Child Life articles from October 2001

Child Life archives from October 2001

Old-Fashioned Fun.(Poem)
October 1, 2001... Let's crowd the hearth and play that we Are boys and girls that used to be. Let's sing the songs and tell the rhymes, And play the games of olden times. Let's sweep the hearth with turkey wings And show our...

Lonnie.(Short Story)
October 1, 2001... The auditorium was spicy with the smell of its evergreen trimming as the children gathered for their last assembly before the Christmas holidays. All of them seemed bursting with high spirits as they sang their school songs and went through...

Spanish Foods.
October 1, 2001... Hola! We want to get you in the mood for a Mexican feast featured on the following pages. Practice writing the Spanish word next to the English word. Then spell the word aloud. This will help you get ready for the Spanish Spelling Bee new at...

Create a Mexican Feast.(Recipe)
October 1, 2001... Visit any Mexican restaurant and you'll definitely find tortillas on the menu. Why not create your own tasty tortillas at home? Tortillas are fun to make, and you can make them with the most unlikely ingredients! How about an applesauce...

A Breathtaking Lunch.(Heimlich Maneuver)
October 1, 2001... Andy tore the aluminum foil off his sandwich and crumpled it into a ball. "I bet I can get it into that basket near table number five," he boasted loudly, and he tossed the ball over the heads of the students at the next table. "Watch out...

CHIPS CHUMS.(Short Story)
October 1, 2001... One fine October day Dick, Ted, and Chip went into Dick's hickory grove to gather nuts. Betsy Ann was busy at home, helping her mother make popcorn balls. After filling two big baskets, they rested under a tree, cracked nuts, and told...

Keyboarding With Computer Cal.
October 1, 2001... Hi, boys and girls! I'm Computer Cal, and I'm here to help you learn to type. I'll show you that typing can be useful as well as lots of fun. Once you have learned how to type, you'll be able to do your schoolwork faster and more...

Leeuwenhoek, the Microscope, and the Need for Soap.
October 1, 2001... Wretched beasties moving about very nimbly," was what Anton van Leeuwenhoek (LAY-vuhn-hohk) said about the things he was looking at through a microscope. Later he called these "beasties" animalcules, or little animals. He saw different...

My Cat Ate My Homework.(Poem)
October 1, 2001... My cat ate my homework. He seriously did. I did try to find it, but it was chewed up and hid. All that was left was my name and the date. I would show it to you, but it is too late. There's one thing...

Autumn.(Poem)
October 1, 2001... The squirrels are gathering walnuts in the yard. Their busy, bushy gray tails are seen in the trees from branch to branch. The corn stalks in the back yard are drying and turning yellow. The nights are...

Autumn Leaves.(Poem)
October 1, 2001... Rustling, crunching Golden yellow, pumpkin orange Crisp, autumny leaves Jessica Studwell Whippany, New Jersey

LEAF.(Poem)
October 1, 2001... Here I am, here I am. I'm all alone way high in this beautiful sky, At the top of this bare tree. I can see everyone and everything; I can see you as you ride by. Here I am, here I am; My green turns to shades of...

MEDICINE.(Review)
October 1, 2001... MEDICINE by Steve Parker Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Books Researching for a school project? Really interested in a subject? Books are the best resources for learning about a particular topic. The DK Medicine book is an amazing and...

SUNFLOWER HOUSES.(Review)
October 1, 2001... SUNFLOWER HOUSES A Book for Children and their Grown-ups by Sharon Lovejoy * Workman Publishing All outdoors is warm and bright; Robins sing with all their might; And the garden seems to be Just the place for you and me!...

Nutrition Net.
October 1, 2001... Nutrition is very important to everyone, especially children. It's tough to remember all there is to know about nutrition and then remember it when we need to. But that's the beauty of the Web. Just a quick click of the mouse and you can recall...

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?(children's gardening program)
October 1, 2001... JUNIOR MASTER GARDENERS An exciting adventure is waiting for you in the Junior Master Gardener Program! How would you like to make plantable greeting cards, find out how plants clean water, create a spider web, grow your own vegetables,...

Mon Visage.
October 1, 2001... Bonjour! Je m'appelle Marie (my name is Marie). I am going to help you learn some French words about mon visage (my face). Did you know that the hat upon my head is called a chapeau in France? You may want to tape this page by a mirror in...