NewsBites for Kidz�
A bite a day keeps
the blues away!
This is what kids around the world did this week:
Holiday Time At "Les Coccinelles"-
African Legacy: Fossils plug gap in human origins-
They came,
they saw, they left converted �
Kids
speak up to save summer programs-
A children�s
Chorus Grows in Brooklyn-
In the woods �
Time to grow-
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030610/241/4d217.html - Kids play with computers,
http://cgi.wn.com/?t=worldphotos/viewphoto.txt&action=display&article=21262331 - Child
Care: Giving children a headstart,
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http://allafrica.com/stories/200306130813.html
By Irene Morikang
First Lady, Mrs Chantal Biya, was welcomed with a bouquet of flowers by a pupil.
The kids did not fail to commend the efforts of their parents and teachers to
their education and well being.
The speeches gave way to animation by the pupils.
For close to two hours, the kids, clad in bright pink robes (for girls) and
yellow robes (for boys) robes, took turns to entertain the First Lady and the
other guests with patriotic and didactic songs, recitations, rhymes and
sketches.
In a light hearted manner the pupils, among them
the children of the presidential couple (Paul Biya
Junior and Anasthasie Brenda Eyenga),
demonstrated what they could do. The five year olds, for example, showed the
audience that they can read, write, count, draw, speak English and can also
boost of mastering some of the basic hygiene rules, etc. The sketches were
highly didactic. They taught the children the importance to obey their parents
and gave lessons on how HIV/AIDS can be prevented.
"Prudence, abstinence and fidelity", the
children enchanted.
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http://www.sciencenews.org/20030614/fob1.asp
African Legacy: Fossils plug gap in human
origins
Bruce Bower, Science News
Three partial skulls
excavated in eastern
At Herto
in 1997, White's team found the partial skulls of two adults, one of which
retained its facial bones, and of a 6-to-7-year-old child. Removal of sediment
from the fossils and their reconstruction, including the assembly of more than
200 pieces of the child's cranium, occurred over the next 3 years.
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http://sport.guardian.co.uk/cricket/story/0,10069,977486,00.html
They came, they saw, they left converted
Tanya Aldred at
the Rose Bowl, The Guardian
A school master arrived with a group of 12 boys.
They stood with their rucksacks on their backs and their baseball caps pulled
firmly down, gaping admiringly at the
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http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/news-article.aspx?storyid=4938 - CLICK FOR PICTURE
Kids speak
up to save summer programs
Firstcoastnews.com
The first speaker at Wednesday's commission
hearing, the elementary school-aged protester peered over the lectern and
pulled the microphone down, so city officials could hear his impassioned plea.
"Thank you for letting me talk," Joel
said. "My friends here need a swimming pool to swim in. Could you please
let us have a swimming pool if you can?"
"These kids are not in a summer program,"
Lyde said. "They're in our streets."
After the hearing, Mayor Brad Brown and Commissioner
David Williams said they were impressed by the young speakers.
"In the six years of being here, y'all are the
best that have ever come," Brown told the children.
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http://www.nypost.com/living/36538.htm
A CHILDREN'S CHORUS GROWS IN
By SHIRLEY FLEMING,
But the steam soon disappears: This is, after all,
a rehearsal of the
The 7- and 8-year-olds in the Prep Division pile
into their seats and wait for the downbeat, mute as
mice. They were getting ready for today's concert and there was no time to
waste.
The Prep Division is the youngest group in the
academy's four-stage program, and nearly every member's goal is the same: to
rise through Junior and Intermediate levels to the Concert Chorus, which has
sung with the New York Philharmonic and the Orchestra of St. Luke's, toured
Russia and won gold medals in Germany.
While most Concert Chorus singers are teens, the
move is based on ability � which explains what 12-year-old Isaac Block is doing
there.
"I love performing," he says, brightly.
"And you get to hang out."
"It's been one of the most tremendous learning
experiences of her life," Fay Aaronson says of her 9-year-old daughter
Jessica.
"She was very shy when she started at 7 � she
barely opened her mouth. Now she's much more extroverted. She stood up by
herself and sang a solo."
Says 15-year-old Brenda Mathisen:
"I don't know what I would do if I couldn't sing."
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http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/yw/stories/2003061400990300.htm- click for picture
In the woods
GEETA PADMANABHAN, The Hindu
Chennai,
....For these young campers from various city schools it is a
chance to meet old scout and guide friends. But being a scout or a guide goes
beyond that. "We learn subjects not taught in school," says Bala Subramaniyam.
"We learn to be responsible," says Ashwin.
Vinay
looks at it as training to serve others well. For Subhasree and Anita camping is the best part. Anita votes
for the chance to adjust with others while learning to be independent. Jose
Edison thinks he will make an excellent volunteer during festivals and natural
disasters. Sindhu is for social work and Haripriya believes the movement will help them spread
non-violence. The practical ones are here because being an active scout will
help them get government jobs. Arun Kumar has the
Governor's award and is aiming for the President's medal.
Harish recalls the
wonderful experience of attending the International Scout Jamboree at
Computer training is one of the vocational courses you learn
as a scout. But nothing will beat the joy of camping for a few days in TE and
listening to the chirping of birds.
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http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/0614qualitytime14.html
Time to grow
Karina Bland, The
Jun. 14, -In one day, I told my son to "Hurry
up!" 11 times.
He's 4, and I push him out the door some mornings
with an apple juice box and a Ziploc of Honey Nut Cheerios.
I rush him from preschool to tae kwan do or Target and then home
for dinner. I just signed him up for soccer.
"I want to go home," Sawyer says after
preschool one day.
�We're on the
way to tae kwon do. He started at 2 1/2 and is a camouflage belt. His uniform
is on the back seat.
"Guess what we're going to do tonight after
school?" I ask Sawyer one morning, unlocking the car door.
He climbs in. "What?"
I click his seat belt. "Nothing."
"Yeah!" he yells.
I have ambitions for my son, like any parent. I
hope he'll do great things. I imagine him a black belt, playing the saxophone,
discovering the cure for cancer in science class. But he's 4. He has plenty of
time.
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