Floor painting is done... during Diwali to welcome goddess lakshmi (according to hindu mythology) and it is called Rangoli.

Mukund K, India

Hannah, Jose, and Carla were hanging out at Henry's house during a hot summer day. The doorbell rang and a package was delivered with no labels or stamps. The kids were kind of bored so they decided to guess what was in the box. Each kid guessed, but ONLY ONE OF THEM was right.

Hannah said, "It's a laptop computer ." Jose said, "No way, it's a pizza." Carla said, "I think it's either a picture or picture frame or maybe a laptop. "It's a picture frame for sure," said Henry.

What WAS in the box?

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- Laptop computer

- Picture or Picture Frame

- Pizza

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Source: Lowell House, Brain Games, p.28, Discovery Education

It's Monsoon Season

Monsoons are the drenching summer rains that come to India and Southern Asia. Almost half of the world's population lives in areas affected by the monsoons.

Farmers depend on them for their crops, which feed hundreds of millions of people in the country. Too much or too little rain from the monsoon can mean disaster in the form of famine or flood. Monsoons also bring massive destruction across the country. Flooding, house collapses and other rain-related incidents kill thousands of people each year. Just this past week a bridge collapsed due to flooding in Orissa state.

The monsoons are responsible for almost 90 percent of India's water supply. The rains usually last until September.

Are you from India? Tell us more about your monsoons!

What is it like to live in any place with such powerful weather?