Leap Day Facts for Kids | All About 29th February

Leap Day Facts for kids | All about the 29th of February is an educational video that helps us understand why and when leap year began. Here are just a few facts about Leap Year that you will watch in this kid friendly learning video: Leap Day Facts for kids: *A leap year comes once every four years. Because of this, a leap year can always be evenly divided by four *Some other countries use a lunar calendar (based on the moon, instead of the Sun, like our solar calendar is). They have leap years when they add an extra lunar month. Different calendars add the extra month in different ways. *The first traces of a 365 day calendar with a leap year was during the Egyptian Empire. The goal of the Egyptians was to create a calendar that was similar to the Solar Calendar which would allow them to keep their seasons on track *Caesar instituted a Leap Year once every four years to ensure the man-made and solar calendars would stay aligned *Different cultural calendars deal with leap year differently. The Chinese calendar adds a whole Leap Month every 3 years. The Tabular Islamic Hijri calendar has a 30 year cycle of 11 Leap Years have 355 days and then 19 years have 354 days. This is a great teacher resource for teachers in the elementary grades (kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade. Also a great resource for the homeschooling environment. #leapday #leapdayfactsforkids #29thFebruary