Sunday, April 10, 2022

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot


We just learned about the Christian song This Little Light of Mine.

Another famous Christian song is Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.

This is a song called an African-American spirtual song, and it was sung by black people when they were slaves.

The song talks about a chariot coming down from the sky to carry the singer off to heaven.
In the book of 2 Kings in the Bible, the prophet Elijah is carried up to heaven on a chariot:
"As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind."

No one really knows who wrote the song the first time, but in 1909 the Fisk Jubilee Singers made a recording of the song.

Refrain:
Swing low, sweet chariot, Coming for to carry me home.
Swing low, sweet chariot, Coming for to carry me home.

I looked over Jordan, and what did I see, Coming for to carry me home.
A band of angels coming after me, Coming for to carry me home.
[Refrain]

If you get there before I do, Coming for to carry me home.
Tell all my friends I'm coming too, Coming for to carry me home.
[Refrain]

The brightest day that ever I saw Coming for to carry me home.
When Jesus washed my sins away, Coming for to carry me home.
[Refrain]

I'm sometimes up and sometimes down, Coming for to carry me home.
But still my soul feels heavenly bound, Coming for to carry me home.
[Refrain]



(from: wikipedia - swing low, sweet chariot)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Camp Meetings

Saturday, April 9, 2022

Salmon, Boaz, Obed - Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo


We just learned about the Sistine Chapel paintings of Jesus' ancestors, Aminadab, and Naason.

Another of the ancestor paintings is of Salmon, Boaz and Obed, sometimes spelled like Booz and Obeth.

Just like the other ancestors, Salmon, Boaz and Obed are in the Old Testament of the Bible a few times, throughout the books of Exodus, Numbers, and Chronicles, usually just being listed as part of the old family of God's people.

In the book of Matthew in the New Testament, in the list of relatives of Jesus, Salmon is the son of Nahson that we just learned about.
Salmon is the father of Boaz who married Ruth.
Boaz and Ruth were the parents of Obed.

Obed is the Grandfather of David.

Michelangelo painted a woman holding a baby, and an old man.
Most people think that the woman is supposed to be Ruth, the baby is Obed, and the old man is Boaz.
The mother is painted to look very colorful and tender, while the old man is supposed to look hunched and angry.


(from: wikipedia - gallery of sistine chapel ceiling)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Anne Truitt - A Wall for Apricots

Friday, April 8, 2022

Hindi - Our table is short


We just learned that in Hindi:
This house is big: यह घर बड़ा है (yah ghar bada hai)
This chair is small: कुर्सी छोटी है (kursee chhotee hai)
My drink is cold: मेरा पेय ठंडा है (mera pey thanda hai)
Your food is hot: आपका खाना गर्म है (aapaka khaana garm hai)

Their car is tall is: उनकी कार लंबी है (unakee kaar lambee hai)

To say our table is short you would say हमारी टेबल छोटी है (hamaaree tebal chhotee hai).

Our - हमारी (hamaaree) - sounds like hah-mah-dee - 文A


table - टेबल - (tebal) sounds like tay-bah-l - 文A


short - छोटी (chhotee) - Sounds like choh-tee - 文A


is - है (hai) - sounds like hay - 文A


So all together To say our table is short you would say hah-mah-dee tay-bah-l choh-tee hay.

hindi devanagari
(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: Meza yetu ni fupi

Russian: наш стол короткий (nash stol korotkiy)

Norwegian: Vårt bord er kort

Greek: Το τραπέζι μας είναι σύντομο (To trapézi mas eínai sýntomo)

ASL: Our table is short

Italian: Il nostro tavolo è breve

German: Unser Tisch ist kurz

Spanish: Nuestra mesa es bajo

French: Notre table est courte

Thursday, April 7, 2022

Web Browser


We just learned about the operating systems called Linux and Unix.

Another thing that runs on your computer is a Web Browser, also called an internet browser, or just a browser.

This is the thing you use to go on the web and do Google searches, open up web pages, watch youtube videos or go to your email.
Web browsers were first invented around 1990, and people very quickly saw how useful it was to go to web pages on the internet.

The first web browser was called WorldWideWeb and was made by Tim Berners Lee.
Tim created the idea of the world wide web, to help people share information easily.
He shared his idea with the world, and the rest is history!

The first really popular browser was called Mosaic, and was made by Marc Andreeson.
It was very simple, and mostly just had grey backgrounds with pictures and words and things to click on.
After that a lot of other browsers came along where people could do colors, animations, videos and a lot of other fancy programming.





Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Long Block

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

American Marten


We just learned about the Wolverine.

Another type of animal in the same family is the American Marten.

These small fuzzy animals are about 2 feet long and weigh about 3 pounds.
They have dark brown fur and a a yellow orange neck.

Even though these animals are small, they are great hunters and will go after other animals like mice, squirrels and bugs.
In the winter time they will dig under the snow in tunnels to hunt other animals!

Sometimes when martens get cold in the winter they will make tunnels in the snow going down to tree roots to make themselves a little snow house almost like an igloo to keep warm.


(from: wikipedia - american marten)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: L'Hoest's Monkey

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Sphenoethmoidal Recess


We just learned about the Nasal Meatus.

Another part of the nose is the Sphenoethmoidal Recess.

This is a place in the back of the inside of the nose that connects to the sinus.
The sinus is where the mucus comes from, which is sometimes called things like snot or boogers.


(from: wikipedia - sphenoethmoidal recess)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Benign Tumor

Monday, April 4, 2022

Bonaire


We just learned about the country of United States Virgin Islands

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

This country is in C, and borders B.
It is about 300 square kilometers, and about 20,000 people live there.
The people in this country speak Dutch or Papiamento.


(from: wikipedia - bonaire)

The flag of Bonaire is sideways stripes of yellow, white and blue.
In the middle of the white is a black compass circle with a red star in it.
Blue is for the sea, white is for the sky, and yellow is for the sun.
The compass is for the people of Bonaire who come from all over the world.
The six pointed star is for the six villages that were first built on the island.


(from: wikipedia - )

Salt is a big business in this country, with things called salt pans which are flat salty wet areas where salt dries up and can be farmed.

(from: wikipedia - bonaire)

The cactus plant grows easily in this country, so in some places people would grow the cactus plant as a type of fence for their land.

(from: wikipedia - bonaire)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Portugal