I look in a mirror and I see that the two sides of my face do not match. One of my eyebrows is a little straighter than the other. One ear is set higher on the side of my head than my other ear. The...
Wondering me
I wonder, wonder, wonder, all day long. My dad says I'm a "wonder machine." I wonder how my dog knows I'm home from school even before I open the door. I wonder about people. Why are some people...
Magic squares
Have you ever seen a magic square? At one time, people gave all kinds of meanings to magic squares. But of course there is nothing really magic about them. They are just a special arrangement of...
Guess what you’ve been doing!
Were you able to guide Ribidip through the maze to the safety of the pond? Did you figure out how to get the wolf, the goat, and the cabbages across the river? Were you able to put the five playing...
Toothpick teasers
1. Put seventeen toothpicks together to make six squares, like this--- Now, take away four toothpicks so that only four squares are left. (There are a number of ways to do this.) 2. That's pretty...
Stand-out pictures
The pages in this book are flat and smooth. So are the pictures on the pages. But if you look at the picture pairs on the opposite page in a special way, the things in them will seem to stand out...
Mirror, mirror
Who is that person in the mirror? It seems to be another you, doing exactly what you are doing. How can a mirror \"copy" you? A mirror is very smooth. The front of a mirror is Hat, polished glass....
Books to Read
If you enjoy learning about plants, you'll find many interesting books about them. The books listed here are only a sampling. Your school or public library will have more. Ages 5 to 8 Between...
Pictures in stone
Tucked away in the earth's rocks there are often "pictures" from the past. Many times, in ages past, animals walked through mud and left footprints. Slowly, over thousands of years, the mud hardened...
The New Kid
by Mike Makley A few of the kids and their parents say they don't believe that the new kid should play But she's good as me, Dutch, PeeWee, or Earl, so we don't care that the new kid's a girl. by...