The Camp Issue 2013
Dads Share Sleepaway Strategies; Crossfit — for Kids; Easter Eggshell Flowerpots
Reading, Writing & Readiness
Are Vermont schools prepared for shootings or other emergencies?
Downstairs Dreamland
Back in 2009, Jamie Polli moved into a South Burlington condo with a barren basement. He wondered how he might create a unique play space for his daughter Celia — then 4 years old — to help ease the challenge of his recent separation from the girl’s mom. “I wanted it to be really super…
Eggshell Flowerpots
Easter is on the way — and, with it, a bunny who brings lots of eggs. While you need intact shells for dyeing or decorating eggs, you can use cracked shells leftover from everyday cooking for this eco-friendly project, which appeared in Martha Stewart Living in 1998. Next time you whip up an omelet or…
Bowled Over
My son, Graham, turned 7 in February. We typically have his birthday party at home, but this year he asked to celebrate at Spare Time, a bowling alley in Colchester that, coincidentally, sponsors the Kids VT Birthday Club. There was no coercion involved, I swear. It was entirely his idea. We arrived a few minutes…
Book Review: Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins
Librarian: Meg Allison, teacher-librarian at Moretown Elementary school Book: Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins and illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky Age Range: 5 and up Allison’s summary: What Pixar’s Toy Story did on the big screen, Emily Jenkins’ Toys Go Out does on the page. The early chapter book gives an intriguing glimpse into…
When do cuts, bumps and bruises require medical attention?
Cuts, bumps and bruises are an inevitable part of childhood. Parents have to assess everything from skinned knees and “goose eggs” to the occasional sprained ankle or broken wrist. When is an injury serious enough to warrant a trip to the emergency room? This month, Lewis First, head of pediatrics at Vermont Children’s Hospital at…
Thinking Inside the Box
The CrossFit Threshold Training Studio in South Burlington is typically filled with serious athletes lifting barbells, doing pull-ups, swinging kettlebells and generally exercising themselves to exhaustion. But on a recent Tuesday afternoon, the “box,” as CrossFit facilities are called, hosts a group of giggling children — my 6-year-old daughter, Dillon, among them. It’s day one…
How did you prepare your child to spend the night away from home?
George Rutherford, Burlington Job: Assistant director of annual giving, University of Vermont Children: Jack, 14, and Alec, 13 The most important thing we do is leave them with friends. And we’ve always told them, from when they were babies, “It’s OK. Mommy and Daddy always come back.” We also tell them, “Mommy and Daddy need…
The Art Of… Writing Poetry
Scissors open and close like “angry alligators” and corn chips are as “salty as the sea” in Janet Bellavance’s second-grade classroom. The 30-year teaching veteran is a big believer in encouraging her students at Burlington’s Edmunds Elementary School to read and write poetry. Consequently, the descriptive language her students have produced over the years is…
The Because Project: Joseph A. Citro
“I’ve spent the last 30 years writing about Vermont and Vermonters in part because of Ida May Fuller.”
