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Norway Facts For Kids

1. Norway is a country in northern Europe. 2. The weather in Norway is very cold in the winter, but the summer season is pleasant.  3. In the northern areas of the country, there is no sunrise for about a couple of months. 4. Different types of animals are found in Norway such as polar bears, walrus, Arctic foxes, moose, etc. 5. Norway has thousands of plant species. Blueberries, cranberries and yellow cloudberries grow abundantly in Norway. 6. Norway shares boundaries with countries: Finland, Sweden and Russia. 7. Norway has petroleum, natural gas industries. Shipping, fishing, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp, paper are other main industries in the country. 8. Potatoes and wheat are top agricultural products in Norway. 9. The country's currency is the Norwegian krone. A major Norwegian holiday is Constitution Day, celebrated on May 17.  10. Norwegian is the official language of Norway and Sami and Kven are the other spoken by people in some specific regions. A Place Where...

New York Facts For Kids

  1. New York is bordered by Canada and Lake Ontario in the north; Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the Atlantic Ocean in the south; Lake Erie in the west; and Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont in the east. 2. New York is known for supplying construction materials such as limestone, salt, sand, and gravel. 3. New York is the only state that borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes. 4. New York City was the capital of the United States from 1785 to 1790. 5. The New York City Subway is one of the largest subway systems in the world. It has 722 miles of track. 6. The World Trade Center is the tallest building in the U.S. 7. New York is a northeastern state with the 4th largest population in the United States.  8. It has some of the country's most popular tourist destinations, including the Statue of Liberty and Niagara Falls.  9. New York City, Rochester, Albany, Buffalo, Syracuse, Yonkers are key cities of the state. 10. New York City is the largest city in th...

Mars Facts For Kids

1. Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. Earth and Jupiter are Mars neighboring planets. 2. Mars is also known as the 'Red Planet because of a mineral called iron oxide.  3. Mars is a cold desert planet. It is much colder than Earth.  4. The average temperature on Mars is -60 degrees Celsius. 5. Mars is half of the size of Earth. You can jump higher on Mars because it's gravitational force is comparatively lower. 6. Galileo Galilei was the first one who observed Mars with the utilization of a telescope in 1610. 7. A day on Mars completes in 24.6 hours and it takes 687 earth's days to complete one year. 8. Scientists are doing research on whether Mars had living things in the past.  9. There is a curiosity about whether Mars could uphold life now or later on. 10. Mars has two moons called Phobos and Deimos. Children's Park, a preschool in Rockwall is an exceptional childcare and education centre offering a truly premium early learning experience at Rockwall. Enable Gi...

10 Camel facts for kids

  1. A camel is a useful domesticated animal.  2. It is used for transportation in deserts due to which it is also known as the ship of the desert.  3. It is large. A camel can be 10 feet in length, with a long neck and long legs. 4. Camel has one or two humps on its back. Camels store fats in their humps. 5. The camel's hump is a source of energy when food is scant. 6. Camels are fit to drink up to 200 litres of water at a time. 7. They have oval-shaped red blood cells (RBCs), which make blood circulation normal in case of dehydration. 8. A healthy camel can survive up to seven months in the desert without drinking water. 9.  Camels are herbivores, which means they eat only plants. 10. Camels usually live for 40 to 50 years. Children's Park, a preschool is an exceptional childcare and education centre offering a truly premium early learning experience at Rockwall. Enable Ginger Cannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection or reload the browser Disable ...

How Children Learn to Read

Kids face a hard time to understand a language. While growing up, he understands the language automatically. As soon as the infant is born the process of learning the language begins. It is purely the kid's efforts coordinated with nature. We don't know how complex the process is but we can figure out its complexity when we make a kid read alphabets or words.  When we compare a kid's ability to learn a language with the learning to read the language, it can be concluded that both the processes are very difficult.   The first one is the natural one, while the latter is a manual skill that needs to be learnt.  Phonemic Awareness This is the first baby step towards learning to read. A verbal speech can be disintegrated two separate sounds. A single unit of sound is known as a phoneme. A child needs to develop phonemic awareness. Thereafter, they can decode sounds, identity, analyst and later manipulates words. Learning and Awareness of Alphabets  Need...

Must-Try Things When Your Kid Starts Reading

A young kid usually at the age of 4 to 5 starts reading. Sometimes it becomes too difficult to read and connect with the words. Of-course the school and teacher do their best efforts. But at home, you also need to put all your efforts for the best outcome. Sometimes we make mistake,  not understanding the IQ level of our kids. So the simple books from the school must be best designed best for your kids. Let your kids read and understand first. Here a few very simple ideas about how to help your kid in improving reading skill.  1. Read together every day If you read along with your child regularly, it will help your child to improve diction and pronunciation of the words very quickly. Some books are really hard to read. The child needs companionship. You can be the partner, a competitor and teacher at the same time. 2. Allow some reading alone time Try to read alone quietly. Let your child also read this way. It will save energy. The child will concentrate on reading and ...

The Nature and Science Behind The Seasons

Dear kids, you must have heard about different seasons. Every season is different. Every season is enjoyable. As you know seasons are of four types. They are winter, summer, spring and autumn. During winter and summer, you enjoy vacations. Spring you enjoy the greenery all around you. Nature grows itself during winter. Autumn is for picking up colorful leaves, playing and bicycle riding etc. There are 12 months in a year. Each season takes turn within 3 months. Winter Winter is the coolest season among all. It comes between autumn and spring. It starts with the years' shortest day. It ends with the arrival of the date when day and night both are equal. Summer Summer is the season when temperatures rise and the days are long. This is because due to the curve of the Earth. Some places receive the most sunlight. Spring Spring is the season after Winter and before Summer. Spring is a time when flowers bloom and trees begin to grow. The days grow longer a...

15 Cool Things For Kids To Read

Reading helps in promoting fluency and comprehension. Encourage your kids to read the back of a cereal box or any word or direction given for a new game. It will enhance their fluency. It is rightly said by Jamie Steiner, “The more you read, the more you want to read.” Remember that, home is a place where your kids can read without any limits. At home choice is vast. Here are 15 cool things for kids to read: 1. Let kids read the signs. It can be road signs, street signs, license plates, directional arrows etc. It is an advantage for all those kids who are visual learners, that is, they learn what they see. 2. Let kids read Comics. It can be newspaper strips, classic Comic books or graphic novels. It is an exceptionally effective way for kids who don’t want to read novels. 3. Make them read lists. Lists such as groceries, school supplies or any other to-do lists. Kids can help you in reading out the items in a list and cross off items and chores when completed. It helps those kids wh...