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Preparing Teenagers:
A BABYSITTER
IN THE MAKING

Making Children
SMARTER
THROUGH MUSIC

Bedtime Routine
GOOD NIGHT,
SLEEP TIGHT
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Volume 13, No. 7

March 2009

Page 20

ON THE COVER COLUMNS

About
Families 12 A Babysitter in the Making 15 Love, Limits & Lessons:
bringing When a Child Uses Powerful
13 Parents Can Make Their Children Words that Hurt
families together Smarter Through Music
since 1995 20 Wesley Wonders: Camp in the City? How Surprising!
18 Good Night, Sleep Tight
22 Dear Teacher
HOW TO
REACH US FEATURES
3 Raising Tweens - Reading Between the Lines of
Berks Phone 610-670-2300 Childhood and Teenage Years
toll free: 800-673-2454 fax: 610-670-9251
5 Specialty Camps Offer a Program for Every Interest Page 15
Lebanon Phone 717-273-8127
toll free: 800-673-2434 fax: 717-273-0420
Web site: www.aboutfamiliespa.com CULTURE
To reach the editor and
DEPARTMENTS 10 Music in Our Schools Directory
to send a calendar event item:
Editor 10 Reel Life With Jane
Mari Conners 6 March Event Planning Guide
maric@aboutfamiliespa.com 15 Creative Crafts
9 Camp Directory
To find a copy of our magazine
or to arrange home subscription: 11 Health News: Childhood Skin 16 March It Figures
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VOICES
COMING NEXT MONTH
2 From the Editor’s Desk Birthday Party on a Budget
4 Teacher of the Month Teens and Sleep: Turn Off Your iPod and Go To Bed
Prevent Child Abuse! Know the Signs
From the Editor’s Desk their child’s life, please read Phillip Sheppard’s weather, shorts, t-shirts, and summer camp.
article, Parents Can Make Children Smarter The decision to send your youngster to
Music in the air… Through Music. camp is never as difficult as deciding which
I remember when I was a third grader and camp he or she is best suited for.

T
here is great significance attached to
materials. many dates this time of year. For
About Families does not necessarily instance, I know dozens of folks who
endorse the products, services or view- are anxiously looking forward to March 8 as it
points offered. All material in this publica- is the day we “spring” ahead one hour. Others
are crossing off the days until March 20 which
tion is provided for information only and
may not be construed as medical advice or is officially the first day of spring. Yet there are
great numbers of Berks and Lebanon County
instruction. residents who are eagerly looking forward to
other March dates. Whether marked with an X
We reserve the right to reject any
advertisement. or a circle, these are “Red Letter” days for
those who look forward to attending their high
school musical. Be sure to use the Music In
Our Schools Directory included in this issue to
help you plan the performance you will attend.
Each school that responded to our request is
CIRCULATION listed along with the title of the musical, date,
time, and location. If the school offers a special
senior citizen performance, that is included as
VERIFICATION well.
COUNCIL For those who have young children and
wonder what possible value music could add to
was introduced to the violin and then the cello.
I loved the challenge of trying to “make
music” and then participating in a school per-
formance for family members. Today, a child’s
first musical experience will most likely be
with a flutophone or recorder. They are taught
simple songs and in the learning of the song,
discover that they can succeed. Instinctively
almost all children love listening to and singing
music. In fact, so much early learning happens
through singing songs and rhymes that I am
reminded of how children truly do absorb new
information much like a sponge. Mothers see
first hand that when they hold and sing to their
babies – no matter how off key – the baby vis-
ibly becomes more relaxed and they share a
tangible closeness. Yes it is true, the benefits of
music are numerous!
Summer Camp
“Yippee!” I can hear them now as children
realize we are inching ever closer to warm
Considerations such as cost, location, and
activities weigh heavily in the decision process.
Some parents of first time campers are looking
for one that offers a two or three day overnight
experience, while seasoned campers may be
looking for a new and different adventure
from previous years.
We hope that by utilizing the camp guide
and reviewing the ads in this edition, your level
of confidence in your choice, and then your
child’s camp experience, will be positive and
rewarding.
It is no secret, summer group camp is fun
and exciting!
Have something to share?
We are always excited to hear from our
readers. So if you have something to share, or
comments to make, please email me at:
maric@aboutfamiliespa.com. I’d love to hear
from you.
Mari Conners
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Raising Tweens – Reading Between

the Lines of Childhood and Teenage Years
by Jacqueline Passifione experience their terrible tweens. Rules
of respecting themselves and others

F
or years I was under the
assumption that children pro-
gressed from baby, to toddler,
to child, to preteen, to teenager until
finally they became adults. Somewhere
along the line, we picked up another
period in a child’s development known
and listening and doing what they are
asked are rules that were put in place at
an early age and they need to be con-
tinually enforced. As they grow, chil-
dren will push to see what they can get
away with. It is the parents’ job to set
boundaries and keep their children

The word tween is used to describe children between

the ages of 8 and 9 (opinions vary) through age 12.
as the tween years. Now, preteen is an
easy time to grasp, it’s the time just
prior to a child turning thirteen. I get
that. But, as a parent from the “olden
days, ” I wonder when this new phase –
this tween time – begins?
The word tween is used to describe
children between the ages of 8 and 9
(opinions vary) through age 12. It is a
time when they are becoming aware
that their bodies are going to change
and they start wanting their privacy. It
is a time when they fluctuate between
loving you and hating you, between
wanting you around or far enough
away so as not to cramp their style.
They want the freedom of a preteen or
teenager but still need your guiding
hand. It is a fine line we walk under-
standing this age, and quite frankly, one
which many of us need a guide book to
navigate confidently. I am personally
walking it right now with all three of
my tweens who range in age from 8
(almost 9), to just turned 11, and a pre-
teen who is 12. Prior to my research, I
didn’t think of my youngest as anything
but eight going on nine. I didn’t know
she was in the tween stage of develop-
ment, nor did I have any idea what that
might mean.
Same Rules Apply…
NEWS FLASH! The rules really
don’t change from when they were in
their terrible twos to the time when we
within the limits that were established.
Believe it or not, children not only
need boundaries, they want them as
well. That does not mean that they
won’t try to stretch those boundaries or
push the envelope – they will! It is what
kids do. Nonetheless, parents must
enforce rules.
Leave me Alone!
Children need privacy as they grow.
When they are young they not only
need you around, they want your pres-
ence. Don’t be offended or take it per-
sonally if you’re not the one they want
to hang out with now that they are
older. Most of us will remember how
we wanted our parents to walk 50 steps
ahead of us at the store, or to drop us
off at the movies as quickly as possible,
so friends didn’t see us being dropped
off by our parents. It is no different for
our children. They want to experience
freedom, it is part of growing up.
(S)he Loves me (S)he Loves Me Not
The tween years are when children
start feeling the early pangs of puppy
love. “Going out” constitutes sitting
across the table from each other at
lunch. Tween boys hormones kick in
and they don’t quite know how to act.
Girls and boys start realizing their bod-
ies are changing and they begin to have
questions about those impending
changes. They may not come to you
Communication
with their questions though. You may
Keeping the lines of communication
have to take the intiative to approach
open at a time when your children
your child. It often works out best for
often view you as the enemy, often
dad to talk to sons and mom to talk to
requires hard work. Tweens won’t nec-
daughters.
essarily want to tell you their deep dark
Responsibility
secrets and concerns, but they want to
While I believe children should have
know you are there for them. Let them
jobs at a very young age, by the time
know that you are available to talk to
your child is a tween, they should be
whenever they need to. Listen to them
very familiar with responsibilities.
but don’t expect a thank you for your
Assigning chores is a good place to
pearls of wisdom. Remember, you
start. Make them responsible for put-
might be required to read between the
ting their clean clothes away, setting
lines, but then that is a skill acquired
and clearing the table, taking trash out
from the “olden days!”
and other household chores that will Jacqueline Passifione lives in
help you out and teach them to be Douglassville with her husband and three
responsible. If you feel they are old children. Along with her freelance writing,
enough, you can set an allowance she works as a receptionist and does sub-
amount they will receive for doing stitute teaching for the Daniel Boone
their weekly chores without reminders. School District.

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Lebanon Community Library and

LebanonValley Council on the Arts Hold
Picture Book Writing Contest
for Elementary School Students
Winners’ Works to be Professionally Bound and Added to Library Book Collection
The Lebanon Community Library will become a permanent part of the
and the Lebanon Valley Council on the library’s children’s collection. All
Arts announce the annual Write and entries are due at the library by Friday
Illustrate Your Own Book Contest for March 27, 2009.
1st – 5th grade students in Lebanon For complete contest rules, visit the
County. The contest runs from now library’s website at www.lclibs.org/
through March 27, 2009. The books lebanon/write_illustrate_2009.pdf or
may be on any topic and must include a contact the youth services librarian at
story and drawings created by the 717-273-7624 ext. 207.
entrant.
❦❦❦❦
The winning book from each grade
level will be professionally bound and

Educational Foundation Teams With

Middle School Teachers to Sponsor
Mrs. Nan Writing Contest Open
Gift to Kids and Teens
M
rs. Gift was nominated by three
members of her third grade The Young Voices Foundation and of oneness, and to also write a book
class. Joey Ginder’s reason for writers Barbara Fite, Nancy Hendrix that embraced a spiritual response to
nominating her include the fact that she and Sacra Nicolas, three middle school life's gifts and adversities.
uses her fingers and whistles through her teachers who collaborated to write a Why all ages? The part humanity will
teeth. Mason Bennetch notes that she fantasy novel in 1990, invite students in play in the prosperity of our planet will
allows students to do slide shows on their grades 6 -12 to rewrite the first three depend upon the actions and applica-
computers, while Gracie Iezzi remarks on chapters of their book. tion of the rich, flexible minds and
her being loving and caring for the whole The dialogue needs to be updated visions of our youth. The authors could-
class. For these reasons and more Mrs. Gift and the characterization and setting n't resist writing a novel that in movie
is our Lebanon County Teacher of the adjusted to reflect the way young peo- form would reach all ages, but in book
month. ple speak and interact with one another form would capture the imagination of
Mrs. Nan Gift teaches third grade at Schaefferstown Elementary School in the Eastern Lebanon in today’s world. the young group of individuals who will
Cash prizes will be awarded for First, one day be in charge of our world. It is
County School District.
Second and Third Place for entries that our hope that they will take these ideas
best bring the writing up to date while and use them to make a positive contri-
If you know an outstanding teacher who deserves recognition, let us maintaining the original story line and bution in the future.”
know! Tell us in 50 words or less what makes your favorite teacher spe- message. For complete details about the con-
cial, and if your submission is drawn from our pool of entries, your In the introduction to the book the test, the Young Voices Foundation and
teacher will receive a wonderful assortment of gifts. Each “Teacher of writers state, “It was our desire to write the writers, go to www.youngvoices-
the Month” will also receive special acknowledgement for the positive a book that would appeal to all ages, foundation.org . The Young Voices
view the world and its inhabitants as Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) educational
impact he or she is making in his or her students’ lives. interconnected and possessing a quality nonprofit organization.
Any student can enter their teacher for the monthly award, and the
contest is open to all eligible educators who teach in grades K-5. Simply The answer is
fill out the entry coupon below, attach it to your letter, and mail them
both to us at:
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W hat is the institution where
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Race Cars to Rock Stars, and All Things in Between…
Specialty Camps: A Program for Every Interest
I
magine a place where you get to
be totally immersed in the thing
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the most… from being wrist-deep in
cake batter or filming a movie to jam-
ming all day with rock stars or learning
to drive a race car. Specialty camps
offer just that type of fantasy-come-
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cialty camps are offering a variety of something the other kids find to be a bit temperament or talent for a particular
very specialized activities and total “quirky.” But at a camp that specializes career.
immersion programs. If there is some- in this activity everyone is excited Whether or not a child chooses to
thing that a child is really interested in, about the same things, the kids “get” pursue a particular academic path or
there is probably a camp out there for each other, and friendships blossom. career, specialty camps can help chil-
him or her – from fine arts, performing Many specialty camps have informal, dren broaden their horizons, develop
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eign language, science, engineering, various academic subjects, such as lives, enhance their future endeavors,
motorsports and much, much more. math, science, or language, which may and have a great time. At their core,
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ongoing
Allentown Art Museum – 610-432-4333, Payne
Hurd Gallery, 31 North Fifth St., Allentown,
www.allentownartmuseum.org. “Slow Clay: The
Ceramic Art of Willi Singleton through 4/12.
Reading Royals Ice Hockey– 610-898-7825
(www.royalshockey.com), Sovereign Center, 7th
& Penn Sts., Reading. 3/1 vs. Dayton Bombers @
5:05 pm vs. Dayton Bombers; 3/6 & 3/7 vs.
Cincinnati Cyclones @ 7:05 pm; 3/11 vs.
Wheeling Nailers @ 7:05 pm;3/14 & 3/20 vs.
Trenton Devils @ 7:05 pm; 3/25 vs. Elmira Jackals
@ 7:05 pm; 3/27 @ 7:05 pm & 3/29 @ 5:05 pm vs.
Johnstown Chiefs; 4/3 vs. Trendon Devils @ 7:05
pm & 4/4 vs. Dayton Bombers @ 7:05 pm.
Hershey Bears Ice Hockey– 717-534-3380,
Giant Center, 550 West Hersheypark Dr.,
Hershey, 3/1 vs. Providence Bruins @ 5 pm; 3/11
vs. Springfield @ 7 pm; 3/14 vs. Wilkes
Barre/Scranton Penguins; 3/15 vs. Bridgeport
Sound Tigers; 3/25 vs. Toronto Marlies @ 7 pm;
3/28 @ 7 pm & 3/29 @ 5 pm vs. Wilkes Barre/
Scranton Penguins.
“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition” –
www.fi.edu/Narnia or 215-448-1254, The
Franklin, Philadelphia, through 4/19/09. Offers
the perfect mix of education and entertainment.
DiscoverE – Explore, Experience, Enjoy – Hide
& Seekers – 610-796-3699, Nolde Forest
Environmental Education Center, 2910 New
Holland Rd., Reading, 10-11 am. For children
ages 4-5, must be accompanied by adult. First
Wed. & Thurs. of each month through May.
MOMS Club of Sinking Spring – 610-927-9491
(Kate, membership VP). Monthly meetings and
weekly playgroups for local at-home parents and
their young children. Call for more info.
Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Death
Support Group – 610-401-5773, Immanuel
Church of Christ (UCC), Shillington, first Monday
of every month, 6-7 pm.
Parents Without Partners – 610-373-2215,
Met-Ed on Rt. 61, first Wednesday of every
month, 7 pm.
Annville Moms and Tots – 469-0975 (Tina),
Annville Church of the Brethren, East Maple &
Zeigler Sts., Annville, Wednesdays 9:15-10:45
am. A place for moms and their children to
socialize and make new friends.
Parents Time Out Parenting Support &
Information Group – 610-683-7790 voice mail
#3, meets first Thursday of every month.
Sponsor: Friend Inc. Community Services.
MOMS Club of Southern Berks County – 484-
955-9671 (Mary) or southernberksmomsclub@
gmail.com for location, 10 am, second Tuesday
of each month. All moms welcome!
Foster Parent Orientation – 717-560-1775,
Northlink Family Services, 24A East Roseville
Rd., Lancaster, third Thursday of every month,
5:30-6:30 pm.
Artventures Family Fun – 61-432-4333, ext. 10,
Allentown Art Museum, 31 N. 5th St., Allentown,
1-4 pm on 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29; 3/7 Family
Time: The Art of Stories @ 1 pm & 3 pm.
march
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Geocaching in Nolde Forest – 610-796-3699,
Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center,
2910 New Holland Rd., Reading, 2 pm.
Annapolis Bluegrass Coalition Concert – 717-
733-2121, Main Theater, 124 E. Main St.,
Ephrata, 2 pm.
2
Foster Care Meeting – Concern Professional
Services, Greater Berks Office, 1 West Main St.,
Fleetwood, 6-8 pm.
Prenatal Class Series – 717-270-2316, GSH
(call for more information), 7-9 pm, free.
Birthing Class Series – 610-988-4357, Health
Education Center, Reading Hospital, 6:30 pm-
8:30 pm, also 3/4 & 3/5.
3 Oley Valley Elementary School lobby, 10 am, sto-
InfertilitySupport Group – 610-988-HELP,
Women’s Clinic, Ltd., The Reading Hospital and
Medical Center Doctors Office Building, Suite
245, 7 pm.
Breastfeeding Education – 610-988-HELP,
Health Education Center, Reading Hospital, 6:30
pm-8:30 pm, also on 3/15.
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“Seussical Jr.” – Cedar Crest Middle School,
101 E Evergreen Rd., Lebanon, 4 pm. Get Gold
cards at district offic e or prior to preview with ID.
Birthing Class Series – 610-988-4357, Health
Education Center, Reading Hospital, 6:30 pm-
8:30 pm, also 3/5.
“Parenting of Teens and Preteens” – 610-683-
9012, Friend Inc. Community Services, 658D
Noble St., Kutztown 7 pm-9 pm, and 3/11: utiliz-
ing Active Parenting Education Program.
5
Birthing Class Series – 610-988-4357, Health
Education Center, Reading Hospital, 6:30 pm-
8:30 pm.
6
“Seussical Jr.” – 717-270-9820, Cedar Crest
Middle School, 101 E Evergreen Rd., Lebanon,
7:30 PM. Reserved seat tickets, $6. Call Donna
Sees.
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Becoming a Big Brother/Big Sister – 610-988-
4357, The Reading Hospital Conference Center,
5th Avenue Lobby entrance, 10-11:30 am.
Auditions for Gretna’s Theatre’s Summer 2009
Season– Gretna Theatre, Mt. Gretna, 10 am-
noon. Need local actors, singers, dancers, chil-
dren and adults, and theatre technicians.
“Seussical Jr.” – 717-270-9820, Cedar Crest
Middle School, 101 E Evergreen Rd., Lebanon,
2:30 PM & 7:30 PM. Reserved seat tickets,
$6.Pre-show dinner at 6 pm. For show and/or
dinner tickets, call Donna Sees.
8 SPRING FORWARD – Remember to
set your clocks ahead one hour at 2 am
(or before you go to bed).
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“Connecting for Success” – Franco Building,
Penn State Berks Campus, Tulpehocken Road,
Reading, 3 pm-7:30 pm. To provide students with
disabilities–ages 14 to 21–and their parents with
information about local agencies, organizations
and programs that provide services to individuals
after high school. Educators are encouraged to
attend, as well.
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Journey Through Pregnancy - The First Seven
Months– 610-988-HELP, Health Education
Center, Reading Hospital, 6:30 pm-8:30 pm.
Foster Care Meeting – Concern Professional
Services, Wyomissing Office, 1120-B Hobart
Ave., Wyomissing, 6-7 pm.
Childbirth Preparation Class Series – 610-378-
2003 (details), 610-378-2100 (registration), St.
Joseph’s Medical Center, Franciscan Room,
Bern Campus, Tuesdays through 3/31, 7-9 pm.
This series of classes taken during the 6th or 7th
month are designed to educate parents about the
physical and emotional aspects of the birthing
process, including the role of the labor coach.
“Parenting of Teens and Preteens” – 610-683-
9012, Friend Inc. Community Services, 658D
Noble St., Kutztown 7 pm-9 pm, utilizing Active
Parenting Education Program.
Preparation for Breastfeeding Çlass – 610-
378-2003 (details), 610-378-2100 (registration),
St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Family Birthing
Center Conference Room, Route 183, Reading,
7-8:30 pm.
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“Cinderella” - 610-689-6300, playing at
Daniel Boone Middle School, 1845
Weavertown Rd., Douglassville, also 3/13
and 3/14 at 7 pm and 3/15 at 2 pm.
OV PTO Preschool Story Hour – 610-987-4100,
ries, games, rhymes, crafts and snack.
Postpartum Depression Support Group – 610-
988-4357, Reading Hospital, Doctors Office
Building, Suite 125, 7 pm-8 pm.
March 2009
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“Cinderella” - 610-689-6300, playing at
Daniel Boone Middle School, 1845
Weavertown Rd., Douglassville also 3/14
at 7 pm and 3/15 at 2 pm.
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RSO Concert - 610-898-7299, Sovereign
Performing Arts Center, 136 N. 6th St.,
Reading, 8 pm.
“Cinderella” - 610-689-6300, playing at
Daniel Boone Middle School, 1845
Weavertown Rd., Douglassville at 7 pm
and 3/15 at 2 pm.
Outgrown Sale, Berks Kids Closet –610-693-
6030, St. Thomas Church, 536 North Main St.,
Rte. 183, Bernville, 8 am-2 pm.
Trout Fishing in America – 610-372-4721, ext.
5500, Miller Center for the Arts, Reading,
www.racc.edu/MillerCenter1.
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“Cinderella” - 610-689-6300, playing at
Daniel Boone Middle School, 1845
Weavertown Rd., Douglassville at 2 pm.
Breastfeeding Education – 610-988-HELP,
Health Education Center, Reading Hospital, 6:30
pm-8:30 pm.
Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic’s Smiling Faces –
717-544-5513, American Music Theatre,
Lancaster, ages 3 and up.
Spaghetti Lunch – 610-488-7622, Evangelical
Lutheran Friedens Church, Main & Washington
Sts., Bernville, noon to 2 pm.
St. Patty’s Breakfast and Bake Sale –610-406-
7392, St. Ignattius of Loyola School, 2810 St
Alban’s Drive, Sinking Spring, 8 am-noon.
CHADD Support Group for children & adults
with Attention Hyperactivity Disorder – email
reading@chadd.net, 1255 Perkiomen Ave.,
Reading, at 2 pm every third Sunday of the
month.
Foster Care Meeting – Concern Professional
Services, Wyomissing Office, 1120-B Hobart
Ave., Wyomissing, 6-7 pm.
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Journey Through Pregnancy: Preparing for
Delivery and Baby – 610-988-HELP, Health
Education Center, Reading Hospital, 6:30 pm-
8:30 pm.
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Berks Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Grand Opening – 2045 Centre Avenue,
Reading, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Ribbon cutting
ceremony, refreshments, meet our friendly staff.
Learn about the services that we provide.
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Playhouse Disney Live – 610-898-7253,
Reading Eagle Theater at the Sovereign Center,
700 Penn St., Reading, 1:30 pm and 4:30 pm.
24
Journey Into Parenting - Your Newborn Baby
– 610-988-HELP, The Reading Hospital
Conference Center, 5th Ave., Lobby entrance,
6:30 pm-8 pm, free.
25
Journey Into Parenting - Doctor’s Night – 610-
988-4357, Health Education Center, Reading
Hospital, 6:30 pm-8 pm.
28
15th Annual Lebanon Community Library
Fundraiser – Auction themed Bonjour Paris! with
storybook character Madeline, held at the
Lebanon Country Club, 3375 W. Oak St.,
Lebanon, 6 p.m. To benefit the Children’s Dept. of
the Lebanon Community Library.
Childbirth Preparation Class Series – 610-378-
2003 (details), 610-378-2100 (registration), St.
Joseph’s Medical Center, Franciscan Room A,
Bern Campus, 9 am-1 pm, also 4/4.
april 3
Smucker’s Stats on Ice “On the Edge” – 201-
760-0200, The Giant Center in Hershey, 7:30 pm.
continued on page 7
____ 7 about families
Calendar of Events
continued from page 6
Library Activities
Berks County
Boone Area Library – 610-582-5666, 129 N. Mill
St., Birdsboro. Preschool story time for ages 3-6
years old held on Mondays, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/23,
3/30 at 10:30 am, 1:30 & 6:30 pm. Basic comput-
er class held on Wednesdays, 3/4, 3/11, 3/18,
3/25, & 4/1 at 1:30-2:30 pm and on Thursdays,
3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26 & 4/2 at 6:30-7:30 pm.
Muhlenberg Community Library – 610-929-
0589, 3612 Kutztown Rd., Laureldale. Preschool
Story-times for children 3-6 years old every
Thursday, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26 & 4/2, 10:30 am &
1:30 pm. Toddler Story-times for children 6-36
mos. old and their adult caregiver on Tuesdays &
Wednesdays, 3/3, 3/4, 3/10, 3/11, 3/17, 3/18,
3/24 & 3/25, 10:30 am. Used book sale on
Saturday, 3/28, 9 am-4 pm; on 3/30 & 3/31, 10
am-8 pm.
Reading Public Library – 610-655-6355, 100 S.
5th St., Reading. Children’s Programs: Chess
Club, Mondays at 4:15 pm; Family Night
Storytime, Mondays at 7 pm; Movie night,
Tuesdays at 6 pm; Crafty Corner, Thursdays at 4
pm; Storytime, Saturdays at 2 pm. Log on at
www.reading.lib.pa.us/upcomiingevents.asp.
Village Library of Morgantown – Walnut Street,
Morgantown. Toddler story time for ages 18 mos.
to 21/2 yrs. on Mondays, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30
at 11 am-noon; Toddler story time for ages one to
21/2 yrs. held on Tuesdays 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24,
3/31 at 10-11 am; Preschool story time for ages
3-4 yrs. held Wednesdays 3/4, 3,11, 3/18, 3/25,
4/1 at 10-11 am; Author story time for ages 3-4
yrs. held on Thursdays 3/5, 3/121, 3/19, 3/26 &
4/2 at 4-5 pm.
Wernersville Public Library - 610-678-8771, 100
N. Reber St., Wernersville: Preschool story hour
on Wednesdays: 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8 &
4/15 @ 10:30-11:30 am.
West Lawn/Wyomissing Hills Library – 610-
678-4888, West Lawn. Story hours: 3/2 @ 6 pm &
3/3 @ 10 am“Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss”; 3/9 @ 6
pm & 3/10 @ 10 am, “Sar Light, Star Bright”; 3/16
@ 6 pm & 3/17 @ 10 am, “Todd Parr Week”; 3/23
@ 6 pm & 3/24 @ 10 am, “Be Kind”; 3/30 @ 6 pm
& 3/31 @ 10 am, “It’s Good To Be Me!” Family
Craft Night on 3/17 at 6:30 pm, Decorate at
Flower Pot! Free, but call to register, refresh-
ments.
Womelsdorf Community Library – 610-589-
1424, 203 W. High St., Womelsdorf. Storyrider
Joy for preschool on 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31 @
11:15 am-12:15 pm. Evening story time on 3/10 @
6:30-7:30 pm; Story time on 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25,
4/1 @ 10:30-11:15; Family movie night on 3/18 @
6-8 pm; Classic Movie Afternoon on 3/12 @ 2:30-
4:30 pm.
Wyomissing Public Library – 610-374-2385, 9
Reading Blvd., Wyomissing. Preschool/
Elementary Story time 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24 & 3/31
@ 4 pm for ages 3-11 yrs.; Preschool Story time
3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25 @ 10 am for ages 3-5 yrs.;
Toddler Story time 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26 @ 10 am
for ages 18 mos. to 3 yrs. Birthday Party for
Vincent Van Gogh: stories, a sunflower craft and
birthday cake, 3/28 at 10:30 am.
COMMUNITY
a good beginning
MUSIC INSTITUTE
never ends
newborn to 7 years old.
OF LEBANON
FULL RANGE OF VALLEY COLLEGE
PRIVATE INSTRUMENTAL
AND VOICE LESSONS
Strings, Brass, Guitar, Woodwinds, Evening Kindermusik Village Class
Percussion, Piano, Voice, Youth
and Adult String Ensembles
Tuesday 5:30-6:15
Day, Evening & Saturday Classes
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL MRS. SZYDLOWSKI
717-867-6383 • szydlows@lvc.edu
March 2009
Lebanon County
The Lebanon Community Library now open 64
hours a week. The new library hours are Monday
through Wednesday, 8 am-8 pm; Thurs. 8 am-6
pm; Friday and Saturay 8 am-5 pm.
Annville Free Library – 717-867-5754, 216 E.
Main St., Annville. Hrs.: M-Th 10-8; Fri. & Sat. 10-
5. Spring 2009 story times: Preschool, 15 week
program on Tues. or Thurs. at 10:15 3/3, 3/5,
3/10, 3/12, 3/17, 3/19, 3/23, 3/26. Program ends
April 30 (no story times on 4/7 & 4/9). After-school
3/3, 3/5, 3/10, 3/12, 3/17 & ends on 3/19, for
grades 2 & 3, Tues. 3:15-4:15; for grades K & 1,
Thurs. 3:15-4:15.
Lebanon Community Library – 717-273-7624,
125 N. 7th St., Lebanon. Story time held each
Tues. at 11 am and each Thurs. at 9 am. Geared
for children 3-5. Due to limited space, parents are
asked not to attend the story times with their
child. Toddler time, for children ages 24-36 mos.
meets Tues. at 9 am and Thurs. at 10:30 am.
Registration required and each child must be
accompanied by an adult.
Matthews Public Library – 717-865-7492
(Cindy), 102 W. Main St., Fredericksburg. Hours:
Mon-Thurs. 9-8; Fri. 9-5; Sat. 9-4. Story time for
toddlers and preschoolers–includes story and
craft–every Wednesday at 10 am. Monday night
movie schedule: 3/2 Camp Rock; 3/9 Akeelah and
You’re Expecting
the Bee; 3/16 Remember the Titans; 3/23 Bee
Movie & 3/20 Peaceful Warrior (PG-13) at 4:30 in
the 2nd floor meeting room. All movies are PG or
G unless otherwise noted.
Myerstown Community Library – 717-866-
...the Best...
2800, 199 N. College St., Myerstown. Smart
Preschool story time for children ages 3, 4 and 5
at 10 am & 1 pm on Fridays: 3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27.
Also, Smart start story time with Candace
Martzall, special dates in 2009. Start Start Story
time is a special story time for babies up to 23
We Deliver!
months. Caregivers are required to accompany
babies. Each session is approximately twenty
minutes in length. Email Candace,
martzall@lclibs.org, for dates and times.
Palmyra Public Library – 717-838-1347, 325 S.
Railroad St., Palmyra: 1/12 Winter-Spring Story
time Registration required & limited, 10 am.
Classes run thru 4/3 for: Toddlers (2 yrs.)
Mondays @ 10:30 & 11:30 am; 3-Yrs. Old
Beginnings Maternity Center
Wednesdays @ 10:30 & 11:30 am; 3-Yrs. Old
through K, Wednesdays @ 6:30 pm; 4-Yrs.
Ranked Among the Best in the Nation
through K, Fridays @ 10:30 am & 1:30 pm
Registration for Winter-Spring stories & crafts
grades first to third, 1/26 @ 10 am, classes begin
2/10-3/18, $5 registration; Toddler story time (2 The Reading Hospital Beginnings Maternity Center physicians and nurses have
yrs. old) 1/26 @ 10:30-11 am, classes thru 3/30
Richland Community Library – 717-866-4939, achieved the highest ranking in patient satisfaction scores for clinical expertise,
111 E. Main St., Richland. On 3/24, Claire Moore
will do a presentation of spinnning with her
friendliness, and attention to personal needs when compared to other United
Angora Rabbit at 6:30 pm. On 3/28 2nd Annual States hospitals.*
Vendor Fair, 10 am-2 pm. 12 Local home business
vendors. Lunch will be available. Preschool story
time on Thursdays @ 11:15 am; Friday afternoons Providing expectant mothers with superior medical care and a premier birthing
downstairs @ 3 pm for children 12-years and
older. Stop in for a steaming cup of gourmet cof- experience in our all private-suite center is what we do. Exceeding their
fee during library hours. Regular hours are Mon.-
Wed. 12:30-8 pm; Thurs. 10:30 am-5 pm; Fri. expectations means we do it even better.
12:30-5 pm; Sat. 9-4. Million penny challenge:
goal to raise one million pennies to help cover
costs for library programs will continue in 2009. To learn more about the obstetricians and gynecologists who provide excellent
women’s care in our region, call 610-988-HELP.
To take a virtual tour of the Beginnings Maternity Center
featuring five-star amenities, visit
www.readinghospital.org.
New Addition:
* Source: Press Ganey, an independent company selected by more
than 7,000 hospitals to measure patient satisfaction.
____ 8 about families March 2009

Get Your Entry In Now For The

6 Annual
TH

Four-on-the-Floor

Saturday, April 4, 2009

$
150 -1st Place at the
$
100 -2nd Place Lebanon Valley Mall
$
50 - 3rd Place • Preliminary Crawl Offs At 11:00 AM
In The Form Of • Finals Early Afternoon
Gift Certificates
• Limited to the first 54 entries

Carpet for the

race supplied by
Registration Deadline
ELCO FLOOR is April 1, 2009
COVERINGS Limited Spaces Available

DIAPER DERBY ENTRY FORM

DATE: _________________________
CONTEST RULES:
PARENT/GUARDIAN: ____________________________________________________
1. Contest is limited to babies 12 months of age
and under to the first 54 entries received.
BABY’S NAME: ______________________________ AGE: ___________(AS OF 4/4/09) Proof of child’s age is required. Parents will
be contacted prior to April 4 for details.
PHONE NUMBER (RES.) _______________________ BUS. _______________________
2. All prizes must be accepted as awarded. Cash
ADDRESS: _______________________________________________________________ or substitutions will not be allowed.
3. Judges’ decision regarding contest winner is
PARENT/GUARDIAN SIGNATURE: _________________________________________ final.
Parents/guardians of contestants authorize the release of his/her baby’s photograph to sponsors of this event for use in adver- 4. Contest is open to all residents of Lebanon
tising purposes relating to the contest. No compensation shall be paid.
The parent/guardian shall release sponsors of this event from all claim actions, liabilities and expenses in connection with per- Valley with the exception of sponsors, their
sonal injury to their child while participating in the Four-On-The-Floor Diaper Derby. employees or members of their immediate
Drop this complete entry at Mall Office - Lebanon Valley Mall, mall use only families.
Rt. 422, Lebanon Called: _____________ 5. All contest entry forms become the property
or mail to: 2231 Lebanon Valley Mall, Lebanon, PA 17042 of Lebanon Valley Mall.
____ 9 about families
DAY CAMPS:
Almost Heaven Farm - 610-845-
3442, Barto, PA for beginner to adult.
Summer camp, horseback riding les-
sons – English & Western.
Bounce U – 717-838-0848, 318
Taxiway Dr., Annville (website:
www.bouncu.com). Camp gives kids a
daily balance of playtime and artistic
expression, the perfect tandem for any
growing imagination. It’s part inspira-
tion, part perspiration, and a whole
bunch of fun. In addition to bouncing,
laughing, and exploring their inner
artists, kids will enjoy an array of
games and activities, plus lunch and
snacks. Create and Bounce is a one-
of-a-kind camp experience they’ll sim-
ply never forget. See ad on page 16.
Camp Invention – 1-800-968-4332,
Inspire a passion for science in your
child. Kids, ages 6-12 in grades 1-6
participate in 5 exciting, hands-on
classes each day! Focus on invention,
critical thinking skills, creative problem
solving, and teamwork. Take things
apart, create inventions, experiment
with the science of superheroes, fol-
low the trail of the Vikings to discover
their treasure, and build a land sled to
race in an X-treme obstacle course. A
nationally-acclaimed science and cre-
ativity camp from the National
Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation,
presented by local teachers. Offered
at 50+ sites in PA, including
Boyertown, Douglasville and Lebanon.
Colonial Sports Summer Day Camp
- 610-777-9651, Rte. 724, Sinking
Spring (website: chbsports.com (for
ages 5-12 years. The proper balance
of exercise, learning and fun in a safe,
structured environment. Weekly field
trips, swimming and park days. Large,
air conditioned indoor sports and play
area. Outdoor playground and pavil-
lion. Themed activities each week.
Easter Seals’ Camp Lily Too - 610-
775-1431, 1040 Liggett Avenue,
Reading, www.esep.easterseals.com,
for ages 3-7 years. 1/2 Day Camp,
June 15-July 2, 9 am-12 noon.
Games, guests, water fun. (Also
Special Needs Camp).
Happy Campers - 610-678-6590, 132
W. Wyomissing Blvd., West Lawn.
Services provided by Sunshine and
Stars Childcare and Youthwise, for
ages 4-16 (13-16), ACA standards,
CIT Program. Website: sunshineand-
starschildcare.com. Real camping and
outdoor experience at local camp site,
not stuck inside a buiilding all day.
Camp crafts, nature lore, swimming,
cookouts, group sports. Additional
field trips and educational activities.
(Also residential).
History Day Camp at the Daniel
Boone Homestead - 610-582-4900,
400 Daniel Boone Rd., Birdsboro. For
ages 8-11 years. History Day Camp is
a colonial adventure where kids will
experience and learn what Daniel
March 2009
Boone did while he was growing up
here. Each day of camp will cover a
different theme of Daniel’s childhood
life–from his chores to his free time, to tive games, stories, hikes, crafts, proj-
Valley Mist Farm – 484-824-1110,
his time in the great outdoors–and will ects and special investigations. 125 Boyer Rd., Oley, for ages 3-16
feature many hands-on activities and Spring Valley Day Camp - 610-678-
years. Daily riding lessons, arts &
demonstrations. 0484, 4920 Penn Ave., Sinking Spring, crafts, trail rides, plus much more.
Heron Mead Farm Summer Horse www.svathleticclub.com, ages 5-12
Camps - for all levels and ages (5-18) years. Spring Valley provides the best RESIDENTIAL, DAY,
610-488-8978 – located near Bernville
and Blue Marsh Lake. Campers enjoy
way for active kids to spend the sum-
mer. Weekly themes, weekly field trips AND/OR
learning about the world of horses and
developing the lifelong skills of riding
and two days of swimming! The best
way for your 5-12 year old to spend
SPECIAL NEEDS CAMPS:
Camp Adahi – 610-856-7250,
and horsemanship. With 20+ years of the summer.
Mohnton, www.campfireadahi.org.
experience teaching horsemanship Summer Adventure – 610-376-2100,
Award-winning family services. Nearly
through lesson and camp programs, Bozy Zone, 3103 Paper Mill Rd.,
a century of experience in youth
our former students include success- Wyomissing. Full or 1/2-day–ages 6-
development. Greatest rates in Berks!
ful show riders through national levels, 13; 1/2-day– ages 3-5. Swimming, ice
Meals included. Open house on April
professional instructors and trainers, skating, arts, crafts, field trips… more.
26, 1-3 pm.
vet school graduates and many more Summer Day Camp Albright College
Camp Manatawny – 610-689-0173,
who simply enjoy riding for pleasure. - 610-921-9324, 3040 Kutztown Rd.,
33 Camp Rd., Douglassville. Week-
(www.heronmeadfarm.com). Reading. Appropriate for ages 6-12
long program in a beautiful Mana-
Irish Creek Stables Summer Day years. Activities include cooking,
tawny Creek setting for school age
Camp - 610-926-1261, Mohrsville. water day, special visitors, science &
grades 1-12. We exist to provide a
Appropriate for ages 6-15 years. nature, arts & crafts and much more!
wholesome, enjoyable experience to
Campers will enjoy a full day of horse- For enrollment information call!
help young people spiritually, mentally,
related activities. Paired with an Irish Summer Day Camp at Creative
physically and socially with Jesus.
Creek Camp horse, each student will Beginnings - 610-375-9080, 2390
(Also General Interest Day Camp).
learn basic riding skills at the walk & Bernville Road, Reading. For ages 6-
Aaron’s Acres - 717-917-6101,
trot. Games & crafts are also offered 12 years. Activities include arts &
www.aaronsacres.org, for ages 5-21
on a daily basis. Each week ends with crafts, science, & nature, special visi-
years. Comprehensive and structured
a “camp horse show.” If you want to tors, water day, cooking, and much
have a great time learning to ride, Irish more! For enrollment information call. continued on page 14
Creek is the place to be.
Ozzy’s Family Fun Center - 610-926-
6162, 5411 Pottsville Pike, Leesport,
www.playozzys.com, for ages 5-12
years. Ozzy’s Summer Day Camp is
hailed by all its participants as “the
best summer camp in the world.”
Great staff, great weekly themes,
swimming, field trips and a giant 10-
acre property with 80,000 sq. ft. under
roof for a great time, rain or shine.
Penn State Middle School Camps -
6 1 0 - 3 9 6 - 6 2 2 5 ,
www.berks.psu.edu/ce. Explore your
options – learn about our environment
through hands-on activities, using
Knex’s and other materials, learn basic
engineering principles, actively partic-
ipate in makiing a video production
and other imagery or choose the world
of Harry Potter and learn basic sci-
ence principles and participate in
related games and crafts.
Riverview Christian “Kids Camp” -
610-921-0285, Reading. Summer
“Kids Camp” 2009, for ages 5-13
years. June 8-August 14, 9 am-4 pm
with before and after care available.
Kindergarten - 7th grade. Come one
week or attend all 10 weeks. Bible
adventures, music, art, drama, nature,
field trips and fun!!!
Roving Nature Center Day Camps -
610-374-8839, Berks County Heritage
Center, 1102 Red Bridge Rd.,
R e a d i n g ,
www.countyofberks.com/parks, for
ages 4-9 years. These 1/2 day camp
sessions offer children an opportunity
to experience the natural features and
habitats of our park through interac-
____ 10 about families
“THE SOUND OF MUSIC,” playing at
Annville-Cleona High School Audi-
torium, 500 South White Oak
Street, Annville, on Thursday,
April 2nd at 7:30 pm, Friday,
April 3rd and Saturday, April 4th
at 8 pm. A matinee performance
will be held on Sunday, April 5th at
3 pm. There will be a special dinner-
theatre event on Saturday night,
April 4th beginning at 5:45 pm.
Dinner will be catered by Trattoria
Fratelli’s Restaurant of Lebanon. Ticket
prices are $11 for reserved seating and $9
for general seating. Dinner theatre tickets
available for an additional fee to include both
the dinner and the reserved theatre ticket.
Tickets available weekdays at the administra-
tive offices 7:30 am-3:30 pm.
“KISS ME, KATE,” playing at Cedar Crest
High School Auditorium, 115 Evergreen
Road, Lebanon, at 7:30 pm on Thursday,
April 2nd, Friday, April 3rd and Saturday,
April 4th. Tickets are $5 for students and $9
for adults. Gold Card Preview for CLSD resi-
dents age 65+ on Tuesday, March 31st, 4 pm.
Gold cards are available at the district office
on Evergreen Road, or in the high school
lobby prior to the preview performance. For
more ticket information and reservations, call
717-272-2033, Ext. 5923.
“RAGS,” playing at ELCO High School
Auditorium, 180 ELCO Drive, Myerstown, on
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Come see us every Thurs., Fri. & Sat. at the Lebanon
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Friday, March 27th and Saturday,
March 28th at 7:30 pm. There
There will also be an alumni
luncheon on Saturday,
March 28th, starting at 1:30
pm followed by entertain-
ment by past and present
cast members.. Tickets are on
sale in high school office. Call
717-866-7447, ext. 2002 for
more information.
“BARNUM,” performed at
Lebanon High School, in the
William D. Starr Auditorium,
1000 South 8th Street, Lebanon, on
Thursday, March 12th, Friday, March 13th,
and Saturday, March 14th at 7:30 pm. Tickets
are $10/adult and $5/student. For advanced
ticket sales, contact the Lebanon High School
Office at 717-273-9391 or see any cast mem-
ber. Tickets will be available at the door.
“THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE,”
playing at Northern Lebanon High School
Auditorium, 345 School Drive, Route 22,
Fredericksburg, on Wednesday, March 11th
and Thursday, March 12th at 7:30 pm; Friday,
March 13th and Saturday, March 14th at 8 pm.
A free, special Senior Citizen perfomance will
be held on Monday, March 9th at 1 pm.
Reserved seating is available for $8/adults and
$5/students. General admission seating is
$6/adults and $4/students general admission.
Call 717-865-2117 ext. 2036 for more info.
Marty’s
Open: Music Store
1245 E. Main Street
Annville, PA
(717) 867-1000
• 1-800-950-4583
www.martys-music.com
email: martys@nbn.net
Mon.-Fri. 10-7 and
Sat. 10-5
Jane Louise Boursaw
T
wo
para-
nor-
mal teenagers,
some monsters and
aliens, and Julia Roberts are all
making their way into theaters in
March. Here’s what’s new for fam-
ilies:
Race To
Witch
Mountain
Rated
PG for
sequences
of action
and vio-
l e n c e ,
frightening
and dan-
gerous situ-
ations, and
some the-
matic elements. In theaters March
13. Ok for kids 8+. 3 out of 5 Reels
This fun adventure is packed
with cool special effects. It
revolves around a place in the
Nevada desert called Witch
Mountain that’s known for unex-
plained phenomena and strange
sightings. Dwayne Johnson plays a
Las Vegas cab driver who lands
right in the middle of it, thanks to
two teens with supernatural pow-
ers who end up in his cab. Suffice
to say that it’s a race to save the
world that involves the govern-
ment, mobsters, and even a few
aliens.
Duplicity
Rated PG-13 for language and
some sexual content. In theaters
March 20. Ok for kids 13+. 4 out of
5 Reels
Julia Roberts and Clive Owen
(what a pair!) star in this spy flick
from writer/director Tony Gilroy,
who also helmed “Michael
Clayton.” CIA officer Claire
Stenwick (Roberts) and MI6 agent
Ray Koval (Owen) have left the
world of government intelligence
to cash in on the battle raging
between two rival corporations.
Their mission? Secure the formula
for a product that will bring a for-
tune to the company that patents it
first. Of course, they’re also
attracted to each other, which
throws a serious wrench into their
March 2009
plans. Also stars Tom Wilkinson
and Paul Giamatti.
Monsters vs. Aliens
Rated PG for sci-fi action,
some crude humor and mild lan-
guage. In theaters March 27. Ok
for kids 6+. 3.5 out of 5 Reels
This animated movie stars
Reese Witherspoon as a
California girl who’s unwittingly
clobbered by a meteor full of
outer space gunk on her wedding
day! If that wasn’t bad enough,
she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-
11-inches tall. The military jumps
into action and Susan is captured,
put in a secret government com-
pound, and renamed Ginormica.
But there’s a bunch of other mon-
sters there, too, including The
Missing Link and the blobbish
B.O.B. When an alien robot lands
on Earth, the ragtag group of
monsters are called into action by
none other than the President. If
your kids liked “Monsters, Inc.,”
they’ll probably love this movie,
too.
JANE’S REEL RATING SYSTEM:
One Reel – Even The Force can’t
save it.
Two Reels – Coulda been a con-
tender.
Three Reels – Something to talk
about.
Four Reels – You want the truth?
Great flick!
Five Reels – Wow! The stuff
dreams are made of.
Jane Louise Boursaw is a free-
lance journalist specializing in the
movie and television industries.
Visit her online at
www.ReelLifeWithJane.com or
email
jboursaw@charter.net.
____ 11 about families
Health News:
Common
by Joshua L. Fox, M.D., F.A.A.D.
Childhood Skin Infections on the Rise
W
hile most of us are likely to
provide quick and compre-
hensive treatment to a child
who’s developed a fever or a stomach
bug, there is a temptation to think of
… these organisms thrive in the very
places where children go every day.
skin infections as superficial conditions
that will clear up on their own in time.
While this is sometimes the case, the
vast majority of skin infections do
require treatment in order to lessen the
discomfort or side effects this may
cause, reduce the chance of giving the
infection to others, and eliminate the
possibility of the infection spreading to
internal organs and causing more seri-
ous health issues. Many common skin
infections are on the rise – affecting
10%-15% of school-aged children each
year or more. In addition, herpes is
also becoming more prevalent among
children today
Part of the reason that skin infections
are becoming more common is that the
environments in which these organisms
thrive are the very places where chil-
dren go every day. Warm, damp places
like locker rooms and shower stalls are
prime breeding grounds for fungi,
viruses and bacteria, while sharing com-
mon desks and classroom materials in
school – or hairbrushes, towels, practice
jerseys and equipment during sports
activities – can pass infections easily
between kids.
Common children’s skin ailments
■ Impetigo is the term for a scrape or a
cut – which can be large and visible
or too small even to see – that has
become infected by a streptococcus
or staphylococcus bacteria, causing
small blisters that can burst or crust
over. Staph and strep bacteria are
easily transmitted from person to
person, or by coming into contact
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and cleansing of common areas like
sinks, desks, etc. can stem the trans-
mission of infection. Any sign of an
infection in a cut or scrape, including
a yellow crusting or pus oozing from
the affected area, should be brought
to the attention of a physician imme-
diately and treated with topical or
oral antibiotics. That’s because the
staph bacteria that can cause impeti-
go is also implicated in MRSA, an
antibiotic-resistant skin infection
that can spread to internal organs
and cause serious health problems in
children.
■ Ringworm is not in fact caused by a
worm, but rather by a dermatophyte
fungus. It can appear on the torso as
a small, round, rough and scaly patch
of skin, or on the scalp (Tinea capi-
tis). Children often get ringworm
from handling pets that are infected
or from sharing hairbrushes or
combs, so preventing this fungal
infection involves washing hands
before and after handling pets, and
providing each family member with
his or own hairbrush or comb and
never sharing. Ringworm is highly
contagious, and some children and
adults can be carriers of the organ-
ism – able to transmit the condition
even if they don’t develop it.
Ringworm can be treated with over-
the-counter antifungal creams, but
treatment is different for scalp infec-
tion. Any signs of ringworm should
be checked out by a dermatologist,
and other family members or pets in
the household should be tested if a
child develops the infection.
■ Molluscum Contagiosum is a pox-
virus infection that causes small,
round, waxy raised bumps to appear,
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easily spread through skin-to-skin virus that is common among chil-
contact As a result, many children dren is Herpes Simplex Virus 1
contract it at swimming pools or (HSV-1), which most often causes
playing contact sports. Children cold sores around or within the
should never share towels or equip-
ment, and always wash thoroughly
mouth. Unfortunately, there is no
cure for the herpes virus, so children
before and after swimming or other
sports. While molluscum growths
should take extra care in preventing
it by avoiding sharing eating utensils
rarely hurt or itch, young children or engaging in any mouth-to-mouth
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What’s more, molluscum can spread creams that can shorten the duration
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How to prepare your teenage child to be the best babysitter he or she can be…
A Babysitter in the Making
by Martha Wegner
M
y 14-year-old daughter is
ready …ready to earn the
big bucks, that is. And all
she has to do is play with some kids for
a few hours. In her words, “How tough
can that be, Mom?” We’re talking
about babysitting of course, and
Allison, my daughter, wants in on the
fun and the money.
But she, and others like her, have a
few things to learn, namely, that while
babysitting does indeed pay cash, there
comes with the payment a whole lot of
responsibility. As her mom, I feel the
need to teach her the specifics of those
responsibilities. Just where do I begin?
I started where I think every good
Mom should start: the public library.
But while the library has scads of
books related to babysitting, I found
that my new little worker was just not
interested in “reading all about it.” On
to idea # 2: teach her myself. Having
raised a few kids myself, I feel quali-
fied to teach her how to diaper, feed,
and bathe a kid. Only problem, as in
most things in this particular stage of
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sarily know best, and listen-
ing to me instruct her is
only slightly less boring
than the latest Biology lec-
ture. Not to mention the
fact that things have
changed in the childcare
world since I was an oh-so-
active member, and I may
not be quite up to speed.
The solution? Enroll her
in a babysitting course. A
class that is not only taught
by a real certified instruc-
tor, but that also has the
added bonus of being
attended by other kids her
age. That way they can
learn (and have some fun?)
together.
So, I looked for some
good, reputable courses,
and I’m happy to say I
found some. Below are list-
ed some suggestions for finding organ-
izations that offer babysitting courses.
And to supplement what my daugh-
ter and her friends have learned so far?
The internet, of course. The web is sec-
ond nature to teenagers. We’ve provid-
ed some good sites to get your child
thinking about being prepared.
Finally, there are books. Maybe
your teen would appreciate looking at
a few. (See below.)
Babysitting courses:
■ American Red Cross Babysitter’s
Training Course (ages 11-15)
This course gives the new babysitter
everything he/she could require,
including information on interview-
ing, age-appropriate toys and
games, bedtime, diapering, and first
aid. To find a class in your area, click
on: www.redcross.org. On the far
right of the page, enter your zip
code. You will be directed to your
local Red Cross chapter. Click “Visit
their Website” on the far right of the
page. On the left side of this page,
click “Take a Class”. There you will
find many courses, including the
“Babysitter’s Training” course.
■ Safe Sitter (ages 11-13)
Teaches adolescent babysitters how
to handle crises, how to keep their
charges secure, and how to nurture
and guide a young child. Classes
are offered in all 50 states. To find a
class in your area, click on:
www.safesitter.org. Click on
“Students.” Click on “Where to
take Safer Sitter.”
Community Education
Browse your local community edu-
cation’s catalog. Many community cen-
ters offer babysitting courses.
Websites:
■ University of Illinois Extension:
“A Guide to the Business of
March 2009
Babysitting”
A huge amount of information is
shared here, including safety, activi-
ties to do with kids according to age,
as well as the nuts and bolts of
bathing, sleeping, and dressing.
Find the site at
■
www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/ babysit-
ting/
Kids’ Turn Central
Gives suggestions for finding jobs,
interviewing the family, as well as
activities and safety. Also includes
printable lists such as “children’s
information,” “general informa-
tion,” and “emergency numbers.”
Find the site at: www.kidsturncen-
tral.com/ topics/issues/babysit-
ting1.htm
■ KidsHealth
A good basic primer on preparing
oneself for the job of babysitter.
Find the site at:
http://kidshealth.org/teen/school_jo
bs/jobs/babysit.html.
■ Books:
• The Red Cross publishes a number
of babysitting guides which are
available as PDF files on their web-
site (www.redcross.org). Topics
include Safety Inspection Checklist,
Family Information Card, and a
Family Interview Form. Find the
guides by clicking on the links in this
order: Preparing and Getting
Trained, Get trained, Caregiving
and babysitting, and finally
Babysitter’s Training.
• The Babysitter’s Handbook: The
Care and Keeping of Kids, Harriet
Brown, 1999, Pleasant Company
Publications. This book, from the
continued on page 20
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Parents Can Make Children

Smarter Through Music
by Philip Sheppard
controls.’ These controls help children Can music benefit a

E
ngaging children in active
music-making will help them
acquire many essential mental,
physical, and social skills. Music can
dramatically improve physiological and
mental coordination, which makes it an
extremely effective catalyst for learning
and development. Music can be a cru-
cial tool in the development of atten-
tive listening, absorption and compre-
hension skills.
Parents don’t need musical training
to be their child’s best, most inspiring
music teacher and the home is the per-
fect place for learning. You should be
playing music that you love to your chil-
dren, whether classical or not. More
importantly, make music with children.
The greatest benefits can be drawn
from active music-making rather than
passive listening activities. Listening
exercises certainly have a place, but
children learn a huge amount from the
process of making and creating music
themselves.
Studying an instrument involves
mastering a wide range of skills and it
requires concentration and regular
study, comprehension, and communica-
tion of sophisticated concepts. Studying
an instrument also stimulates fine
motor control, breathing, and memory.
Active music-making aids mental
development and learning, and it can
even encourage a growing brain to
physically alter its very structure. It
builds essential social skills, helps peo-
ple of all ages define their own identity,
creates associations between groups,
and helps to forge links between peo-
ple. Making music creates great feelings
of self-worth and can even have benefi-
cial effects on health.
Children are born with an incredible
array of musical abilities including
acute sensitivity to pitch, extraordinary
rhythmic skills, and the ability to dis-
cern subtle differences.
How can music affect intelligence?
Intelligence is the capacity to learn
and understand new things and making
music helps that process. It helps with
language and social skills, encourages
creativity, and has a positive effect on
the mental, physical, and social aspects
of childhood development.
Music affects the way the brain
develops. Adult musicians’ brains show
clear differences from those of non-
musicians, particularly in areas relating
to listening, language, and the connec-
tion between the two sides of the brain.
Learning to play music improves fine
motor control and coordination, pro-
vides a framework for learning new
skills, and helps to reinforce ‘inhibitory
gain mastery over their spontaneous
reactions. Many forms of musicianship
rely on very advanced coordination
between the brain and the body. It is no
accident that children’s rhymes, songs,
and fingerplays exist in all cultures.
They’re very sophisticated tools for
learning and development.
Music improves children’s memory
skills. Musicians use many forms of
memory when practicing, performing,
improvising and composing. Music can
be an incredible vehicle for retaining
vast amounts of associated information.
We are genetically predisposed to
remember long, complicated musical
sequences in a much more efficient
manner than that we employ to recall
text.
Music is the language we are born
with to enable us to learn how to com-
municate and eventually speak in a
mother tongue. The very essence of
musical phrasing is inextricably linked
to the patterns of pre-speech and com-
mon speech. These patterns form the
foundation for nearly all conscious lan-
guage acquisition. There are strong
similarities between the way our brains
process speech and the way we inter-
pret music.
By its very nature, music is an
expressive combination of mathematics
and physics. Because music is built
from components that can be described
in mathematical terms, it can be an
excellent tool for teaching mathemati-
cal concepts. Music helps us to under-
stand and use ideas that could other-
wise remain highly abstract. Some of
the greatest mathematical minds have
helped us understand how musical ele-
ments are constructed; conversely, com-
posers have created incredible works
entirely from mathematical construc-
tions. The spatial reasoning skills
advanced by instrumental training can
help process complex algebraic func-
tions.
Our first communications are musi-
cal dialogues with our parents. These
help us as young children to develop
language skills and to ‘find our voice.’
Music helps us form associations with
others and to define those things that
set us apart from others too
Children love to bond with parents
and friends through music, and eventu-
ally come to assert their individual
tastes and differences through such
means by the time they reach adoles-
cence. Music enables us to create sonic
expressions of our cultural identity and
therefore helps to define our own per-
sonal heritage, and, by extension, our
place in the world.
child’s health?
Music has been
shown to reduce cer-
tain stress-causing
hormones in the
body and it also trig-
gers the brain’s pleas-
ure-giving neuro-
transmitters, known
as endorphins. When
endorphins are
released, they result
in feelings of well-
being and happiness.
A happy child can
result in a healthy
child! From a bodily
fitness viewpoint,
love, whether classical or not. More
music can be a catalyst for many types
importantly, you should make music
of physical activity. Young children
with your child. The greatest benefits
instinctively move to music, which can
can be drawn from active music-making
therefore be used as a tool for physical
rather than passive listening activities.
exercise and coordination activities.
Listening exercises certainly have a
Should I be playing classical music to
place, but children learn a huge amount
my child?
from the process of making and creat-
You should be playing music that you
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Love, Limits, & Lessons
by Bill Corbett
When a Child Uses Powerful Words that Hurt
f all the
O
words that
bother par-
ents the most, my vote
would have to go with
the phrase, “I hate
you!” I’m talking
about the words that occasionally come
out of the mouths of our babes when
they are angry with us. Many of us were
raised with an understanding that the
word hate was off limits more than any
others. Back when I was young, it didn’t
matter how angry I was with my par-
ents, I never considered the option of
using that word because I knew there
would be extremely heavy conse-
quences if I did. Parents today cringe
when they hear that word used against
them and it hurts. We were taught by
the power it carried, that it was the ulti-
mate in verbal assault on respect..
Let me suggest however, that chil-
dren do not know what that word
means. They say it when they are mad
at the parent for not giving in to their
demands, or for making changes that
they don’t like. When your young child
is mad at you, they are expressing that
they either love you or hate you; there
is nothing in the middle. I encourage
parents to not over react when they
hear the hate word used against them. I
also suggest that when your child says
“I hate you,” that you react in a calm
voice and simply say, “it looks like
you’re mad at me.” This will help rede-
fine the child’s emotion and help them
understand what they are really feeling.
What about “potty words,” when
your child picks up a bad word he heard
somewhere and decides to use it for
effect? Imagine this scene; little Johnny
is playing in the sandbox at preschool
Shamrock Magnet
Supplies Needed:
✔ Foam (I used green)
✔ Tacky glue
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Directions:
1. Trace and cut out Shamrock and deco-
and he hears another little boy say
“poo-poo” (I’ll use a mild one here to
represent words that are far worse).
Little Johnny innocently repeats this
new and unfamiliar word a few times
because it’s kind of cute and easy to say.
There may even be a chance that he’s
heard Mommy or Daddy say it and he
wants to be more like them, so he tries
out the word. Moments later, the
teacher hears little Johnny using this
word. She’s shocked and scolds him not
to say it. He quickly discovers the power
of this word because of how it made his
teacher respond. Mommy arrives in the
afternoon to pick him up. With anticipa-
tion and excitement, Johnny decides to
try out the word again to see what effect
it will have on Mommy. She nearly
drives off the road as she hears him
announce it from his car seat behind her.
Looking in her rearview mirror, she
exclaims “we don’t use that word in this
family!” and thinks to herself, “my child
is out of control and he’s only four!” Or
she’s wondering to herself, “What are
they teaching him at this school?” Little
Johnny is excited about the power this
word is giving him by the impact it is
having on the adults around him. I
might even imagine he is saying to him-
self, “I’m going to save this powerful
word for later… when Grandma comes
over to visit!”
It’s common for young children to
hear various “potty words” and begin
using them against our wishes. What
motivates children to use them is the
reaction they get from the adults around
them. Your child may be feeling small
and unimportant and suddenly discov-
ers that using this special word gives
them the power to cause you to freak
out and over react. Experts tell us that a
rate as desired.
2. Trace the edges with glue and
sprinkle with glitter. (note: I sug-
gest that you place a piece of
paper under the shamrock to
catch lose glitter so that you can
pour back into bottle.
3. Let dry.
4. Stick magnet on back and hang
on the refrigerator.
child may spend up to three months
using a new word they’ve heard, but if
using it causes Mommy to lose her cool,
the child may keep using it far beyond
the normal ‘discovery’ period. This gives
her the feeling of being powerful and the
motivation to turn it into a fun game to
play.
Immediately I suggest not over react-
ing. This will take away much of the
motivation for your child to want to
keep using the word. Remain calm and
avoid fearful thoughts that your child is
bad, or worse, that you’re a bad parent.
Also avoid punishing the child. Many of
us can remember having our mouths
washed out with soap. Instead, calmly
let your child know that you do not like
the word and cannot allow anyone in the
house to use it. Let them help you come
up with a fun word that they can say
instead. Because they may test you to
see how “real” you are with this new
boundary, be ready to lovingly remind
them of your rule about the word and
make it fun and exciting to use the alter-
nate word instead. Taking this firm and
loving approach will teach your child so
much more about unconditional love
and building respectful boundaries with
others.
Although one might not classify this
as using a real word, I get stumped with
March 2009
the parents who cannot get past their
child communicating like an animal. A
woman I met asked me to help her find
a solution for her 4 year old daughter
constantly barking like a dog. The little
girl was even crawling around on all
fours. My advice to her was that her
daughter was simply exploring the fun
of being a dog and nothing more. By the
mother overreacting to this behavior,
she was giving it instant value and moti-
vating the child to do it all the more for
fun. I suggested that she remain calm
and dispel her fears that her daughter
would be barking at 18. I encouraged
her to have some fun with this and bark
back. If she was trying to gain coopera-
tion from her daughter, to simply say
“mommy can’t understand you” and just
walk away. I later learned that when
mom started ignoring the barking, the
little girl turned into a cat. Within a
week, the girl had tried out an entire
menagerie of animals, but eventually
began speaking normally when mom did
not respond.
Bill Corbett is the author of the book “Love,
Limits, and Lessons,” and the executive director
of Cooperative Kids. He has three grown chil-
dren, two grandchildren, and lives with his wife,
Elizabeth, near Hartford, Connecticut. You can
visit his web site www.CooperativeKids.com for
further information and parenting advice. Send
questions via email to billcorbett@aboutfamilies-
pa.com
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■ Number of states that have such
again: 56
bans: 3
■ Percent who would spend more
■ Fine California adults pay if they’re
time with the people they know
caught smoking in a vehicle with a
they’ll miss later: 8
minor: $100
■ Percent of school-age children
■ Percent of American children who
who say schools should require stu-
suffer from peanut allergies: Less
dents to volunteer: 5
than 1
■ Percent of college-bound 12th
■ Percent of schools in the U.S. that
graders who volunteer: 35
ban peanuts: 18
Mixed Measures ents maintain contact, is seldom or ■ Percent of 12th graders with no col- Sources: Adoptioninstitute.org,

P
ercent of American adults
who’ve seriously considered
adopting a child: 36
■ Percent who say open adoption, in
which the birth and adoptive par-
never a good idea: 44 lege plans who volunteer: 22 Notmuch.com, Scholastic.com,
■ Percent who believe children adopt- Childtrendsdatabank.org, USA Today,
■ Percent of school-age children who
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believe adults should be prohibited
likely to have emotional problems
from smoking cigarettes in cars with
than American-born adoptees: 52
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popular AmericanGirl Library has
lots of good tips on caring for kids in
a fun and readable format.
• The Babysitter’s Handbook, K.D.
Kuch, Random House Books, 1997.
This slightly older book is still a real-
ly useful resource. Full of ideas for
the fun and games, as well as the
babysitting basics.
A word of warning…
Just because you have provided your
teen with the best classes, books, and
websites, does not mean that your job
is done. It is still your responsibility as
a parent to do some follow up. Look
over the materials with your teen. Be
sure to talk with him or her about the
information and what questions he or
she might still have. And above all,
remember, even if you’ve armed your
teenager with a wealth of information,
there is nothing like Mom’s help in a
crisis, be it big or small. Make sure to
be just a phone call away those first few
jobs. Your teen might just need Mom’s
assistance after all!
Martha Wegner lives in St. Paul,
Minnesota with her husband and 2 chil-
dren. To read more of her essays go to
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with a
March 2009
Camp in the
Wesley Wonders
by Wesley J. King
City? How Surprising!
B
efore I was born, my Mom
used to spend summer days
with children in the
nearby city. She traveled there
to meet children at churches to
give them a camp experience
without it actually being at an
outdoor camp in the woods.
Everyone got to sing camp
songs, make snacks, play
games, learn about nature, create
crafts and act out stories. Mom was
in charge of the music time.
One of the people she worked with
back in her college days called Mom to
ask if she would try the camp experi-
ence on a Saturday. My Mom said
“yes” and invited me to join her for the how the kids would be in groups. Mom
got us up on our feet singing and danc-
fun! I couldn’t imagine how it would
seem like summer camp in the middle ing. I felt proud as everyone smiled and
had a great time! We divided into
of the city, but I was curious enough to
give it a try and to spend more time groups and I stayed with Solomon.
First we went to the storyteller’s sta-
with Mom.
We started out early that Saturday in tion. Then, our craft activity was fun.
We got to plant seeds after decorating
March. It was a cold morning with a
few patches of snow still on the ground. our own planters made of recycled
We had to set everything up before the plastic. Solomon painted his like a
kids arrived. The theme for the day was duckling. Next, we enjoyed making our
“Spring Surprises” and we knew about own healthy snack mix. Solomon loved
24 children had signed up to come the game station after I helped him
spend the day with our team of teach- understand the directions for bunny
ers. I was in charge of helping the chil- hop tag. The morning flew by and we
dren make nametags in the shape of ate our pita pocket lunch together after
baby animals! our singing prayer. The special treat for
After the kids arrived with their par- the afternoon was a “real” campfire
ents they came over to me. Some of the where we roasted marshmallows!
kids were my age, but most of them Solomon had never tried that before!
were in kindergarten or first grade. Wow - he really smiled after he tasted
Three kids seemed really shy and two that treat! Before he left, I told him I
asked me to help them write their hoped to see him again at summer
camp.
name. I learned that one of the boys
had just moved here from India and On the way home I chatted with
only knew a few words in English. His Mom about the day. I told her I was the
adopted parents asked me to keep an
extra special eye on Solomon.
one who got the biggest surprise.
Camp in the city was so much fun!
After the children arrived (plus
eight more than we expected) the
Wesley J. King
Music
director explained the activities and
Share your heart and
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Parent-Teacher Communication; Long Division;
Dear Teacher
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Parents: Communication with your
children’s teachers is always important.
However, the nature of that communica-
tion changes with the years. The younger
your children are, the more essential it
is. This will ensure that problems, even
small ones, are handled early so they
won’t become serious. As children
advance in the grades, most begin to
take on the responsibility of communi-
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Turkey Hill
■ Campbelltown
Turkey Hill
■ Colebrook
Collins Grocery
■ Cornwall
Police Station
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
■ Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Area Library
Redner’s
■ Jonestown
BG’s Value Market
Camp Bashore
KOA Campgrounds
Krall’s General Store
Lickdale General Store
Turkey Hill
■ Lebanon
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Blouch Mobile Convenience Store
Bonnie Kupp School of Dance
Cedar Lanes Bowling Alley
Leona Ewing, D.O.
Foodland
Friendly’s Family Restaurant
Giant Foods (E. Cumberland)
Good Samaritan Hospital
Harpel's
Heisey’s Diner
Hess Gas Station
Ingram & Daugherty Orthodontists
Kapp Advertising “Merchandiser”
Kenbrook
Kugo Japanese Steak House
Hibachi & Sushi Bar
Lebanon Community Library
Lebanon County MH/MR
Lebanon Farmer's Market
Lebanon Pediatric Association
Martin’s Fabric Barn
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March 2009
out relying on your help. In fact, middle pened to precipitate the event may get
them practice in
school and high school students are often the child to see that he or she might have
using long division.
very reluctant to have parents speak to played a role in causing it. Talking over
Before starting
their teachers. This can be a positive step how the child would handle similar
the game, make
in growing up. events the next time can teach the child a
three sets of cards
To know when to talk to a teacher, lis- lot about avoiding them in the future.
numbered 0-9 and Dear Teachers columnists
ten carefully when your children com- Also, role play with your child how he or
shuffle them. Then Peggy Gisler & Marge Eberts
plain about school. They will probably she can talk with a teacher about a prob-
have every player draw a blank division
say most unpleasant events had nothing lem.
problem with two squares for the devi-
to do with their own actions – this may or No matter the age of the child, there
sor (dividing number) and four squares
may not be the case. Asking what hap- are times that parents must get involved.
for the number to be divided. The game
Listening to your child will help you
is played in this way:
know when. Don’t rush over to the
■ The first player turns over the top
school every time your child complains
We are pleased to be distributing he or she was treated unfairly or did
card.
About Families through schools, daycare poorly on a test. Day-in and day-out
■ This player writes the number in one
centers, doctor and dental offices and these complaints about the same problem,
of the squares on his blank division
convenient locations throughout our County: however, may warrant an early conversa-
problem.
■ The rest of the players take turns
tion with the teacher – especially in the
drawing cards and writing the num-
lower grades. With older children, it is a
bers on their blank division problems.
good idea to talk to the child first about
■ When all the spaces are filled in, each
his or her complaints and how serious
player solves his or her division prob-
they really are. At any age, you need to
■ Lebanon contact your children’s teachers if you
lem.
Merchandiser Office ■ Calculators can be used to check the
feel that they are struggling with a school
Nazeeri, Dr. M answers are correct. (Remind your
Philhaven problem that they will not be able to
children that remainders in division
Plaza Apartments resolve by themselves.
can be shown as decimals or frac-
SARCC & Leb. Fam. Health Serv. It is not always essential to discuss
Spike Karate tions.)
smaller problems in person with the
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church teacher. A phone call or email may easi-
■ The winner is the player who has the
Sunset Grocery Outlet highest quotient (answer).
ly resolve them. If you attended the
Turkey Hill Children who truly understand divi-
Women’s Health Center information evening with teachers at the
sion and have a strategy for filling in
YMCA beginning of the year, you know how
their division problems will usually be
Youth Advocate Program they want to be contacted. For serious
the winners.
■ Mt. Gretna problems a face-to-face meeting is essen- ❦❦❦
Mt. Gretna Roller Rink tial. For older children with several Question: My eight-year-old son has
Mt. Gretna Hide-A-Way teachers, it may be a good idea to been diagnosed with ADHD (Attention
Philhaven include all of the child’s teachers as well Deficit Disorder with hyperactivity),
■ Myerstown as the school counselor unless the prob- and we are all coping with it. What I
Country Fare Restaurant lem is only with one subject or teacher. wonder though is: Will he get better with
Dutch-Way Farm Market ❦❦❦ age? – Need to Know
ELCO Family Health Center Answer: You will notice improvement
Hornings Market Question: Schools don’t seem to put
much emphasis anymore on having chil- in your son’s ability to concentrate, con-
Kumm Esse Diner
Myerstown Community Library dren learn how to do long division. My trol his emotions and impulses, handle
Shape Shoppe,The children just seem to rely on doing it frustration, and organize better as he
Smith’s Candies with a calculator. How can I interest gets older. The sooner children with
Turkey Hill ADHD get help, the less effect ADHD
them in picking up this skill? – For
■ Newmanstown Division will have on their lives. Also, the degree
Len’s Food Market Answer: It’s true that not too much of severity of ADHD plays a big role in
■ Palmyra emphasis is being placed on long divi- how much early intervention will help.
Dairy Queen sion. We have a game that your children Obviously, the less severe the ADHD is,
Hometown Family Diner might enjoy playing that would give the greater the improvement.
Ingram & Daugherty Orthodontists ADHD is a neurological disorder
Palmyra Public Library whose symptoms can improve as chil-
Paramount Sports Complex dren grow older. Nevertheless, through-
Pages Card & Gift
Redner's out the school years your son is likely to
Sheetz lag somewhat behind his classmates. For
Turkey Hill example, if your son could only focus for
five minutes at five, his peers were prob-
■ Pine Grove
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Pine Grove KOA utes. However, now that he’s older, he
■ Quentin may be able to focus for fifteen minutes,
Quentin Haus but his classmates will be able to focus
for half an hour or more. The symptoms
■ Richland of ADHD can continue in varying
Richland Community Library
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Parents should send questions to Dear
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row's future, this may be the opportunity
you've been looking for. The Bethany
Children's Home in Womelsdorf is looking for
couples to be houseparents. The Houseparent Name Phone
position is both challenging and rewarding.
This couple would live on campus with
Bethany's Boys or Girls. Houseparents are Address
responsible for providing compassion, disci-
pline and daily supervision to the children of City State Zip
Bethany Home. Applicants should be mature,
responsible individuals with a sense of mission
to help children in need. If interested call 610- Clip out, include your check and mail to:
589-4501. Ask for Steven Smith or Jessica About Families Classified Ad, PO Box 840, Lebanon, PA 17042
Weik or email ssmith@bethanyhome.org or
jweik@bethanyhome.org
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