Category: Fun Corner

  • Fairy Floss or Cotton Candy

    Fairy Floss or Cotton Candy

    There is a very cute fairy tale about how “fairy floss”, was made. There was once a little pink fairy in the fairyland that just could not stop running once she started. Once her mother was making a sweet and she put sugar on a hot plate. The little fairy was very impatient and she could…

  • All About Scuba Diving

    All About Scuba Diving

    Have you heard about Scuba diving? How is it different from simple diving where divers stay under the water by simply holding their breath? Here is how, in scuba diving, divers can stay underwater for a long time as they wear  special equipment. This kind of diving got its name from the equipment’s name that is…

  • The Witty Village Girl

    The Witty Village Girl

    Once there lived a young girl in a tiny village. Her father was a farmer. She was a very witty and a hardworking girl who helped her father with farming. One day her father was away and she was busy digging the land so that she could sow the seeds. While she was at work, a…

  • Why do We Shiver in Cold Weather?

    Why do We Shiver in Cold Weather?

    On a cold winter day if you aren’t wearing enough warm clothes you start shivering. It’s not something that you start voluntarily and even if you want to stop it, you can’t do much about it. Do you wonder why that happens? Shivering is an automatic movement of our body muscles. When we shiver our…

  • Henry Who Loved to Sleep

    Henry Who Loved to Sleep

    There was once a lazy boy Henry, he had a very hardworking mother. Now Henry was a nice and simple boy but there was one problem. He just could not stop sleeping. One day his mother got really angry and said , “Henry you have to go out and find work.” He loved his mother…

  • Where does all the Garbage go?

    Where does all the Garbage go?

    In answer to my question you’ll say that your in house garbage gets trashed in a huge community trash can and then on picked up by the trash collectors. But where does it go then? Very few of you that have noticed at all, know the next step. These big black garbage bags get loaded…

  • What is Olympics Opening Ceremony?

    What is Olympics Opening Ceremony?

    Every Olympics begins with a spectacular opening ceremony. The Opening ceremony starts with the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) welcoming the head of state of the host country at the entrance of the Olympic Stadium. For the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, Her Majesty the Queen will be welcomed by Jacques Rogge. Then, amidst…

  • All About Olympic Rings

    All About Olympic Rings

    With so much Olympics talk all around, You surely must have noticed those colorful rings – three on top and two under them and all of them interlaced. Do you know what these five rings are for? The five Olympic Rings represent the five continents – Africa, America, Asia, Australia, and Europe. You must be…

  • Car number plates..What do they mean?

    Car number plates..What do they mean?

    What is  written on this number plate? Does it mean anything or is it just scrambled letters and numbers? Have you ever thought about it? Let’s find out. Let us try to understand this first. Think about a big picnic where children from many schools have joined. Let’s say your school is ABC Public School…

  • Add two words, Get a new one!

    Add two words, Get a new one!

    In english language you must have often come across words that are made up of two words joined together. Can’t remember?? I will give you an example: Arm and Pit (A hole dug in the ground) are two different words, Right? Join them together to make a bodypart under your arm where it tickles a lot…

  • Candy on stick top – Lollipop !!

    Candy on stick top – Lollipop !!

    One candy that we all surely like is lollipop!! Isn’t it fun to slurp it until it becomes tiny enough to crunch and eat. Yummy!! You will be surprised to know this but even cavemen enjoyed this sweet treat thousands of years ago. They accidentally made lollipops by collecting honey from beehives with a stick. Not wanting…

  • A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed

    A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed

    Long time ago, there were two friends playing at the edge of the forest when one of them saw a bear. Without caring about his friend he ran off, climbed a tree and hid there. The other one tried to follow his friend but he could not hide in the small tree. Luckily he was…