Accidents. Every child gets bruises, bumps, and scrapes. And minor injuries, although momentarily upsetting, may be educational in the long run. They teach the child valuable safety concepts. Of...
School days
Starting School Starting school is a major adventure and a dramatic change from past living. Most children can hardly wait to start school. They take this challenge in stride, because their normal...
Numbers everywhere
Think of all the numbers you use every day. At school, you go into a room that probably has a number on the door. Many times during the day, the teacher will tell you the number of a page to turn to...
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...
Happy Thought
by Robert Louis Stevenson The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. Question author unknown Do you love me Or do you not? You told me once But I...
Mary Had a Little Lamb
by Sarah Josepha Hale Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow; And everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go. It followed her to school one day, Which was against the rule; ...