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Show Thursday, November 22, 1990 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, - Page D3 What io or is not humor to kids is related to their development - says Kutner. "Nonsense words are sounds that are out of place. What NEW YORK (AP) makes children laugh tells us a great deal about what's on their minds and their level of development, according to Dr. Lawrence Kutner, a clinical psychologist and associate professor of public health at the University of Minnesota. They're funny." Similiarly, putting mittens on hands isn't funny. But putting a mitten on his nose is hysterical to a because he knows it doesn't belong there. He's done it on purpose to be silly. He's learned to make a joke. A struggling to mas- - "The specific things children laugh at tell us which developmental tasks they are struggling with," says Kutner, author of "Parent St Child: Getting Through to Each Other" (William Morrow and Co., "The specific things children laugh at tell us which developmental tasks they are 1991, 118.95). "That explains why who are mastering toilet training, love bathroom humor. who aren't worried about toiSeven-year-old- ner. "The small child knows more than the big elephant" The innocent tone of children's Jokes changes toward the end of grade school. By the time boys are 10, they are telling Jokes that are very physically violent and very sexual. Girls that age like humor that is verbally aggressive, perhaps because they often have better verbal struggling with. That explains why who are mastering toilet training, love bathroom humor. who aren't worried about toilet training anymore, think 'potty' jokes are stupid." Dr. Lawrence Kutner, psychologist s, let training anymore, think 'potty' jokes are just stupid." o It also explains why makes a toddler laugh. Kutner says babies learn some very com- things during their first year, icluding the fact that objects and ople exist even when they cant seen. While a baby is learning this, o is fraught with tension and excitement. He's pretty sure Mom is still there and will come back, but he's not certain. When she does reappear, the baby laughs with relief and glee. He can predict the future. What was scary is now fun. "But if Mom keeps her face hidden for too long," Kutner says, "the child's tension will turn to fear, and hell cry." Once children grasp a new concept, they love to play with it. That's why go for combinations of words and nonsense syllables. "They've learned to tell the words from the nonsense," Seven-year-old- peek-a-bo- s, University of Minnesota peek-a-bo- AP Lintcrphcto 'Mice' make the wedding dress Chin. The company makes about 300,000 brides' outfits every year, with designers using computer "mice" to make fabric cutting decisions. Model Marianne Jurgaitis poses last month with computer equipment used to create wed ding dresses at Alfred Angelo Inc. in Willow Grove, Pa. At left Is pattern maker Adalaia of-- i It Teaching grants open new doors to give women's history equal time IwUUm Morning Tribune . ; - Last year, her students made e posters of famous women for their hall of fame and gave reports on their interviews with older women in the community for women's history month In March. They learned about women who influenced the nation and their community in the process. half-siz- Some GENESEE, Idaho AF) Genesee sixth graders were buzzing recently about Susan B. Anthony being arrested for voting. They learned about Anthony's arrest in a card game about women's history. Their teacher, Koxann purchased card games, books, video and audio h, tapes, posters and songs on women's history with a 797 Idaho Department of Education grant for creative and Innovative projects. In this year's legislative session, lawmakers set aside $250,000 for grants to develop creative and in- novative instructional methods, curricula, staff training or alterna- tive forms of staff compensation. There were 377 applications filed for $3 million in grants, but only 65 projects were awarded funding. In north-centrIdaho, the size of the awards range from $797 grant to a $14,219 grant to Grangeville School District's proposal, "Tomorrow's Art Today: Computers." said she sought the money because she believed it would be a great chance to get materials on women's history to use throughout the school year. It is unusual for women's history to be incorporated in an elementary school class curriculum, she said. Social studies books rarely mention women because they rarely got credit for their actions in the past. al th Since school started this fall, has Introduced her 26 students to the new materials on women's history and challenged them to look at the ways people are stereotyped. They already have rations and lists of 10 famous people at the beginning and end of the school year. said her Rose-Duckwor- th stu- dents listed roughly 200 men and 25 women among their lists of 10 famous people at the beginning of the school year. She hopes more women arc named on her students' lists at the end of the year. f 1 th learned about Samantha Smith, who wrote a letter to Soviet leader But she said she isn't emphasizing women's achievements over those of men. She said she is simply giving women's achievements equal time. more spread the famous Sunday Dresses - School & Tiilllii -- r .J$ MgwoUte 230 Glitters At Pier 1... So. hi ' Glass Ornaments. jTs beginning to look a lot like Christmas. 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Stitch WJ Infant (BoysGirls) Wear Career Wear - women To test the effect of learning about women's history, she will compare her students' career aspi I WW - school year and community rirr I 1 1 1 Maternity She said her students will learn throughout nn fnrvr x x-- skills than boys. They may tease each other about boyfriends. While the kids' Jokes may seem quite different to their parents and teachers, boys and girls use humor to do the same things. When an boy snickers at a joke about rape or prostitution, he's not making a judgment about those topics. Sexual issues are much too stressful for him to deal with directly. "The child uses the Joke to check out what feelings and behaviors are acceptable," says Kutner. I Yuri Andropov about peace in the early 1980s and died in a plane crash, and Sybil Ludington, who warned American patriots about British troops Just like Paul Revere. about matched combinations, plays on words or logical flaws to be her favorites. 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