels.
Have a Creepy Scary Lunch!!!
Illustration by: Mathilde Nivet
Seek. Locate.
Foxy is in the mountains today. Can you see where Foxy is?
What are his friends doing?
Story & Illustration by: Beth Morrison
Story & Illustration by: Christie Li
Illustration by: Maisie Platts
Can you make letter shapes with your body?
Illustration by: Yu Sato
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www.okido.co.uk This issue of Okido is on muscles and movement! Messy Monster is having fun being an acrobat. ZIM ZAM ZOOM show us all the muscles inside the body and discover what makes us move. Foxy is in the mountains. Squirrel boy decides to become very strong. Pop and Puff are on a new mission to find a thief. You can prepare some special bagels, dance, draw and much, much more. Enjoy!