KIDDIE KORNER

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Given the nature of some of our tags & other material, this thread is dedicated to our little ones............feel free to post tags,kids jokes & other things they may enjoy

with much love
auntie willow

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i'm gonna try to do something on all the states

fun facts about Arkansas

Arkansas is one of a few diamond producing states in America and the only public diamond mine in the world, Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro.

Did you know that forestland covers more than half of the state? Pine woods represent 54% and the remainder constitutes mixed hardwoods, predominantly Oak. Three national forests - the Ozarks, Ouachita, and St. Francis - make up over 2.5 million of these acres.

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HEY KIDS

you're never to young to learn about science
have mommy & daddy help you

MAKING AN INDOOR RAINBOW

items you will need

a mirror
bowl of water
a light

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Place the mirror in the bowl of water.

2. Hold the light over the mirror and water.

3. A rainbow should appear on the wall!

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Water is the only substance on earth that is lighter as a solid than a liquid.

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FUN FACTS ABOUT TENNESSEE

The city of Kingston served as Tennessee's state capital for one day (September 21, 1807) as a result of treaties negotiated with the Cherokee Indians. The two-hour legislative session passed two resolutions and adjourned back to Knoxville.

FUN FACTS ABOUT MISSOURI

The icecream cone was invented at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904 when an icecream vendor ran out of cups and asked a waffle vendor to help by rollin' up waffles to hold icecream.

FUN FACTS ABOUT MICHIGAN

Michigan has more than 3,000 miles of shoreline—that's longer than the distance from Maine to Florida.
Michigan is home to 116 lighthouses.

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FUN FACTS ABOUT NEW YORK

New York City has 722 miles of subway track.

Oneida has the world's smallest church with the dimensions of 3.5' X 6'.
The "New York Post" established in 1803 by Alexander Hamilton is the oldest running newspaper in the United States

FUN FACTS ABOUT KENTUCKY

Famous Kentuckians: Abraham Lincoln (US President), Kit Carson (scout), George Clooney • Johnny Depp (actors), Jefferson Davis (President of Confederacy), Crystal Gayle (singer), Naomi & Wynonna Judd (singers), Loretta Lynn (singer), Diane Sawyer (broadcast journalist), Casey Jones (locomotive engineer), Phil Simms (NFL), Steven Curtis Chapman (CCM artist), Nathan Stubblefield (inventor of radio)

Kentucky was the first region west of the Allegheny Mountains to be settled by American pioneers. James Harrod established the first permanent settlement at Harrodsburg in 1774. The following year Daniel Boone, who had explored the area in 1767, blazed the Wilderness Trail through the Cumberland Gap and founded Boonesboro.

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Detroit is known as the car capital of the world.

Alpena is the home of the world's largest cement plant.

Rogers City boasts the world's largest limestone quarry.

Elsie is the home of the world's largest registered Holstein dairy herd.

Michigan is first in the United States production of peat and

Magnesium compounds and second in gypsum and iron ore.

Colon is home to the world's largest manufacturer of magic supplies.

The state Capitol with its majestic dome was built in Lansing in l879.

Although Michigan is often called the ( Wolverine State )
There are no longer any wolverines in Michigan .

(However, one was spotted in 2007, so there are some.)

Michigan ranks first in state boat registrations.

The Packard Motor Car Company in Detroit manufactured the first Air-conditioned car in 1939.

The oldest county (based on date of incorporation) is Wayne in 1815.

Sault Ste. Marie was founded by Father Jacques Marquette in 1668. It is the third oldest remaining settlement in the United States

In 1817 the University of Michigan was the first university
Established by any of the states. It was founded by priests. Originally named Cathelepistemian and located in Detroit , the name was changed in 1821.

The university moved to Ann Arbor in 1841.

The city of Novi was named from its designation as Stagecoach Stop #6 or No.VI.

Michigan State University has the largest single campus student body of any Michigan university. It is the largest institution of higher learning in the state and one of the largest universities in the country. Michigan State University was founded in 1855 as the nation's first land-grant university and served as the prototype for 69 land-grant institutions later established under the Morrill Act of 1862.

It was the first institution of higher learning in the nation to teach scientific agriculture.

The largest village in Michigan is Caro.

Michigan's state stone, The Petoskey is the official state stone. It is found along the shores of Lake Michigan .

The Mackinac Bridge is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world.

Connecting the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan . It spans 5 miles over the Straits of Mackinac, which is where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron meet.

The Mighty Mac took 3 years to complete and was opened to traffic in 1957.

Gerald R Ford grew up in Grand Rapids and became the 38th president of the United States . He attended the University of Michigan where he was a football star. He served on a World War II aircraft carrier and afterward represented Michigan in Congress for 24 years.

He was also an Eagle Scout, the highest rank in Boy Scouts.

The Kellogg Company has made Battle Creek the Cereal Capital of the World.

The Kellogg brothers accidentally discovered the process for producing flaked cereal products and sparked the beginning of the dry cereal industry.

The painted turtle is Michigan 's state reptile.

The western shore of Michigan has many sand dunes.
The Sleeping Bear Dunes rise 460 feet above Lake Michigan . Living among the dunes is the dwarf lake iris the official state wildflower.

Vernor's ginger ale was created in Detroit and became the first soda pop made in the United States . In 1862, pharmacist James Vernor was trying to create a new beverage when he was called away to serve our country in the Civil War. When he returned, 4 years later, the drink he had stored in an oak case had acquired a delicious gingery flavor.

The Detroit Zoo was the first zoo in America to feature cageless, open-exhibits that allowed the animals more freedom to roam.

Michigan is the only place in the world with a floating post office.

The J. W. Westcott II is the only boat in the world that delivers mail to ships while they are still underway. They have been operating for 125 years.

Indian River is the home of the largest crucifix in the world. It is called the Cross in the Woods.

Michigan has the longest freshwater shoreline in the world

Michigan has more shoreline than any other state except Alaska .

The Ambassador Bridge was named by Joseph Bower, the person credited with making the bridge a reality, who thought the name ( Detroit-Windsor International Bridge ) as too long and lacked emotional appeal. Bower wanted to symbolize the visible expression of friendship of two peoples with like ideas and ideals.

Michigan has more than 11,000 inland lakes and more than 36,000 miles of streams.

Michigan has 116 lighthouses and navigational lights. Seul Choix Point Lighthouse in Gulliver has been guiding ships since 1895. The working light also functions as a museum, which houses early 1900's furnishings and maritime artifacts.

Forty of the state's 83 counties adjoin at least one of the Great Lakes .

Michigan is the only state that touches four of the five Great Lakes .

Standing anywhere in the state a person is within 85 miles of one of the Great Lakes .

Michigan includes 56,954 square miles of land area; 1,194 square miles of Inland waters; and 38,575 square miles of Great Lakes water area.

Sault Ste. Marie was established in 1668 making it the oldest town between the Alleghenies and the Rockies .

Michigan was the first state to provide in its Constitution for the establishment of public libraries.

Michigan was the first state to guarantee every child the right to Tax-paid high school education.

Four flags have flown over Michigan -- French, English, Spanish and United States .

Isle Royal Park shelters one of the largest moose herds remaining in the United States ...

Some of the longest bulk freight carriers in the world operate on the Great Lakes . Ore carriers 1,000 feet long sail Michigan 's inland seas.

The Upper Michigan Copper Country is the largest commercial deposit of native copper in the world.

The 19 chandeliers in the Capitol in Lansing are one of a kind and designed especially for the building by Tiffany's of New York . Weighing between 800-900 pounds apiece they are composed of copper, iron and pewter.

The first auto traffic tunnel built between two nations was the mile-long Detroit-Windsor tunnel under the Detroit River .

The world's first international submarine railway tunnel was opened between Port Huron , Michigan , and Sarnia , Ontario , Canada in 1891.

The nation's first regularly scheduled air passage service began operation between Grand Rapids and Detroit in 1926..

In 1879 Detroit telephone customers were first in the nation to be assigned phone numbers to facilitate handling calls.

In 1929, the Michigan State Police established the first state police radio system in the world.

Grand Rapids is home to the 24-foot Leonardo Da Vinci horse, called Il Gavallo. It is the largest equestrian bronze sculpture in the Western Hemisphere .

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10 FUN FACTS ABOUT HAWAII

1) Hawaii has eight main islands: Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe, and the “Big Island” of Hawaii.

2) Hawaii is the most isolated population center on earth. Hawaii is 2,390 miles from California; 3,850 miles from Japan; 4,900 miles from China; and 5,280 miles from the Philippines.

3) Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee.

4) More than one-third of the world’s commercial supply of pineapples comes from Hawaii.

5) From east to west, Hawaii is the widest state in the United States.

6) The Hawaiian Islands mountain range tops are the biggest in the world.

7) Honolulu’s zenith star (the star that rises directly above it) is named Arcturus. The Hawaiians called it Hokule’a (Hoo koo lay uh).

The first Asian-American in the U.S. Senate was Hawaii’s Hiram Fong. Senator Fong was descended from Chinese immigrants.

9) Hawaii was the 50th state admitted to the U.S. union on August 20, 1959.

10) Hawaii has its own time zone (Hawaiian Standard Time). There is no daylight savings time. Hawaiian time runs two hours behind Pacific Standard Time, and five hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

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FUN FACTS ABOUT WISCONSIN

Wisconsin visitors and residents enjoy the state's 7,446 streams and rivers.
End-to-end they'd stretch 26,767 miles. That is more than enough to circle the globe at the equator.

Wisconsin's Door County has five state parks and 250 miles of shoreline along Lake Michigan. These figures represent more than any other county in the country.

In 1882 the first hydroelectric plant in the United States was built at Fox River.

The first practical typewriter was designed in Milwaukee in 1867.

Wausau is the Gin-seng Capital of the World.

The American Birkebeiner, a 52K cross-country ski race between Cable and Hayward, is the largest on the North American continent.

Mount Horeb is the Troll Capital of the World and home to the Mustard Museum (see below.)

Noah's Ark in Wisconsin Dells is the nation's largest water-themed park.

The nation's first kindergarten was established in Watertown in 1856. Its first students were local German-speaking youngsters.

Wisconsin is the dairy capital of the United States.

The National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward is shaped like a Muskie.

The original Barbie is from Willows. Barbie's full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts.

Bloomer is the Jump Rope Capital of the World.

Milwaukee is home of Harley Davidson Motorcycles.

The first Ringling Brothers Circus was staged in Baraboo in 1884.

Somerset is the Inner Tubing Capital of the World.

Green Bay is Wisconsin's oldest city.

Two Rivers is the home of the icecream sundae.

The Republican Party was founded in Ripon in 1854.

The Hamburger hall of fame is located in Seymour.

Monroe is the Swiss Cheese Capital of the World.

Mercer is the Loon Capital of the World.

With an average of 2,500 performers, Milwaukee's Summerfest is the nation's largest music festival.

Mount Horeb's internationally known Mustard Museum holds the world's largest mustard collection. The museum contains more than 2,300 varieties of mustard. The museum celebrates National Mustard Day each August.

Eagle River is known as the Snowmobile Capital of the World.

Sturgeon Bay is the Shipbuilding Capital of the Great Lakes.

Sheboygan is the Bratwurst Capital of the World.

Green Bay is the Toilet Paper Capital of the World.

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NATURE CRAFT FOR KIDS

Grass Whistle
A grass whistle is quick for kids to make and fun to blow when you're out on a hike. It's among the easiest nature crafts for kids.

What You'll Need:

One blade of green grass
Two thumbs

Step 1: Put your thumbs together, and hold the blade of grass between them.

Step 2: Blow into the crack between your thumbs, so the air flows over the grass. You should hear a whistling sound.

Step 3: If you don't hear anything, move the blade of grass a little, and try again. You'll soon get the hang of it

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FUN FACTS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA

The Univ. of North Carolina Chapel Hill is the oldest State Univ/ in the United States.

In 1903 the Wright Brothers made the first successful powered flight by man at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk. The Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawks now commemorates their achievement.

Cape Hatteras is the largest lighthouse ever to be moved due to erosion problems.

The Univ. of North Carolina's mascot, the Tarheels, is a nickname for North Carolinians that supposedly came from the days when NC produced a lot of tar, and someone saw a set of footprints made by someone who had stepped in the tar.

Havelock is home of Marine Base "Cherry Point." It is the largest air base in the Marine Corps.

North Carolina is the largest producer of sweet potatoes in the nation. Students at one of the Wilson County schools petitioned the North Carolina General Assembly for the establishment of the sweet potato as the official state vegetable.

North Carolina has 1,500 lakes of 10 acres or more in size and 37,000 miles of fresh water streams.

Cherokee, N.C. is the headquarters for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians.

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FUN FACTS ABOUT ALABAMA

Alabama introduced the Mardi Gras to the western world. The celebration is held on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent begins.
Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon.

The world's first Electric Trolley System was introduced in Montgomery in 1886.

Alabama is the only state with all major natural resources needed to make iron and steel. It is also the largest supplier of cast-iron and steel pipe products.

Montgomery is the capital and the birthplace of the Confederate States of America

FUN FACTS ABOUT ALASKA

Alaska is larger than the next four largest states combined!

Alaska contains 17 of the 20 highest peaks in the United States.

Alaska is less than 3 miles from Russia! This is the distance between Big and Little Diomede Island.

The Malaspina Glacier near Yakutat is larger than the state of Rhode Island!

Kodiak Island is the 2nd largest island in the United States.

Mount McKinley (Denali) is the highest mountain in North America! The capital of Alaska, Juneau, has no road access to the rest of the state.

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FUN FACTS ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA

South Carolina was originally named after King Charles II of England.
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Carolina is a Latin form of Charles. Named to honor England's kings Charles I and Charles II and also France's king Charles IX.
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Venus Fly Traps primarily grow in South Carolina.
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South Carolina was first seen by a European, Francisco Gordillo, in 1521.
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South Carolina is where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
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In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.
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The Venus flytrap grows only along the coast of the Carolina. When a fly lands on this plant’s leaves, they snap close to trap the bug.

FUN FACTS ABOUT SOUTH DAKOTA

The faces carved into South Dakota's Mt. Rushmore belong to four presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. The carvings average 60 feet from the top of the head to the chin. That's taller than a four-story building.
The famous gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok was shot in the back in Deadwood, South Dakota. His friend Calamity Jane is buried beside him.
90 percent of South Dakota is covered with ranches and farms.
The Black Hills region of South Dakota—named because the region looks black from a distance—was the site of a late 1870s gold rush, which resulted in the forced removal of many of the area's native peoples.
The Crazy Horse Memorial, currently being created in North Dakota's Black Hills, will be the largest sculpture in the world when it is completed. The sculpture is a rendering of Oglala warrior Crazy Horse on horseback.
The exterior of Mitchell, South Dakota's Corn Palace is decorated each year with new murals, made entirely of corn and other grains and grasses grown in the area. It has been a tribute to South Dakota's farmers since 1892.
In South Dakota's Custer State Park, nearly 1,500 bison roam free—it is one of the world's largest publicly owned herds.
In 1973, the reservation town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, was occupied by 200 Sioux and members of AIM (American Indian Movement) to protest broken Indian treates and demand an investigation into the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The occupation lasted 70 days, and violence in the area continued for the rest of the decade.
Only 3 percent of South Dakota is forest.
South Dakota produces nearly 6 million metric tons each of corn and hay every year.

Why should you never iron a four leaf clover?

Because you shouldn't press your luck!

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Not sure if this is the right spot...but I do believe it was Ryan's birthday yesterday...sorry I'm late buddy. Hope it was as great as you!!!!

KIDDIE KORNER Bdaydoggie