The Battle of Anghiari - Leonardo da Vinci

We just learned about Leonardo Da Vinci's painting the Virgin of the Rocks.

Another famous painting of Leonardo's was The Battle of Anghiari made some time around 1505 AD.

This painting is also called the "Lost Leonardo" because the painting is missing.
People know about the painting because some other painters made copies of the original and they are still around.

This was a painting of a big battle with people on horses fighting for a flag.
It was painted on a wall in the town hall in Florence, and Michelangelo made a painting on the wall across from it.
This was the only time the two masters worked on a project together.


(from: wikipedia - the battle of anghiari (leonardo))


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Swahili - Counting to Sixty Nine

We counted to 59 in Swahili, let's keep going!

60 sitini - sounds like see-tee-nee 文A

61 sitini na moja - sounds like see-tee-nee nah moh-jah 文A

62 sitini na mbili - sounds like see-tee-nee nah m-bee-lee 文A

63 sitini na tatu - sounds like see-tee-nee nah tah-too 文A

64 sitini na nne - sounds like see-tee-nee nah n-nay 文A

65 sitini na tano - sounds like see-tee-nee nah tah-noh 文A

66 sitini na sita - sounds like see-tee-nee nah see-tah 文A

67 sitini na saba - sounds like see-tee-nee nah sah-bah 文A

68 sitini na nane - sounds like see-tee-nee nah nah-nay 文A

69 sitini na tisa - sounds like see-tee-nee nah tee-sah 文A



(from: wikipedia - swahili language)

Russian: шестьдесят (shest'desyat), шестьдесят один (shest'desyat odin), шестьдесят два (shest'desyat dva), шестьдесят три (shest'desyat tri), шестьдесят четыре (shest'desyat chetyre), шестьдесят пять (shest'desyat pyat'), шестьдесят шесть (shest'desyat shest'), шестьдесят семь (shest'desyat sem'), шестьдесят восемь (shest'desyat vosem'), шестьдесят девять (shest'desyat devyat')

Norwegian: seksti, sekstien, seksti to, sekstitre, sekstifire, sekstifem, sekstiseks, sekstiju, seksti åtte, sekstini

Greek: εξήντα (exínta), εξήντα ένα (exínta éna), εξήντα δύο (exínta dýo), εξήντα τρεις (exínta treis), εξήντα τέσσερις (exínta tésseris), εξήντα πέντε (exínta pénte), εξήντα έξι (exínta éxi), εξήντα επτά (exínta eptá), εξήντα οκτώ (exínta októ), εξήντα εννέα (exínta ennéa)

ASL: fifty, fifty one, fifty two, fifty three, fifty four, fifty five, fifty six, fifty seven, fifty eight, fifty nine

Italian: sessanta, sessantuno, sessantadue, sessantatre, sessantaquattro, sessantacinque, sessantasei, sessantasette, sessantotto, sessantanove

German: sechzig, einundsechzig, zweiundsechzig, dreiundsechzig, vierundsechzig, fünfundsechzig, sechsundsechzig, siebenundsechzig, achtundsechzig, neunundsechzig

Spanish: sesenta, sesenta y uno, sesenta y dos, sesenta y tres, sesenta y cuatro, sesenta y cinco, sesenta y seis, sesenta y siete, sesenta y ocho, sesenta y nueve

French: soixante, soixante et un, soixante-deux, soixante-trois, soixante-quatre, soixante-cinq, soixante-six, soixante-sept, soixante-huit, soixante-neuf

Brake Pad

We just learned about the Brake Caliper.

Another part of a car is the Brake Pad.

Remmeber we learned that the caliper is wrapped around the spinning rotor and clamps down to stop it from spinning and slow the car down.
The brake pad is inside the caliper, and pushes against the rotor.
The pads scrape against the rotor, and eventually they will wear down and have to be replaced.
Cars have brake pads for their front wheels, and the back wheel pads are called brake shoes.



(from: wikipedia - brake pad)


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Brown-Mantled Tamarin

We just learned about the Emperor Tamarin.

Another type of new world monkey is the Brown-Mantled Tamarin, also called Spix's saddle-back tamarin or leontocebus fuscicollis.

This is a small monkey that lives in South America, and grows to be less than 2 pounds.
They mostly live in the trees, and they have a dark brown head and shoulders.


(from: wikipedia - brown-mantled tamarin)


Brown-mantled Tamarin Spix's Saddle-back Tamarin northern Amazonian - Amazing Planet!


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Ear Canal

We just learned about the Concha.

On the outer ear we know about:
- The auricle or pinna, which is the main outside part of the ear
- The helix, which is the folded over part around the outside
- The antihelix, which is the Y shaped bump that sticks out
- The antitragus, which is the bump pointing up that is connected to the earlobe
- The tragus, which is the part closest to the cheek that sticks out
- The earlobe, which is the part that hangs down at the bottom
- The intertragic notch, which is the open space between the tragus and antitragus
- The concha, which is the part of the ear that leads right into the inside of the ear.

Another part of the outer ear is the Ear Canal, also called the external auditoriy meatus, or EAM.

This is the tunnel in your ear that leads to the inner ear.
For a grown up, the ear canal is usually about 1 inch long, and 1/3 of an inch wide.

The ear canal (external acoustic meatus, external auditory meatus, EAM) is a pathway running from the outer ear to the middle ear. The adult human ear canal extends from the pinna to the eardrum and is about 2.5 centimetres (1 in) in length and 0.7 centimetres (0.3 in) in diameter.
(from: wikipedia - ear canal)


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Pakistan

We just learned about the country of Oman

Let's learn a little about the country of Pakistan!

Pakistan is a medium sized country with a lot of people living there.
It is about 882,000 square miles, and has about 225 million people living there.

Pakistan borders the countries of India, Afghanistan, Iran, China, and also borders the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman.
In this country people speak the Urdu language.


(from: wikipedia - pakistan)

The flag of Pakistan has a white stripe on the left, and then the rest of the flag is dark green with a white moon and star.
The green flag with the white moon and star are for Islam, and the white is for Christians and Hindus.


(from: wikipedia - flag of pakistan)

To eat in Pakistan you might have Chapli Kebab which is ground beef mixed with spices and fried in a patty.


(from: wikipedia - chapli kebab)

Visiting Pakistan you might go to Lake Saiful Muluk, which is a lake surrounded by the Himalayan mountains in a place called the Kaghan Valley.


(from: wikipedia - lake saiful muluk)

There is a dam in Pakistan called Tarbela Dam, that is about 97 square miles, and helps control the water and also make electricty.


(from: wikipedia - tarbela dam)


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What a Friend We Have in Jesus

We just learned about the hymn Crown Him with Many Crowns.

Another famous Hymn is What a Friend We Have in Jesus written by Joseph Scriven in 1855, with the music written in 1868 by Charles Crozat Converse.

Scriven was born in Ireland in 1819, and when he was 25 years old he moved to Canada.
His mother stayed back home and got very sick, so he wrote her a poem called "Pray Without Ceasing".

Converse was born in Massachusetts in 1832, and wrote many church songs.
He read Scriven's poem and came up with the musical tune for the hymn and renamed it What a Friend We Have in Jesus.
A lot of famous musicians like Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, and Aretha Franklin all made recordings of themselves with this hymn.
It has also been translated into other languages, like "Itsukushimi Fukaki" in Japanese, "Yesus Kawan yang Sejati" in Indonesian, and "Yeshu kaisa dost pyara" in Hindi.


(from: wikipedia - what a friend we have in jesus)


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