At about 3, youngsters enter the preschool years--- truly formative years, marked by intellectual growth, rapidly developing motor skills, much greater social maturity, and emotional richness. Most...
Life on earth changes
I am young. But the world is old. Each day it changes. It becomes more crowded with people and things. By the time I have grown up, many things will change. Some things will even disappear. New...
The first day
> The first time I went to school, my mother walked with me. > At school, I learned many things, including the names of colors. Going to school on the first day of the new school year is always...
Children learn things
Before I went to school, my parents taught me much about my world. Now I also learn in school. I study my lessons. I practice. I need to know and do many things so that when I grow up I will be ready...
Do I have to?
Sometimes when I tell my Dad that I don't want to go to bed, he tells me that I have to. My puppy stays up as late as he likes. I have to go to bed early. My puppy doesn't have to go to school....
BUILDINGS JUST FOR ART
Most buildings are built for people to live in, work in, or go to school in. But in all parts of the world, there are buildings that were built for displaying works of art, such as paintings and...
How do you get to school?
Many children walk to school. Others ride their bikes. Some go to school in a car or a bus. But how do children get to school when they live in the middle of a lake? In Colombia, South America, many...
Where do you go to school?
Thanon felt as if there were a thousand butterflies in his stomach. This would be his first day of school. He was now 8 years old, and in Thailand, where Thanon lives, this is when children start...
Sue’s religion
Late again! Sue dashes up the steps of the small, white church in Atlanta, Georgia, and tugs open the door. Slipping inside, she hurries to her Sunday school class. The Sunday school room is just a...
Fish schools
Many kinds of fish, when they reach a certain age and size, form into groups that we call schools. Of course, fish don't learn anything in their schools, as you do in yours. They simply move about...
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