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The Building Blocks to Kindergarten

Lawrence preschools are part of a statewide pre-kindergarten pilot program that some hope will eventually be available to all 4-year-olds in the state.

Youth swim meet to affect pool hours
J-W Staff Reports
July 3, 2008
The Aquatics Division of the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department will host the Wave the Wheat Meet from July 10 through July 13 at the Indoor Aquatic Center, 4706 Overland Drive.
Creativity keeps boredom at bay for summer
By Amy Bertrand - McClatchy Newspapers
July 1, 2008
If you’ve already heard choruses of “I’m bored” this summer, you are not alone. “I know people who hear it the minute school is out,” says Jennifer Fetsch, a teacher and former educator with Parents as Teachers. She has some solutions for fighting the summer blahs.
Prenatal preoccupation: Parents fear Hollywood makes pregnancy look a little too cool
By Megan Scott - Associated Press
July 1, 2008
News that 17 girls at a Massachusetts high school became pregnant this year is raising questions about whether pregnancy has become something alluring to teens. Many teen pregnancies still take place against a backdrop of economic distress or a search for love, experts say — that’s been the case for years.
Double Take: Economic hardships offer great lessons for kids
By Dr. Wes Crenshaw & Julia Davidson
July 1, 2008
We complete our series on kids and the economy as we learn that consumer confidence is at its lowest level in 16 years, the stock market dropped 358 points, and oil hit $140 a barrel. How can we help our teens brace for rough economic seas? I encourage parents to make every transfer of money a miniature economics lesson from about age 4.
First-grader reached 700 book mark
By Shawn Linenberger
June 30, 2008
Blake Phillips’ favorite book is “Ricky Ricotta’s Giant Robot.” That might be a fitting favorite, considering Blake’s reading abilities border on the superhuman. Blake, who will be a second-grader this fall at Tonganoxie Elementary School, read a whopping 700 books during first grade.
Packing for camp? Try these tips
Washington Post
June 30, 2008
If your children are still planning to head off to camp this summer, here are some suggestions from veteran campers and seasoned camp directors about what to take and what not to take along.
Free theater camp gives teens something new to do
By Erin Castaneda
June 28, 2008
On a warm summer Friday night,nine Lawrence youths performed Shakespeare in South Park. If the group hadn’t spent the last few weeks practicing “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and being engaged by volunteers who created the Lawrence Youth Ensemble, a new free theater camp for youth, many of them said they were likely to instead be walking downtown, sleeping or on Facebook, a social networking Web site.
Natural History Museum camp lets kids have a blast
By Lindsey Slater
June 26, 2008
Three. Two. One. Blast off. They may not be working for NASA, but about 20 children at Kansas University’s Natural History Museum’s summer camp got a chance to launch a rocket Wednesday. The rockets were made of 20-ounce soda bottles and filled with water and air from a bicycle pump.
Double Take: Tough financial times call for talk with teens
By Dr. Wes Crenshaw & Julia Davidson
June 24, 2008
Wes: Money can’t buy anyone love (The Beatles), may well be the root of all evil (Pink Floyd), especially for those who take it and run (Steve Miller), leaving us to secretly envy those who seem to get it for doing nothing (Dire Straits). But today money is creating increased conflict for teens and their families.
No illusions: Teen builds lucrative career on early dedication to magic
By Jesse Leavenworth - The Hartford Courant
June 24, 2008
Jonathan Jacques is willing a deck of cards to move. He is on his knees in his Glastonbury, Conn., home, rubbing his fingertips together and talking about a guy who can mind-move objects. Jacques puffs at the face-down deck, which contains a card — the queen of diamonds — signed by a visitor with a black marker. Slowly, the top half of the deck jitters and slides away to reveal the red queen’s hiding place.
Tips for teens to land a summer job
Associated Press
June 23, 2008
The job market is tight, but that doesn’t mean finding a summer job is impossible.
Summer tales: Lawrence experts recommend vacation reads for kids
J-W Staff Reports
June 22, 2008
The Journal-World asked two book experts at the Lawrence Public Library to give their recommended list for children and teens for the time until school starts again. Here are their suggestions, along with their comments.
Reports: Teens made pact to get pregnant
June 20, 2008
A pact made by a group of teens to get pregnant and raise their babies together is at least partly behind a sudden spike in pregnancies at Gloucester High School, school officials said.
Kids put sleuthing skills to test
By Caroline Boyer - cboyer@theworldco.info
June 20, 2008
The students ducked under the police tape and entered the scene of a bloody homicide. Then, Lyndon Rabe, of Shawnee, did the unthinkable — he leaned forward and put his hands on the table in front of him. “You know what you just did?” Sgt. Steve McCorkill chided the sixth-grader. “You left evidence. What if that was the only place the killer touched?” This was why police officers had a rule about keeping their hands in their pockets at a crime scene, McCorkill explained.
LMH offers baby-sitting course
June 17, 2008
Lawrence Memorial Hospital has announced future enrollment dates for “Safe Sitter Enhanced,” geared for 11- to 13-year-olds, to teach necessary skills for becoming safe and competent baby sitters.

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