Sharing pictures and stories from Childcraft is an easy and natural way to introduce a young child to each volume of the set. These pages offer you a choice of activities for exploring each volume of...
Organization of Childcraft
The first three volumes of Childcraft introduce children to literature from all ages and from around the world. In Volumes 4 through 14, children learn about living things, about machines and...
Getting to know Childcraft
The best kind of learning is fun. Children have a natural curiosity about themselves and their world, and they enjoy satisfying that curiosity. Childcraft helps children find answers to their...
Warts – Whooping Cough
Warts are small, hard growths on the skin. They tend to appear in groups of three or four, but they may appear singly or in large numbers. Most warts grow on the backs of the hands and on the soles...
Vaginal Discharge – Vomiting
V accination. See Communicable diseases; Immunization; Shots; Virus Vaginal discharge may result from an infection that causes the external genital area of a girl to become inflamed. It may also...
Underweight – Urinary Disturbances
Umbilical Hernia. See Hernia Underweight. Before you worry about an underweight child, make sure that the child really is underweight. Children have individual growth patterns, so that the "normal"...
Tonsilitis – Tuberculosis
Tonsillitis is an inflammation of the tonsils. The tonsils are composed of lymphatic tissue and are located in small pockets on both sides of the throat, behind the mouth. Location of the tonsils ...
Tetanus – Tics
Tetanus (lockjaw) is an acute infectious disease that causes muscle spasms and convulsions. The spasms of the jaw muscles make it difficult to open the mouth, which is why this disease is called...
Tearing Eyes – Teeth
Tearing eyes. It is not unusual for a baby's eyes to water during the first few weeks of life. The doctor puts silver nitrate, or antibiotic drops or ointment, into the Tearing eyes \| 301 baby's...
Swollen Glands
Swollen glands. Lymph glands (nodes) are one of the body's means of fighting infection. They are located throughout the body but are especially concentrated in the neck, armpits, elbows, groin,...
