Close your eyes and imagine you’re soaring over winding rivers and swaying wheat fields. You fly past golden plains and roaming buffalo, to a grove of tall pine trees and a massive stone mountain. But this isn’t just any mountain. If you look closely this mountain is...
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Bedtime HistoryHistory of Jules Verne for Kids
Close your eyes and imagine you step into the basket of a hot-air balloon. You grab the sides of the basket tight as the flame ignites, adding gas to the gigantic red balloon above you. The basket lifts off the ground and suddenly you’re floating in the air, moving...
History of the Transcontinental Railroad for Kids
When was the last time you saw a train? You may have seen one when your car was stopped and you had to wait to watch it pass. Or, maybe you’ve even taken a ride on a train. Trains are extremely important because they move goods and people from one place to another and...
History of King George VI of England
Close your eyes and imagine you’re flying across oceans and meadows, rolling green hills, and winding roads to a peaceful kingdom, the country of England. It’s the early 1900’s and England is a beautiful island with grand palaces, sleepy little towns, a king and...
History of the Pony Express for Kids
Can you imagine living in a time when there were no cell phones, email, and other electronic devices to communicate with friends and family members living far away? For a very long time, this is how everyone lived. Instead of making phone calls or sending texts or...
History of the Industrial Revolution for Kids
Listen to the audio Take a look around the room you’re in right now... Do you see many things that you or a family member made with their own hands? Maybe you have a special baby blanket that someone knitted for you, or a few art projects hanging on the wall, but I’m...
History of Rosalind Franklin for Kids & Families
Have you ever wondered why your hair is curly like your mother's, or you have freckles like your father? Or maybe your parents say you smile like your uncle, who you don't even see that much. All these things are related to your genes. Genes are the stuff inside your...
History of Maya Civilization for Kids
Close your eyes and imagine you are hiking through a thick jungle. You use a sharp machete to cut away the vines and leaves blocking your path. You step through deep mud and cross a busy stream, then cut through another wall of trees until you reach the clearing and...
History of Meteors and Meteorites for Kids
Have you ever looked up on a dark night and seen a light streak across the sky? Maybe it only lasted a split second, and you weren’t sure what you saw, but hoped it was a shooting star. Maybe you kept staring up, hoping to catch another one, until your parents finally...
History of Sandra Day O’Connor for Kids
Imagine the sky, stretching out clear and blue above you for what seems like forever. The desert landscape also seems to go on and on, with no houses or other buildings, not even a road as far as the eye can see, but hardly empty. You can see cactus plants, brush, and...