Apples and pears are both tree fruits, but they have different personalities. Apple trees tend to be a bit sturdier and more cold-hardy. Pear trees are pickier about their soil and need good drainage ...

The National Year of Reading is all about celebrating books and stories! It was created to help children, families and communities discover just how exciting reading can be. Schools, libraries, ...

We’re thrilled to be partnering with The Week Junior Book Awards 2026! As the awards return for another year, we’re getting ready to celebrate some of the very best books written for children and ...

We’ve made it a little tricky on purpose… If you need some help, those podcasts are a great start: ...

In order to burst through Earth’s gravity, a rocket needs to travel at 7 miles per second! That’s like running over 120 football fields in 1 second! The Apollo spacecraft reached a maximum speed that ...

There are always new games and competitions to play on the Fun Kids website. Never a station to disappoint, we’ve devised another tricky quiz to warm those brain-cells up! All you have to do is answer ...

We do loads of science stuff here at Fun Kids, from a weekly podcast to full animated series. This is no exception. Picking what toppings to go on your pizza is a carefully calibrated art and it can ...

150 years ago, the Black Country was one of the centres for coal mining in the UK. Mining was very dangerous work. Conditions in the mines were not pleasant. They were dark, cold, damp and it was very ...

Do you want to learn about fossils? Well you've come to the right place! Check out these 10 facts about fossils... Fossils are an incredibly fascinating and important part of our natural world. They ...

What are you dressing up as? Who or what are you dressing up for on World Book Day? There’s not long to decide: World Book Day is on... Pancake Day is a day ...

See the Pelicans get fed in St James Park in London. First introduced to the park in 1664 as a gift from the Russian Ambassador, over 40 pelicans have since called the park home. You can often see ...

The Fun Kids engineers were making some tweaks to Robot yesterday and managed to mess something up… Now he’s talking in nothing but emoji! We need your help to unscramble Robot’s ramblings so we can ...