God's promise to Abram

We just learned about the Abram and Sarai.

Another God's promise to Abram.

When Abram was getting older, he asked God about if he would ever have kids.

God told him that he would have so many children and grandchildren like the stars in the sky that he wouldn't be able to count them all.

Genesis 15:2 - Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless
Genesis 15:3 - Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them. So shall your offspring be.


(from: wikipedia - abraham)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: O Little Town of Bethlehem

Van Gogh - Hospital at Saint-Rémy-de -Provence

We just learned about the Van Gogh - Portrait of Dr. Felix Rey.

Another Van Gogh's painting is of the Hospital at Saint-Rémy-de -Provence.

About 5 months after Van Gogh was in the hospital for his ear getting cut off, he went to an asylum where he could get help to get his mind right.

He stayed at this asylum for a year, and made many paintings while he was there.


(from: wikipedia - saint-paul asylum, saint-remy (van gogh series))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Michelangelo - Piccolomini Altarpiece

Arabic - How are you?

We just learned some greetings in Arabic, like مرحبًا (mrhaban) and مع السلامة! (alsalamati) and صباح الخير (sabah alkhayr), يوم جيد (yawm jahid), مساء الخير (masa' alkhayr), and طاب مساؤك (taba masawuk).

To say How are you? in Arabic you say:

كيف حالك؟ (kayf halika?) - sounds like kay-f hah-lee-kah 文A


To respond and say Very good thanks, you would say:

جيد جدا، شكرا. (jayidan jidan, shukran.) - sounds like jay-id-doon jih-dan shoo-krah-n 文A




(from: wikipedia - lebanese academy of sciences)

Hindi: आप कैसे हैं? (aap kaise hain?), बहुत अच्छा धन्यवाद। (bahut achchha dhanyavaad)

Swahili: Hujambo, Unakuwaje, Sijambo asante, Safi asante

Russian: Как дела? (kak dela), Спасибо Хорошо (Spasibo khorosho)

Norwegian: Hvordan har du det? Veldig bra takk.

Greek: Γειά σου (Geiá sou), Χαίρετε (Chairete), Αντίο (Antío), Καλημέρα (Kaliméra), Καλησπέρα (Kalispéra), Καληνυχτα - (Kalinychta)

ASL: How are you?

Italian: Come va? Molto bene, grazie.

German: Wie geht es Ihnen? Sehr gut, danke.

Spanish: ¿Cómo estás? Muy bien, gracias.

French: Comment allez-vous? Très bien, merci.

Charlie Flag

We just learned about the Beta Flag.

Another of the maritime flags is the Charlie Flag, used for the letter C.

This flag also means "Affirmative" or yes.


(from: wikipedia - international maritime signal flags)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Display Refresh Rate

Eight-Armed Sea Star

We just learned about the Necklace Starfish.

Another type of starfish is the Eight-Armed Sea Star.

This animal lives in the pacific, and it's coloring could be brown/green, brown/orange or brown/black.
It has pointed arms, a flat top and is usually about 10 inches wide.

These starfish live underwater in the muddy sand, burying themselves so they can't be seen.
They eat things like sea urchins, sand dollars, sea cucumbers or snails.


(from: wikipedia - luidia maculata)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Black Bearded Saki

Stage 1 - Non-REM Sleep

We just learned about Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep.

Let's learn about Stage 1 - Non-REM Sleep.

When you are falling asleep, there are thee steps called stages you go through.

The first one called stage 1 is sometimes called relaxed wakefulness.
The brain starts calming down, and sometimes muscles flex a little which are called hypnic jerks.
If someone fully wakes up, they might not even really think of this as sleep since it wasn't deep sleep, but it's stage 1 Non REM sleep.
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(from: wikipedia - non-rapid eye movement sleep)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Perilymph

Beijing China

We just learned about the Chinese city of Shanghai.

Let's learn a little about the Chinese city of Beijing!

This city is in China.
It is about 16,000 square kilometers, and about 21 million people live there.
The people in this city speak mostly Mandarin Chinese.


(from: wikipedia - beijing)

There are a lot of sports teams in Beijing, like the Tigers, Ducks and Royal Fighters basketball teams, the Kunlun Red Star hockey team, and the Guon, BIT, Phoenix soccer teams.

(from: wikipedia - beijing sports)

Peking duck is a dish from Beijing[a] that has been prepared since the Imperial era. The meat is characterized by its thin, crispy skin, with authentic versions of the dish serving mostly the skin and little meat, sliced in front of the diners by the cook. Ducks bred especially for the dish are slaughtered after 65 days and seasoned before being roasted in a closed or hung oven. The meat is often eaten with spring onion, cucumber and sweet bean sauce with pancakes rolled around the fillings. Sometimes pickled radish is also inside. Crispy aromatic duck is a similar dish to Peking duck and is popular in the United Kingdom. To eat in this city you might have Peking duck, which is duck baked with vegetables and sauces.

(from: wikipedia - peking duck)

Visiting this city you might go see the world famous Peking Opera.

(from: wikipedia - peking opera)

There is an amusement park called Happy Valley in Beijing with six different themes, like Atlantis, the Ant Kingdom or Shangri-La.

(from: wikipedia - happy valley beijing)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Nicaragua