tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86414360240534450252024-03-15T21:45:24.864-04:00Kid Facts - Learn something new every day!Fun facts about Big Cities, Sleep, Starfish, Flags, Hindi, Bible Stories, Van Gogh and more!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3723125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-22813349331746517892022-12-04T05:00:00.022-05:002024-03-05T21:09:09.421-05:00Rachel's Children<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about <a href="/2022/11/leahs-children.html">Leah's Children</a>.<br />
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Another part of the Bible is <b>Rachel's Children</b>.<br />
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Rachel had two kids with Jacob, the boys Joseph and Benjamin.<br />
In Genesis chapter 30 it talks about her first son Joseph, and then in Genesis 35 she had Benjamin.<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Giacobbe_e_Rachele_-_Tanzio_da_Varallo_%28cropped%29.png/360px-Giacobbe_e_Rachele_-_Tanzio_da_Varallo_%28cropped%29.png" title="rachel bible" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel">rachel</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/12/michelangelo-sistine-chapel-fall-and.html">Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel - The Fall and Expulsion from Paradise</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-27724136859551660912022-12-03T05:00:00.026-05:002024-03-05T20:56:26.598-05:00Great Peacock Moth - Van Gogh<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about the painting of <a href="/2022/11/irises-van-gogh.html">Irises</a> by Van Gogh.<br />
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Another of Van Gogh's famous paintings is the <b>Great Peacock Moth</b>.<br />
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He painted it in 1889, when he made a few different paintings of butterflies and moths.<br />
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Van Gogh felt liked the idea of people transforming, so he liked thinking about the way caterpillars do that too.<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/WLANL_-_artanonymous_-_Nachtpauwoog.jpg/363px-WLANL_-_artanonymous_-_Nachtpauwoog.jpg" title="van gogh Great Peacock Moth" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterflies_(Van_Gogh_series)">butterflies (van gogh series)</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/12/michelangelo-sistine-chapel-fall-and.html">Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel - The Fall and Expulsion from Paradise</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-74997691273325302992022-12-02T05:00:00.035-05:002024-03-05T20:17:21.199-05:00Arabic Alphabet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We just learned how to <a href="/2021/12/hindi-six-seven-eight-nine-ten.html">Count to ten</a> in Arabic.<br />
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The Arabic alphabet looks very different from the English one.<br />
There are a few different ones, but one of the common ones is called abjadī.<br />
ا ب ج د ه و ز ح ط ي ك ل م ن س ع ف ص ق ر ش ت ث خ ذ ض ظ غ
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There aren't different letters for vowels, they just use dots over some of the letters called diacritics.<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Lebanese_Academy_of_Sciences_logo.svg/320px-Lebanese_Academy_of_Sciences_logo.svg.png" alt="arabic language" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Academy_of_Sciences">lebanese academy of sciences</a>)<br />
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The Hindi alphabet: <a href="/2021/12/hindi-alphabet.html">अ, अं1, ॲ / ऍ, इ, उ, ऋ, ऌ4, ए, ओ, प, पं, पि, पु, पृ, पॢ, पॅ, पे, पो, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह</a><br />
The Swahili alphabet: <a href="/2020/12/swahili-alphabet.html">a, b, ch, d, dh, e, f, g, gh, i, j, k, kh, l, m, n, ng', ny, o, p, r, s, sh, t, th, ts, u, v, w, y, z</a><br /><br />
The Russian alphabet: <a href="/2019/12/russian-alphabet.html">Аа, Бб, Вв, Гг, Дд, Ее, Ёё, Жж, Зз, Ии, Йй, Кк, Лл, Мм, Нн, Оо, Пп, Рр, Сс, Тт, Уу, Фф, Хх, Цц, Чч, Шш, Щщ, Ыы, Ээ, Юю, Яя</a><br /><br />
The Norwegian alphabet: <a href="/2018/12/norwegian-alphabet.html">A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Æ, Ø, Å</a>
The Greek alphabet: <a href="/2018/04/greek-alphabet.html">Α, Β, Γ, Δ, Ε, Ζ, Η, Θ, Ι, Κ, Λ, Μ, Ν, Ξ, Ο, Π, Ρ, Σ, Τ, Υ, Φ, Χ, Ψ, Ω</a><br /><br />
ASL alphabet: <a href="/2016/12/asl-alphabet.html">A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z</a><br /><br />
The <a href="/2015/12/italian-alphabet.html">Italian alphabet</a> looks the same as the English alphabet.<br /><br />
The German alphabet <a href="/2014/12/german-alphabet-o-u.html">has the letters ä, ö, ü, ß</a><br /><br />
The Spanish alphabet:<br />
<a href="/2013/12/spanish-alphabet-b-c-d-e-f-g.html">A, B, C, D, E, F, G</a>
<a href="/2014/01/spanish-alphabet-h-i-j-k-l-ll-m-n-n.html">H, I, J, K, L, LL, M, N, Ñ</a>
<a href="/2014/01/spanish-alphabet-o-p-q-r-rr-s-t-u.html">O, P, Q, R, RR, S, T, U</a>
<a href="/2014/01/spanish-alphabet-v-w-x-y-z.html"> V, W, X, Y, Z</a><br />
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The French alphabet:<br />
<a href="/2012/12/french-alphabet-b-c-d-e-f-g.html">A, B, C, D, E, F, G</a>
<a href="/2012/12/french-alphabet-h-i-j-k-l-m-n.html">H, I, J, K, L, M, N</a>
<a href="/2012/12/french-alphabet-o-p-q-r-s-t-u.html">O, P, Q, R, S, T, U</a>
<a href="/2013/01/french-alphabet-v-w-x-y-z.html">V, W, X, Y, Z</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-81196307194428913092022-12-01T05:00:00.001-05:002024-02-29T20:56:47.397-05:00Juliet Flag<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about the <a href="/2022/11/india-flag.html">India Flag</a>.<br />
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Another of the maritime flags is the <b>Juliet flag</b> used for the letter J.<br />
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It is sideways stripes of blue, white, blue.<br />
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It can also mean "I am on fire and have dangerous cargo on board: keep well clear of me." or "I am leaking dangerous cargo."<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/ICS_Juliett.svg/480px-ICS_Juliett.svg.png" title="juliett" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_maritime_signal_flags">international maritime signal flags</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/12/motherboard.html">Motherboard</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-90453633117069976982022-11-30T05:00:00.015-05:002024-02-29T20:51:14.122-05:00Freyella Elegans<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about the <a href="/2022/11/nepanthia-belcheri.html">Nepanthia Belcheri</a>.<br />
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Another type of starfish is the <b>Freyella Elegans</b>.<br />
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This is a type of starfish that lives in very deep sea, at around 10,000 ft deep in the Atlantic ocean.<br />
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Their arms grow to about 8 inches long.<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Freyella_elegans.jpg/640px-Freyella_elegans.jpg" title="freyella elegans" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyella_elegans">freyella elegans</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/12/greater-dwarf-lemur.html">Greater Dwarf Lemur</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-670550866817433412022-11-29T05:00:00.012-05:002024-02-29T20:37:38.377-05:00Theta Waves<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about the <a href="/2022/11/alpha-waves.html">Alpha Waves</a>.<br />
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Another part of sleep is <b>Theta Waves</b>.<br />
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During REM sleep, the theta waves that help the brain work with thinking and memory are working while sleeping at the REM time.<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Eeg_theta.svg/587px-Eeg_theta.svg.png" title="theta wave" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theta_wave">theta wave</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/11/stapedius-muscle.html">Stapedius Muscle</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-84033486206791504062022-11-28T05:00:00.037-05:002024-02-22T21:23:39.565-05:00Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of the Congo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about the city of <a href="/2022/11/istanbul-turkey.html">Istanbul Turkey</a>.<br /><br />
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Let's learn a little about the city of <b>Kinshasa</b>!<br />
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This city is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<br />
It is about 10,000 square kilometers, and about 17 million people live there.<br />
The people in this city speak French or Lingala.<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_%2826_provinces%29_-_Kinshasa.svg/504px-Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_%2826_provinces%29_-_Kinshasa.svg.png" title="kinshasa map" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinshasa">Kinshasa</a>)<br />
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The Amicale Sportive Dragons is a soccer team in Kinshasa.<br />
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Amicale_sportive_Dragons_Bilima_logo.jpg" title="as dragons" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS_Dragons_(Kinshasa)">as dragons (kinshasa)</a>)<br />
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To eat in this city you might have Dabo Kolo which is small pieces of fried spiced dough.<br />
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/ASC_Leiden_-_Dabo_kolo_-_%22Elsa_kolo_Yegbes_Kolo_Belewez%22_-_A_bowl_of_bread_chunks_with_packaging%2C_Leiden_2022.jpg/640px-ASC_Leiden_-_Dabo_kolo_-_%22Elsa_kolo_Yegbes_Kolo_Belewez%22_-_A_bowl_of_bread_chunks_with_packaging%2C_Leiden_2022.jpg" title="dabo kolo" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabo_kolo">dabo kolo</a>)<br />
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Visiting this city you might go see Nsele Valley Park, which is a 77 square mile place where animals can be free.<br />
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Giraffes_at_Nsele_Park_in_Kinshasa%2C_DR_Congo.jpg/640px-Giraffes_at_Nsele_Park_in_Kinshasa%2C_DR_Congo.jpg" title="nsele valley park" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nsele_Valley_Park">nsele valley park</a>)<br />
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There was a famous boxing match with Muhammed Ali and George Foreman called the rumble in the jungle.<br />
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Foreman_tira_golpe_a_clay.jpg" title="the rumble in the jungle" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rumble_in_the_Jungle">the rumble in the jungle</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/11/haiti.html">Haiti</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-86444063553216618462022-11-27T05:00:00.027-05:002024-02-22T20:51:18.766-05:00Leah's Children<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about <a href="/2022/02/jacob-and-rachel.html">Jacob and Rachel</a>.<br />
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Another part of the Bible is <b>Leah's Children</b>.<br />
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Leah had a bunch of kids with Jacob.<br />
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In Genesis 29 and 30, it says the she had sons Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun, and her daughter Dinah.<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Michelangelo-Leah.jpg/360px-Michelangelo-Leah.jpg" title="leah" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah">leah</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/11/angels-we-have-heard-on-high.html">Angels We Have Heard on High</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-20350944787418442702022-11-26T05:00:00.025-05:002024-02-22T20:36:27.226-05:00Irises - Van Gogh<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about Van Gogh's painting of <a href="/2022/11/trees-and-undergrowth-van-gogh.html">Trees and Undergrowth</a>.<br />
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Another of Van Gogh's paintings is of <b>Irises</b>.<br />
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He painted this when he was at the Saint-Paul Asylum, where he made lots of paintings of flowers.<br />
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Van Gogh liked to paint a lot and he thought it helped make him feel better.<br />
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He called it "the lightning conductor for my illness"<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Irises-Vincent_van_Gogh.jpg/628px-Irises-Vincent_van_Gogh.jpg" title="van gogh irises" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irises_(painting)">irises (painting)</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/11/michelangelo-sistine-chapel-separation.html">Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel - The Separation of Land and Water</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-53393759108698646872022-11-25T05:00:00.046-05:002024-02-19T22:22:37.170-05:00Arabic - Six, seven, eight, nine, ten<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We learned in Arabic that 1-5 is <a href="/2022/02/arabic-one-two-three-four-five.html">
واحد (wahid),
اثنين (aithnayn),
ثلاثة (thalatha),
أربعة ('arbaea),
خمسة (khamsa),
</a>.<br />
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Now let's count up to ten!<br />
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6 <b>ستة</b> (sita)
- <a href="https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ar&op=translate&text=six">文A</a><br /><br />
7 <b>سبعة</b> (sabea)
- <a href="https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ar&op=translate&text=seven">文A</a><br /><br />
8 <b>ثمانية</b> (thamania)
- <a href="https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ar&op=translate&text=eight">文A</a><br /><br />
9 <b>تسع</b> (tise)
- <a href="https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ar&op=translate&text=nine">文A</a><br /><br />
10 <b>عشرة</b> (eashra)
- <a href="https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ar&op=translate&text=ten">文A</a><br /><br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Lebanese_Academy_of_Sciences_logo.svg/320px-Lebanese_Academy_of_Sciences_logo.svg.png" alt="arabic language" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Academy_of_Sciences">lebanese academy of sciences</a>)<br />
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Do you remember how to say it in other languages?<br /><br />
Hindi: <a href="/2021/12/hindi-six-seven-eight-nine-ten.html">छह (chhah), सात (saat), आठ (aath), नौ (nau), दस (das)</a><br /><br />
Swahili: <a href="/2020/12/swahili-six-seven-eight-nine-ten.html">sita, saba, nane, tisa, kumi</a><br /><br />
Russian: <a href="/2019/12/russian-six-seven-eight-nine-ten.html">шесть (shest'), семь (sem'), восемь (vosem'), девять (devyat'), десять (desyat')</a><br /><br />
Norwegian: <a href="/2018/12/norwegian-six-seven-eight-nine-ten.html">seks, syv, åtte, ni, ti</a><br /><br />
Greek: <a href="/2017/12/greek-six-seven-eight-nine-ten.html">έξι, εφτά, οχτώ, εννέα, δέκα</a><br /><br />
ASL: <a href="/2016/12/asl-six-seven-eight-nine-ten.html">Six, seven, eight, nine, ten</a><br /><br />
Italian: <a href="/2015/12/six-seven-eight-nine-ten.html">sei, setto, otto, nove, dieci</a><br /><br />
German: <a href="/2014/12/german-six-seven-eight-nine-ten.html">seis, sieben, acht, neun, zehn</a><br /><br />
Spanish: <a href="/2013/12/spanish-six-seven-eight-nine-ten.html">seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez</a><br /><br />
French: <a href="/2012/12/six-sept-huit-neuf-dix.html">six, sept, huit, neuf, dix</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-5990705768393338182022-11-24T05:00:00.001-05:002024-02-19T22:12:22.301-05:00India Flag<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about the <a href="/2022/11/hotel-flag.html">Hotel Flag</a>.<br />
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Another of the maritime flags is the <b>India Flag</b>, used for the l.<br />
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It is a flag that is yellow with a black circle in the middle. It also means I am altering my course to port.<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/ICS_India.svg/480px-ICS_India.svg.png" title="india" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_maritime_signal_flags">international maritime signal flags</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/11/touchpad.html">Touchpad</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-25690731969412371522022-11-23T05:00:00.021-05:002024-02-19T21:54:12.328-05:00Nepanthia Belcheri<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about the <a href="/2022/11/red-knobbed-sea-star.html">Red Knobbed Sea Star</a>.<br />
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Another kind of starfish is the <b>Nepanthia Belcheri</b>.<br />
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This type of starfish lives near Australia, and grows to be a few inches wide.<br />
One very interesting thing about this starfish is that it can split itself in half and turn itself into two starfishes.<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Nepanthia_belcheri_-_Plate_10_%28Clark%2C_1938%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/514px-Nepanthia_belcheri_-_Plate_10_%28Clark%2C_1938%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" title="nepanthia belcheri" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepanthia_belcheri">nepanthia belcheri</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/11/philippine-tarsier.html">Philippine Tarsier</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-83446023254631694562022-11-22T05:00:00.021-05:002024-02-19T21:39:13.818-05:00Alpha Waves<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about <a href="/2022/11/narcolepsy.html">Narcolepsy</a>.<br />
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Another part of sleep science is <b>Alpha Wave</b>.<br />
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These are waves that come out of the brain while you are sleeping, and can be measured with science tools called an EEG.
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Eeg_alpha.svg/640px-Eeg_alpha.svg.png" title="alpha waves" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_wave">alpha wave</a>)<br />
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<br />
<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/11/oval-window.html">Oval Window</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-41157570514967980472022-11-21T05:00:00.052-05:002024-02-19T14:05:41.505-05:00Istanbul Turkey<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about the city of <a href="/2022/11/shenzhen-china.html">Shenzhen China</a>.<br /><br />
<br />
Let's learn a little about the city of <b>Istanbul, Turkey</b>!<br />
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This city is in Turkey.<br />
It is about 2,500 square kilometers, and about 15 million people live there.<br />
The people in this city mostly speak Turkish.<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Map_of_the_Districts_of_Istanbul.png/640px-Map_of_the_Districts_of_Istanbul.png" title="istanbul map" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul">istanbul</a>)<br />
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In Istanbul there is a sports club calls Beşiktaş J.K, that owns a bunch of different sports teams like soccer, basketball, and volleyball.<br />
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/BesiktasJK-Logo.svg/366px-BesiktasJK-Logo.svg.png" title="besiktas jk" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%C5%9Fikta%C5%9F_J.K.">beşiktaş j.k.</a>)<br />
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To eat in this city you might have Dolma which is a vegetable leaf filled up with rice, meat or fruit.<br />
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Speca_te_mbushura_me_mish.JPG/621px-Speca_te_mbushura_me_mish.JPG" title="dolma" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolma">dolma</a>)<br />
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Visiting this city you might go see dalia beach in the town of Kilyos.<br />
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Kilyos_Dalia_beach.jpg/640px-Kilyos_Dalia_beach.jpg" title="dalia beach" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilyos">kilyos</a>)<br />
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Under the ground in Istanbul are some cisterns that are big open areas for storing water.<br />
The basilica cistern is over 100,000 square feet and can old over 2 million cubic feet of water.<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Basilica_Cistern_after_restoration_2022_%2811%29.jpg/640px-Basilica_Cistern_after_restoration_2022_%2811%29.jpg" title="basilica cistern" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_Cistern">basilica cistern</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/11/dominican-republic.html">Dominican Republic</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-37493175096044846582022-11-20T05:00:00.001-05:002024-02-22T20:38:26.585-05:00Jacob and Rachel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about the <a href="/2022/11/jacob-and-leah.html">Jacob and Leah</a>.<br />
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Another part of the Bible is about <b>Jacob and Rachel</b>.<br />
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In the old days of the Bible, a lot of times men would have more than one wife.<br />
After Jacob married Leah, seven years later he married Leah's sister Rachel, in Genesis chapter 29.<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Giacobbe_e_Rachele_-_Tanzio_da_Varallo_%28cropped%29.png/360px-Giacobbe_e_Rachele_-_Tanzio_da_Varallo_%28cropped%29.png" title="rachel" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel">rachel</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/11/the-first-noel.html">The First Noel</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-62559973576400422832022-11-19T05:00:00.022-05:002024-02-18T17:22:27.846-05:00Trees and Undergrowth - Van Gogh<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about the painting <a href="/2022/11/pine-trees-and-dandelions-in-garden-of.html">Pine Trees and Dandelions in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital</a>.<br />
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Another of Van Gogh's paintings is <b>Trees and Undergrowth</b>, from 1887.<br />
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During his time at the Saint Remy, Van Gogh made some paintings of the outdoors, that were called sous-bois which is French for undergrowth.<br />
This style of painting was used by a lot of other impressionists, and Van Gogh was making paintings in their style.<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Van_Gogh_-_B%C3%A4ume_und_Unterholz.jpeg/367px-Van_Gogh_-_B%C3%A4ume_und_Unterholz.jpeg" title="trees and undergrowth" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trees_and_Undergrowth">trees and undergrowth</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/11/michelangelo-sistine-chapel-creation-of_01988951772.html">Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel - The Creation of Adam</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-68856909410548091652022-11-18T05:00:00.000-05:002024-02-18T16:54:41.729-05:00Arabic - One, two, three, four, five<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned that <a href="/2022/11/arabic-dog-cat.html">dog and cat in Arabic is كلب (kalb) and قطة (qita)</a><br />
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Let's count to five in Arabic!<br />
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1 <b>واحد</b> (wahid)
<a href="https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ar&op=translate&text=one">文A</a><br /><br />
2 <b>اثنين</b> (aithnayn)
<a href="https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ar&op=translate&text=two">文A</a><br /><br />
3 <b>ثلاثة</b> (thalatha)
<a href="https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ar&op=translate&text=three">文A</a><br /><br />
4 <b>أربعة</b> ('arbaea)
<a href="https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ar&op=translate&text=four">文A</a><br /><br />
5 <b>خمسة</b> (khamsa)
<a href="https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ar&op=translate&text=five">文A</a><br /><br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Lebanese_Academy_of_Sciences_logo.svg/320px-Lebanese_Academy_of_Sciences_logo.svg.png" alt="arabic language" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Academy_of_Sciences">lebanese academy of sciences</a>)<br />
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Hindi: <a href="/2021/12/hindi-one-two-three-four-five.html">एक (ek), दो (do), तीन (teen), चार (chaar), पांच (paanch)</a><br /><br />
Swahili: <a href="/2020/12/swahili-one-two-three-four-five.html">moja, mbili, tatu, nne, tano</a><br /><br />
Russian: <a href="/2019/12/russian-one-two-three-four-five.html">раз (raz), два (dva), три (tri), четыре (chetyre), пять (pyat')</a><br /><br />
Norwegian: <a href="/2018/12/norwegian-one-two-three-four-five.html">en, to, tre, fire, fem</a><br /><br />
Greek: <a href="/2017/12/greek-one-two-three-four-five.html">ένα (éna), δύο (dýo), τρία (tría), τέσσερα (téssera), πέντε (pénte)</a><br /><br />
ASL: <a href="/2016/12/asl-one-two-three-four-five.html">One, two, three, four, five</a><br /><br />
Italian: <a href="/2015/12/italian-one-two-three-four-five.html">uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque</a><br /><br />
German: <a href="/2014/12/german-one-two-three-four-five.html">Ein, zwei, drei, veir, fünf</a><br /><br />
Spanish: <a href="/2013/12/spanish-one-two-three-four-five.html">Uno, dos, tres, quatro, cinco</a><br /><br />
French: <a href="/2012/11/un-deaux-trois-quatre-cinq.html">Un, deaux, trois, quatre, cinq</a><br /><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-48337526531824619802022-11-17T05:00:00.011-05:002024-02-18T16:26:06.412-05:00Hotel Flag<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about the <a href="/2022/11/golf-flag.html">Golf Flag</a>.<br />
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Another of the maritime flags is the <b>Hotel Flag</b>, used for the letter H.<br />
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It is a flag with left half white and the right half red. It also means "I have a pilot on board".<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/ICS_Hotel.svg/480px-ICS_Hotel.svg.png" title="h hotel" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_maritime_signal_flags">international maritime signal flags</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/11/computer-mouse.html">Computer Mouse</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-78078334920985091342022-11-16T05:00:00.029-05:002024-02-13T22:50:47.147-05:00Red Knobbed Sea Star<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about the <a href="/2022/11/magnificent-star.html">Magnificent Star</a>.<br />
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Another kind of starfish is the <b>Red Knobbed Sea Star</b>, also called the protoreaster lincki, red spine star, or African sea star.<br />
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These starfish grow to be about 12 inches, and has bright re tubercles sticking up.<br />
They have gray bodies with red stripes, and a big central disk.<br />
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The only place to find these starfish is in the Indian Ocean, in sandy or muddy sea beds.<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Red-knobbed.starfish.arp.jpg/640px-Red-knobbed.starfish.arp.jpg" title="red knobbed starfish" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoreaster_lincki">protoreaster lincki</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/11/brown-woolly-monkey.html">Brown Woolly Monkey</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-67824842989203919302022-11-15T05:00:00.036-05:002024-02-13T20:17:33.267-05:00Narcolepsy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about the <a href="/2022/11/multiple-sleep-latency-test-mslt.html">Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT)</a>.<br />
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Another thing about sleep is <b>Narcolepsy</b> a type of sleep disorder.<br />
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In TV and movies this disorder is shown as people just instantly falling asleep.<br />
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But in real life it is a little different.
People with this disorder might collapse where their whole body stops working, but they are actually still awake, they just can't move.<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/1R02_crystallography.png/640px-1R02_crystallography.png" title="narcolepsy" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcolepsy">narcolepsy</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/11/stapes.html">Stapes</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-61220568567692463242022-11-14T05:00:00.063-05:002024-02-19T12:42:08.183-05:00Shenzhen China<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about the city of <a href="/2022/11/delhi-india.html">Delhi India</a>.<br />
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Let's learn a little about the city of <b>Shenzhen China</b>!<br />
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This city is in China.<br />
It is about 2,000 square kilometers, and about 17 million people live there.<br />
The people in this city speak Cantonese, Hakka or Mandarin.<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Guangdong_subdivisions_-_Shenzhen.svg/593px-Guangdong_subdivisions_-_Shenzhen.svg.png" title="Shenzhen map" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhen">shenzhen</a>)<br />
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There are many sports teams in this city, but two of the biggest are the Shenzhen Leopards basketball team, and the Shenzhen FC soccer team.<br />
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Shenzhen_Leopards.svg/431px-Shenzhen_Leopards.svg.png" title="shenzhen leopards" /><br />
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3d/Shenzhen_FC.svg/375px-Shenzhen_FC.svg.png" title="shenzhen fc" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhen_Leopards">shenzhen leopards</a>)<br />
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To eat in this city you might have black sesame soup, which is like a pudding made from sesame seeds, rice, and water.<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/BlacksesameSoup.jpg" title="black sesame soup" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_sesame_soup">black sesame soup</a>)<br />
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Visiting this city you might go see the Splendid China theme park, that has a bunch of mini versions of famous places in the world.<br />
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Splendid_China_002.jpg/640px-Splendid_China_002.jpg" title="" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendid_China_Folk_Village">splendid china folk village</a>)<br />
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The Shenzen Sea World park in the middle of the city has a large boat that is actually also a hotel.<br />
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Sea_World_in_Shekou_Shenzhen2021.jpg/640px-Sea_World_in_Shekou_Shenzhen2021.jpg" title="sea world" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_World_(Shenzhen)">sea world (shenzhen)</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/11/costa-rica.html">Costa Rica</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-4616601953384110012022-11-13T05:00:00.022-05:002024-02-18T17:29:06.398-05:00Jacob and Leah<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about the <a href="/2022/11/jacob-and-esau.html">Jacob and Esau</a>.<br />
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Another part of the Bible is <b>Jacob and Leah</b>.<br />
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When Jacob left home, he went out to find a wife.<br />
He first married a woman named Leah, in Genesis 29.<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/The_Bible_and_its_story.._%281908%29_%2814783040093%29.jpg/332px-The_Bible_and_its_story.._%281908%29_%2814783040093%29.jpg" title="jacob leah" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah">leah</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/11/god-rest-ye-merry-gentlemen.html">God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-9443128397796908422022-11-12T05:00:00.023-05:002024-02-18T17:07:04.726-05:00Pine Trees and Dandelions in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital - Van Gogh<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about the painting <a href="/2022/11/trees-in-garden-in-front-of-entrance-to.html">Trees in the Garden in Front of the Entrance to Saint-Paul Hospital</a>.<br />
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Another of Van Gogh's paintings is <b>Pine Trees and Dandelions in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital</b>.<br />
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Van Gogh was in the hospital for a long time, even through the winter.<br />
So when the garden was not green and fresh, he painted the pine trees that were still green.<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Van_Gogh_-_Bl%C3%BChende_Wiese_mit_Baumst%C3%A4mmen_und_L%C3%B6wenzahn.jpeg/638px-Van_Gogh_-_Bl%C3%BChende_Wiese_mit_Baumst%C3%A4mmen_und_L%C3%B6wenzahn.jpeg" title="van gogh pine trees" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Paul_Asylum,_Saint-R%C3%A9my_(Van_Gogh_series)">saint-paul asylum, saint-remy (van gogh series)</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/11/michelangelo-sistine-chapel-separation.html">Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel - The Separation of Land and Water</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-33546256480500051482022-11-11T05:00:00.033-05:002024-02-07T20:34:45.458-05:00Arabic - Dog, Cat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned that to ask if someone speaks Arabic you say <a href="/2022/11/arabic-do-you-speak-arabic.html">
هل تتحدث العربية؟ (hal tatahadath alearabiatu) or (hal tatahadathina alearabiatu)</a>.<br />
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To say dog in Arabic, you say <b>كلب</b> (kalb)
<a href="https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ar&op=translate&text=dog">文A</a><br /><br />
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To say cat in Hindi, you say <b>قطة</b> (qita)
<a href="https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ar&op=translate&text=cat">文A</a><br /><br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Lebanese_Academy_of_Sciences_logo.svg/320px-Lebanese_Academy_of_Sciences_logo.svg.png" alt="arabic language" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Academy_of_Sciences">lebanese academy of sciences</a>)<br />
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Hindi: <a href="/2021/11/hindi-dog-cat.html">कुत्ता (kutta), बिल्ली (billee)</a><br /><br />
Swahili: <a href="/2020/11/swahili-dog-cat.html">mbwa, paka</a><br /><br />
Russian: <a href="/2019/11/russian-dog-cat.html">собака (sobaka), кошка (koshka)</a><br /><br />
Norwegian: <a href="/2018/11/norwegian-dog-cat.html">hund, katt</a><br /><br />
Greek: <a href="/2017/12/greek-dog-cat.html">σκύλος (skýlos), γάτα (gáta)</a><br /><br />
ASL: <a href="/2016/12/asl-dog-cat.html">dog, cat</a><br /><br />
Italian: <a href="/2015/12/italian-dog-cat.html">cane, gatto</a><br /><br />
German: <a href="/2014/12/german-dog-cat.html">Hunt, Katze</a><br /><br />
Spanish: <a href="/2013/11/spanish-dog-cat.html">perro, gato</a><br /><br />
French: <a href="/2012/11/dog-chien-cat-chat.html">chien, chat</a><br /><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641436024053445025.post-68462274932554063522022-11-10T05:00:00.019-05:002024-02-04T20:29:14.937-05:00Golf Flag<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We just learned about the <a href="/2022/11/foxtrot-flag.html">Foxtrot Flag</a>.<br />
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Another of the maritime flags is the <b>Golf Flag</b>, used for the letter G.<br />
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It is up and down stripes of blue and yellow, and also means "I require a pilot" or "I am hauling nets".<br />
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<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/ICS_Golf.svg/480px-ICS_Golf.svg.png" title="g golf" /><br />
(from: wikipedia - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_maritime_signal_flags">international maritime signal flags</a>)<br />
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<span class="blast">Kid Facts - Blast from the past: <a href="/2021/11/computer-keyboard-special-keys.html">Computer Keyboard - Special Keys</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com