November Flag

We just learned about the Mike Flag.

Another of the maritime flags is the November Flag used for the letter N.

It can also mean "Negative".


(from: wikipedia - international maritime signal flags)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Hard Drive

Royal Starfish

We just learned about the Velcro Sea Star.

Another type of starfish is the Royal Starfish, also called the astropecten articulatus.

This type of starfish lives in the West Atlantic.
It has dark blue legs with orange edges.


(from: wikipedia - astropecten articulatus)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Woolly Lemur

Femoral Shaft

We just learned about the Femoral Neck.

Another part of the femur is the Femoral Shaft, also called the body of femur.


This is the main big long part of the femur.



(from: wikipedia - body of femur)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: nasal root

Lahore, Pakistan

We just learned about the city of Moscow, Russia.


Let's learn a little about the city of Lahore!

This city is in Pakistan.
It is about 1,700 square kilometers, and about 13 million people live there.
The people in this city speak Punjabi, Urdu, and English.


(from: wikipedia - lahore)

The Pakistan men's national field hockey team plays in a stadium in the city of Lahore.

(from: wikipedia - pakistan men's national field hockey team)

To eat in this city you might have Chargha, which is deep fried chicken.

(from: wikipedia - chargha)

Visiting this city you might go see Minar-e-Pakistan, sometimes called the Liberty Tower of Pakistan.

(from: wikipedia - minar-e-pakistan)

The Shalimar Gardens are a Persian paradise garden, madeto be a paradise on earth.

(from: wikipedia - shalimar gardens, lahore)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Jamaica

Joseph's family comes to Egypt

We just learned about Joseph in Egypt.

Another part of the Bible is when Joseph's family comes to Egypt.

After Joseph's brothers were jealous of his coat and sold him to strangers, everyone thought he was probably dead.

After Joseph's dream of saving up food to help survive the famine, his family came to Egypt to get food.
They did not know that Joseph was alive and a very important person in Egypt.

When they asked for food, they didn't even recognize Joseph.
He tricked them and said they were stealing from him.

They were very scared and begged for forgiveness, and then he told them who he was.
He told them to go bring the whole family to Egypt and he would take care of them.

And he told them not to be upset with themselves because it was all part of God's plan for him to come to Egypt so he could save them all.


(from: wikipedia - joseph (genesis))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past:

Van Gogh - Prisoner's Round

We just learned about the Van Gogh painting Le Facteur: Joseph Roulin.

Another famous painting by Van Gogh is Prisoner's Round painted in 1890.

Van Gogh went through a time where he was making his own version of other people's art.

The Prisoners' Round was originally made by a Russian artist named Gustav Dore.



(from: wikipedia - prisoners' round (after gustave doré))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel - The Great Flood

Arabic - Black, White, Brown, Gray

We just learned that in Arabic, green, blue, purple, pink are أخضر ('akhdar), أزرق ('azraq), أرجواني ('arjuani), لون القرنفل (lawn alqaranful).

Let's learn more colors!

black - أسود ('aswad) - 文A


white - أبيض ('abyad) - 文A


brown - بني (buni) - 文A


gray - رمادي (ramadi) - 文A



(from: wikipedia - lebanese academy of sciences)

Hindi: काला (kaala), सफेद (saphed), भूरा (bhoora), रे (gre)

Swahili: nyeusi, nyeupe, , kahawia, kijivu

Russian: черный (chernyy), белый (belyy), коричневый (korichnevyy), серый (seryy)

Norwegian: svart, hvit, brun, grå

Greek: μαύρο, λευκό, καφέ, γκρι

ASL: black, white, brown, gray

Italian: nero, bianco, marrone, grigio

German: schwarz, weiß, braun, grau

Spanish: negro, blanco, marrón, gris

French: noir, blanc, brun, gris