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)


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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)


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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)

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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)

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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)


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Blue moon

We just learned about the Lunar Phase.

When people talk about a blue moon they don't mean that the moon actually turns blue!
A full moon comes around every 29 days, so there is usually only one full moon per month.

If there are two full moons in the same month, the second one is called a blue moon.
This doesn't happen very much, so there is a saying "once in a blue moon" that means not very often.

(from: wikipedia - blue moon)


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