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August 2025 | Kittytubers Week 3: Splash Into The Water Kitten 💧

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This week we’re "diving" into creativity, courage, and real friendship with the newest Kittytubers release—The Water Kitten!


Fresh off the press (launched August 12th), The Water Kittens is PittyPat's story. PittyPat is a golden Persian kitten with a flair for water stunts. From leaping through waterfalls to chasing bubbles underwater, PittyPat shines on screen. But behind the camera, things aren’t so easy. When PittyPat moves into the competitive kitten dorm, she discovers that making friends is just as challenging as perfecting her performances. Her new roommate Alisa seems more interested in meeting PittyPat's famous brother than becoming a real friend. Meanwhile, PittyPat's sweet cousin Hugo struggles with his own videos and faces the scary possibility of being sent home.


As the pressure builds and the cameras keep rolling, PittyPat must learn to balance her dreams with genuine friendships. Through multiple takes, muddy mishaps, and heart-pounding waterfall scenes, she discovers that the most important performance is simply being true to yourself.


PittyPat’s story isn’t just about underwater stunts—it’s about:

  • Trying new things (even when it feels scary)

  • Facing fears and misunderstandings with courage

  • Discovering who your real friends are

Discussion Starters for Families & Classrooms

  • What helps you feel brave when trying something new?

  • Have you ever been misunderstood like PittyPat?

  • What makes someone a real friend—not just a fan?

These questions are a great way to help kids open up about their own experiences with courage and friendship.

Quote of the Week Activity


“You must love what you do so much that you don't care what others say. That is the path of the artist.” — Director Stanley

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Write or draw: What do you love to do—even if it’s unusual or hard? Why is it special to you?

Encourage kids to celebrate their passions, whether it’s sports, music, drawing, or creating videos like the Kittytubers!


Water Science Fun

Science meets play this week with two splashy experiments!


Make Water Kittens Swim with Soap 🐾

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Supplies Needed:


  • A shallow container or baking dish, wide enough for your water kittens to glide

  • Craft foam in your favorite colors

  • Printed Water Kittens Traceable Page (with V Tails) on cardstock to cut and trace to

    foam OR draw your own on foam (see PDF linked below)

  • Scissors

  • Sharpie or markers (optional—for decorating)

  • Dish soap (washing-up liquid)

  • A Q-tip, small spoon, or dropper for applying soap


Steps:

  1. Create your water kittens

  2. Cut playful kitten shapes from craft foam. Make sure each kitten has a V-shaped or forked tail—this tail design helps it “pounce” across the water.

  3. Setup the water stage

  4. Fill your container with a couple of inches of clean water.

  5. Add soap for motion

  6. Use a Q-tip (or similar) to apply a tiny dab of dish soap right along the edge and

    underside of the kitten’s tail.

  7. Set your kitten afloat and watch the magic

  8. Place your water kitten gently on the water’s surface. As the soap disrupts the

    water’s surface tension at the tail, the kitten glides forward “like magic!”

  9. Repeat and explore

  10. You can try multiple kittens one at a time—but each new try needs fresh water.

    Once soap disperses in the water, surface tension becomes uniform and the kittens

    won’t move again.


What’s Happening? — The Science Behind It

Water molecules at the surface cling together due to surface tension—think of them as

little invisible hands holding each other tight. When soap is added at one side (the

kitten’s tail), it breaks those “hands” locally. The stronger surface tension on the

opposite side then “pulls” the kitten forward.


Once your water’s full of soap, tension is equal all around, so there's no directional pull

left—hence the need for fresh water each time.

Kinzie KINvestigates: Water Xylophone Science Experiment for Kids | Easy STEM/STEAM Music Activity 🎶


Turn glasses of water into a colorful instrument! Here’s how:



What You Need:

  • 6–8 identical glass jars or drinking glasses

  • Water

  • Food coloring (optional, for rainbow fun)

  • A metal spoon


Steps:

  1. Line up the glasses in a row.

  2. Fill each with a different amount of water—start with just a little in the first glass and add more in each one until the last is almost full.

  3. Add drops of food coloring to each glass to make a rainbow (optional but fun!).

  4. Gently tap the rim of each glass with the spoon. Listen—each glass makes a different note!

  5. Experiment by arranging the glasses in order and playing a simple tune.


Next Week on REACH

It's our Kittytubers Finale and we’re wrapping up PittyPat’s adventure in The Water Kitten!

We'll talk - and maybe sing- more about feelings, family, and authenticity as PittyPat discovers what truly matters—connection, inner strength, and being loved for who you really are. From splashy stunts to heart-to-heart moments—this finale proves that the bravest act is simply being yourself.


Until then… stay brave, stay curious, and keep making waves!

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Donna Boock

REACH Editor & Concierge of Children’s Book Fun


© 2025 Donna Boock. All Rights Reseved. 

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