Back To School Issue 2011
Vermont’s Approach to Gifted Education; Kids and Vaccines; Picking and Packing the Backpack; Sports-Related injuries
What should parents know about sports-related head injuries?
School is back in session, which means that student athletes are hitting the fields — and, too often, their noggins. Coaches used to tell players…
Disc Drives
Remember the giddy feeling you’d get as a kid when you launched a Frisbee through the air? Spin that disc again in a game of…
Book Review: “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” by Brian Selznick
Librarian: Jill Coffrin, Youth Services Librarian, Dorothy Alling Memorial Library in Williston. Book: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Age range: 9-12 Coffrin’s…
In the Lunchbox: Taco Salad To Go
Most kids are taken with tacos — crunchy or soft, meaty or vegetarian. Even picky eaters who won’t touch a garden salad might give taco…
What do you tell a kid who doesn’t want to go to school?
Doug Wilhelm, Weybridge, writer Children: son, Brad, 24; stepson, Nate, 15 Observing first that it’s easier to give advice than to parent so wisely ourselves,…
The Art Of… Quilting
Stitching memory quilts might sound old-fashioned for a generation of kids whose thumbs are more accustomed to using touch-screens than thimbles. But, June Bugbee, owner…
Early Education
My son is only four. So as fall arrives and other families are out school shopping, we’re still happily strolling the beach. But, as Oliver…
Got It Covered
As kids’ textbooks begin piling up in lockers and backpacks, here’s a new twist on a classic method of protecting them. Recycle paper grocery bags…
Leave it to the Pros
Home-grown, home-thrown birthday parties are nice. Sometimes, though, you want someone else to stress over the devilish details so you can enjoy the celebration as…
