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Show Page C4 - THE DAiLY HERALD. Provo, Utah. Thursday. October t, 998 ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES Learning 'Ms With a Fwitaire' After-scho- -- program aids grades ol 1- -6 By RAN V If you go I'KOVO We all want our children to have the best future possible. Sometimes it's hard to know how to give that to them. In steps the "Kids With a Where: Provo City Library, room When: Thursdays, 4-- p.m. Cost: free Schedule Oct. 15 Weaving Oct. 22 Utah Contemporary Dance Theater Oct. 29 Transfield Sculpture Studio Nov. 5 Greek stories Nov. 12 Museum of Peoples and Cultures "Mesoamerica" Nov. 19 BYU Museum of Art "150 Years of American Painting" or at home. Future because it's fun and she gets to learn about "cool" things. Her mom, Laura, said she makes time to bring Natalie to the classes because it provides an additional learning experience. Last year personnel from the Bean Museum at Brigham Young University brought in a collection of insects and talked about the purpose of each one. For months Natalie kept every bug she found in jars, Laura said. She wouldn't let her family kill any of them because she learned that each one has a specific use. Allison Babb, 8, said her favorite activity at the Kids program was when a scientist came and taught them how to make green blubbery stuff they 4 "" rfe' , ...Jk. MP SrHS? &j got to take home. What's in store? Young storytellers will enter- tain the first through sixth graders today at 4 p.m. These kids were selected from the Alpine School District to tell their stories at the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, Allen chose to invite youth so the kids can look at them an realize that they too are capable of doing great, things. It gives them the courage to step out of their comfort zone. "Peers can influence their friends so much," she said. "The idea is that kids see it's not just adults who tell stories. Kids can do the same thing." On Oct. 15, the youth will learn the basics of weaving and a bit of its history. Each child will weave on a simple cardboard loom. They'll be able to take home their chef d'oeuvre and make more if they want. Derryl Yeager, of the Utah Contemporary Dance Theater, will bring his troupe Oct. 22 to perform parts of his Halloween dance, "Thriller." He and his students will also teach the children about dance and the movements. They will begin to learn how to tell a story with body movements. The last Thursday in October, Leroy Transfield will teach the basics of creating a form out of a block of clay. After explaining the basics of form, dimensions and working with clay, he will distribute a hunk of clay to each child. They will v , - - ., J iA . i J.'t!LUm. kt Bright future: Allison Babb, 8, is quick to answer Rick Walton's questions during the Kids With then make their own sculpture and gently carry it home where it will need to completely dry. November will bring people and cultures from far away lands and times. Students will learn about Greece and its traditions Nov. 5. The next Thursday, the curator for educational programs at BYU's Museum of Peoples and Cultures will bring artifacts and teach about the culture and lifestyle of a particular people A W Ltt liic DdiK Herald mi I A in Mesoamerica. To close the fall schedule, the group will head to the Museum of Art where docents will teach about the techniques employed in the Hudson School paint- IN Future program at the Provo Library. 1 ings. Allen hopes that the children will be able to look at any piece of art and determine if it's from the Hudson School or another. Kids With a Future takes a break for Christmas and starts again in mid-Januar- Write on: Childrens' author Rick Walton gives children inspiration on having a career as an author at Provo's downtown library. Q&A Fund-rais- er Public invited to 'Golf With Us' FORK SPANISH The Family, Friends Organization, a group, invites the With Us. a Golf to public project. The group is raising money to build a Children's Hands On Museum in Utah County. The museum will feature it fund-raisin- many ' V "" J T 5 after-schoo- Kathryn Allen, chairwoman of the Friends of the Provo City Library, organizes activities that teach about art, science, dance or history. She aims to have every guest speaker and subject matter be as hands on and interactive as possible. Last week, local author Rick Walton told about "a day in the life of an author." He then taught the children how to write a riddle. The trick, he says, is to start with the punch line, then make rhymes with a long, complicated word. Shannon Babb, 10, made her own riddle: "What's gray and edible but is alive and tastes good with salsa?" Answer: A chippotamus. Here's one from Rick: "What's a huge bird and never knows where it is?" Answer: A lostrich. The kids were having a great time learning to be creative with words. Natalie Maw, 7, said she enjoys attending Kids With a ? multi-purpos- e Future" program. This l program is organized by Friends of Provo City Library. Its aim is to give kids from an experience they grades wouldn't normally get at school non-prof- v I.KHR The Dai! Herald greoms for success pirogtramni interactive g displays where children learn by doing. The scramble fundraiser takes place Oct. 10 at 8 a.m. at Spanish Oaks Golf Course, 2300 Powerhouse Road, Spanish Fork. Golfers mush by Friday. The entry fee is $50. pre-regist- That's a good price when you consider it includes a day of golfing, fun in the sun, food and a chance to win a new car or motorcycle. The first person to sink a e on one of the par will win a new car, courtesy Orem Honda. On the other hole-in-on- green, the first stroke master who scores an ace wins a new motorcycle from Monarch HondaHarley Davidson. Golfers must by Friday, so don't delay. Call par-- 3 pre-regist- Raymond Grab for more information, registration or to make a donation to the museum fund. Convert extracurricular activities to family activities By EVELYN PETERSEN Kniglif Riclder Tribune News Service Q. In an earlier column, you talked about the danger of overloading kids with too many activities. I extra, am but getting pressure agree, from grandparents to develop their talents and interests. Can you say more on this topic? J.S., Gainesville, Fla. A. It's true that you should take note of your child's talents and interests, and be prepared to enhance them at the appropriate time. But do this gradually, matching their interests after-scho- with their total physical and social-emotion- development. As examples, pre-danc- and e may be fine at age 6, but at this time you also need to be sure the child is developing bone and muscle strength properly. Most piano teachers say that it's best to wait until about age 7 to start piano lessons. Many experts believe that most children are not emotionally ready to engage in organized sports until at least age 7. But a more important reason for doing more "at home" family activities in the early school years instead of too many extracur- - ricular activities is that these years are your best shot for the kind of parenting that will make a e impact on your child. Doing things with your children at home and talking with them is the way you teach them long-rang- attitudes and your family values. In these they will be paying attention to what you believe about rules, fairness, responsibility, kindness, honesty, respect, antibias, family connectedness, traditions, etc. Doing things together helps you learn what your child's unique needs are, and how to influence the kind of person he or she is becoming. The early years, up to about age 8, are also crucial in terms of your parent-chilrelationship. Teaching values and takes time, good communication takes time, being close as a family takes time, and all of them need you in the picture. These few years will pass swiftly and never come again. During these years your influence on your children's life skills is very strong; make the most of it. d Evelyn Petersen is an early childhood and parenting educator, consultant, and author. Parenting Promise you won't get mad? Parents, prepare for the worst By TERYL ZARNOW The Orange County Register She walks into my room, essentially defenseless. I am I her mother; I am can drive and she cannot. I have a charge card and she does not. So she crouches behind the only shield of defense she can muster. "Promise you won't get mad?" she asks. Now, I don't know about you, but I am at a loss when I hear those words. They are always, inevitably, With Georgie Global lost or broken, grades mediocre there is a hope that the or disappointing, and lunch strategy will earn boxes or textbooks misplaced the offender points for honesty. stupidity. "Promise you won't get or forgotten. They are a refrain It does with me. As a child, I never mustered mad?" the captain of the Titanic of childhood, and I have heard radioed to the White Star Lines. them every time we must the nerve to attempt a defense. I try to be reasonable in my "Some of the passengers got make an extra trip back to school. wet." anger. I prefer to think that I The problem is not how often am slow to scream, but informs me My borI this refrain, but how to restrained and deadly. Sort of She done. she has hear has what like a snake, motionless before rowed her friend's dress, worn respond when I do. If you agree not to get mad, it strikes. that dress (over my objections) My kids prefer to think of me to a beach party, and then left how binding is the contract? a stick of dynamite. They are as If you don't agree not to get the dress at the beach. confess child will the hoping to defuse my anger with "Promise you won't get mad, mad?" honesty before I explode. regardless? I appreciate their I understand a child's motiThose pathetic words precede announcements of items vation. Behind those words a prelude to the announcement of some great disaster or feat of tell-al- come-clea- n By Bryan Busby and Tom Gauer STILL TIME FOR THE BEACH l, While most of the country was cooling down, the West was heating up! On this date back in 1987, a blast of cold arctic air hit the north-central U.S., while unseasonably warm weather continued in the Pacific northwest. Some after-- p c noon highs: 90 degrees in uiympia,wasn.,92 degrees in Portland, Ore., and 89 degrees in Seattle were records for the month of October. OBGI Universal Press Syndicate 10-1-- |