TIME for Kids - Age 8+ Family Edition

On April 20, SpaceX launched its first test flight of Starship, the biggest rocket ever built. The 400-foot-tall, stainless steel ship took off from Starbase, a spaceport in southern Texas. No people were on board for this launch. “I’m not saying it will get to orbit, but I am guaranteeing excitement,” SpaceX founder Elon Musk said of the planned launch, in March. As it turned out, Starship did not get into orbit. The plan was for it to make a 90-minute trip partway around the planet. But about four minutes after liftoff, the rocket exploded. Even so, just getting the rocket off the launchpad was a major success for SpaceX. For now, the company is focused on getting a Starship rocket ready to take NASA astronauts to the moon by 2025, and eventually,…

A trend is something that’s popular for a short period of time. For example, wraparound sunglasses were trendy in the 1980s. A decade later, kids begged their parents for Furbies and Tamogotchis. (Never heard of these toys? Trust us. They were huge.) In recent years, bubble tea has been all the rage. Fashion, toy, and food trends come and go. But one thing’s for sure: Trends are fun for journalists to write about. Junior Journalists, we want to know: What’s trending? Is there a fashion trend that kids in your school are following? Is there a game or activity that your classmates can’t get enough of? Which trends are making a comeback? What do you think will be trending in the future? Tell us! And please, send photos! Ask a teacher, parent,…

TIME magazine has been around, well, a long time. Its first issue was published 100 years ago, on March 3, 1923. Life was different back then. The Ford Model T was the most popular car in America. Meanwhile, kids were excited by a little red wagon called the Radio Flyer. Speaking of radio, did you know it was a new technology in 1923? Television didn’t even exist. We’ve come a long way since then. To celebrate a century of TIME, we asked TIME for Kids readers: What will the world be like 100 years in the future? And we invited you to imagine what might be on TIME’s cover in 2123. Our inbox filled up with amazing artwork and writing. Here are a few examples of how kids see the world…

My name is Micah Johnson. I’m from Indianapolis, Indiana. For 24 years, I played baseball every day. I reached the highest of levels of the sport, playing for major-league teams. Once I got there, I was like, “Okay, I did it.” I don’t care if it takes 100 years: If it’s something that somebody says I can’t do, I’m going to try everything I can to do it. And when I do it, I think, “Okay, what’s the next thing I’m going to do?” I started painting in 2016, when I was with the Los Angeles Dodgers. You come home from a game and you’re all amped up. You’re not just going to bed. So that’s when I would paint. And then I would take canvases on the road. I was…

Step into a magical city in ELEMENTAL, the latest film from Disney and Pixar. Its citizens are grouped according to the four elements: fire, water, earth, and air. The story follows a fire elemental, Ember Lumen, and a water elemental, Wade Ripple, who meet and fall in love although they can’t even hug. Ember and Wade face challenges such as personality differences and judgment from their families. But together, they learn that they have more in common than they expected. This colorful animated adventure begins on June 16.…

Dive back into the sea on May 26 with this live-action remake of a classic Disney film. THE LITTLE MERMAID stars Halle Bailey as Ariel, a mermaid fascinated by the human world. After rescuing Prince Eric from a shipwreck, Ariel is determined to explore life on land. Against her father’s wishes, she makes a deal with a sea witch named Ursula, trading her voice for a pair of legs. Audiences will love rediscovering this beloved tale. It features music by Aladdin composer Alan Menken and Encanto composer Lin-Manuel Miranda.…