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Hanukkah Facts for Kids
Hanukkah facts for kids: when Hanukkah 2026 starts, the Maccabees, the Talmud’s story of the oil, the hanukkiah, dreidel letters, latkes and…
Macaroni Penguin Facts for Kids
Macaroni penguin facts for kids: golden crests, deep krill dives, two eggs but one chick, huge colonies, and why this Vulnerable penguin…
Solar System Facts for Kids
Solar system facts for kids: the eight planets in order, how long sunlight takes to reach each one, Saturn’s 293 moons, Pluto’s…
Tiger Facts for Kids
Tiger facts for kids: how many tigers are left (2023), the two subspecies experts now recognise, why stripes work like fingerprints, and…
Little Blue Penguin Facts for Kids
Little blue penguin facts for kids: the smallest penguin, why it may be two species, what it eats and the Phillip Island…
Diwali Facts for Kids
Diwali facts for kids: when Diwali 2026 is, the five days, what Hindus, Sikhs and Jains celebrate, and diyas, rangoli, sweets and…
Penguin Facts for Kids
Penguin facts for kids: how many types of penguins there are, where they live, the biggest and smallest, pebble nests and why…
Day of the Dead Facts for Kids
The Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, is a festival from Mexico held on 1 and 2 November. Families…
How to Make a Stone Age Weapon
To make a Stone Age weapon, people chose stone that breaks cleanly, such as flint. They chipped it into a sharp point,…
Bat Facts for Kids
These bat facts for kids start with the basics. Bats are the only mammals capable of true flight, and their wings are…
Ancient Egypt Facts for Kids
Ancient Egypt was a kingdom along the River Nile in north-east Africa. It lasted about 3,000 years, from around 3100 BC until…
T. rex Facts for Kids
T. rex, short for Tyrannosaurus rex (“tyrant lizard king”), was a giant meat-eating dinosaur that lived about 68 to 66 million years…
Dinosaur Facts for Kids
Dinosaur facts for kids start with one surprise: dinosaurs are not all extinct. They were reptiles that stood with their legs straight…
Why Is the Sky Blue?
The sky is blue because air scatters blue light more than red. Sunlight is a mix of every colour. Blue light travels…
Moon Facts for Kids
These Moon facts for kids start with the basics. The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite, a ball of rock about 3,480…
Anaconda Facts for Kids
Anacondas are giant, water-loving constrictor snakes from South America. The green anaconda is the heaviest snake in the world, reaching up to…
Capybara Facts for Kids
Capybara facts for kids: the world’s largest rodent, where it lives, how it swims and hides underwater, what it eats, its friendly…
Saturn Facts for KS2
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest in the solar system. It is a gas giant made…
Dragonfly Facts for Kids
Dragonflies are fast-flying insects with long bodies, huge eyes and four see-through wings. There are about 3,000 species, living near fresh water…
Hedgehog Facts for Kids: Spines, Diet and Babies
A hedgehog is a small, spiny mammal that hunts beetles, worms and other small creatures at night. The West European hedgehog has…
