Child Life articles from May 2007

Child Life archives from May 2007

Poetry contest grand prize champion wins $2,000 college scholarship.
May 1, 2007... Children are natural poets. Blessed with a love of rhymes, words, and verse, our Grand Prize Poetry Champion is no exception. A gifted writer, ten-year-old Connie Li captures the majesty of spring as it wakes from a long winter's nap in her...

Battle on the mountain.(Short story)
May 1, 2007

Rocky mountain word climb.
May 1, 2007... These incomplete words are all about rock climbing. Can you spell them correctly? The clues will help you. RA--EL Clue! This is how to get from the top of a rock down to the ground. CL--- Clue! It's a steep rock. C-A-K...

A history of the tulip.
May 1, 2007... This issue, we celebrate the history of the beautiful tulip flower, the arrival of which we celebrate as the end of cold weather and the beginning of warm. People love tulips for their beautiful mix of colors and cheerful appearance,...

In Summer.(Poem)
May 1, 2007... In Summer I like to say it slowly--summertime And softly, like the middle of a rhyme That doesn't really think about just where It's going. It's a rhyme that's--well, that's there, And glad to be, that's all. In...

Stories from the nineteenth century.(Short story)
May 1, 2007... The following four stories come from an old book of the late nineteenth century. These were the sort of stories that parents used to read to their kids. THE LITTLE BEGGAR IN a pretty country village about six miles from London, where,...

Learning your ABD's.(good stuff)(Dinosaur Alphabet by Harry S. Robins)
May 1, 2007... RHOETOSAURUS often wielded Muscular and massive tail, From the big meat-eaters shielded By this bony club and flail. That's "D," as in "dinosaur." Designed as a traditional alphabet book with gnomic verses accompanying each letter,...

The bathtub boom.
May 1, 2007... Can you imagine your doctor warning anyone that taking a bath could be unhealthy? In the early 1800s, many doctors thought that bathtubs were carriers of germs, so they advised against their use. The doctors' advice could not have been based on...

Joy Givers' Club: more superpoems from the 2007 poetry contest.(Poem)
May 1, 2007... Crystal A crystal of snow is a wonderful thing With texture as thin as a dragonfly's wing With crystals that drop like a spider web's string A crystal of snow is a beautiful thing. A crystal of snow...

All the president's moms.(Pencil PAGES)(List)
May 1, 2007... Each Hay we honor art mothers on Mother's Day. (This gear, it's May 13.) Below. we've listed the names in alphabetical order of the mothers of art U.S. presidents who were elected and began sewing during the previous century only. In the next...

Microwave fruit snacks.(CHILD LIFE KITCHEN)
May 1, 2007... These quick, healthful, baked-fruit recipes are perfect for snack time or dessert. And they couldn't be easier to make! Baked Sweet Pears What you need: 2 fresh Bartlett pears 1/4 cup orange juice 1 tablespoon raisins 1/4...

A new forest for smokey bear.(Yellowstone park, forest fires)
May 1, 2007... Fierce, glowing flames leaped, crackled, and soared 300 feet high. The sun looked like an eerie orange ball in the smoke-filled sky. Trees crashed to the forest floor. Huge rocks actually exploded from the heat. Was this a scene from an...

Ask Doctor Cory.(Column)
May 1, 2007... Dear Dr Cory: I think I have head lice. Even after taking a shower today and washing my hair really well, my scalp really itches. Do you think I have lice, or is it just that I am not washing my hair as well as I should? Also, why does my...

Mountain jam.
May 1, 2007... The names of some of America's great mountain ranges (right) are found in the puzzle below. Can you find them? These are written up, down, forward, backward, and diagonally. Adirondack Alaska Allegheny Appalachian Brooks...