Hindi - Green, Blue, Purple, Pink

We just learned that in Hindi, red, orange and yellow are लाल (laal), नारंगी (naarangee), पीला (peela).

Let's learn more colors!

green - हरा (hara) - sounds like ha-dah - 文A


blue - नीला (neela) - sounds like nee-lah - 文A


purple - बैंगनी (bainganee) - sounds like bah-een-gah-nee - 文A


pink - गुलाबी (gulaabee) - sounds like goo-lah-bee - 文A



(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: kijani, bluu, zambarau, nyekundu

Russian: зеленый (zelenyy), синий (siniy), фиолетовый (fioletovyy), розовый (rozovyy)

Norwegian: grønn, blå, lilla, rosa

Greek: πράσινο, μπλε, μοβ, ροζ

ASL: green, blue, purple, pink

Italian: verde, blu, viola, rosa

German: grün, blau, lila, rosa

Spanish: verde, azul, morado, rosa

French: vert, bleu, violet, rose

Hard Drive

We just learned about the Video Card.

Another part of a computer is the Hard Drive, also called a hard disk drive or HDD.

When you are working on the computer and you draw a picture, or write some words that you want to save in a document or spreadsheet, that information has to get saved somewhere on the computer so that it will be there again the next time you turn on the computer.

The hard drive is where the computer saves whatever you give it, whether it's a video, a song, a picture or a document.

Hard drives are usually made up of little magnetic metal discs that spin around almost like music records or CDs.
The computer gets the information from the discs, and puts new information on the discs.

Other types of ways to store files are called Solid State Drives, or SSDs.
These don't have spinning magnets in them, they are more like a big USB memory stick.


(from: wikipedia - hard disk drive)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Leading Wheel

Woolly Lemur

We just learned about the Indri.

Another type of lemur is the Woolly Lemur, also called avahis or woolly indris.

This is another type of primate that only lives on the island of Madagascar.

They grow to about 50 centimeters, and weigh about 1200 grams.
Their short woolly fur is brown, grey or red, and they have a long orange tail.


(from: wikipedia - woolly lemur)


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Nasal Root

We just started learning about the Nose.

The top of the nose in between the eyebrows is called the Nasal Root.

That is where the nose starts, and the dip down from the forehead before the top of the nose is called the nasion.
The nasal root and nasion is the spot where a pair of glasses would sit on the nose.

Right above the nasion is called the glabella, which is the spot right between the eyebrows.


(from: wikipedia - glabella)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Antigen

Jamaica

We just learned about the country of The Bahamas

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

This country is in the Caribbean, south of the island of Cuba.
It is about 4,000 square miles, and about 2.7 million people live there.
The people in this country speak English or Jamaican Patois.


(from: wikipedia - jamaica)

The flag of Jamaica has a green triangle on top and bottom, black triangles on left and right, and a yellow X in the middle.
Black is for strength of the people, gold is for the wealth and sunshine, and green is for the plants.


(from: wikipedia - flag of jamaica)

To eat in this country you might have Ackee and Saltfish. Ackee is a type of fruit that is almost like a cream cheese, and it is boiled with the fish and then usually eaten with rice or bread.


(from: wikipedia - ackee and saltfish)

Visiting this country you might go to the Doctor's Cave Beach Club.
This is a nice beach that was owned by a doctor who had a hospital there, and believed that the water was so great it was almost like it had healing powers.
He let his friends swim there, and then later gave the land to be free for everyone to use.


(from: wikipedia - doctor's cave beach club)

There is a small beach in a town called Oracabessa where called James Bond Beach, because the person who wrote the James Bond books lived there in Jamaica.
Some parts of the James Bond movies were also filmed at this beach.


(from: wikipedia - orcabessa)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Czech Republic

Frosty the Snowman

We just learned about the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

Another famous Christmas song is Frosty the Snowman.

This song was written in 1950 by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson, and sung by Gene Autry.
Rollins was also famous for writing the Easter song Here Comes Peter Cottontail.

The writer Steve Nelson lived in the town of Armonk New York, and every year in that town they have a Frosty Day celebration.

(from: wikipedia - frosty the snowman)


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Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel - The Drunkenness of Noah

We just learned about Michelangelo's painting of the Sistine Chapel - The Great Flood.

Another patt of Michelangelo's painting of the Sistine Chapel is The Drunkenness of Noah.

In the Bible after the flood, Noah was a farmer and grew some grapes.
When these grapes turned to wine he drank some and got drunk, and fell asleep.

Michelangelo's painting shows Noah's wife working, and then Noah asleep on the ground while his sons are arguing near him.


(from: wikipedia - sistine chapel ceiling)


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