Child Life articles from March 2000

Child Life archives from March 2000

Happiness.(poem)(Brief Article)(Poem)
March 1, 2000... OH, Mother, don't you love the wind? It circles round the hill, It makes my hair stand up on end, And makes my breath stand still! OH, Mother, don't you love the wind? It whistles, flying by, It makes umbrellas of my dress, And tumbles up...

Night Howls.(story)(Short Story)
March 1, 2000... The noise of he wind, roaring down the little valley between the hills, roused Edie and Lonny Mason as they slept. It was really not very late, but they had gone to bed early and it seemed late to them. "What's that?" asked Lonny, calling...

Widow McGinty's Goat.(game)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Widow McGinty and her son Mike are proud possessors of a fine goat. The goat has one bad habit: that of jumping from her pen and eating the widow's prize cabbbages. Mike and his mother spend most of their time herding the goat (whose name is...

The Basketball Mystery.(story)(Short Story)
March 1, 2000... Jean ducked into the old trunk, and clawed at the things in much the same fashion that Mugs, the Boston terrier, dug in the yard. Old sweaters, old hats, bundles, and bedclothes were scattered over the attic floor. Then she straightened up, and...

Happy Birthday, Basketball!(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... It was the summer of 1891. Canadian-born James Naismith had just become an instructor at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. He had been given a challenge: to invent a new sports game. The game had to be easy to learn and...

CHIPS CHUMS.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... 1 "Go home, Chip!" cried Betsy Ann from the top of her stilts. She thought it would be too much of a trip if he went along, too. 2 "Go home, Chip!" shouted Dick and Ted, when he tried to help them fly their kites and nearly went up in the...

Sauces.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... How well can you cook? That's a question we used to ask Grandmother very often. She'd answer, after thinking about all the things we've learned, "Well, you're getting on, my dears, you're getting on." Recently, though, she answered that...

An Apple a Day.(quiz)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... How apple-smart are you? 1. Who does an apple a day keep away? 2. Who planted apple tree seeds along the Ohio River? 3. What is the "Big Apple"? 4. What fairy tale character ate a poisoned apple? 5. Who shot an apple off...

Basketball Match-Ups.
March 1, 2000... Can you match up these basketball teams with their nicknames? Write the correct letter(s) of the nickname next to the team name. -- 1. Atlanta -- 2. Boston -- 3. Charlotte -- 4. Chicago -- 5. Cleveland -- 6. Dallas -- 7. Denver...

Dear Child Life:.
March 1, 2000... When I play hockey, I feel a definite passion for the sport. Hockey makes me "do" and "be" the best I can in order to achieve success. The "doing" part includes having strength, being a good listener, and always having to think quickly and...

Hair.(Poem)
March 1, 2000... Hair is soft and silky, too. It comes in many colors, like black, and even blue. You can wear it up, or even down. You can wear it with a smile or a frown. Horses have hair, and pandas do, too. A...

A Special Place.(Poem)
March 1, 2000... We played together every day; I loved you in every way. You were better than cats or polliwogs; You were my own little dog. One day, which made me want to hide, Sad to say, you had died. You were...

The Undone Chore.(Poem)
March 1, 2000... Joshua James Jeffrey Pierre Always refused to wash his hair. His hair was full of everything, Like gum and scum, Lice and mice, Dirt and torn T-shirts, Dust and crust, And bugs and lint from rugs. ...

Spring.(poem)(Poem)
March 1, 2000... The flowers bloom, the birds all sing, Bugs and beetles take to wing. Spring, spring, what a beautiful season, The flowers, birds, and bugs are the reasons I like it. Madeleine Davidson Carmel, New...

Limeys: The Healthy Sailors.(scurvy)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... The European explorers Columbus, Magellan, Hudson, DeSoto, Hawkins, and Drake were brave and daring men. There were many dangers facing them. The maps they used were not accurate. The sailors did not know where the strongest currents were, nor...

S-S-St. Patrick's S-S-Secrets.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Although we celebrate the Irish holiday of St. Patrick's Day every year on March 17, the real story started long before modern times--almost 1500 years ago with a teenage boy from Scotland named Succat. Succat was kidnapped and spirited...

FITNESS FARM NEWS.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Got hoop? We do--and we hope you and your basketball are well acquainted! Put your hoop skills to the test at the Tulip Time Scholarship Games In Indiana-polis, Indiana, on April 29, 2000. You could earn a college scholarship. If basketball's...

Meet Wendy the Word Wizard.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Wendy's dusting off her magic wand and getting ready to host the spelling bee at the Fitness Farm on April 29, 2000. For help studying these words, you can order a tape of Wendy pronouncing and spelling out each word. See the registration form...

Ask Doctor Cory.(Brief Article)(Column)
March 1, 2000... Dear Dr. Cory: Why do some people have birthmarks? Kailee Travis Prescott, Ontario, Canada Dear Kailee: Birthmarks are on your body when you are born. That is why they are called "birthmarks." They appear in many colors,...

March Marathon.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... HERE is a game for a blowy day in March, when you must stay in the house. Four people may play and they choose to be the Lion, the Weatherman, the Spring Elf, or the Lamb. (If two people are playing, the Lion and Weatherman are on one team...