Child Life articles from April 1996

Child Life archives from April 1996

Rick Spears, dino-builder.(man who sculpts dinosaurs for a museum)
April 1, 1996... People have gazed up at dinosaur skeletons for more than one hundred years, wondering what huge creatures really looked like. And for just as long, museums have been magically reconstructing the bony puzzles to give visitors a look at ancient...

Dinosaur dinner.(recipe for lunch in the style of dinosaurs)
April 1, 1996... How would you like to feast like a ferocious beast? This quick dinosaur dinner has sandwiches for all of you carnivores, salads for the herbivores, and soup to slurp it down with. You Need: Bread Leaf lettuce...

I'm growing.(poem)
April 1, 1996... "Oh my, how you are growing!" Is a phrase I often hear. But exactly how it happens Is not exactly clear. What makes growing happen? I ask grown-ups that I know. But they simply can't remember Since it happened years ago. I look into the...

Dinner on the wing.(bats eat insects that are pests to humans)
April 1, 1996... Swat! Slap! Scratch, scratch! Summer's coming, and soon bugs will be everywhere. When you reach for the nearest bottle of insect repellent, remember things could be a lot worse if not for a small, flying mammal--the bat. In one night, a single...

Bat facts.(information about bats)
April 1, 1996... * There are nearly 1,000 different kinds of bats in the world. Forty different kinds are found in the United States. * The only places in the world where bats are not found are the North Arctic and the Antarctic (by the North and South Poles),...

Lago! lago!(how to play a Haitian hiding game)
April 1, 1996... "Lago! Lago! Wolf! Wolf!" Haitian children who speak Creole (a mixture of Old French and African) shout this when they play the hide-and-chase game of Lago, Lago (LAH-go LAH-go). They play it outside, usually at twilight. The dim light creates a...

Easter eggs straight from the hen.(chickens that lay colored eggs)
April 1, 1996... If you found a basket of blue, green, and pink eggs, you might think it was Easter time. But some lucky farmers can collect "Easter" eggs all year long because of a special kind of chicken that lays colored eggs. These chickens, called...

When I run hard and get out of breath, I can hear my heart. One time my little brother scared me really bad, and I heart it then, too. Why do I hear my heart when I am scared or out of breath?(Ask Dr. Cory)
April 1, 1996... Dear Dr. Cory: When I run hard and get out of breath, I can hear my heart. One time my little brother scared me really bad, and I heard it then, too. Why do I hear my heart when I am scared or out of breath? Rikkila Moore Columbia,...

Sometimes I get really sharp pains in my chest near my heart. It is so bad I can't breathe that well. My mom says they're growing pains. What should I do? Is it serious?(Ask Dr. Cory)
April 1, 1996... Dear Dr. Cory: Sometimes I get really sharp pains in my chest near my heart It is so bad I can't breathe that well. My mom says they're growing pains. What should I do? Is it serious? Tabitha Barker Sneads Ferry, North Carolina Dear...

My knuckles crack so easily that cracking them has become a bad habit for me. Is it true my fingers will be in bad shape when I grow up if I don't stop? Why do my knuckles crack so easily?(Ask Dr. Cory)
April 1, 1996... Dear Dr. Cory: My knuckles crack so easily that cracking them has become a bad habit for me. Is it true my fingers will be in bad shape when I grow up if I don't stop? Why do my knuckles crack so easily? Sarah vonSchwedler Bolingbrook,...

Can you make it to the fitness farm?(1996 Tulip Time Health and Fitness Scholarships Day activities information)
April 1, 1996... We're counting on you to join us for this year's Tulip Time Health and Fitness Scholarships Day on April 27! The Fitness Farm is located at 2345 W. 44th Street, Indianapolis. Shuttle buses start running at 11:15 a.m. Eastern Standard Time....

Remembering the 1940s: war!(how 'Child Life' published stories about children during World War Two)
April 1, 1996... In the 1940s, the world was I suddenly at war! Parents had the newspaper headlines and the radio (but no television) to tell them about the gunfire and bombs falling in England and France. Child Life readers had letters from children who were...

The dancing crocodile.(poem)
April 1, 1996... A merry musician wandered once On the banks of the river Nile; Imagine his fright, when there hove in sight A monstrous crocodile. The merry musician shook with fear. He shivered from hat to shoe. "You are ever so kind, but if you don't mind...

Build for birds.(how to make bird houses)
April 1, 1996... You can build a good birdhouse from ends of lumber--pine, cypress, yellow poplar--or from grocers' wooden boxes. Take boxes apart carefully, prying and pulling out nails. Do not bend them. A WREN HOUSE. Use the smooth side of the wood for the...

It's fun to stay at home.(photos and home recreation ideas for children published in 'Child Life' during World War Two)
April 1, 1996... There won't be so much traveling this year, since our Government needs trains and buses for many emergencies, and wants us to conserve tires. But nobody who stays home is going to be disappointed, for our own neighborhoods are full of interest if...

My new pet gnu.(poem)
April 1, 1996... That night I read my favourite book, When the snake in bitter rage, Slithered over to my side And rudely turned the page. 'Twas then I knew my new pet snake Would never, never do, So I returned to the pet shop To trade him for gnu. I bought...