Bengaluru, India

We just learned about the city of Lahore, Pakistan.


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

This city is in India.
It is about 800 square kilometers, and about 8 million people live there.
The people in this city speak lots of different languages. Anything from Kannada to Tamil, Telugu, or Urdu.


(from: wikipedia - bengaluru)

Cricket is the most popular sport in Bengaluru, and the Royal Challengers are the local cricket team.

(from: wikipedia - royal challengers bengaluru)

To eat in this city you might have Masala Dosa, which is mostly rice and vegetables with spices.

(from: wikipedia - masala dosa)

Visiting this city you might go see Bengaluru Palace.

(from: wikipedia - bengaluru palace)

There is a type of theater and dance in Bengaluru called Yakshagana, where people wear very fancy bright costumes.

(from: wikipedia - yakshagana)


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Baby Moses

We just learned about the Joseph's Family Comes to Egypt.

Another story from the Bible is about Baby Moses.

After Joseph died, there was a new Pharoah in Egypt that did not like God's people the Hebrews.
He gave the order to kill any baby boy that was born.

One day a mother had a baby boy she named Moses and was afraid that he would get killed, so she put him in a little basket and set him in the Nile river to hide him.
Pharaoh's daughter found Moses and cared for him, and called on a Hebrew helper to take care of him.

The Hebrew helper went and found Moses' mother and she got to raise him without the Pharaoh knowing it was her baby.


(from: wikipedia - moses)


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Van Gogh - Two Peasant Women Digging in the Snow

We just learned about Van Gogh's painting Prisoner's Round.

Another of his famous paintings is Two Peasant Women Digging in the Snow.

In 1890 when Van Gogh was sick and went to the hospital, he had a hard time talking or writing, but he could still paint.
He used some other people's paintings as inspiration for his paintings.

The painting of two peasant women digging in the snow was inspired by a painting from artist Jean-François Millet.


(from: wikipedia - copies by Vincent van Gogh)


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Arabic - Cow, chicken, pig

We just learned that black white brown and gray in Arabic is أسود أبيض بني رمادي .

We already know that in Arabic, dog is كلب (kalb) and cat is قطة (qita).

Now let's learn about some farm animals!

cow - بقرة (baqara) - 文A

chicken - فرخة (farkha) - 文A

pig - خنزير (khinzir) - 文A





(from: wikipedia - lebanese academy of sciences)

Hindi: गाय (gaay), मुर्गी (murgee), सुअर (suar)

Swahili: ng'ombe, kuku, nguruwe

Russian: корова (korova)курица (kuritsa), свинья (svin'ya)

Norwegian: ku, kylling, gris

Greek: αγελάδα, κοτόπουλο, χοίρο

ASL: cow, chicken, pig

Italian: mucca, pollo, maiale

German: Kuh, Huhn, Schwein

Spanish: vaca, pollo, cerdo

French: vache, poulet, porc

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)


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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)


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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)


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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)


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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))


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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))


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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

Mike Flag

We just learned about the Lima Flag.

Another of the maritime flags is the Mike Flag used for the letter M.

It is a white X on top of a blue background.

It can also mean "My vessel is stopped and making no way through the water."


(from: wikipedia - international maritime signal flags)


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Velcro Sea Star

We just learned about the Asterias Amurensis.

Another type of starfish is the Velcro Sea Star, also called the Novodina Antillensis.

This type of starfish lives in the deap sea in tropical areas of the Atlantic Ocean.

It has 10-14 long arms with eyespots on the ends.

These starfish live on the branches of corals, and stick their long arms into the water to catch small animals drifing by.

Because the poky arms stick to things, they got the nickname velcro.


(from: wikipedia - novodinia antillensis)


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Femoral Neck

We just learned about the Femoral Head.

Another part of the femur bone is the Femoral Neck.

This is the part that connects the femoral head to the main part of the femur called the shaft.

(from: wikipedia - femoral neck)


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Moscow, Russia

We just learned about the city of Tokyo, Japan.


Let's learn a little about the city of Moscow, Russia!

This city is in the country of Russia.
It is about 2.5 million square kilometers, and about 13 million people live there.
The people in this city speak Russian.


(from: wikipedia - moscow)

There are many sports teams in Moscow, like the hockey team ЦСКА Москва (CSKA Moscow), and the soccer team (Спартак Москва) Spartak Moscow


(from: wikipedia - hc cska moscow)

(from: wikipedia - fc spartak moscow)

To eat in this city you might have borscht, which is a soup, made with meat and vegetables.

(from: wikipedia - borscht)

Visiting this city you might go see Red Square, which has the famous church called The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, and the Spasskaya Tower, which was an old palace.

(from: wikipedia - red square)

The Kremlin is the capital where the president lives, and has five palaces and four cathedrals.

(from: wikipedia - kremlin)


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Joseph in Egypt

We just learned about the Joseph's Coat of Many Colors.

When Joseph lived in Egypt he met the Pharaoh and helped him figure out what his dreams meant by asking God for help.

Pharaoh had a dream about seven good cows and seven good heads of grain, and then seven bad cows and seven bad heads of grain.

Joseph told him that the seven good things were for a time where the animals and farms would do great and be healthy for seven years.
But then the seven bad things were for seven years where the animals and plants would all die.

So he told the Pharaoh to save up food so that his people could survive during the seven bad years.


(from: wikipedia - joseph (genesis))


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Le Facteur: Joseph Roulin - Van Gogh

We just learned about the Café Terrace at Night - Van Gogh.

Another of Van Gogh's paintings is Le Facteur: Joseph Roulin.

Roulin was a friend of Van Gogh's, that lived near where he was so he painted self portraits of him.


(from: wikipedia - portraits by vincent van gogh)


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Arabic - Green, Blue, Purple, Pink

We just learned that in Arabic, red, orange and yellow are أحمر ('ahmar), नالبرتقالي (alburtuqaliu), पأصفر ('asfar).

Let's learn more colors!

green - أخضر ('akhdar) - 文A


blue - أزرق ('azraq) - 文A


purple - أرجواني ('arjuani) - 文A


pink - لون القرنفل (lawn alqaranful) - 文A



(from: wikipedia - lebanese academy of sciences)

Hindi: हरा (hara), नीला (neela), बैंगनी (bainganee), गुलाबी (gulaabee)

Swahili: kijani, bluu, zambarau, nyekundu

Russian: зеленый (zelenyy), синий (siniy), фиолетовый (fioletovyy), розовый (rozovyy)

Norwegian: grønn, blå, lilla, rosa

Greek: πράσινο, μπλε, μοβ, ροζ

ASL: green, blue, purple, pink

Italian: verde, blu, viola, rosa

German: grün, blau, lila, rosa

Spanish: verde, azul, morado, rosa

French: vert, bleu, violet, rose

Lima Flag

We just learned about the Kilo Flag.

Another of the maritime flags is the Lima Flag used for the letter L.

It is four squares of yellow and black.

It can also mean "Stop immediately".


(from: wikipedia - international maritime signal flags)


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Asterias Amurensis

We just learned about the Heliaster Microbrachius.

Another type of starfish is the Asterias Amurensis, also called the Northern Pacific seastar or Japanese common starfish.

This type of starfish can grow to be 50 centimeters, and can be orange, yellow, red or purple.

Where this starfish lives it is called an invasive species, because there are so many of them they hurt the environment.


(from: wikipedia - asterias amurensis)


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