Apps For Kids

Today is Single Tasking Day. Try to just do one thing at a time. I’m going to focus on being humble today, because it’s also Be Humble day. I’m not really perfect. I was wrong once in my life, when I thought I was wrong but I was really right!

Today is Walking The Dog Day. Dogs love to go on walks, even if they have big fenced-in yards. They want to smell what’s going on in the neighborhood! It’s also good exercise for you! Just remember to bring a plastic bag, and be a responsible poop-picker-upper. Nobody wants to step in that stuff!

Millions of bison used to roam across North America, before they were hunted nearly to extinction. Now they’re seldom seen outside of national parks, so residents of Hythe, in Alberta Canada, were surprised to see bison wandering through the streets! 15 bison had escaped from a trailer, and were having a look around town.

There’s a tree in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, that’s extremely poisonous. It’s called the manchineel, or tree of death. Also known as beach apple or poison guava, the fruit is lethal to eat. Even standing under it in the rain is dangerous, because the raindrops will collect sap and burn your skin!

For the last 19 years, Karimul Haque has run a free ambulance service. But he is the only driver, and his ambulance is attached to a motorcycle. Karimul lives in India, where some villages are so far from hospitals, that people have no way to get emergency medical treatment. He’s helped more than 5000 people!

Imagine how hard it is, to have all your classes taught in a foreign language. In some places around the world, entire populations were forbidden to speak their native language. UNESCO celebrates International Mother Language Day today, to encourage people to keep languages alive. Learn or teach a phrase in a different language today.

Dear Alexa, Happy Birthday! No, it’s not really my birthday. I’m just reading an old greeting card, because today is Card Reading Day! Find all the cards you’ve saved, and read them again while you eat a gooey, cinnamony sticky bun, because it’s also Sticky Bun Day! Try not to get your cards sticky.

10-year-old Mark Millar, from Northern Ireland, has set a world record. He created the longest loom band bracelet ever! The elastic band chain is 6292 feet long, and took him a year to make. Now he needs to find someone big enough to wear it! Meanwhile, he plans to start making the world’s longest paper-chain.

A person using a metal detector to look for treasure in Tennessee, found more than they expected. They came across an unexploded mortar from the World War 2 era. The round was detonated by a bomb squad, because it was too dangerous to move. That area had been used for training during the war.

The olm is a cave-dwelling amphibian. It’s a type of salamander with stubby legs and skin-covered eyes, that can live to be 100 years old! Scientists have been studying a group of olms in Bosnia-Herzegovina, over a period of 8 years. One olm was in the exact same spot, 7 years later! They can really conserve energy!