Teaching Kids to Read and Write

  A desert is a big stretch of land which gets very little rain. Deserts can be made up of sand or of stones or rock The Sahara Desert in North Africa is the biggest desert of all. In some deserts, the sand gets piled up into mounds by the wind. These mounds, which look like waves, are called dunes. Sometimes, strong winds whip the sand and dust up into sandstorms. When this happens, clouds of sand drift across the desert. There are tribes who live in the desert. They use camels to ride on and to help them carry things. That is why camels are sometimes called the ships of the desert. A camel stores fat in its hump. It can go without food or drink for a long time, while it uses up the store of fat. A camel can close its nostrils, which stops sand from getting up its nose in sandstorms. Deserts often look empty, but lots of animals do live there. There is not much shade or shelter from the sun, so animals hide and do not come out until it is cooler. Small animals, reptiles and insect...

  When we look up into the night sky, the Moon is the biggest thing we can see. In fact, the Moon is smaller than the Earth. The Moon looks so big because it is not as far away as the stars and other planets. There are nine planets that go around or "orbit" the Sun. Earth, the planet we live on, is one of those planets. It is the third planet from the Sun. The Moon orbits the Earth and, at the same time, it spins around too. It takes about 28 days for the Moon to spin around, and also for it to go around the Earth. Astronomers look at the Moon and stars and planets. Today, they have big telescopes that let them see things that are a long way away. The first astronomers did not have such good telescopes for studying the Moon. When you look at the Moon, you can see dark and light patches on it. The first astronomers mistook the dark patches for seas. They named them things like The Sea of Clouds and The Sea of Tranquility. The Moon does not have any seas. The dark patches are b...

  True or false: > We get day and night because the Earth spins. (     ) >The Earth spins around the sun. (     ) >The Earth is the source of light. (    ) > We can see in a dark room. (    ) >We should use recycling bins to throw our garbage. (    ) >We need to live in a clean environment. (     ) > We can throw litter everywhere. (     ) >Planting trees helps to keep the environment clean. (     ) >Throwing garbage in the river helps the animals to get enough food. (    ) >It takes one day to complete one rotation - The Sun is a human made source of light. (     ) >Electric lamp is a man-made source of light. (     ) >A shadow is formed on the same side of the source of light. (    ) > The moon is the most powerful source of light. (    ) __________________________________ https:...