ASL - Counting to Twenty nine

We counted to 20 in ASL, let's keep going!

21 - Palm facing away from your body, index finger pointed up, thumb extended, other fingers closed. Bend the thumb a few times.

22 - Palm facing down, index and middle finger pointed away from your body, holding them a little apart. Bend them down once, then move your hand to the right and bend them down again.

23 - Palm facing away from your body, index finger, middle finger and ring finger extended, bend the middle finger a few times.

24 - Palm facing away, index finger and thumb extended, other fingers closed. Then put all four fingers up and close the thumb.

25 - Palm facing away, hand open with fingers a little apart. Stick out the middle finger and bend it a few times.

26 - Palm facing away, index finger and thumb extended, other fingers closed. Then put all four fingers up and touch the thumb to the pinky.

27 - Palm facing away, index finger and thumb extended, other fingers closed. Then put all four fingers up and touch the thumb to the ring finger.

28 - Palm facing away, index finger and thumb extended, other fingers closed. Then put all four fingers up and touch the thumb to the middle finger.

29 - Palm facing away, index finger and thumb extended, other fingers closed. Then put all four fingers up and touch the thumb to the index finger.


Here is a helpful video to show how these signs are done.


Numbers 1 to 30 | ASL - American Sign Language - ASL THAT



(from: wikipedia - american sign language)

Italian: ventuno, ventidue, ventitré, ventiquattro, venticinque, ventisei, ventisette, ventotto, ventinove

German: einundzwanzig, zweiundzwanzig, dreiundzwanzig, vierundzwanzig, fünfundzwanzig, sechsundzwanzig, siebenundzwanzig, achtundzwanzig, neunundzwanzig

Spanish: veintiún, veintidós, veintitrés, veinticuatro, veinticinco, veintiséis, veintisiete, veintiocho, veintinueve

French: vingt et un, vingt-deux, vingt-trois, vingt-quatre, vingt-cinc, vingt-six, vingt-sept, vingt-huit, vingt-neuf

Numerical Control - CNC

We just learned about Plasma Cutting.

Another tool for working with metal is CNC - Computer Numerical Control.

All of the different types of metal work that we've learned about like lathes, mills, drills and grinders can be controlled by a computer so that they can do the same work over and over, thousands of times without any mistakes.

The numerical control means that the computer is given numbers that tell it what parts to cut and how to cut them.


(from: wikipedia - numerical control)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Pritchel Hole

Common Reed Frog

We just learned about the Pacman Frog.

Another type of frog is the Common Reed Frog, also known as Hyperolius viridiflavus.

This type of frog has very bright colors, and lives in the western part of the African continent.

One interesting thing about this frog is that it can change between a boy and a girl frog, depending on if there are not enough other boy or girl frogs around.


(from: wikipedia - common reed frog)


(from: wikipedia - common reed frog)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Jamaican Boa

Eponychium and Cuticle

We just learned about the Lunula.

Another two parts of the nail are the eponychium and cuticle.

The cuticle is the part of the skin right above the beginning of the nail or the lunula.
The skin on the cuticle is dead, and is sometimes removed when someone gets their nails done for a manicure.

The eponychium is the living part of the skin that is right before the cuticle, and it is where the cuticle grows from.


(from: wikipedia - eponychium)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Midbrain

New Brunswick

We just learned about the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

Another Canadian Province is New Brunswick.
It is on the east coast of Canada, right by Nova Scotia.


(from: wikipedia - new brunswick)

The flag of New Brunswick has a gold lion on a red background, above a picture of a viking ship with a yellow background, sailing on blue and white striped water.

(from: wikipedia - flag of new brunswick)

The coat of arms of New Brunswick has a leaping fish called a salmon, sitting on a golden helmet with maple leaves and St. Edward's crown. These are all pictures meaning royalty.
Below that is a shield with the flag of New Brunswick on it.
Under the shield are purple violets, and a fern called the fiddlehead.
Next to the shield are white tailed deer wearing collars made of beads from the Maliseet native people, and they have badges for both the United Kingdom and France.

The motto at the bottom is "Spem reduxit" which means "It has restored hope".


(from: wikipedia - coat of arms of new brunswick)

There is a small island in New Brunswick called Miscou Island that has a three story light house, built in 1856.

(from: wikipedia - miscou island lighthouse)

One group of French settlers in Canada are known as the Acadians.
Many Acadians were forced to leave Canada and go live in the southern part of the United States, but some Acadians still live in New Brunswick.
They have holidays to remember the Acadian people, and they wave around noisemakers called tintamarre during parades.

(from: wikipedia - tintamarre)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Gasherbrum I

Proverbs 17 - A Joyful Heart

We just learned about Proverbs 16 - Wisdom better than Gold.

Another chapter in the book of Proverbs is Proverbs 17.

This chapter gives all sorts of good advice about listening to each other, being happy, and being wise.

Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
This means that it's better to be poor and not have much to eat, but have a house with family and friends that are nice to you, than to be rich and all the food you want but all of your family and friends are crazy and mean.


A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
This means if you are happy all the time, your body will feel good.
If you are sad all the time your body will feel bad.


(from: wikipedia - book of proverbs)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Chi Ro

David - Donatello

We just learned about Leonardo's Horse.

Another famous Renaissance art sculpture is David by Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi in the early 1400s in Florence.

Donatello was a very famous sculptor, and the marble sculpture of David is the first job that he was given for an important sculpture.

There is another statue of David that Donatello made out of bronze that was also very famous, party because no one else was making standing statues of bronze at the time.

Both statues are of a young David who does not look very strong, standing above a defeated Goliath who looks very strong.
This is supposed to show that David's strength was in God, not his own body.

(from: wikipedia - david (donatello))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Athena Parthenos