Southwest Washington Family August 2017

Family Southwest Washington

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Day Trip

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Healthy Eating Habits to Follow

Learning About

HOMESCHOOL

August 2017

Celebrate Good Times Cool Local Places to Party

TRANSITION

Back to Class Our George

Washington Remembered

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Learning About

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TRANSITION

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Washington Remembered

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Sienna, 9, Scarlett, 6, Archer, 3, Maack, 12, with parents Dan and Lacey Henricksen, of Chehalis. Photo by Katia Hudson Photography. See ad on page 23.

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TABEL OF CONTENTS What’s Happening Around Here?

Pie Games Birthday Pictures READER REVIEW The Invisible Boy

68Ice Cream 9 11 DID YOU KNOW?

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Teacher Feature

Mr. Bluhm

Farmers Markets

Inside Look at Homeschooling

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Healthy

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CALENDAR

HAVE A PARTY!

26 27 Day Trip 30 28 Fort Vancouver Smiles are Important

Fun To-Do List

Hometown Photos

Easing Back Into the Classroom

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August Events AUGUST 1 Jeff Evans Magic Show

2 p.m., George Washington Park, Pearl and Main Street, Centralia.

Rain or shine! Every book is a magic book when you read it! Jeff Evans’ magic show celebrates the fun things that happen. All ages welcome. For more information, please visit trl.org.

why do we need reading buddies?

AUGUST 4 Music in the Park

...because we need more caps and gowns.

7 p.m., Recreation Park, Chehalis Bring chairs and blankets and enjoy this music event featuring John Ford Coley and The Olson Brothers. For more information, please visit ci.chehalis.wa.us. not reading at grade level by 3rd grade DID YOU KNOW? Students are 4 times more likely to NOT graduate high school.

Volunteer Reading Buddies support our elementary schools by helping students become stronger readers.

One hour per week of extra practice from a caring adult can help change the life of a child.

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Students not reading at grade level by 3rd grade are 4 times more likely to NOT graduate high school.

Community volunteers work with students to help build academic achievement and strong readers. Volunteer Reading Buddies support our elementary-school students and schools with reading progression. One-hour per week during the school year is all it takes!

Inquire today to learn more at upcoming orientations!

All day, Mossyrock The festival includes pancake breakfast, quilt show, car show, blueberry desserts contest, kid activities, music events, parade and more. For more information, please visit mossyrockfestivals.org.

AUGUST 10 Ice Cream and Books

3:30 p.m., Tenino Timberland Library The library always has books, but for a limited time only, you can get your books with a side of ice cream! Come chill, talk about your favorite books and enjoy a cool treat. For teens, middle and high school. For more information, please visit trl.org.

AUGUST 10-13 Morton Loggers Jubilee

All day, Jubilee arena, downtown Morton Event includes food, Hampton Mill tours, lawnmower races, children’s parade, 10k run and more. For more information and schedule, please visit loggersjubilee.com.

AUGUST 11-13 Annual Mt. St. Helens Bluegrass Festival All day, Toledo High School Event runs all weekend and will feature Larry & John Gillis and The Swampgrass Band, The Baker Family, Roustabouts Bluegrass Band, Central Valley Boys and Great Northern Planes. For more information, please visit washingtonbluegrassassociation.org.

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AUGUST 4-6 Blueberry Festival

AUGUST 15-20 SWW Fair

All day, SWW Fairgrounds, Chehalis Concerts, carnival and midway, food vendors, exhibits, animals and rides. Also, don’t forget the Demolition Derby, Rodeo and more. For more information, please visit southwestwashingtonfair.org

AUGUST 19 Solar Eclipse Fun

2 p.m., Yelm Timberland Library Come by and pick up solar eclipse viewing glasses and create a solar themed bookmark in preparation for Monday’s solar eclipse. Materials for craft will be provided. All ages welcome. For more information, please visit trl.org.

AUGUST 25-27 Chehalis Garlic Fest

All day, SWW Fairgrounds, Chehalis Enjoy garlic food, handmade crafts, art, food products, kid activities, music and more. For more information, please visit chehalisgarlicfest.com

AUGUST 26 Hub City Car Show

9 a.m., Downtown Centralia Come see classic cars and shop local antique and specialty stores. For more information, please visit chamberway.com.

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The waffle cone made it’s first appearance at the World’s Fair in 1904.

It takes an average of 50 licks to finish one scoop of ice cream.

The ice cream churn was invented in the 1840s.

The first ice cream parlor opened in New York in 1776.

Vanilla is reported to be the most popular flavor.

Ben & Jerry’s was the first company to sell chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream in 1991. The flavor was created based on an anonymous suggestion on a board in their Burlington, Vermont, shop.

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In 1948,Walter Frederick Morrison and Warren Franscioni created a plastic disc that could fly with better accuracy than a tin pie plate.

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Today, the sixty-year-old Frisbee® is owned by Mattel Toy Manufacturers, only one of at least sixty manufacturers of flying discs.

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Many games are now played with a flying disc.

Here is a list of some of them. How do you think each game is played?

Look them up and find out if you guessed correctly.

• Disc Dog • Double Disc Court • Fricket • Disc Golf • Flutterguts • Goaltimate • Dodge Disc • Freestyle • Ultimate

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TEACHER FEATURE! Mr. Bluhm

Mr. Bluhmwith with nominator Caroline B.

3rd grade, R.E. Bennett, Chehalis How long have you been teaching?

38 years.

What inspires you the most/what is your favorite part of teaching?

I’m inspired most by watching kids come up with great ideas.

My favorite part of teaching is making school a fun and safe place to be.

What hobbies or interests do you enjoy outside of the classroom?

I like to fish, golf, play guitar and work in my garden.

When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I wanted to be an astronaut.

What made you decide to become a teacher?

When I was in high school I had the opportunity to work with elementary kids. I knew then that I wanted to be a teacher.

Do you have a mantra or quote you are always telling your students?

“Work hard and good things happen.”

What is a favorite teaching memory?

My favorite teaching memory is when one of my students decided to house the class goldfish in a pencil box inside a desk.

Surprisingly, the goldfish survived, was returned to the tank and lived a happy fishy life.

Is there anything else you would like to add?

I am a Seahawks fan and our class is known as “The Legion of Bluhm”.

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Oliver V. turns 10 on August 22!

Sean C. turns 6 on August 8!

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Talan S. turns 10 on August 1!

Emily A. S. turns 8 on August 17!

Connor C. turns 8 on August 19!

Emily E. turns 13 on August 22!

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Garrett S. turned 17 on July 24!

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Xander P. turned 9 July 26!

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Zak G. turned 6 on July 7!

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Natalie C. turned 3 on July 20!

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d Community Farmers Market in Chehalis

Where: Boistfort Avenue, downtown Chehalis.

When: Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 6th through October 31st.

Fridays, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., July 14th through August 25th.

Contact: (360) 740-1212, communityfarmersmarket.net.

Centralia Farmers Market Where: Pearl and Maple Street, Centralia (across from Police Department).

When: Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Now through end of September.

Contact: (360) 985-0662, lewiscountyfarmersmarket.org.

Tenino Farmers Market

Where: Downtown historic district, Tenino When: Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Now through September 30th.

Contact: market@teninofarmersmarket.org.

d Pe Ell Farmers Market Where: Seventh Avenue

and State Route 6.

When: Saturday, 7 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Now through the first weekend in October.

Contact: (360) 245-3339.

Winlock Farmers Market

Where: 305 E. Walnut Street When: Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

June 3rd through September 30th.

Contact: winlockmarket@gmail.com.

Packwood Farmers Market Where: Mountain Goat Coffee Company When: Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

June 10th through September 30th.

Contact: sweetdirtfarmer@gmail.com.

Randle Farmers Market

Where: 115 Hampton Road When: Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Contact: (360) 520-0237.

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The Invisible Boy Written by: Trudy Lugwig Illustrated by: Patrice Barton Published by: Knopf Books for Young Readers Intended for ages: 6 to 9 years.

The Invisible Boy was a good book.

It shows ho some kids feel if they aren’t popular or cool, then they don’t matter and get left out of things. Usually these people left out are kind and are first to welcome new people who may eat different things or do strange things — just like Justin who ate bolgori. ~12-year-old reviewer in Onalaska SWWF

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by Tiffany Venters of Salkum

WHAT IS HOMESCHOOL? Homeschool, or home-based education, is where the parent(s) take on the responsibility of educating their child(ren). Rochester resident Jennifer Ervin summed homeschooling up beautifully: “I like to think of homeschooling as a lifestyle of learning, so I am always homeschooling.” This is very true. Home educators tend to make the most out of every opportunity that presents itself. If you are creative you can turn even the most mundane of experiences into a learning opportunity.

WHY HOMESCHOOL? The most common reason people choose to homeschool might be surprising. Most homeschool families simply want to spend more time together bonding, learning and influencing one another. A few other reasons include religion and values, flexibility of schedules, children receiving a personalized education tailored to their abilities and they can better pursue their individual interests.

WON’T THEY BE ANTI-SOCIAL? When asked what question most people have about homeschooling, Stephanie Hoskinson, of Rochester, echos the majority of home educators with, “Aren’t you worried about their socialization…?” The question comes from an ageold assumption that homeschoolers are anti-social. Stephanie adds that this honest question “is asked out of lack of experience and knowledge of the majority of homeschool lifestyles.”

Because of their alternative schedules, homeschooled kids have a lot of interaction and opportunities to socialize with all ages of their communities. They are exposed to a large variety of adults who contribute within the community and those role models can help shape a healthy world view of what community truly is. So they are just as social as traditionally schooled kids, just in a different manner.

WHO CAN HOMESCHOOL? Everyone! Washington state is very supportive of homeschoolers. Home-based instruction must be given by the parent to their own children in addition to also meeting one of the following criteria: • The student is supervised by a certified teacher. There must be a minimum of an average of one hour contact per week with the student being supervised by the teacher.

• The parent has either earned 45 college level quarter credit hours or the equivalent in semester hours.

• The parent has completed a parent qualifying course in home-based instruction at a post-secondary institution or a vocational-technical institute.

• The parent has been deemed qualified by the superintendent of the district in which the student lives.

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GETTING STARTED The first step is to do your research. Homeschool isn’t for everyone, and knowing what it entails will help you determine if it is for you. The first year is the toughest for most families, primarily with the parent who is taking on the role of educator. You must find a teaching lifestyle that works for you and your family. Utilizing resources such as the Washington Homeschool Organization will help.

The Washington Homeschool Organization is the best resource for people wanting to know how to get started, and learn state laws regarding home-based study, record-keeping, resources on curriculums, peer groups and graduation.

Beyond that there are many online groups for homeschoolers. Homeschool families are very open and supportive of their community because they know how scary and intimidating home-based education can be, especially in the beginning.

CURRICULUM You have the option to do public school at home for free and meet with a teacher weekly or you can research and purchase curriculum that you teach. The latter of the two you will have to experiment with as there are so many options to pick from. I will recommend that before you buy a curriculum, talk with other home-educators and see what they think. Often you will get a better recommendation or find another family ready to pass on their books and materials. Many home-educators piece together their education plans using one company for math and another for science, writing etc. You must find what works for you.

ARE THERE HOMESCHOOL ACTIVITIES? The Lewis County Homeschool Athletics Association is a non-profit group in its second year of working to improve and expand sports offered to homeschool families. Current offerings include soccer, baseball, swimming, tennis, gymnastics and basketball. The Performing Arts to Homeschoolers (P.A.T.H.) is a successful organization that offers theater, music and choir to local thespians, with families traveling as far as Longview and Olympia to participate.

IS HOMESCHOOLING FOR YOU? Lareena Enquist, of Morton, shares, “…sitting next to your child when the light comes on is pretty neat! Getting to experience that first hand is very rewarding. I was afraid I would fail at teaching my son to read but he has learned and that was very exciting to witness!” All homeschoolers have experienced this, and that’s what makes it rewarding.

Really, this is a question that only you and your family can decide. It is family involvement that contributes greatly to your child’s educational success, and regardless of whether you homeschool or not, you can educate and influence your children.

Tiffany Venters is a homeschool mother of two and lives in Salkum. She enjoys the outdoors and spending time with her handsome husband and family.

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As parents, we also tend to know how difficult it can be to convince kids to embrace healthy eating. Healthy eating habits can help kids live healthier lives and perform better in the classroom while setting them up for a lifetime of making the right choices at mealtime.

Though encouraging kids to eat healthy may not always be easy, the following are a few tips for parents hoping to foster healthy eating habits in their children.

Stick to a schedule Parents should establish a regular eating schedule for both meals and snacks so kids learn the importance of not skipping meals.

Kids who learn to eat at regular intervals are more likely to continue doing so as they grow older. When kids stick to a meal schedule, they are more likely to have more energy throughout the day, which should help them stay attentive at school and be more engaged in their extracurricular activities.

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Involve kids when choosing the menu Kids might be more excited about eating healthy when you involve them in choosing the menu. Invite them along on trips to the grocery store and allow them to choose one of their favorite foods for the meal in exchange for eating the healthy fare you have chosen.

Parents may end up eating a lot of side dishes of macaroni and cheese, but their youngsters will also end up eating their vegetables.

Plan healthy desserts Dessert is often considered an unhealthy indulgence, but there are plenty of nutritious desserts that are so delicious kids likely will not realize they’re eating healthy. A dessert of fresh fruit and a small serving of yogurt CDC_Ad_Dread_Draft2.pdf can provide the same post1 5/16/2017 8:57:30 PM

meal refreshment as ice cream or cake, but it does so with a lot more nutrients and vitamins. What’s more, kids will come to look at dessert as a chance to eat fresh fruits instead of an opportunity to load up on ice cream or other less healthy alternatives.

Serve healthy portions Sometimes it’s not just what is on the plate but how much is on the plate that can be healthy or unhealthy. When doling out portions for the family, create healthy portions so kids will learn how to as they grow older. Kids who grow up eating healthy portions are more likely to continue doing so into adulthood.

reward is an unhealthy eating habit that can lead to problems down the road as kids become adults responsible for their own eating habits.

Set a positive example Kids are more likely to eat healthy when mom and dad are healthy eaters. If your first choice at snack time is to reach for a bag of potato chips, then don’t be surprised when your kids opt for chips over healthier fare like a piece of fruit. “Do as I say, not as I do” is a tough sell to youngsters when it comes to their eating habits, so parents should set a positive example for their kids by ensuring their own diets are healthy.

Don’t reward kids with food Some parents try to reward youngsters with food, allowing kids to indulge in unhealthy fare in acknowledgment of a good report card or something else kids should be proud of. But using food as a

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AUGUST 2017 Tick the box on each day when you have completed 20 minutes of reading. Children who develop a love of reading will become better students and build a better future.

Wiggle your toes on your right foot for two minutes.

Now wriggle your toes on your left foot.

Wiggle Your Toes Day Play catch with a friend. If you’re right handed, try catching with your left hand.

If you’re left-handed try catching with your right.

Purchase some googly eyes.

Collect seedpods, pinecones, twigs, stones, shells and leaves. Add a pair of eyes to each to create fantastical insects.

Some children in the world do not have safe drinking water.

Write down three reasons why clean water is important.

Water Quality Month

Find an apple recipe. Ask an adult for help and make it for your family.

It’s Smokey Bear’s birthday.

Make sure you have an escape plan and a way to link up with family members in case of an emergency.

S'mores is a favorite campfire treat for everyone.

Get your chocolate, Graham Crackers and marshmallows and make some S'mores today.

National S'Mores Day

Brinton Turkle was awarded the Caldecott Honor in 1970. Ask at the library for one of his children’s books.

Brinton Turkle’s Birthday

Line up chairs and imagine they are the seats of a rollercoaster.

Pour fruit juice into an ice cube tray. Insert a popsicle stick as it starts to freeze. When it’s completely frozen, enjoy this cool treat.

Go online and research an invention you admire. Can you come up with your own invention?

National Inventors Month

Make a list of all the different musical instruments.

Have a friend do the same and see who got the most.

Place markers Visit a national approximately 20 park near where feet apart. Time you live. What are yourself to see how the sights there many times you that are most can run from one striking to you? marker to the next National Park is 2 minutes.

Service established in 1916

Smile Week

Look up events in The Chronicle or chronline.com and plan for the entire week.

Clean out your backpack and get it ready for a great school year!

Clean out a section of your room and rearrange your things there.

Count the seeds in a slice of watermelon.

Respect for Parents’ Day Make a collage of smiling faces using pictures from the newspaper and magazine.

Create a clown face on a paper plate. Add a wig and a red nose and wear it as a mask.

Make your own ice cream sandwich today.

Use chocolate, graham crackers, sprinkles and be creative.

Make a card for your parent’s today to tell them how important they are to you.

Can you make a difference in someone’s life by doing a good deed today?

Roller Coaster Day Go out for a long hike today.

Be An Angel Day

National Clown Week

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Gather the family for an evening of your favorite board or card games.

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Make up your own bedtime story.

Laurent de Brunhoff’s birthday

Mix 3 cups of dried fruit, 2 cups of mixed nuts and 1 cup of granola.

National Trail Mix Day

Make preparations Visit a place with water today—a for a summer yard sale. Take out the river, beach or lake.

Take photos or clothes and toys you no longer need and sketch on location. label with a price.

Make some paper airplanes today and fly them with a friend.

National Aviation Day

Summer evenings are a great time for star-gazing.

How many stars can you find on this page in two minutes? Have a friend try. Who found the most?

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Yard Tic Tac Toe • Lay out strips of painter’s tape (or any colored tape) on your lawn in the tic tac toe grid.

• Use rocks with X’s and O’s marked on them.

Nail polish or regular paint work well.

Cup Challenge

• Have the players stand in a line.

• The first person takes their cup and reaches over their head behind them and tries to poor it into the cup of the next person behind them.

• Continue down the line to the last person.

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Our Very Own Local George Washington

by Brian Mittge Did you know that the founder of Centralia has the same name as the first president of the United States?

Both men were born in Virginia, but lived very different lives.

George Washington, founder of Centralia, lived an amazing life.

He was a pioneer who had adventures moving west with the American frontier. He survived being poisoned. He (possibly) left buried treasure hidden somewhere in Centralia. And most importantly, he was a generous and kind man who helped his neighbors during hard times, giving them the skills they need to become good, successful people So who was this man named George Washington who founded Centralia?

Washington was born during the slavery era, long before the Civil War and

Emancipation Proclamation — but his mother gave him his own emancipation.

Washington’s mom was a white woman of English descent, and his father was a black slave.

Being born in Virginia long before the Emancipation Proclamation, Washington would certainly have been doomed to a life of slavery, so his mom did something very brave and generous. She gave him to a white couple, friends named James and Anna Cochran, to raise as their own.

The Cochrans and Washington moved west. He had many adventures and became a skilled woodsman.

Washington went into business, but there were laws at the time that prevented black people from having full rights. While those laws took many years to revoke, the people of Missouri realized that Washington was such a special man that they passed a law exempting him from these racist laws.

The same thing happened years later after Washington settled where Centralia is today. The Oregon Territorial Legislature also passed a law giving Washington most of the rights that were denied to him because of the color of his skin.

In 1852 Washington was the fourth person to settle in the area that is now Centralia.

When the railroad came through the area in 1872, Washington and his wife, Mary Jane, laid out the streets for what is now downtown

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Centralia, and officially founded the town in 1875.

They stuck with the town through thick and thin, helping support neighbors during hard times. He lived by a simple saying: “I want to do right by my fellow men.

And if I do, then I’ll never lose anything by it.”

He died in 1905 after being hurt in a buggy accident.

His funeral was the biggest the town had ever seen.

Businesses across Centralia closed as a sign of respect for the founding father of Centralia, George Washington.

Take the ‘George Washington Tour’ You’ve seen the big mural of George Washington in downtown Centralia. Did you know that the colorful door in that mural still exists? It’s on display at Centralia Middle School.

Meet George’s Family George Washington’s family members were also important to Centralia’s history. His partners in founding Centerville were his first wife, Mary Jane, and her son, Stacey Cooness. After Mary Jane died in 1889, Washington remarried a woman named Charity Brown. Together they had a son, George Cleveland Washington, who died tragically as a hero while trying to fight a fire at college when he was just 19.

Washington’s beloved fosterparents, James & Anna Cochran, are buried alongside him in a plot at the center of Washington Lawn Cemetery (which he donated to the city), near Edison School.

This year the people of Centralia are honoring their founder in the bicentennial (200th year) of his birth on Aug. 15, 1817, in Winchester, Virginia.

On Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 12 and 13 of this year, there will be a big community birthday party (on Saturday) and big public church service (on Sunday) in George Washington Park by the Centralia Timberland Library. That’s a park that Washington donated to the people of the town he founded, and it now bears his name. For more information, please email brianmittge@hotmail.com.

Brian Mittge is a husband and a father of three children.

He is community columnist for The Chronicle and is active in civic groups. He is founder of the George Washington Bicentennial Committee, which is leading activities throughout the year and is fundraising to build a statue of George & Mary Jane Washington.

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Back-to-school party ideas Back-to-school season is on the horizon, and many students and parents are either loving or loathing the idea of starting a new school year. Hosting a fun event for the soon-to-be students is one way to make the most of vacation time. So grab the class list, get the invites out and get ready to party with the new classmates.

Go with a theme.

Maybe the theme is rulers and text books, ABCs or science, and it can run through the decorations used, the games played, the food served and many other aspects of the event. Consider a science experiment-inspired volcano cake that is oozing strawberry jam.

Include some educational games.

Some students experience educational backsliding during summer vacation. That is why many schools have summer reading lists that educators feel promote lesson reinforcement for the coming school year. With this in mind, plan activities around concepts children learned in school. Think about math problem relay races, art projects, reading a story and reenacting it in a play form, or science experiments using solar energy.

Plan a group event at the beach.

Spending time seaside can be educational and enjoyable at the same time. Enlist the help of a few chaperones and set up an area on the beach where kids can play and explore the wonders of nature around them. Pack picnic-type snacks or ask attendees to bring items themselves.

Host a campout reading marathon.

Encourage guests to bring sleeping bags and favorite books to a campout under the stars. Most of the time can be spent reading while breaks can be devoted to exercising, making campout snacks or telling campfire stories.

Host a classic pool party.

Of course, some kids want to commemorate the end of summer vacation by enjoying the pool one last time. Have a classic pool party and barbecue in the yard for everyone to enjoy.

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Why can’t you feed teddy bears?

Because they’re always stuffed.

What’s the best way to divide 19 apples among 16 people?

By making applesauce.

In a bad mood? Psychologists have found that even forcing yourself to smile will help youbegin to cheer up. So smile!

Why didn’t the salad joke make it into this issue of SWW Family?

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©Vicki Whiting

Children have the greatest smile superpowers. Kids smile as many as 400 times per day!

It got tossed.

More than 30percent of us smile more than 20 times a day. Fewer than 14 pcercent of us smile less than five times a day.

If you drop a white hat into the Red Sea what does it become?

Wet.

A smile has the same meaning in different societies.

What do you call a huge ant?

A gi-ant.

Babies smile even before they’re born. Blind babies smile in response to the sound of voices.

Where do kids in New York City learn multiplication?

Times Square.

They also showed that it’s very difficult to frown when looking at someone who is . This happens even when people don’t know each other.

Because it had a lot of problems.

ave you ever noticed that when you’re with a person who a lot, you actually more? Scientists who have studied this discovered that other peoples’ cause us to .

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DAY TRIP

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EXPLORE • The British Fur Trade Fort • Historic buildings from the US Army’s Vancouver Barracks • History of aviation at Pearson Air Museum • Walk trails

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Annual passes available for $30 for passholder and up to three adults.

Learn some history of the Pacific Northwest at four unique sites.

VISITOR CENTER Walk through exhibits and try hands-on activities.

Watch a short film on the history of the area, and enjoy artwork by local American Indian artists.

FORT VANCOUVER Learn about the British fur trading post, built by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1829. *Contact station for information and cost.

PEARSON AIR MUSEUM See exhibits that highlight early military and civilian aviators and the site’s World War I Spruce Mill.

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VANCOUVER BARRACKS The Northwest’s first U.S. Army post. See historic buildings, marked with wayside exhibits interpreting their history.

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For parents, getting kids ready for a new school year is about more than updating their wardrobe or organizing carpools with fellow parents. Re-acclimating kids to the routine of school after a relaxing summer is a significant undertaking, and the following are a handful of ways for parents to get a head start as the school year draws closer.

Establish a routine over the last few weeks of summer.

Summer vacations typically lack the structure of the school year, and that lack of structure can help kids unwind and make the most of the freedom that summer vacation provides. But as summer starts to wind down, parents can begin to reintroduce some structure into their kids’ lives to make the transition back to school go more smoothly.

Plan morning activities so kids can readjust to waking up early each day. In addition, serve breakfast, lunch and dinner at the same time you typically serve it during the school year so kids’ bodies can begin to readjust as well.

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Take kids along when shopping for school supplies.

If you plan to buy your child a new computer or other supplies for the upcoming school year, take him or her along on your shopping trips.

Kids who get to choose their supplies might be more excited about returning to school than those youngsters who are given what they need without offering their input.

Encourage kids to sign up for extracurricular activities.

Many school-aged athletes get a head start on the new school year by trying out for sports teams.

Such tryouts often commence a week or two before a school year is scheduled to begin, and this can help kids ease their way back into the school year.

Even nonathletes can begin pursuing extracurricular activities before the first school bell of the year rings. Theater programs may begin auditions or encourage interested youngsters to attend orientation meetings before the dawn of the school year, and such sessions can be a great and pressure-free way for kids to ready themselves for a new school year.

Monitor or assign summer reading.

Assign your own books, rewarding kids when they finish a new book. You can find great ideas or reading lists at some local libraries. Discuss the books with your kids when possible.

Read the books along with them if you think it will help engage them. Kids who read throughout the summer may be more likely to start the school year off on the right foot than those who don’t crack a book all summer.

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