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Show T DAILY 'HERALD Tuesday, February 26, 2008 ( A PAGE FOR KIDS, CLASSROOMS AND CREATIVITY acy tvVv "' (ft, iJ 'Ls , jS yf . vA y v j "V' fJi n te'XrSxsfeJ'' y.nj7 r I C y M Jlo? ' v ' ( f V f fJ f 1 Y : N ? Jt JJr ' J J--, A 1 ' - f' """'If Cj-yrSJ? ' i.VV y f' -- . - 1 vCl li 'raVi li 7 vm jji-- - ' ( .'! j S' T ll fes J) i y ''V--:'-- f V 'Ssl- j- 'SvlvT? w!iL. " I J Ijfjy If J'!' JilM 1 V v. JO ' jffj XIjT ijfyf ) J V ' A I$ jB 5. s vfCw 4 I u ft V r F l A JJ ' "V v ' :j Every four years, with some exceptions, we stick an extra day at the end of February to let the calendar catch up with the solar year, which is 3(15- -' days, the actual time it takes the Earth to revolve around the sun. So. rather than the usual 3G5 days, a leap year has36(5 days. This occurrence has created a few superstitions throughout history. According to Irish leg- end, Feb. 29 Ls the only day a woman can ask a man to marry her, because St. Bridget complained to St. Patrick that it took some men too long to do it themselves. A Greek superstition claims that couples have bad luck if they marry in a leap year, so one out of five couples won't. Apparently leap year has a reverse effect on a business. It is supposed to be lucky if a new one Ls started during a leap year. But perhaps the luckiest of all was Christopher Columbus, 0n his fourfh voyage to tte New World, Columbus landed - 'i' Jllv tfflft wi K ' '"wiiij Npvt 4 'Vli yT" r" i i. f ' I ' CaSeil D. COrrV" , ll, Lefu Elementary, Lehi ..... V' r-' - f ' i f .y (i -T i ! lL-L- J WY . li f U fffll'A I . h ' . tl j j JLLii h S Kvcv I ; ; f f'' i IxTiIKT J n V ; '' L ( 'j l U f g-f- xSS ' i. If w. -- "; f jT f - .Si - ' ' ""7l Ai , '' ' " w' r - 7 N ' Sy ' r p.&y...-- T" f iL , 'i' jv. ZIIat ; : '. X t J Sss-'-- , ) ( I ' f? P i ' '' " ' ) Paill Belvedere. i ' i i - 12, Amelia Earhart Elementary, sixth grade, Provo v ' ,;: ; , A. - WOODWARDWashington J Post all-bo- r. - I zh.Mj grvgJU- - - fifth-grad- - A i-S. : ' - 1 Xjl . boys and girls develop. At Landon, for example, students write about their In Al-WASHINGTON feelings because it works the exandra Huber's school in part of the brain that controls Bethesda, Md., it's girls only, emotion, which often devel- Without boys around to judge ops more slowly in boys.' Alexandra her, Bulking up on reading de- says she feels more comfort- - velops the verbal part of the able speaking up. She also brain, another area in which likes how the Holton-Arm- s boys tends to lag behind girls, school officials say. School works to break up "At my old (coed) school hurtful cliques, we read books, but we went Landon At the a lot faster," says Landon School, also in Bethesda, Zach Cooper, 11. Noah Gear says his teachers "We wouldn't go back and take lots of time to help him understand what he reads. comprehend it. You under- Noah, who is 9, also likes the stand the books more here." teach- At Holton-Armextra hour or so he spends ers share personal stories each day doing sports in because girls often need to addition to P.E. class. feel a personal connection in Noah and Alexandra are order to learn, officials say. among the thousands of kids in the Washington area who Teachers also wait to call on schools. It's students because girls can attend single-se- x not all their parents' idea. In take longer to form thoughts e act tnev sav' tnev tnat tney ee' confident shar- "If you have friends, you ing. school "you At an have friends," says Noah, a fourth-grade"It doesn't re- - don't have to worry about ally matter if they're boys or being criticized," says sixth- grader Justine Hayward, 12. She and the others say they More public schools are trying it, too. Nearly 400 pub- - still see plenty of the opposite lie schools across the country sex. "Sister" and "brother" classes schools often pair up for offer some single-se- x or programs. dances and other social ac- It might not be a good fit tivities. The students say for everyone. Still, support- they also have lots of friends classes help ers say single-se- x in their boys and girls teachers focus on the differ- neighborhoods and after- school sports activities, ent ways that the brains of x ; - 7wt'v ' 1 fv jy 1 1 i. j ." k sj j I ..1 f the Washington post j V .' " j lvQJX rf"' Draw four legs on a sheet of all-bo- XiJe rf Jf JXitrki "T ' 1 1 dry. Katherine Shaver J X ' Glue. Ask an adult to cut a wide wedge into the ball for a mouth. Paint the ball green and the inside of the mouth red. Let schools gain in Popularity across nation ( v V 1 ' I Same-se- x f ; ' "f "'".!"H-- i 'L 4vtsN 'vj lfv JL4IBA":' I H' r U4..4r;rJv j 4 S (ffnlJ f f2!r vfV . ; jjj$zjA ' 'f$Jyr ' - jtflfoA ' M. - February29.htm on the Web. Meanwhile, make a frog to help you leap into leap year Feb. 29. Supplies you will need: 1 1 Styrofoam ball, I Green and red acrylic paint and brush. Large wiggle eyes. I Green and red foam sheets. I Scissors. sex classes or programs. Vwj tCfj ; Read more about this story athistoric-uk.comCultureU- Landon School in Bethesda, M&, is one of nearly 400 public schools across the country that offer some single- - The 1 V rescued. TRACY v - r l,i I... .; .. ... eclipse was to take place Feb. 29. 1 le used the information to frighten the natives by telling them Ckxl would punish them if they did not give him food. He said God would darken the moon as a sign. As if on cue, the eclipse began and the frightened na- tives immediately agreed to supply Columbus with every- thing he needed until he was C N aWDsf tTtTfr ' J "lk T-- J ;.r 111 green foam and cut out. The front legs should be smaller ontheislandofJamaica.Ill, losing his eyesight and with his than the back legs. Cut a tongue about five ships lost to storms. Columbus inches long out of red foam. and his remaining ship ran Glue the shorter legs to the aground in 1502. back and the longer ones to At first, the people of the the bottom of the ball. Island provided food for the Glue on the eyes. men, but they grew tired of the crew's arrogance and Optional: Use foam scraps to make a dragonfly and deco- stopped. By 1504, Columbus claimed he came up with a rate with glitter glue. Attach it clever way to scare the natives to a wire inserted in the back of the ball. Bend the wire so into providing for his sailors. Columbus said he consulted an the bug hangs in front of the almanac and learned a lunar frog's mouth. .. v 7 it II J Kathy Antoniotti akrdn beacon journal jjTZ-x- i v egs. i- Tll V V ?V -- - Y ( : frog wit foam arms m Beacon journal phu masturzo a w"h a green s'yrooam onleaPvear '" r nAJS ff;, v The Daily Herald is looking for children and teens to contribute drawings for BYOBrain, our weekly kids' page in the Tuesday Life & Style section. If you have a piece of artwork you'd like to have published, please mail it to Casey Rogers at the Daily Herald, 1555 N. Freedom Blvd., Provo, Utah, 84603. You also can drop it by the Herald's office at the same address. Please include your name, age, school, year in school and what city you live in on the back of the drawing or on a separate piece of paper. Please also include a phone number where we can contact you (this number will not be printed). Drawings cannot be returned. I ' 7 Kids, share your artwork: ) D3 ' 1 |