First Nursery Rhymes Book
Tommy Thumb’s Pretty Song Book is the first nursery rhymes book to be published. Some of the oldest rhymes are ‘Pat-a-cake’, ‘To the market’, ‘Cock-a doodle-do’ and ‘Rain-rain go away’.
Category: World
First Children’s Picture Book
Orbis Sensualium Pictus is the first children’s picture book. Orbis Sensualium Pictus means world around us in pictures. The book had letters of alphabets and taught children how to pronounce the letters by copying the animal sounds. The book was published in Latin and German languages.
Oldest Musical Instrument
Flutes are considered to be the oldest musical instrument. The earliest flutes were made out of animal bones and had 2 or 4 holes.
The Connection Between Disney Characters and Gloves
Most of the Disney characters wear gloves because it makes animation simpler and also Walt Disney did not want his characters to have ugly animal’s hands.
Want to Grow Tall? Travel to Space
When astronauts travel to the space, their bodies stretch. When they come back to the earth, they are taller than the time they left.
Moonbows
A moonbow is also known as a moon rainbow or white rainbow. It is a rainbow produced by moonlight and not sunlight. Moonbows are not as bright as rainbows because of the lesser amount of light on the moon. Moonbow usually appears white in colour.
Most Watched Children’s Movie
Beauty and the Beast is a very popular fairy tale. It was a very popular and long-running television series. It was made into movies seven times. However, the most popular of these films is the one created by Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Barbie Dolls
The Barbie dolls are the most famous dolls. Barbie’s actual name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. The doll was designed by Ruth Handler. Ruth named the doll Barbie after her daughter Barbara. It was first introduced at a toy fair in New York on March 9th. The day is celebrated as Barbie’s birthday all over the…
Spider Silk
Have you ever watched Spider-Man jump from building to building holding on to spider silk and wondered, how come he never falls? It is because spider silk is stronger than steel. No wonder Spider-Man never ever falls down!
The Long and Short of It
Los Angeles is a city in the Southern California. But do you know that it has another name? Los Angeles’ full name is ‘El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciúncula’. A mouthful, right!