Kiddies

KIDS AND HEALTH

It's a good idea to always tell an adult if you get injured. You'll especially want to tell a parent or another adult if you cut yourself on something dirty or rusty, if you are bleeding, or if you get bitten or scratched (by an animal or a person!).

Bites and scratches may need special [...]

SHORT STORY

Sam was a greedy and a selfish man. He always desired to have lots and lots of money and never hesitated to cheat others to make money. 

Also, he never wished to share anything with others. He was so selfish that he would like to own everything for himself. 

The selfish man use [...]

QUIZ

A doctor who is specialised in treating children is called what?

Whose services do you need when your water pipes break?

What are the three colours of the traffic light?

What colour of the traffic light says stop?

Dollar is to the United States of America as what is to Nige [...]

RIDDLES

What can run but cannot walk?

I have been around for many years, but do not last more than a month, who am I?

I am an object; I have a neck but no head, who am I?

There’s something I have that I can’t share it, if I share it, I can’t have it, what is it?

H [...]

Did you know?

Did you know the world's first magnetic soap could be used to help clean up oil spills?

Did you know the farthest point from the centre of the Earth is on the top of Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador at 20,561 feet?

Did you know that at the equator the Earth is spinning at almost 1,000 m [...]

KID OF THE WEEK

Name: Gloria Eya 

Age: 9 years old

School: Government Primary School, Koroduma, Oneman village, Nassarawa State

Ambition: she wants to be a doctor

Likes: dancing 

KIDS AND HEALTH

If a wound is very long or deep or if its edges are far apart, then you may need stitches. The doctor will use some type of anesthetic on your skin to numb it (numb means you won't be able to feel anything there for a while). This numbing medicine might be applied directly or through a shot.

SHORT STORY

Before several centuries, there was a very large, dense and dark forest. A group of monkeys arrived at the forest. It was winter season, and the monkeys struggled hard to survive the freezing cold nights. 

They were hunting for fire to get warm. One night, they saw a firefly and considered [...]