Children between 5 and 8 years old tell you exactly what they feel and think. They inform you readily if they are sick, happy, or miserable. They flaunt their skills proudly and proclaim their...
Parent vs. toddler
Toddlers constantly play games in which they test the physical properties of their environment. They confirm the law of gravity, the stickiness of juice, the wetness of water, and the heat of flame....
Mostly I’m happy
There's something I'm rarely without. My supply of it doesn't run out. I use it, yet there's more, and to spare. It's something I like to share. It's with me wherever I go. What is it? Do you...
Sometimes I’m sad
Things are all mixed up and I I can't think of a thing to do but cry. Go away, you tears! I'd rather smile. 1 And I just might--- in a little while. I feel sort of quiet and sad. I wish, oh I...
Most of me talks
Every day in some way I use my arms and hands and head or other parts of my body to help me say things. When the baby is sleeping I hold my finger to my lips. That means, "Quiet, please." In school...
Answers for me
I wonder and I find the answers. Dogs have extra-sharp hearing. My dog knows me by my footsteps. Some people are left-handed because the part of their brain that directs their left hand is stronger...
My sense of touch
The nerves in my back are farther apart than the nerves in my fingers. My friend touches my back with two unsharpened pencils. Both pencils touch my back at the same time. But I can feel only one...
The me that I can’t see
When I look at a model of a human body, I can see what's inside my body. What does the inside of me look like? What's inside my finger, my head, my chest? I know many of the things that are in...
My muscles
My body is filled with muscles. Deep inside of me, muscles help my body work properly. Muscles help food move through my body. And muscles help air move in and out of my lungs. Some of my muscles...
What is sound?
> Sound comes from just about everywhere--- from friends talking, radios > playing, jet planes roaring overhead. Even your breathing makes a tiny > sound. > > None of these sounds seem very much...
- 1
- 2