Brilliant Brainz

Brilliant Brainz is a much loved magazine for children aged 6 -12 years old. It promotes creative thinking and wellbeing and includes S.T. E. A. M. subjects and activities. It is available on monthly, 6 monthly or yearly subscription. Brilliant Brainz is inclusive, gender neutral and plastic free.

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NOTE TO PARENTS

Welcome • ...to the MONTH Issue of Brilliant Brainz!

Brilliant Brainz

LETTERS • LETTER OF THE MONTH

PROF. PARROT’S DREAM QUIZ • The Professor has been dreaming up ways to help boost your brainpower. She’s come up with some tricky challenges for you to solve with your creative brains!

Marc Chagall

MAKE A DREAMCATCHER

DREAMS

The Hoots & Friends • Chapter 46: Audition Angst

FOCUS ON: Music to sleep to • Sleep is how we get to our subconscious world of dreams and imagination and it has inspired many composers to write some powerful and moving music

DEAD AND ALIVE

Dreamy Ricotta Cookies • These are a delicious treat with a bowl of fresh berries or as a night-time snack because they don’t contain sugar, although you could add a little sprinkling on the top if you really fancy it!

Food for Dreams • Does eating cheese or chocolate before bedtime give you nightmares? Can junk food or any foods make your dreams crazier or more bizarre?

Sleep and Dreams • Why do we spend about a third of our life asleep? Sleep must be pretty important. Without it, we hallucinate, and eventually die! And yet, we don’t know much about sleep or dreaming.

Are you sleep deprived? • We all know that sleep is important, but how can you tell if you’re getting enough?

WHAT’S THE SCIENCE?

GOOD NEWS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT: PRISTINE CORAL REEF DISCOVERED! • For many people, one of their life-long dreams is to visit a coral reef. Well, the good news is that a new coral reef has been found, and it is in perfect condition and is giant!

SPORT NEWS

DREAM BIG • We speak to four readers who dream about making it to the Olympics one day. Let’s join them on their quest and be inspired by their dreams…

Wellbeing • When we go to sleep, our brains create dreams that play out like movies in our head and they can often feel very real. There are different reasons for our dreams:

SUMMER JOKE-A-THONBrilliant Brainz • We are holding the Brilliant Brainz Summer Joke-a-thon! You could win £50

DREAM MACHINE • In 1958, the artist Brion Gysin was sitting on a train having a snooze. As the train passed under trees and sunlight flickered across his closed eyelids, the rhythmic patterns of light sent him into an intense hypnagogic state (that feeling of hovering on the edge of sleep). Brion experienced a vision of kaleidoscopic colours whirling through space. As the train left the trees behind, his vision stopped immediately.

BRAINZ FOR CHANGE • Do you have a big dream, something you’d love to achieve ? Dreams are good for the soul and we all need a dream.

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