Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs By Tomie dePaola Tommy is four years old, and he loves visiting the home of his grandmother, Nana Downstairs, and his great-grandmother, Nana Upstairs. But one day Tommy’s mother tells him Nana Upstairs won’t be there anymore, and Tommy must struggle with saying good-bye to someone he loves. Updated with new, […]

Shamrock Shake Ingredients  Serves 2 ¾ cup milk (2% or whole) ½ cup vanilla greek yogurt 1 avocado ½ tsp  vanilla extract 1 cup spinach frozen 10 fresh mint leaves 2 TBS  honey ½-1 cup ice optional Instructions: 1. Add ingredients to your blender in the order listed. 2. Blend, starting on low speed and gradually increasing to high, until your mixture is smooth and homogenous. 3. Pour and […]

anemometer an-ih-MOM-ih-ter (Say thermometer, but replace ther with annie.) An anemometer is an instrument that measures wind speed and wind pressure. Scientists on Mt. Washington use an anemometer to tell how fast the wind is blowing.

On April 12, 1934, winds at the top of Mount Washington in New Hampshire blew at an astounding speed of 231 miles per hour. In honor of that, April 12 is called Big Wind Day. Another way of writing miles per hour is to simply use the first letter of each word: mph. To get […]

Rice Paper Wraps (sometimes called Summer Rolls) These are fun to make any time. Fill them with your favorite fresh vegetable and herbs. Serves 8 Ingredients: 50g rice vermicelli noodles 1 carrot, peeled 1 avocado, peeled and destoned ¼ cucumber sliced into very thin circles or sticks 8 rice paper wraps 8 peeled and cooked […]

English: fasting French: jeûne Spanish: ayunas German: fasten Italian: digiuna Arabic sawm ﺻَﻮﻡ Chinese: jìn shí 禁食

Fasting Going without food and drink on purpose for health or religious reasons. David is fasting today because he has a special medical test in the morning. His fast is only for two meals.

This Saturday evening (April 2, 2022) marks the beginning of Ramadan (RAWM-uh-dawn), a sacred month in the religion of Islam. Ramadan is one of the most important times of the year for Muslims. Muslims are people who follow the religion of Islam, which was founded by the prophet Muhammad back in the year 622. Their […]