Kids’ Korner Back to school fun facts

1. In the Color Census of 2000, blue was voted the favorite crayon color. Tan, tumbleweed and spring green, on the other hand, were voted the worst.

2. Approximately 480,000 yellow school buses carry 25 million U.S. children to and from school every weekday.

3. Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school. 2.4% of school-aged children are considered to have it, on an international level.

4. The average classroom pencil can write approximately 45,000 words (or draw a line that is 56 kilometers long). That’s a long life!

5. The biggest school in the world (in terms of students, not area) is the City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, with over 60,000 students and 4,500 staff members across 21 campuses.

6. By the time a little child turns 10, he/she will have worn down approximately 730 crayons and will have spent about 28 minutes per day coloring.