Child Life articles from October 2000

Child Life archives from October 2000

BILL, PONY EXPRESS RIDER.(Buffalo Bill)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Out of a great cloud of dust burst a young horseman. His horse raced for the "soddy," a building made of earth or sod, standing all alone on the barren prairie. Young Bill leaped from the saddle and sprinted to the water barrel for a quick...

Horsey Fraction-Nitions.
October 1, 2000... A "fraction-nition" is a definition of a word hidden as a part, or a fraction, of other words. To solve the riddle, read each clue and select the letters you think are correct. Enter them on the line below. We've started the first one for you....

Patsy's Horse Show.(Short story)(Fiction)
October 1, 2000... Patsy Prowse was an English girl with an ambition big enough for a girl twice her size and much older than her ten years. It was a secret ambition, one that she had never told to anyone, not even to Nanny, the old nurse whom she adored. She had...

Applesauce Muffins.(Brief Article)(Recipe)
October 1, 2000... This month we are going to bake muffins. Long ago, recipes used unhealthy amounts of sugar and butter. Now we can use substitute ingredients that make moist, fresh-tasting muffins that taste just as good and are better for you. It may seem like...

CHIP'S CHUMS.(Short story)(Brief Article)(Short Story)
October 1, 2000... Ted's dad, Chip, and his chums went nutting. Towards lunchtime, a storm came up and they hurried to the old cabin which Betsy Ann said looked haunted. Betsy Ann and Chip were left inside to prepare the lunch while the others hurried to...

Build a Horse Costume.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... With a stable of these bluebloods, you can ride to the hounds, hold a steeplechase, or play polo. And in a backyard circus, you will be all set for bareback riding and other shows. Figure 1 is a picture of the completed skeleton of a...

THANKSGIVING.(Poem)(Poem)
October 1, 2000... I am so thankful for the [trees] the humming [birds] and buzzing [bees]. And for the [stars] that twinkle bright, and [sun] that makes the daytime light. Im thankful for the garnered [??], the whispering winds and silvery [rain], for rill...

The Adventure of the Seven Keyholes.(Part 4)(Excerpt)(Short Story)
October 1, 2000... WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE Grandpa Fairfax had willed a big brass key to Barbara--a big brass key to seven mysterious keyholes in the dilapidated Fairfax mansion on Pine Point. The most important of these was the seventh keyhole, according to...

Joy Givers' Club.(Poems)(Poem)
October 1, 2000... Nightmare A big purple monster with razor-like claws Tried to eat me with his dagger-like jaws. I ran around a corner only to see A green T-Rex who tried to eat me. A pink Long-Neck almost ...

Number Nuts.
October 1, 2000... These number searches are tough "nuts" to crack. Look up, down, across, and diagonally. If you find them all, you're a champ! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ANSWERS [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

DODGE CITY DOCTOR.(Dr. Samuel Crumbine campaigns against flies)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Can you imagine being paid for dead flies? Back in 1915, children in a town in Kansas were paid a penny for every fly they brought in. There were special prizes, too. It was part of a statewide campaign to get rid of flies. In ten weeks, thirty...

Wild West Beasties.(Websites focusing on animals in American life)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... In the 1800s, when the Old Wild West was new, animals helped their human pioneer families blaze the dusty trail. Whether they were mustangs or dogs, these four-legged mammals really made a difference on the path to American history. Did...

Marvelous Meters.(Metric lessons)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Welcome to the metric system! Metric questions will be a part of our new math contest at the Tulip Time Scholarship Games in April 2001. Did you know there are other ways to measure than by inches, feet, yards, and miles? Metric measurement...

Study for a Spell.(Spelling lesson/contest)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... We're cranking up the competition for the Scholarship Spelling Bee on April 21, 2001! Our spelling contestants are so good that we've had to increase the number of words! And this time there will be no specific categories of words. The younger...

Ask Doctor Cory.(Health questions answered)(Brief Article)(Column)
October 1, 2000... SIGHT NIGHT Last Halloween, many volunteers across the country went door to door and collected 33,000 pairs of used eyeglasses to support Give the Gift of Sight's international optical missions. The collected glasses are cleaned, repaired,...

GOBBLE INN.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... 1. Trace the two big pieces (not the sketches) onto a sheet of white paper and color them. 2. Glue the sheet of the paper to the back of an empty, unfolded cereal box. Let the glue dry. 3. Cut out the pictures. 4. Now run a...