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That’s Happy New Year in Chinese. 2019 is the Year of the PIG. The PIG is a symbol of loyalty. Those born under this Chinese zodiac sign are said to value friends, are positive people and love to...
The founding fathers stated in the Constitution that the President "shall from time to time give to Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.”...
Are you READY for Groundhog Day?
Groundhog Day is February 2nd. It's a time when people look to a groundhog to find out whether or not we will be having six more weeks of winter. The idea dates back hundreds of years when people looked to...
1. One inch of water is about six inches of wet snow or 12 inches of fluffy snow.
2. The world's largest snowflake was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. It fell in Fort Keogh, Montana, on January 28,1887.
3. Snow can be colors other than...
With more and more tourists visiting Antarctica each year(estimates are about 40,000 people), scientists have detected a problem with some of the penguins, native to the continent. Seems the birds are getting germs from the tourists and this...
Written on a clay tablet, an ancient cuneiform letter of complaint is the world’s oldest such letter ever found. Cuneiform was an early writing system. The letter dates back to about 1750 BCE!
Read more about this artifact.
Where was the ...
Looking for a possible Interactive Notebook Activity to use with kids just before the holidays (or the week you return in the new year)?
Bonne annee (French)
Frohes neues Jahr (Germany)
Felice anno nuovo (Italian)
Gott nytt ar (...
With this being the time of year for the story, A Christmas Carol, it's a great opportunity to learn about its author, Charles Dickens. One of the most famous writers of all times, Dickens also wrote Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two...
1. In 2018, a Norway Spruce tree from Wallkill, NY, was selected as the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. It is 72 ft. tall.
2. The tallest Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was 100 ft. tall (1999).
3. Trees usually arrive in New York city...
On December 1, 1955, a tired seamstress living in Montgomery, Alabama, made history. Rosa Parks was an African American woman who broke the law when she refused to give up her seat on a crowded bus for a white passenger. Her act of civil...