Jesus' Miracles - Turning water to wine

We've learned about Jesus' Miracles healing lepers, healing the blind, healing the paralyzed, healing women, healing on the sabbath, healing in a synagogue, healing a deaf and mute person, healing the centurion's servant, healing just by touching his cloak and raising the dead.

Jesus also turned water into wine!

At a wedding that Jesus and his mother were invited to, they ran out of wine and only had water left.
Jesus had some people bring him large containers of water, and he turned it to wine.

(from: wikipedia - marriage at cana)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Exodus

Waxing Crescent

We know that a full moon is when the sun is on the other side of us, shining right on the moon, and a new moon is when the moon is totally dark because it is in between the earth and the sun.


Right after a new moon, the moon will start to get some sunlight on it's right side. This makes a crescent shape, so we call it a crescent moon. Since the moon is going to get more full as the days go on, we use the word waxing to say that it is going to get fuller. So we can say the moon is waxing crescent.

(from: wikipedia - category:photographs of the waxing crescent moon)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Pluto

Spanish - They are excited

We just learned that in Spanish I am happy is Estoy feliz, You are sad is Estás triste and He is angry is Él está enojado.

Now let's learn how to say They are excited.
We can break it up into the three words:
They - Ellos - sounds like ay-oh-ss /?/
are - estan - sounds like ay-stah-n /?/
excited - emocionados - sounds like ay-moh-see-oh-nah-doh-s /?/

All together Ellos estan emocionados sounds like ay-oh-ss ay-stah-n ay-moh-see-oh-nah-doh-s.


(from: wikipedia - Association of Spanish Language Academies)

Do you remember how to say it in French?
French - Ils sont excité

Limestone

We've learned now about sandstone, marble and basalt rock.

There are so many types of rocks!

Another very common rock is limestone, which is a sedimentary rock, mostly made up of types of crystals or small pieces of coral.

(from: wikipedia - limestone)

Most of the caves in the world are made up of limestone, because the stone can be washed away and formed by water flowing against it.


carlsbad caverns national park.

Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Light Bulbs

Nayala

We just learned about the Suni.

Another one of the many types of antelopes is called the nayala.

One special thing about the nayala is that the males are much larger than the females. Most types of antelopes are the same between males and females, but the nayala females look very different than the males.


(from: wikipedia - nayala)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Arctic Fox

Alveoli

After the air you breathe in travels down your trachea, into your bronchi and into your bronchioles, it will finally end up in your alveoli. These look like little balls attached to the end of the bronchioles.

When the oxygen in the air you breathe in gets all the way down to your alveoli, it gets sucked right through the walls of the alveoli and goes into your blood, because your body needs blood filled with oxygen to survive.

It might seem strange that the oxygen goes right through the wall, but you can think of it like a very thin bed sheet. If someone blew air from a fan at you, you'd probably feel it. If they dumped a glass of water on you, you would definitely feel it! The walls of the alveoli are just like that, they are very very thin, so they let oxygen get through to your blood, but they don't let the blood come through into your lungs.


(from: wikipedia - alveolus)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Frontal Bone

Lebanon

Lebanon is a small country in the Middle East in Asia, West of Syria.

(from: wikipedia - lebanon)

To eat in Lebanon you might have kibbeh nayyeh, which is uncooked lamb meat with spices.

(from: wikipedia - kibbeh nayyeh)

A famous poet from Lebanon was Khalil Gibran. He was the third best selling poet of all time.

(from: wikipedia - khalil gibran)

One of the largest ancient buildings is in the city of Baalbeck, a place called the Temple of Bacchus.

(from: wikipedia - temple of bacchus)

Through history, the cedar trees that grew in Lebanon were very important for making buildings, ships and even medicine. The cedar trees in Lebanon are still a symbol of the nation today.

(from: wikipedia - cedrus libani)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Caribean Islands

Jesus' Miracles - Raising the dead

We've learned about Jesus' Miracles healing lepers, healing the blind, healing the paralyzed, healing women, healing on the sabbath, healing in a synagogue, healing a deaf and mute person, healing the centurion's servant and healing just by touching his cloak.

Jesus also raised people from the dead!

He did this three times.
Once he healed a man's sick daughter, saying "Little girl, I say to you get up!".

(from: wikipedia - daughter of jairus)

Another time was during a funeral for a widow's son. He went to the coffin and said "Young man I say to thee arise!" and the boy got right up and was alive.

(from: wikipedia - the young man from nain)

He also raised a man named Lazarus who had been dead for four days. He was buried in a tomb. Jesus had the stone rolled away and said "Lazarus, come out!" and Lazarus came out and was alive.

(from: wikipedia - raising of lazarus)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Genesis

New Moon

We know that a full moon is when the sun is on the other side of us, shining right on the moon.

A new moon is the opposite of a full moon. It is when the moon is in between the earth and the sun. When it is there, we can't see the moon in the night sky.

(from: wikipedia - new moon)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Neptune

Spanish - He is angry

We just learned that in Spanish I am happy is Estoy feliz and you are sad is Estás triste in Spanish.

Now let's learn how to say He is angry. (Or she)

We can break it up into the three words:
He - Él - sounds like ay-l /?/
She - Ella - sounds like ay-ah/?/
is - está - sounds like ay-ss-tah /?/
angry - enojado - Sounds like ay-no-ha-doh /?/


All together Él está enojado sounds like ay-l ay-ss-tah ay-no-ha-doh.


(from: wikipedia - Association of Spanish Language Academies)

Do you remember how to say it in French?
French - He is angry - Il est en colère

Basalt

We just learned that marble is a type of metamorphic rock.

Basalt is a type of igneous rock, that means it comes from lava.

If you look at a basalt rock, sometimes you can see lines on the rock and that is the direction that the lava was flowing before it cooled down and turned into rock.

(from: wikipedia - igneous rock)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Electrical Circuit

Suni

We just learned about the Springbok type of antelope.
Not all types of antelopes are large, some are very small.

The Suni is only about 12 inches tall, and weighs about 10 pounds.
That's about the size of a house cat!

Because they are so small, they only eat plants, and they have to watch out for bigger animals like lions that might eat them!

(from: wikipedia - suni)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Chameleon

Bronchioles

Let's keep learning about the respiratory system!

We now that the lungs are where you store air you breathe in, the trachea is the big tube in your throat that carries air down toward your lungs, and the bronchi are the tubes that go left and right to each of your lungs.

When the air gets to the end of your bronchi, it gets to your bronchioles.

You can almost think of it like a tree. The trachea is the trunk, the bronchi are two big branches, and the bronchioles are a whole bunch of smaller branches.

(from: wikipedia - bronchiole)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Facial Skeleton

Syria

We just learned about the country of Jordan.

Syria is a country in the Middle East in Asia, in between Turkey and Iraq.

(from: wikipedia - syria)

To eat in Syria, you might have some hummus which is a kind of dip people usually eat with pita bread.

(from: wikipedia - hummus)

The first woman to serve on the Supreme Court was Rosemary Barkett. Her parents were from Syria, and they migrated to the US when she was young.

(from: wikipedia - rosemary barkett)

In the city of Bosra there is an ancient arena called a coliseum where people could speak to large groups of people.

(from: wikipedia - bosra)

In the city of Hama there are giant waterwheels call norias, that were used to bring water from the river into the town.

(from: wikipedia - norias of hama)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Greenland

Jesus' Miracles - Healing in the land of Gennesaret

We've learned about Jesus' Miracles healing lepers, healing the blind, healing the paralyzed, healing women, healing on the sabbath, healing in a synagogue, healing a deaf and mute person and healing the centurion's servant.
One time Jesus was walking through a land called Gennesaret. People heard he was coming, and brought all their sick people to be near him. Just by touching his cloak people were healed.

(from: wikipedia - jesus healing in the land of gennesaret)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Old Testament

Full Moon

We just learned a little about the Lunar Eclipse.

A full moon happens about once every 29 days.
Since there are 28, 30 or 31 days in each month we usually see a full moon once every month.

The full moon happens because the sun is shining right on the part of the moon that we can see.
Sometimes the sun is shining on a different side of the moon that is not facing us, and we would not see the full moon.


(from: wikipedia - full moon)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Uranus

Spanish - You are sad

We just learned that I am happy in Spanish is Estoy feliz.

Now let's learn how to say You are sad.

We can break it up into two words:
You are - Estás - sounds like ess-tah-ss /?/
sad - triste - Sounds like tuh-dee-ss-tay /?/


So all together Estás triste sounds like ess-tah-ss tuh-dee-ss-tay.


(from: wikipedia - Association of Spanish Language Academies)

Do you remember how to say it in French?
French - You are sad - Vous êtes triste

Marble

We just learned that sandstone is a type of sedimentary rock.

Marble is a type of metamorphic rock. It's name comes from the Greek word for shining stone.
Because it's so shiny, it's used to carve things like sculptures and buildings.

The little round marble balls you use for playing games are usually made of glass, but there are some marbles made out of marble, and they're sometimes called Alley or real marbles.

(from: wikipedia - marble)


(from: wikipedia - marble)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Resistance

Springbok

We just learned about the Bongo type of antelope.

Another kind of antelope is the springbok.

The male springbok has a flap of skin like a pocket on it's back by its tail.
When he wants to show that he is big and strong, he will jump up in the air and flip that flap of skin up, to show how tough he is!


(from: wikipedia - springbok)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Alligators and Crocodiles

Bronchi

Let's keep learning about the respiratory system!

We know now that the lungs are where you store air you breathe in, and the trachea is the big tube in your throat that carries air down toward your lungs.

Your trachea comes down your neck, then splits into two parts called your bronchi.
One goes to the left lung, and one goes to the right lung.


(from: wikipedia - right main bronchus)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Human Skull

Jordan

Jordan is a country in the Middle East in Asia, in between Israel and Saudi Arabia.

(from: wikipedia - jordan)

For a meal in Jordan you might have mansaf, which is lamb with yogurt and rice.

(from: wikipedia - mansaf)

Daoud Hanania is a famous surgeon in Jordan, and was the first to perform heart surgery in the country.
(from: wikipedia - daoud hanania)

A very famous tomb was carved out of a mountain in a place called Petra.

(from: wikipedia - al khazneh)

There is an ancient place in Jordan called Bethabara that people believe is the place where John the Baptist brought people to be baptized.

(from: wikipedia - bethabara)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Central American Countries

Jesus' Miracles - Healing the centurion's servant

We've learned about Jesus' Miracles healing lepers, healing the blind, healing the paralyzed, healing women, healing on the sabbath, healing in a synagogue, and Jesus' Miracles - Healing a deaf and mute person

One time a soldier called a centurion asked Jesus to heal one of his young servants.
Jesus told the soldier that he would come to his house to heal the boy, but the soldier said that he believed Jesus could just heal the boy without even coming to the house.

Because the soldier had such strong faith, Jesus healed the boy right then.

(from: wikipedia - healing the centurion's servant)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Old Testament and New Testament

Lunar eclipse

We know that a solar eclipse is when the moon gets between the earth and the sun.

A lunar eclipse is when the earth gets between the moon and the sun. Since the earth is blocking the sunlight shining on the moon, the moon will go dark in the sky and you won't be able to see it.


(from: wikipedia - lunar eclipse)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Saturn

Spanish - I am happy

Last time we learned that the Spanish words for horse, sheep and duck are caballo, oveja and pato.

Let's learn how to say I am happy in Spanish!

We can break it up into two words:
I am - Estoy - sounds like ess-toy /?/
happy - feliz - Sounds like fell-ee-ss /?/

Together Estoy feliz sounds like Ess-toy fell-ee-ss.

(from: wikipedia - Association of Spanish Language Academies)

Do you remember how to say it in French?
French - I am happy - Je suis heureux

Sandstone

We've learned now that there are three types of rocks: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary.

One type of sedimentary rock is called sandstone.
Like the name sounds, it's made up of pieces of sand piling up on top of sand over years and years.
The small sand pieces are sediments, so that means it is a sedimentary type of rock.


(from: wikipedia - sandstone)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Electrical Current

Bongo

We just learned about the Oryx.

Another type of antelope is the Bongo.

It is a bright orange-brown color, with white stripes.
The orange-brown color is so thick in their fur that it can actually rub color off on to other things.
Some people even say that when it rains the water that drips off their fur is colored orange-brown!

(from: wikipedia - bongo)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Zebras

Trachea

Let's keep learning about the respiratory system! Last time we learned a little about the lungs.

The trachea is also known as the windpipe, and it is the part of your throat that is like a tube that carries air from your mouth to your lungs.
You can feel your windpipe, it is in the front of your neck and feels like a big tube.

(from: wikipedia - vertebrate trachea)

Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Foot Phalanges

Iraq

We just learned about the country of Saudi Arabia.

Iraq is a country in the Middle East in Asia, just south of Turkey.

(from: wikipedia - iraq)

For a meal in Iraq you might have fattoush, which is pita bread with leafy vegetables and other mixed vegetables.

(from: wikipedia - fattoush)

One of the most powerful kings the world ever saw was Nebuchadnezzar, who was from the area where Iraq is now. When he was king there, the land was called Babylon.

(from: wikipedia - nebuchadnezzar)

There are ancient ruins in the town of Hatra

(from: wikipedia - hatra)

The area is sometimes called the cradle of civilization because it is where some of the oldest buildings in the world are found.

(from: wikipedia - cradle of civilization)

Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Mexico

Jesus' Miracles - Healing a deaf and mute person

We've learned about Jesus' Miracles healing lepers, healing the blind, healing the paralyzed, healing women, healing on the sabbath and healing in a synagogue.

Another person Jesus healed was a man who could not hear or talk.
He touched the man's ears and tongue then shouted "Be opened!" and the man could hear and talk.

(from: wikipedia - healing the deaf mute of decapolis)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Apostle's Creed - Part 12