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: Frosty the Snowman

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

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)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Video Card

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)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Indri

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)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Nose

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)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: The Bahamas

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))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer