Child Life articles from June 1997

Child Life archives from June 1997

The pool. (poem)
June 1, 1997... The river has a little pool Where I can splash about and swim. The water there is slippery cool And down below the stones are dim. My head is just beside the bank, And things are there I seldom see, The roots...

Life line relay race. (short story)
June 1, 1997... It really was a perfect summer. Toppo, the world-famous clown, whose retirement from circus life had brought him to the village to live, had thought of the plan to make the shores of Pine Lake a playground for the children. The little lake was...

Muggins mouse at the seashore. (poem)
June 1, 1997... Once Muggins Mouse was playing A game of whisker-tap And stopped to climb inside a pail To take a little nap. For he saw sand and sand in front And sand behind his tail And sand on both sides of his ears--It turned his whiskers pale! ...

Healthful recipe contest.
June 1, 1997... It's summertime! Now that school's out, you have time to make and eat anything you want. While you're in the kitchen, cook up something for us. If you can come up with a tasty and healthful dish, you just might win fame and fortune for your...

Fruit salad in orange baskets. (recipe)
June 1, 1997... Fruit salad prepared in this way makes a summer meal quite festive. If you want your salad to look more fancy, you can make basket handles from twists of orange crepe paper. Or, you can cut strips of peeling from another orange to make...

The adventures of Andy. (fiction)(part 5)
June 1, 1997... WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE Andy--or Andromeda as she was known before she lost her job and half of her name--is peeved. Her little girl has just been married. And Andy feels as grumpy and ill-used and lonely as a snubnosed doll can feel. So...

EMail for kids.(Evaluation) (Software Review)
June 1, 1997... by ConnectSoft, Inc. $29.95 U.S. CD-ROM compatible with Windows 3.1x or Windows 95 If you wish e-mail were easier to understand and more fun, check out EMail for Kids. You can send messages through five brightly colored animated worlds,...

Little Men.
June 1, 1997... by Louisa May Alcott Little, Brown $7.95 U.S./$8.95 Canada Were you sad when you finished reading the classic story of Little Women? So were the kids who first read it in 1868.They clamored so loudly for more that Miss Alcott wrote Little...

Jo's Boys.
June 1, 1997... by Louisa May Alcott Little, Brown $7.95 U.S./$8.95 Canada Were you sad when you finished reading the classic story of Little Women? So were the kids who first read it in 1868.They clamored so loudly for more that Miss Alcott wrote Little...

Studious Stella. (short story)
June 1, 1997... "I wish I could learn to read," sighed Stella, chewing a mouthful of mud. "It is so ladylike to be educated." Stella was a steam shovel and made her living eating dirt. She had several bad habits, such as smoking and using wrong grammar,...

A secret place.(poem)
June 1, 1997... I will lead you to a place Where my imagination is beyond And my thoughts are quite fond. It is a place where your imagination rules, Where there are no ghosts or ghouls, A place where you can...

Full moon.(poem)
June 1, 1997... I love the full moon. I like to watch the dark sky And the stars go by. Heather Dittmer Brandenburg, Kentucy

Color.(poem)
June 1, 1997... If I were red, I'd be an apple ripening in the orchard or maybe even an old farmer's barn. If I were orange, I'd be a goldfish swimming in the waters deep, or, better yet, a marigold beautiful as can be. ...

The catch of the day.(poem)
June 1, 1997... Casting a steel rod Into a glistening stream, Seizing the big one. Katie Van Vorhis Boise, Idaho

A piece of my heart.(poem)
June 1, 1997... Friendship is a piece of my heart... Constantly changing like a blooming butterfly. With every friend I gain... my heart grows a little bigger, the beat a little stronger. With every friend I...

Dawn.(poem)
June 1, 1997... As the sun comes out And the mountains awake, The quietness lies still. Erin Packee Appleton, Wisconsin

Where does the butterfly go when it rains?(poem)
June 1, 1997... The butterfly could go to the meadow In the forest under leaves; Butterflies may go anywhere they please. Butterflies go under petals and flowers, even in trees. Butterflies go to the farm, into the...

A spring day.(poem)
June 1, 1997... The birds perch on weeping trees, And around sweet flowers buzz little bees. Fish swim in sparkling lakes, And along the grass slither slimy snakes. Sunflowers lean toward the sun; In...

Kids connect via e-mail. (electronic mail etiquette; electronic mail pen pals)
June 1, 1997... Ten-year-old Anne Rushing has loved sharing letters with kids from all over the world almost as long as she's been able to sign her name."l enjoy writing to pen pals," she says on her World Wide Web page. When she discovered computerized...

Amazing iodine. (benefits of iodine in the body)
June 1, 1997... One morning in 1905, a bright young doctor was walking to Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. It was his first day on the job. Even though he was excited, he began to notice something strange. Many of the neighborhood dogs had big, swollen...

I get headaches when I swim. My older sister says it's my long, thick hair that causes me to get my headaches. My mom says it's the pressure from the water when I jump off the diving board, go under, and pull myself to the surface. Can you please tell me what causes them? Thank you!(Ask Doctor Cory)
June 1, 1997... Dear Dr. Cory: I get headaches when I swim. My older sister says it's my long, thick hair that causes me to get my headaches. My mom says it's the pressure from the water when I jump off the diving board, go under, and pull myself to the...

One day at school we were coming in from recess. Suddenly I had a very painful sting in my eye. My friend and I then went to the school nurse and she put some eye drops in my eye. The eyelash then slipped out like magic. I was wondering if there was an easier way of getting an eyelash out of your eye.(Ask Doctor Cory)
June 1, 1997... Dear Dr. Cory: One day at school we were coming in from recess. Suddenly I had a very painful sting in my eye. My friend and I then went to the school nurse and she put some eye drops in my eye. The eyelash then slipped out like magic. I...

I chew gum a lot, and when I'm done chewing it, I always swallow it. Everybody tells me it's not good for me. I just wanted to ask you if it's healthy or not. What happens when I swallow my gum?(Ask Doctor Cory)
June 1, 1997... Dear Dr. Cory: I chew gum a lot, and when I'm done chewing it, I always swallow it. Everybody tells me it's not good for me. I just wanted to ask you if it's healthy or not. What happens when I swallow my gum? Susan Bently Cicero, New...