The ancient Greeks thought of seven as a shape with seven sides and seven corners. Such a shape is called a heptagon, which means "seven corners." Seven seemed like a special, magical number to...
Nature Crafts
Nature crafts are collector crafts! All year round, all round the world, nature offers things you can use for craft projects. On sunshiny spring and summer days, look for sea shells as you walk...
The Feast of Lights
Hanukkah On the stove, crisp potato pancakes sputter in a skillet. In a corner, children spin square tops on the floor. On the table, candles twinkle in a candleholder. It's Hanukkah nu kah), the...
A shining salute
Days in Spain Every year, in August, the city of St. Augustine, Florida, has a birthday party that lasts for four days. It is called \"Days in Spain," because the city was settled by people from...
The month of Augustus
August is the eighth month of the year. It has thirty-one days. In ancient Roman times, when the year began in March, August was the sixth month and had thirty days. This month was called Sextilis,...
Different calendars
The calendar you use every day isn't the only kind of calendar. There are others. The Hebrew, or Jewish, calendar is used to fix the dates of the Jewish religious year. It follows both the moon and...
The Changing calendar
People made the first calendars by dividing a year into twelve \"moons," or months. But they had a problem. A year is the time it takes the earth to travel once around the sun. This comes to about...
Twelve months make a year
> Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; All the rest > have thirty-one, Except February alone, And that has twenty-eight days > clear And twenty-nine in each leap year. > > Old...
Seven days make a week
Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace, Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go, Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard...
Holiday Time
All kinds of holidays Hurray, it's a holiday! Many holidays are days when you don't have to go to school and grown-ups don't have to go to work. These are often fun-filled days when your family...
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