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Show Keep kids active BORED Continued from CI them up for getting back into learning," she said. "Take them plates they can ask questions," Snyder savs. "But don't answer them. Help them figure out the answers themselves." Even a trip to the mall can be beneficial if you approach it from a learning standpoint. Snyder says one of the most important things parents can do for kids to relieve boredom and get them into a learning mode is helping them become excited about literature. Take to library "Take them to the library their programs are great," she says. Hut parents must -- how enthusiasm about summer learning themselves. "You can't expect your child to form a love of reading and learning if you don't model it yourself. Do things to show your enthusiasm If you show it. your kids ill catch the spirit." she says. "(In someplace you can sit down and v share." For activities. Snyder also recommends going over the things the kids learned last year and doing projects from the year they never got to finish or never got around to. Mike Forste of Orem, father of three girls, likes to keep his kids active. He bought a season pass to Seven Peaks and enrolled the girls in swimming lessons. In addition, he says, "I want them to get out and climb a tree, run around play and play with their friends. That's as valuable as any- thing." Forste attempts to keep some structure in the day such as piano practice and lessons, but admits it's difficult to stick to anything too structured. "Our whole schedule is out of whack. I let them run and play even after it gets dark and then they get up late. We eat breakfast late, and sometimes I even forget about lunch." be says. Take on picnics When the kids get bored, Forste sits down and reads to them, takes them on picnics, has them write letters or draw pictures for the grandparents and takes them on walks. "Sometimes we just pile in the car and go somewhere to get out." he says. Dr. Coates says parents need to plan the summer opposite of what they might be used to. "Usually parents have extinguished any structure to the day by the end of the summer," he says. "Hut kids love the freedom in June. More structure is helpful in August when boredom in. Plan family activities sports camps." Until next year, then, a of parents outside sets NuiiJ.iv r? like poll the Library r iii li!t nil ill k ,i : v. I X I i Springville City revealed what they are doing to keep the kids busy during the last few weeks of summer. Bringing the kids to story times at the local library was an obvious choice for this group of parents. Some parents make the rounds, hitting several city library story hours. Story times ne are Barnes and Noble in Orem also has kids' story times and activities every Saturday at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Several parents mentioned this as their favorite to tts activity. Summer plays and movies are a big hit with the kids. The Sundance children's theater and movies at Orem's SCERA theater were favorites. One dad says he likes to pack the kids into the car and go to the drive-in- . Outdoor activities rate high with the parents. Camping, swimming, neighborhood baseball games and visiting different parks were popular. A few parents report taking on ambitious projects like building birdhouses, teaching kids how to cook and garden and making crafts. "We do anything that gets the kids away from the TV," says one mom. ''"fflrrwi'1'" inwrmnam ...,,fl ink bly to JV' na- M good read: Shirlene Reynolds of Orem reads with her 5 year old son. Cinisioh Library. With summer dwindling and school looming ahead, kids need to in,iU- ;,n boredom at bay. A IN u ()t i tl v( ( j (, o-- . riv e.ha t ; . Is summer homework for kids necessary4 knight-Ridd- Newspapers cr Summer homework: else there's lot Something more of these days is required summer reading for school children. Many parents who had to nag their kids to do their homework during the school year resent having to do m again during the summer. Even some reading experts wonder whether the pressure will just breed resistance in touchy adolescents. Bad bounces: More and more of you are buving tram- - ami the luiuil poliiie. child n - il h ii si rain- - .mil In -- i nii.b.ip- - There injuries :is.N()( m:: i: s:;.: enr. lat a lh:i. in Consumer ( - win (I II. eak-polin- Product - 'ouncil. :'l I,.. i Enjoy life without brand names Say 'goodnight' earlier to MARTINEZ POST SCRIPTS prepare kids for school days By PAT By LAI RA TORRK.S Hor.ikl ("onvpontlL'ii! Getting your kids back on schedule before school starts is a good idea, according to Dr. Sam J. Coates, child psychiatrist at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. But how soon to start putting your child to bed earlier depends on the child. "If you have a child that is notorious for having trouble adjusting, start gearing up three to four weeks in advance." he said. Younger children also probably need more time to adjust. Some adolescents can adapt in a relatively short time, he said. For those who do need extra time adjusting, Dr. Coates suggests starting slowly. "You don't want to deprive vour child of summertime," he said. He advises shifting bedtime back about a half hour per week until school starts. "It depends on how sensitive your child is." he said. "Parents know their kids best." Sharks rarely attack people BILL SONKS and RICH By SONES. PH.D. True or false: In spite of the great white shark's Q. reputation as a "man-eater- " These rise in vertical columns to the surface, form- survive when they are. ing a kind of cylindrical bubble cage that traps small fish and crustaceans inside. They could swim through the bubbles but instead swim away from them, clustering toward the center. Now they're lined up for the big swallow: The powers up through the cylinder, harvesting a mammoth mouthful. Q. Where's the beef? A. True enough. Most of the shark's attacks on humans are probably in defense of territory or cases of mistaken identity, i.e., it thinks the person is a seal or sea lion, preferred prey. This may explain why, as one study showed, most victims are swimmers wearing either black (75 percent of cases) or blue ( 14 percent ) suits. Moreover, attacks almost always occur near the surface and when the swimmer or diver is alone or off from the group, just as stray seals are most likely to be targeted. Stalking from deep below, the shark races toward the surface and hits with such ferocity that the victim is pushed up out of the water. He is then carried along for a short distance, then dropped and left to die, to he picked up and eaten later. This is the way of the white shark's kill: quick delivery of a serious wound, then retreat to avoid injury from the huge claws of the dying seal or sea lion, It is during this waiting period that most human victims are pulled to safety. t, Q. Problem: You're a 53-foo- humpback stomwhale with a half-toach capacity that requires s a day. How in four the seaworld are you going to scare up that much 72-to- n n fill-up- food? '. back swims upward in a large spiral, blowing bursts of air bubbles as it goes. a la "Jaws," people are rarely attacked and usually ' STRANGE BUT TRUE A. By "corralling" before gulping, explain Neil A Campbell et al in Biology: Concepts and Connection, 2nd Edition. Beginning some 70 feet below the surface, the hump- - What large animal today accounts for the greatest total biomass? the body bulk of all 6 billion human beings alive today and you're talking A. Add up maybe 400 million people-ton- s. One winter morning as I dressed to go for a run, I paused to examine the attire I had chosen. The old white sweats were splotched with dutch blue paint and permanent, ground-i- n dirt from years of painting and weeding the garden. I fondly pulled them on. Next came an old I had worn while teaching tennis camp 15 years ago. The turtleneck was nondescript and the sweatshirt was an old, hooded favorite. The socks were forest green left on frjm the previous night. The run was beautiful. The blackness of the roads was softened by a blanket of white snow. Traffic was slower, the sidewalks were cushioned, everything was more still. I felt my own rhythm synchronized by my surroundings. I was running well. Across the street and ahead of me I saw a fellow jogger. He was athletically built and obviously exercised often. Only a successful runner would be bold enough to dress the way he was. Bright, purple, psychedelic spandex caressed the muscles in his legs. His matching pullover lacked the pattern, but the intensity of purple created the set. On his head was a sleek cooking up different species? There are some 1.4 million known species, but 10 or 100 times that number still to be charted, estimates E.O. Wilson of Harvard University. To picture this, if each A. species were given a page in the "Encyclopedia of Life," the books would fill about four miles of shelves, or the equivad lent of a library. And that's just today's number. Counting the entire history of Earth, you could fill more than 1,000 libraries. mid-size- Send STfLXNGE questions brothers Bill and Rich at StrangeTrueCompuserve.com to fire. The contrast in our dress was stark. One jogger dressed with designer flare. The other dressed in a thousand times washed pair of sweats. One flashy, one frumpy, but both having a running experience. The attire did not matter. Both runners were out there enjoying the benefits of an early morning run in a world framed in white. How many times do we stop ourselves from enjoying life because we do not have the right attire or perfect circumstances? We hesitate to bring friends into our warm circle because our house needs new paint or we are not a gour-men- t cook. We are embarrassed to give a quarter because we do not have a dollar; therefore, we do not give. We do not rejoice in song because our voice is not sweet. We sit home because there is nothing to wear. We avoid old friends because we are 20 pounds heavier. Post script: Only the false expectations of how things sweatband that matched the spandex. I am sure the socks and shoes were at least striped with purple. The man had only been walking at the time I spotted him. Perhaps he was just warming up. When he 'Open-colla- r' Just to transport all of us at once, you'd need 40,000 10,000-to- n ships. Probably the closest competitor is our old barnyard friend, the cow. But at only about a billion globally, it's doubtful even they constitute a beefier bunch. Q. Just how rich a "kitchen" is the Earth in heard the snow crunch behind him, he turned to see me coming and then bolted into a full run. I imagine the sight of an old lady in sweats about to pass him ignited his running er Knight-Ridd- should be keep us from experiencing the pleasure of how things can be. Pat Martinez is a writer who lives in Orem. free-lanc- workers are the new breed Newspapers Collaring a job: You've heard workers and workers and " workers, but workers? Self magazine says that's the current appelation for people who of blue-colla- white-colla- r r pink-coll- "open-collar- work e at home or telecommute, according to The Manager's Intelligence Report, a monthly newsletter by published Lawrence Kagan Communications Inc. Controlling women: Also in Self, a report that children whose mothers reported having a high degree of control over their professional lives exhibited fewer behavioral problems. That's according to a survey of alumni from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. On the other hand, the amount of time mothers who work spent with was unrelated to their emotional and youngsters' behavioral problems at home, No experience necessary: Women's preference that other their-childre- n women deliver their babies, which has literally changed the face of pediatrics, may result from the assumption that another woman can personally relate to a mother's concerns. But while 42 percent of all pediatricians and 58 percent of those under 45 are now women, part of the price women seem to pay in becoming children's doctors is to forego having dren. Women pediatricians actually are more likely than male baby docs to be single and American childless, Demographics magazine reports. Ably employed disabled: in Also American Demographics, a report that while discrimination and obstacles still exist, more disabled people in this country are working than ever before. Half of the 29 million disabled Americans, age 21 to 64, are employed. of (Although only those who are severely disabled work.) All together, they account for 14 percent of the employed population. one-quart- !!!'" Traveling with a pet is happy experience when plan for it , dog travels in a pet carrier. put a luggage tag on the handle with her name, vet's name and who to call in an emergency. She is on prescription dog food, so that information and where the container is is written on back of the tag. If we were involved in an accident, our pet could be taken care of until the family could come and get her. Traveling with a pet is a happy experience if you plan for the trip. Please stress to anyone traveling with a pet not to leave them in the car unattended! Wanda Livengood. King, N.C. 1 Dear Readers: A fantastic hint for anyone traveling with pets. You never know what could happen and it's worth it to be prepared. Our Savvi always takes her towel, pillow and favorite toy. as well as water from home. Also, you are absolutely right, pets should never be left in a car unattended, especially in the heat. They can get a heat stroke within 20 minutes, even with a couple of window s open a bit. Would you want to sit in a hot car? I think not! Put yourself in their place and see how it feels. Dear Heloise: It's lemonade time! Here's an idea that our daughter, Krystyna. came up with to serve lemonade to her family of eight and our neighbor's children. Take those foam cups and put them in a muffin tin. It keeps the cups from tumbling over with the ice inside and you can pour the lemonade fresh for everyone at the same time. HELPFUL HINTS llll.'t Villi lj.il Museum , 2,500-square-fo- 25-fo- I, Hint' Vi ! H 2 1 III OISI I She also puis name- - mi the m u, cups heliire she place- e the muffin tin. and then w ith"il them out to all single child trying In get 'I first one. .al er we t bought il w mi I. work for church pot l,n - And with a III t le S)ra paint lei r a color, it s a great old muffin tins .leaisneu ' l pa-.-- I k- i !;U to. fun er-- I. it I al Dear Heloise: Mmdhd ..i the bathroom need- - n! a e v. and for jn.--t pu re - de' ' all ages, we found it w pack a couple of night liHii our overnight imii - n; motels. Many motels (ual.e n. sions for night lights Ym either have to leave a bat IiuhIh door ajar to provide a light m many motels that mean the raucou room fan is al-- o mi or u- a brighter light -- the sleeping area 1 me In re "i - in be !i !t ha- on. The night be light.- - ,. ho to cluldi a -i r.:room. ml, reassuring might lie leery darkened I v.. --..Id al-- i. l ( louslon the boil. Spanish Fairgrounds lit. ueek Tin horse show - Moiui,i. Pageant County I Mi-I'l- i.- ah at 7 pan Craiid ipening p in ot, Thursday Knlertainnieni on Friday and Saturday include the Saliva Sisters. Mighty Mahogany and the America ( .r) i The Utah County Fair is free e n at. at The nearly room on the second floor of the SCERA houses a wealth of history from a 1909 "Mormon Daredevil" motorcycle to a diorama of Orem city in 1941. Museum hours are now 10 a.m. 5 p.m. weekdays. ill' lr FAMILY FUN Utah County Fair h Hlil- - Dear Heloise: Our small SCERA i; Fork Marching Hand. They per form from ,'i p.m. 10 p.m. V |
