Child Life articles from July 2006

Child Life archives from July 2006

Tessie and the butterfly.(Short story)
July 1, 2006... "Stoop. Pick. Stuff. That's all we do, all day long," Tessie muttered. She wiped her sweaty brow with her dress's ragged hem. "Stoop down. Pick the cotton. Stuff it in the sack. Sunup till sundown. Your whole life long." The long rows of...

What's ahead?
July 1, 2006... Pictured on this page are some of the signs you might see if you and your family travel on our nation's highways this summer. Even though these signs have no words, they are easy to understand. Study them carefully, then write the correct...

Crazy car games.
July 1, 2006... Do you ever get bored while riding in the car with your family? Why not play a game, including everyone except the driver? You'll be surprised how quickly the time passes!

Billboard bingo.
July 1, 2006... See who can go all the way through using the first letter of products advertised on billboards. Don't skip any of the letters! As you spot a product beginning with the letter you read, tell the other players so they will know how far ahead of...

Alphabet tongue twister.
July 1, 2006... Starting with the person behind the driver, have him call out a single letter. Immediately, the person to his right must make up a tongue twister sentence. All the words in the sentence must begin with the letter called out. The person who...

Looney license plates.
July 1, 2006... See who can be the first to spot ten of the fifteen license plates described below! 1. License plate from your home state. 2. License plate with red letters. 3. License plate with the letter Y. 4. License plate from the West...

The giant tomato.(Short story)
July 1, 2006... One warm spring afternoon, there was an old farmer named Farmer Bob. One day Farmer Bob decided that he wanted to grow some tomatoes on his farm. The next day Farmer Bob went to the store and bought a tomato plant. Farmer Bob planted the...

Bodies in motion: golf.
July 1, 2006... What if someone said this to you: "Nancy Lopez won the LPGA Championship, putting for eagles on eleven of the sixteen par fives and delivering a smashing chip shot on the 455-yard third hole. She sank a ten-footer after reaching the green with...

Bodies in motion: tennis.
July 1, 2006... It's tough to beat tennis as a sport that translates grace and finesse into speed and power. You don't have to be huge to hit huge strokes, and you don't need blazing speed to make the ball sizzle. That's because tennis is a game that calls...

A garden of possibilities.(Pesticide Safety)
July 1, 2006... Young gardeners should pay close attention to proper use of pesticides. Poison centers often receive calls about exposure to pesticides, and most of those calls involve kids. Pesticides are, of course, made for getting rid of pests. But...

Joy givers' club.(Poem)
July 1, 2006... Attention, poets! Send us your poems for our upcoming 2007 Poetry Contest. You can write about any subject you choose, but make sure your poem is 10-15 lines and printed on light paper. You can send them by snail mail at "2007 Poetry...

Another great day at the scholarship games!
July 1, 2006... It was another beautiful day in Indianapolis for the 16th Annual Tulip Time Scholarship Games. A total of 140 competitors from across the U.S. gathered on Saturday, April 22, for their chance to win college scholarships. Competitors came...

A class act: six-year-old wins second Jack and Jill Bee.(Shivani Angappan of Oregon )
July 1, 2006... Six-year-old Shivani Angappan of Oregon won the 2006 Jack and Jill National Spelling Bee at our Scholarship Games in April. After winning the six-and-under age group competition, she correctly spelled such tongue-tangling words as...

The ABCs of swimming safety.
July 1, 2006... Summer is about half over. What do you plan to do before school starts again? In one neighborhood, nine-year-old Bryan hopes to go camping with his dad and catch lots of fish. Erin, who is one year older, wants to practice her roller-skating...

Water safety word hunt.
July 1, 2006... Swimming is something most of us get to do only a few months each year. It can be lots of fun, but only if you follow all the safety rules. Below are some tips to help you have a safe, happy summer. Just unscramble the key words in each safety...

Independence day.
July 1, 2006... Choose the right answers and you'll spell out a special message! * If Paul Revere warned the colonists that the Chinese were coming, write R in boxes 4 and 18. If said the British were coming, write F in boxes 6 and 13. ** If the...

Angel on horseback.(Biography)
July 1, 2006... Mary Breckinridge was writing a letter near the fireplace in her big log home in Wendover when she heard a familiar call from outside her window. "Halloa, Aunt Matron! Sally needs ya!" Mary threw on her coat, grabbed her saddlebags...

Ask Doctor Cory.
July 1, 2006... Dear Dr. Cory: How do you catch diseases from other people? Alexis Inman, South Carolina Dear Alexis: When a person with an illness breathes, sneezes, or coughs, he or she sends out droplets into the air. If you breathe...

The wit and wisdom of Ben Franklin.(Poor Richard Says ...)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Have you ever heard the following saying? For want of a nail the shoe is lost. For want of a shoe the horse is lost. For want of a horse, the rider is lost. How about this one? The busy man has few idle visitors. To the boiling...

Land of the free.
July 1, 2006... Three cheers for the USA! Three cheers for liberty! Supply the missing parts; Each term begins with free. 1. Civil liberty FREE--- 2. A person enjoying liberty FREE--- 3. Poetry unhampered by fixed forms FREE----- 4. A shot...