Author: Kinooze Learning

  • 204th Birthday of Louis Braille

    204th Birthday of Louis Braille

    How do you think the blind people read? Yes, they can read too!! They read by tracing their fingers over bumps on paper called raised dots. Each set of bumps means something. This special system for reading and writing is called Braille. Do you know who invented it? Braille was created by a French man…

  • China Restricts Use of Internet

    China Restricts Use of Internet

    Chinese goverment has imposed limitations on the use of internet by its people. The internet is often used as a medium to expose corrupt goverment officials. Chinese citizens often voice their criticisms by writing on the internet. They also use it to collect big crowds to have mass protests. Many Chinese people are not happy and believe that the…

  • How All Babies are Different?

    How All Babies are Different?

    Have you ever seen a new born bear’s cub? It is so tiny that it can fit in the palm of your hand.  In one year it would be as powerful as mama bear. It would be able to hunt on its own and defend itself. It would be all grown up in one year. Consider a kangaroo‘s…

  • Alaska in Deep Freeze

    Alaska in Deep Freeze

    While the global warming is melting the world, Alaska’s ice is becoming thicker and colder. Since the beginning of the 21st century, temperatures in Alaska are reportedly going down to 50 degrees below zero. Scientists are bewildered so as to why the temperatures at the Northwest US state are dropping? Some researchers believe that ocean phenomenon,…

  • Ghana says No to Used Fridges

    Ghana says No to Used Fridges

    Ghana’s New Year begins with a resolution to reduce energy consumption and to protect the environment. In order to implement this resolution Ghana has put a ban on the import of second-hand refrigerators. The old fridges have chemicals called Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) which are harmful for the Earth’s ozone layer. However, a lot of people are poor and…

  • New Year Message by North Korea’s Leader

    New Year Message by North Korea’s Leader

    The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un  made a very rare television appearance on new year’s eve. In his speech, Kim Jong-un suggested that North Korea will work hard to end the confrontation with South Korea. He also said that there was an immediate need to improve the country’s economy. North Korea launched a long-range missile last…

  • A Big Cluster of Islands

    A Big Cluster of Islands

    Many a times islands are formed close to each other in large clusters. This group of islands is called an archipelago. It is pronounced as ahr-kuh-pel-uh-goh. Tricky huh! say it a few times, and you will get it :) Did you know that even the smallest archipelago has about thousand islands!! So what possibly creates…

  • What Is RainWater Harvesting?

    What Is RainWater Harvesting?

    Can you guess what we are talking about? If I ask you what is the true wealth that humans need to protect, you might say lots of money in the bank or diamonds. But have you ever thought that our true wealth is the source of our existence. Without it, we  cannot survive. Hmm! Now…

  • Who Saved The New Year?

    Who Saved The New Year?

    (This thrilling story is written by our young reader Arusha, who is eight years old) It was New Year eve and Flora was excited. She turned on the television to see some headlines. But she was shocked to see what was on. On the television it was flashing ‘Aliens Conquering earth, world will be finished tomorrow…

  • Two Best Friends

    Two Best Friends

    (This cute story is written by our young reader Esha, who is eight years old) Once there lived a girl named Nancy. She had a friend Lily who lived next door. Nancy had a secret tree-house where only she and Lily could play. Nancy had a doll that she did not want to share with anybody. One…

  • World 2012

    World 2012

    As we begin the countdown for the new year let us turn back and see what happened in the world last year. Biggest disappointment was the worst power outage in world history, the 2012 India blackouts left 620 million people without power. The most daring act was by Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner becomes the first…

  • Earth 2012

    Earth 2012

    The most amazing thing that happened in 2012 was that the world did not end. Our beautiful planet Earth still exists. If there is one thing that we have learnt from the Mayans it is that if you don’t finish anything that is not the end of the world. Ha! Year 2012 saw some startling discoveries…