Italian - Please, You're Welcome

Remember that to say thank you in Italian, you say grazie.

To say please in Italian is per favore.
It sounds like pay-er fah-voh-ray /?/.

And to say you're welcome, you say prego and it sounds like pray-goh /?/.


(from: wikipedia - accademia della crusca)

To say it in German:
bitte, bitte schön

To say it in Spanish:
Por favor, de nada

To say it in French:
s'il vous plait, de rien

Tornado Appearance

We just learned that Tornado Rotation in the northern hemisphere is usually counter clockwise.

Sometimes tornadoes can look really big and scary, and other times they don't look all that big.

A lot of that has to do with where the sunlight is, whether it's behind or in front of the tornado.

If the tornado is in front of the sun, it looks very dark and scary because the light is behind it.
If the sun is behind someone who is looking at a tornado, the light is shining on the tornado and it can make it not look as dangerous.


(from: wikipedia - tornado)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Deposition

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever

We just learned about the Flat Coated Retriever

The last and smallest type of retriever dog is the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.

This dog is an orange brown color and is good at helping hunters catch ducks.
The dog will go play out in the water, and the ducks swim over to see what is going on.
This is called tolling.
Then the hunter calls the dog back and he stands up, which scares the ducks and makes them fly away, and he can try to shoot them.


(from: wikipedia - nova scotia duck tolling retriever)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Spider Esophagus

Superficial Palmar Venous Arch

We just learned about the Dorsal Venous Network of the Hand

The veins on the bottom or palm side of your hand are called the Superficial Palmar Venous Arch.

These veins are much smaller and can't really be seen from the skin, but they are right up along the arteries in the palm.

(from: wikipedia - superficial palmar venous arch)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Capillaries

Lake Superior

We just learned about the lake the Caspian Sea

The next largest lake is Lake Superior, which is a fresh water lake.
It is the largest lake that is not connected to the ocean like the Caspian Sea.
Superior is connected to the US states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and the Canadian province of Ontario.

Superior was called Gitche Gumee by the Native Americans, which means a great sea.
There was an old ship called the Edmund Fitzgerald that sank in Lake Superior, and it is still there today on the bottom of the lake.


(from: wikipedia - lake superior)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Colorado

Paul's Letter to Philemon

We just learned about Paul's Letter to Titus.

The last letter Paul wrote was to his friend Philemon.

He wrote about a friend of his named Onesimus, and asked that his friend Philemon would take care of him, because Paul was in jail.

(from: wikipedia - paul the apostle)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Jesus tells his apostles that he will be killed

The City Rises - Boccioni

We just learned about the famous work of art Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash by Giacomo Balla.

Another famous work of art is the painting The City Rises by Italian Painter Umberto Boccioni in 1910.

Just like Giacomo Balla, this artist was also famous for painting in the style of Futurism.

In this painting, there are things like buildings in the background, but most of the painting is people and horses that are all blended together.

The artist painted them in this way to try and make them look like there was a lot of action and movement.

(from: wikipedia - the city rises - (boccioni))


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