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Child’s WayX
Jan. Feb. 1977 Vol.
CHILD'S WAY is a publication of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States.
CHILD'S WAY is published bi-monthly in January, March, May, July, September, and November in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Copyright© 1977 National Spiritual Assembly of the Buhci'u’s of the United States, World Rights Reserved. Printed in the U.5.A.
CHILD'S WAY EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: Philip Cantor, Mildred McClellan, Mary K. Radpou‘r, Stephanie Troxei
EDITOR: Mary K. Rudpour
,No.1 Bahá’í' Era133-A
Dear Boys and Girls,
Did you ever think about what a sacrifice is?
A sacrifice is something very special. It's almost like magic, because when we sacrifice somathing, we always get back something which is much better than what we gave away.
Sacrifice is different than iosing something. if you iose a thing, then you don't have it any more, and you miss it a lot!
Sacrifice is even different than giving something away which we don't treasure much. Because if you just give something away, you are still the same inside.
Sacrifice is when we are different inside and we are giving part of ourselves away. Then the gift which comes back to us is extra-speciail
’ Have you ever made a sacrifice and then discovered what a wonderfui reward you got? Write and teii us about it. We reaiiy want to know!
Love, ,9/ , / c/ c ’
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Hear from your friends around the world? See page 2.
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? Read page 6.
The Goo outwits Ka Ka Doo! See page 10.
Can you make a good mistake? Read page 20 and see!
Have you seen a Gry-Fly at the
200? See page 24.
Find the big persons's art! . See page 26.
DREW} 27
Cover Photo, Stephie Troxel Inside Cover, Editorial Table of Contents,
Letters from our Friends ”Ayyém-i-Hé“ by Cathy Drinkwater 8 M.K. Radpour
Fund Box, by S. Troxe] 8 ”The World's Children” - a 9 song by Jo Tehjford and
Lorraine Milne, of UNICEF
”Ka Ka Doodle“ - a story by 10
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Duane Troxel, illustrated by Rita Leydon, printed by permission
Puzzle Page, with a puzzle by 16 Ollymae White
“Zig Zag Boy and Girl” 17 ”Friends By My Window” a poem 18 by Gregg Shaw
”Winter” a poem by Sarah 19 O'Neil
”Navvéb's Mistake” a special 20 activity for Ayyém-i-Ha. Concept, title and photos by
S. Troxel; text, M.K. Radpour ”Gry-Flies” a read-aloud poem 24 by Sarah O'Neil
Cinquain, a learn and do 25 activity from the S. Idaho Bahá’í’Bulletin
Mini-Gallery, a puzzle to 26 color, by Cori 8 Stephie
Troxe]
”Hyperactivity 5 Diet“ a 27
parent's page book review by Beth Bowen Back Cover lllustrations: ”Ayyam-i-Ha“ by Cathy Drinkwater
”Fund Box,” ”Winter,“ ”Gry-Flies,” and parent's page, S. Troxel
”Zig Zag Boy 8 Girl” by Ginny Mair ”Friends By My Window,“ by Patty Johnson
Color Separations - M.K. Radpour
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Dear Boys and Girls,
Letters From Our Friends
You are writing so many letters now to Child's Way that our postman has begun to tease us about why we have so many friends! Therefore, we are devoting four whole pages in this issue to your
letters. Keep writing; we love it! Your Editor
Carmel and Táhirih Schroeder, of New Mexico, have shared their letters to the Master with us:
Dear 'Abdu'l Baha,
It is nice of you to tell peepie about God. | live in Gaiiup, N.M. and I am 7.
Carmei
Dear 'Abdu'i Bahá,
I do not understand the Faith completely. Will you help me to understand?
Yours truly, Táhirih
Dear Táhirih, No one understands the Faith completely, and we all
Dear Child's EEDL’
Child's flay helps us in teaching the local peopie here on Ponape. Everyone, including adults, asks for stories and it is such a good way to learn. The very best are the stories of Baha'u'iiéh, the Báb, or 'Abdu'i Bahá or the Holy Family. Lately I have been having my nine-year oid learn a story to tell at community celebrations and it is starting to be thought of as the Bahá’í’chiidren should prepare themselves!
We all enjoy the new look of Child's flay. '
Kay Malone (Mrs. Maioney is the secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly
try to understand all the time. I'm sure 'Abdu'l Bahd will help you if you remember him in your prayers.
of the Bahá’ís of the North West Pacific, and she lives on an island called Ponape)
Love, your Editor How do you
Here is a poem by Alexander Blake, 1'86
. this who IS from Massachusetts:
lovely
There's no question about where God is. Indian Because God is. girl Where is God? drawn by God is everywhere. Biiiy Head, God is up in the sky. who is 6 God is on the ground. years old? God is in your house. Biiiy ioves God is in you. to draw That is what is most important. all kinds of God is your friend. things, and You love God and God loves you. he can imitate
Some day a iong time From now everybody on paper many will be a Bahá’í'and will be friends. things he sees. We like it!
Meg Algots, of Scio, Oregon, is 9 years old. She sent us this picture of herself:
She also sent us a drawing and a poem, which we share with you:
”Water” Water, water everywhere Water, water in my hair Water, water on the ground Water, water all around Water, water here and there Water, Water is everywhere.
we were also so pleased to get the IfoZZowing news from a Baha’ i friend who had no Baha' i classes in her town:
Dear Child's HEEL,
Ya Baha'u'l Abhá!
Thank you so much for printing my letter in the Child's flay, July-August 1976 edition! I showed it to my parents and they were very concerned.
Since our previous Sunday school had been forgotten for approximately 2 years, my parents mentioned the topic of re- joining Sunday school at a Baha' i feast. Many parents agreed on the idea (counting my parents, 7 parents, to be exact). Immediate plans were made, and by a
month they have constructed a Sunday school that l hape will last a long time! Everything is all planned and very organized. We are all very proud of the progress that the children have made in the interest of the Bahá’í’ faith.
I thought I should tell you this so you know how much I appreciate your assistance in starting our Sunday school (actually it‘s on Saturday).
I hope that this progressing of of the faith will continue to grow and grow in every part of this world!
I would like to thank you once again for the publishing of my letter and how thankful I am to you!
May God bless you all'
With Baha' i love,
Lori Vahid
Dear Lori,
Your letter pleased us so much we were sure that it would please our readers too.’ It shows that Baha' i children can speak up about the goals of the Five Year Plan, which include having children's classes, and bring about great victories! wouldn’t it be exciting if every Bahd7i’child went to his parents or his Assembly and said; "I want a teacher, so I will learn more about the Faith.” How many Bahá’í’classes we would have ther
Congratulations to you and your community for its victory!
Love,-your Editor
M‘rmofi
Answer to the puzzle on page I6.
SHIANCPl BR
D'IIANOP XLE SHARWA mcanzxx
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Letters From Our Friends
Yinhe‘KrauS, who’is l0 yearS‘old} has shared with us her understanding of the Followingmhid_deh Word:
“O Son Of Belng' Love Me that l mIay lpve thee. If thau lovest Me nut,
My love cahI in no wise reach Ithee. Know this, D serVant.”
‘What daes this.mean? If we do not show Our love and considefiaiion to de, then He won‘t grant ahonf qur wiShas. But if we love and fear Him, then He will help us in alszt any way He can. YQu see, we haye-to change Bur attitudes thwardyaur way of doing things. We have tQ Consider the Fact that God is greatér fihan everybody on this earthand all the -worlds aroyhd us, We should all know that He can deigreater things than every perth 0h earth_put together
bE£au$é God made us ahd Everybody and
ENEVythihg ahound u5.IBf CQurse, we know that no person COUld do that.
SQ that is why it is impertant that we pray to Him at least.three times a day and thank Him far everything
He has done.
TirzahIWWlsoh séht usIthis
picture of chpany at
her house. Tirzah is 3 years Qld,
Mdhérfiswfdmfiemmmise, 'seht us 2 princessasI
And heresaré ste drawings from our little fflends:
This.is Lisa CQlQ‘s Friend.
An-d M_aIrzi Radpeur' s 3
bo;y on a bicycle.
(Lisa -8 ’
Marzi -ahe
6 years Bid)
Dearest Bahá’í'Friends,
My name is Maria and i am 10 years old ahd in the 5th_grade. TWO 0? my brothers afe indian and Irish and I am lriIsh and Scottish. l have Ia bad temper, but I try to contrIQl it a-nd act like -a Qah‘a“l i shIQulId. l liIkeI b.e.ing a Baha' i and I like learnIng .ahQut Baha u 'llah“, I like going It.Q Bahá’í Iclasses
Iand CIon.vefitiohsI an.d othér things...
I have a erm here for you.; A Baha' i i.s ni.ce, A Baha.‘ i is wonderfUl, A Baha' i is honest, A Ba-haI' i is truthful! {QIur Baha i Friahd; Maria Jackson
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'Qur Friends write us FFmeeveryr
Whete in the world (aimast ‘though we hav6n't had any letter
Frqm China or Ai-aska. Iyet. ) This
'sIory was sent to us by a Friend
in Bangui, in the Central AFrican
Republic whese nIame is _Jcshua
LiHCan-I JoshUa iIs 6.years 61d.
"There was i daddwahQ-was rich
and I daddy-WhQ was paQFI'Ahd‘the little bay OF th:e rich dIaddy kept bragglng that hi-s d eddy wIas rich,
but the other boy' 5 daddy didn' t 'have enough money and was peor._And after th.at_, the d:addy WhO was Irich k-ept spendlng aiT his me ey- buying Food and paying his -wflrkIrsI and he Igot peor. Ahd the daddy 0F the 'iitItle boy who was poor was gettlng more monIey. Also the daddy who was pear _at the _heginnin:g was a nice Baha' i and the daddy whe was rich at the beginning was hasty, After‘thatg the Idaddy whé was peer befbre but had ali th.é money at the e fid, shared it with
the daddy who was .poor at the end And
I th-ink the dad.dy who was rich in. t-h:e beginning taught his iittle_hqy not ta b-ra.g SQ mach -ahd the da_ddy Iea-rned not to spehd his money 50 Fast, and he became a Baha' i too. And then they
were. a—ii Friends and they iived happi ly @vgr aFter;”
Fanya “I
“Cyrué They baked the eookies Birthday,
Laiii Radpqur, who is i0, wrote this poem For sehagi tnghQW what anIahsIraet noun is. can you
_guess what an abstract noun Is after
headihg her poem? II‘IFEARH
Smali haiFYIspiders And little pink worms, -A bad repdrt card,
At the and CF the termI
A big haunted house, with witches and ghastsI Getting my eanIpiehced, And iesing the posts”
Dear Child‘s way,
I like reading Chiid's_WaI. Itis Very interesting- I 555% years eIdI I read'your Child's HEX véFyIcéreFuiiy. I try té make FriendS at school. Child‘s s_gy is the besIt magaZIne lI ve- ever re—ad. I love all the Messengers, =even B_aha' u iiah and -the Ba-b, Can yap put my letter in the next Tseue? I saw aii the'hther LettersI PleéSe try. Lave, Vanessa tepez
Pyg. The hes; book here i5 Child's
W31, Yay! Yay! Chiia’s FEE?
my siSter eyen said she iiked
Dear FRIends, ‘
At Baha i Schaoine learn‘hhw téI be ni-ce t9 peopie. Far Baháiu'iléh’s Birthday,‘we put castdmes eh and I wés Ha_ji HéZan. Haji Hazan lived a long time ago an.d he was teiiIng the
.peopie about the. coming 0F Baha' u'. liah. We baked cegkies For‘Bahá'u'iigh'g Birthday; my Mom liked the eoekies. Love, Tanya Cardeva, age 6 Whittier, CaiIFanIa
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WHERE DOES ALL_THE MONEY GO?
Clink! Another penny dropped into the bank. But this was a special bank. At every Feast, Kelly took her pennies and proudly presented them to the treasurer. She knew that only Bahá’ís could give money to the Faith. She was very proud that she could be one of those people. She knew that the money went for special things, but she wasn’t quite sure where. So at the Feast she asked the treasurer where the money went. The treasurer told her this story:
"When I was younger, I Visited the Holy Land. Ten pilgrims went with our guide to different spots around Haifa and Akka. We all felt very much at home. We stopped at a field at the end of Mount Carmel. It had a fence around it and it was covered with a
carpet of yellow flowers.
"This is where a House of Worship will be built some time in
the future,”
we were told by our guide.
We felt the urge to worship even without the House, so we stood and said some prayers. I was the last one to leave and I was asked
to lock the gate.
As I took the key from the look, a small voice said, ”Is this
your land?"
There was a little girl standing there looking at me. I looked again at the land. It was mine. I had contributed money to the Fund and, along with all the other Bahá’ís in the world, I owned it.
”Yes, it is mine,”
was my simple, but proud answer.
Can you say the same? Maybe your pennies will help to build the new House of Worship in Samoa, or a National Center in Mali, or
the Seat of the Universal House of Justice on Mount Carmel. Wouldn't that make you proud to say, "Yes, it is mine."
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THE WORLD
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G F Eb D7 G F El» D7 4” I I I w 1 £13; 3 I] , , x ‘ , l - k L' I , u a. l .1 n‘ 'l V ' V i . V' .' i Some chil - dren are brown like new - ly baked bread, Some G Am D7 G F Eb D7 AA , J; 7" i. : ‘ V \l i .1 I i I Q) ' '1 chil-dren are yel-low and oth-ers are red, Some chil-dren are white,there are n a G F Eb D7 G 1 ,5 0 D7 1 G '_'l H I I r ‘ I - I II 1 I l d L I TOW? I _'r " _ .1 H ' J b: I i) i 3 3 1"; fi' i L I v 1: black clIil-drcn too, Their col~ors are dif-f'rent but they're chil-dren like you. Verse 2 A3 ‘ C G C G ‘ II! \ I I '\ l ' I l Al I I I ‘ ‘1 l l
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.1 ' I - 4 ' 1 l A A ' j Q) ' ' U C ' ' U Some chil - dren eat rice and some pre — fer figs, Some D7 G C7 Gdim D? G D7 [13 ~ - ‘ I I [I g I #‘Fl 9 l l l l I = I I I I I fi fi Q) I ’ l h—i l ' children like ice-cream and some roast-ed pigs, Some chil-dren like fish and Em B7 c G D7 G ‘9‘: - 1 4 I I ‘5. I TI 1 : : II '\ l I _ 141 {5‘ " 5 u 1 g#% - - ‘v‘ 5 e l , - 1 ¢ " ll 2, — ' ' V I . w some like l-rish slew, Their foods may be dif—f‘rent but they’re chil-dren like you. Verse} Gm D7 Gm D7
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fin I 3 i U i I I ' 1 fil - ~ 7 e : a : 0—4"——-—4:]' Q} 7 I i l \‘I. a U Some 51‘, “yes." 0th vers say “is ' Some say "0 - kay"_ and El» D7 Gm D7 Gm n L ’ "9V“- ‘\.1_ x “ f— 1 Ir .5 «r ii (I v v v y 8” a l 7 some say “do - d3." Sonic say “oui” and 0th - ers say “Si." Their L'o Gm Cm D7 Gm n L '5 ll - 17 1 i 7‘ {5—9 .= f = : 1 I ' " 1' \v . '——4-—F———l~0—o——v'—~o———J—H QJ I b——.—-I V words may be dif - f‘rcnt but they’re chil - drcn like me.
Verse 4. (Music as for Verse I.) Some children have hounw ol‘slone 0r ofbricks. Some livs in 5mm igloos or huIs mudc ol‘slicks. Some live in a cave unul some live in a tree.
Their homes may be different but they‘re children like me.
Verse 5. (Music as for Verse 3.) Some children “ear furs and some wear rebozos. Some children wear swcmers and some wear kimonos. Some children go naked — Ihcir moIhcrx~ don‘l fuss. The clothes may be dill‘crcnt but they‘re children like us.
WORDS: Jo Tchjfurd for UNICEF [United Nations Children's Fund) MUSIC: Lorraine Milne: (\lusic Brunch).
Verse 6. (Music as for Verse 3.) Some are cullcd Johann. some are called John. Some are called Hansel. and some are called Juan. Some are called Yonkcl. but what‘s in a name? Our names may be dilTerent but we are the same.
Verse 7. (Music as for Verse 1.) There are children up north. in the east. in the west. In the south. and \\e cannot say which place is best. Some live where it's freezing. some live where it's hot The countries arc different but the children are not.
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In the land of Kakoo lived a rooster named Doodle, who would push out his chest and say ”KA-KA-KA-DOODLE!”
Every morning at dawn, he'd get up with a yawn and crow: ”KA-KA-DO, DOODLE DO, DO-YE-UDLE.”
Now this overstuffed bird had an overstuffed head. He believed so devoutly in his dawn-crowing-outley that he thought ”Without me, no sun
can come outley'”
”Without me to crow, the sun would stay down, wouldn't shine on the
children, wouldn't light up the town.”
”The plants would all die and the
children would cry and the clouds would get lost and go-- EE?@ 1/: BUMP! in the sky. 01mm Glllllll lllll'E'
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the rooster named Doodle.
Said the Goo to himself, ”I'll show Doodle it's not his crowing that raises the sun from its cot. I'll show him by keeping the sun in its bed. I'll show him his crowing is just noise in his head.“
Just before dawn, Goo set to work quick, gluing the sun with his sungiuing trick. First he trucked in nine-jiiiion, four-biliion-and-one exotic rare jellybeans to cover the sun.
He poured over this eight-thousandand-two cases of super-fast-quick drying glue.
Then he grinned, and he hid in the bushes to wait for that cocky old Doodle to swallow his bait, to watch Doodle crow and crow all day long in vain for a sun that would not heed
his song.
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rising ... to Spoil Doodle's fun.
Again Doodle mounted up high on his perch, smiled to himself smugly,
raised his beak with a smurch.
Then he threw out his wings and leaned back towards the sky, and
cut loose with a blast that made
the moon cry!
All this time the sun strained at the ropes and the cable, the horsehair and catgut, the green lines of sable, till it burst through its bonds and popped up in the blue, just as bird Doodie said his last ”KA-KA-DO.”
At this the G00 burst from his place in the leaves, purple with rage, he rolled up his sleeves .... Up he marched to bird Doodle and said to his face, ”So you're the wonderful rooster who brings light to this place! Let
me throw you a party, Mr. Ka Ka Ka Doodle! A party! A party! A party!
A luiu! A party for me and a party
for youdle!”
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cookies and ices. Sugar and frosting
and rare eastern Spices --- cabbage
creme pudding and broccoli tarts,
eggplant ice cream with artichoke
hearts,
Iollipops, popsicies, ruby red kisses,
marshmallow, jawbreakers, dill pickle
fizzes ....
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and he ate; till he doubled his size
and he tripled his weight!
His belly it stretched --bigger and fatter, till he
stand up without help from Koo Katter.
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But worse than not strutting or
stalking about --- Doodle was sick,
couldn't crow, couldn't shout. He
groaned, ”Without me, no sun can
come out!”
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it was due, and a smile could be
seen on the face of the G00.
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c o N s T A N T l N P L E Adrianople A s H D 0 K c I K K o P L E Baghdad
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B A G H D A D R B A A 2 K K Badasht
A 5 fl A A D D A R i z B M N Akka
B A D I 2 M T N x R o A c T Bahjf
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A D R | A N 0 P L E Z X L E Constantinople s fl_A R o M T c A R M E L A Tihran
T A H I R I H B c E R 2 K K
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Also, in this puzzle, is the name of the lady martyr of the Babis. She was a follower of the Báb and one of the Letters of the Living. She was a great Bábi teacher. You know her name, don't you? You can find it on the bottom line of the puzzle.
The answer to the puzzle can be found on page
DID YOU KNOW?
....that a cat comes down a tree tail first, but a Squirrel comes down head first?
..that a giraffe has no voice at all? .that a hummingbird can fly backwards? ..that a mother whale is called a cow and her baby a calf?
. that the African elephant has two little fingers on the end of his trunk, but the Indian elephant has only one?
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FRIENDS FROM MY WINDOW
My friend, Brown, A telephone pole, Is forty feet tall
Though he stands in a hole.
My friend, Red, A chimney brick, Smokes all day long And never gets sick.
My friend, Grey, A fat—cheeked squirrel, W111 step to talk, But never quarrel.
My friend, Black, A neighbor's door, Hardly opens, Anymore.
My friend, Blue, A twinkling star, How he wonders What we are.
WINTER
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Crispy cold is the best part Of winter.
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or even the winter moon.
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Not even the crackling of the snow under my feet
No, I like the cold the best.
Numbing my cheeks and nose,
Making my Face all rosy.
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Cold is the best thing about winter. That, and being warm.
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‘NAVVA’B ’s MISTAKE
Have you ever wondered why sometimes life seems so hard? Just
when we want it to be all sunshine and rainclouds and cod liver oil! ever to have suffered $0!
One time, when Bahá’u’lláh was ill Baghdad in the cold of the winter, his
lollipops, it turns out to be
And we feel that we are the only person And then we remember that we are not alone:
and being forced to travel to . / . wufe Navvab was worried and
tried to think of how she could make something good for Him to eat. One day she was able to get some flour. That night, she made a sweet E
cake for Him. But because it was dark, sugar, and her cake tasted terrible.
she thought that the salt was
It was so sad for her!
This story is a very unhappy one. But maybe, if we are very clever,
we can find a hidden joy in it. We can suffering, and his family's too, was a a sign of His love for us, too, for if have done so many wonderful things for
"O Son of Man! For everything there
remember that Bahá’u’lláh's
sign of His love for God, and
He hadn't loved us, He wouldn't us. He even told us of it Himself:
is a sign. The sign of love
is fortitude under my decree and patience under My trials."
How would you like to make a sign of your love for Baha'u'llah?
The best sign of all is your smile --- even when things are a little bit difficult! Another sign you can make for Ayyém-i-Ha. This sign is for everyone to see -- a decoration you can hang in your house for
this fun Bahá’í holiday!
And how do we make this wonderful decoration? We learn from Navvab, and we make:
NAvaB's MISTAKE!
First we mix together: 1 CUP OF FLOUR
CUP OF SALT
Mid
. AND ABOUT l/3 CUP OF WATER
Just watch our friend Cori and
see how she works!
Don't forget to roll up your sleeves.
Now have a wonderful time and SQUISH to your heart's desire!
Pretty soon your dough will begin to stick together.
Roll the dough into a big ball. Next, put it on a sheet of waxed paper.
Take a small ball and flatten it with your hand until it is as big as you want your decoration to be.
Now you can thihk of what kind of shape you want it to have.
Do you have a cookie cutter, or the lid of a jar (for circles)?
Place it on top of the flat piece of dough.
Or, you can roll the dough into a long, skinny ”snake” and then make a pretzel shape.
Or you can use a dull knife and cut whatever shape you wish.
Now push down on your cookie cutter
very hard, to be sure the dough IS ‘cut all the way through. W
Then, very carefully lift the dough so that it doesn‘t stretch, and place it on a cookie sheet.
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Now it's on the cookie sheet.
Use the end of a pencil or magic marker to make a hole
in the shape. When you are finished, you can put a string ‘ through this hole to hang up your decoration.
You can also put little pieces” of dough on top of the big piece to decorate it. See the eye on Cori's bird?
After all of your pieces are ready to bake, tell your mama that they need to go in a 225 degree (F.) oven with the door closed. If your pieces are very thin, they will need to bake about 15 minutes on each
side. If they are very thick, they will need to bake about l hour on each side.
Now there is more fun for you!
You may paint your pretty pieces in many different colors. You can use poster paints, or magic markers, or even fingernail polish.
You can even color the dough itself, if you add Food coloring to the water you put into the salt and the flour.
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Look at all our llNavvab's
Mistakes“! Aren't they
lovely?
There are many kinds of
stars, and a happy face, and a gingerbread man, a horse, and a pretty bird!
We're sure you can think of many more shapes yourself yourself. Cori did!
If you want your decorations to last for a long time,
you can paint them with
two coats of clear nail polish.
And now we have two SIGNS! .
One is the happy smile
to show that we love Bahá’u’lláh and a1] God’s Messengers.
The other is a sign to show our friends how we, can celebrate Ayyam-i-Ha!
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A Read—Aloud Poem
T'HE GRYS‘F'LI Es (avflfi SuSS-Tah Seem, ‘by-Faréh GPNSIIIJ
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Dgn' t aSk me why.
(I'd rather dié than cry and Fly).
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Agalnst the. sky the gry FIIes go -and 3S they 99 they seem t0 grow, they =gr6w and graw and grow and grow! (Far as yeu know H that L5 the thing thafi‘gryfiFIIeS do) I £3n’t. Ca‘n y'aéu‘?
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A LEARNaAND-DO ACTIVITY
HERE’S YOUR CHANCE TO} BECOME A pom
LEARN TO MAKE CINQUAIN:
ClvN-QUAIN (pronounced ”Sin Kwih‘) is a very special form of poetry that is Very beautiful in its simpTicigy and a1§o very hEIPfQT in leérhing t0'expreés yaur theughts and fgelings in the farm-era-pbem‘
Here are the directigns in writing £]NQUAIN Pbetry: LINE 1: One wérd (Titiej LlNE 2: Two words (Dgscribe Title) LINE? ‘3': Three wards (An ActsiQn-D LINE 1+: Four wards (A Feeling) LINE 55 One wdfid'(Refér to TTer)
Here are Some examples:
RAIN Egg] Eure” Sp1ashing ‘Washfing Giving_ Refreghed Thankful Nourishfld LOVéd Beuhfiy
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Old Ynung_ .Sharing Leafninngaughing Happy Peaééfui‘Neéded 'Loved Tféasufies
Now it is YOUR TURN:
Keep practicing -- if ygu want t9 writg.gther types of Qqetry, CINQHAlN can ha used as your-eutlifle. CINQUAIN.can 3156 be used as,a-group game; eaCh-persen writes dcwn'a ward and passes the poem to‘the next person. A nensense paem tan be writtEn by falding.the paper bacK-sc:as to hide the words a1ready'Written beforé passer the paper :6 the néXt perfiefi.
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Parent '5 Page
HYPERACTIVITY AND DIET
A book review by Elizabeth Bowen
Dr. Ben Feingold, an eminent pediatrician and allergist, has written a very thought—provoking book on the possible relationship between hyperactiVe behavior and food additives, particularly artificial colors and flavors.
Dr. Feingold states that an estimated ten to fifteen percent of all children in the United States -- as many as five or six million -suffer from ”hyperkinesis-learning disability." Although symptoms vary greatly from child to child, the basic pattern often includes some or all of the following characteristics: The child is in constant motion, is markedly fidgety, restless, uneasy, excitable, impulsive, and often aggressive. He has a short attention span, is unable to concentrate, is easily distracted, has little patience, and has a very low tolerance for failure or frustration. He is often uncoordinated and clumsy in both large and small muscle movements, and he frequently has sleeping problems. Boys are involved more often than girls, and there is usually only one child with the problem in a family. The hyperactive child is generally of normal or high intelligence, yet fails at school due to "learning disabilities." Adults may also suffer similar symptoms. What does all this have to do with food additives?
As an allergist, Dr. Feingold knew that in some cases hives had been_caused by food additives. One day he prescribed a diet free of artificial colors and flavors for a woman with a severe case of hives. He and her psychiatrist were startled to find out that not only had her hives been cured, but her psychological problems had disappeared as well! Dr. Feingold then began to conduct extensive research into the relation between behavioral disorders and artificial colors and flavors.
Dr. Feingold prescribed the elimination of artificial additives from the diets of hundreds of children who manifested many of the behavioral symptoms cited above. When all of the offending chemicals were removed, the majority of the children tested showed remarkable improvement. They were calmer, able to pay attention better, more able to sit still, more peaceful, and generally far more in control of themselves. However, if the offending food was re-introduced, the problem behavior immediately returned. Thus, Dr. Feingold established a tentative cause and effect relationship between food additives and hyperactive behavior. This relationship has since been confirmed in over a thousand cases.
The cause of the problem, Dr. Feingold asserts, is that "there is no natural body defense against the synthetic additives." Whereas 10—20 % of the population have genetic variations which cause them to demonstrate marked adverse reactions to food additives, it is not known to what degree the rest of the population is affected. For example, are there subtle or incremental effects upon the other
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80 - 90% which escape obvious notice?
If Dr. Feingold's basic thesis is true —- and a growing body of evidence strongly suggests that it is —- it has massive implications for the food industry. The food industry operates on the assumption that small amounts of additives are harmless to everyone. Dr. Feingold's research raises serious questions about the immediate danger the additives present to a significant portion of the population (10-20%). He is also deeply concerned about the possible detri- 5 mental long-tern effects on all mankind of food additives and the many pollutants that permeate the air and water. Much of his concern stems from the fact that mankind is, for the most part, ignorant of the effects of synthetic chemical compounds on the human body. He reports that over 30,000 synthetic chemicals are in use today, of which less than 7% have been reliably tested as to whether they are a cause of cancer. Of these 30,000 chemicals which never existed in nature, over 3,800 appear in our foods. Not one of these additives has been subjected to the rigorous tests required for pharmaceutical drugs. Dr. Feingold also reports that over a billion pounds of food additives are produced annually in the United States and that the average American consumes about five pounds of them each year. He comments:
A million or more years have gone into the development
of the superb and intricate machinery of the human body.
From my point of view, it is a little too much to ask
these mechanisms to accept such radical environmental changes in a period of a little over a hundred years.
Penalties have already been exacted and will continue
to be exacted.
While Dr. Feingold's findings are promising, he is careful to stress that diet is not a panacea and that the nutritional approach cannot be seen in isolation from the total context of the child's life at home and at school. One must assess all the physical, psychological, and social factors in trying to understand a Specific child's behavior problem. Nevertheless, the nutritional approach is certainly a primary one to investigate. Dr. Feingold is convinced that if indeed the artificial colors and flavors are the specific cause of the problem, then their elimination will be the logical solution. Dr. Feingold is also alarmed by the widespread use of prescripjion
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drugs to control children with behavior problems. He believes that the vast majority of the two million American children on behavior mod'fying drugs could be better served by changes in their diets and in their home and school environments. Dr. Feingold promotes a comprehensive analysis of the child's medical condition and his family and school life as the best means of determining the underlying causes of the} disorder. Because drugs merely mask the symptoms and do not cure, e feels they should only be used in extreme cases and even then only ts a last resort. (There are some very specific conditions such as ephlepsy where drugs may be necessary.)
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Dr. Feingold's work has been enthusiastically received by parents all across the country. Over 45 parents' groups have formed within the past two years. These groups provide buddy systems and moral support to families trying the diet that Dr. Feingold suggests, help publicize the diet, collect case histories, and pursue research about hyperactivity and diet. They also write to pharmaceutical and food processing companies to inquire about the ingredients of products and lobby for new laws.
The parents' efforts are also being felt in Washington. Two bills before Congress, HR42 and HR322, concern the proper labelling of foods. Other legal action is being taken to require food manufacturers to test additives more thoroughly and to label products accurately, completely, and clearly. Dr. Feingold proposes that foods without artificial substances should bear a conspicuous symbol. This would be of enormous assistance to many mothers who now have to read the contents of every label to be certain that they buy only those foods which contain no additives. (For more information about these organizations and the one in your area, write:
Feingold Association of
the United States 759 National Press Building Washington, D.C. 20045
Why Your Child Is Hyperactive is available in many public libraries and will be coming out in paperback within a year. While a few chapters are technical, it reads easily, unfolding the steps Dr. Feingold went through in making his discovery. The book presents many case histories and contains Dr. Feingold's diet along with a number of additive-free recipes for foods children enjoy.
Elizabeth L. Bowen is a research associate at the Center fOI the Study of Human Potential at the University of Massachusetts. She coordinates a home-based parent education and preschool enrichment program as part of the implementation of the ANISA model in Suffield, Connecticut. Her doctoral work concerns the bio-medical correlates of learning with particular emphasis on nutrition.
Why Your Child Is Hyperactive, by Ben F. Feingold, is published by
Random House, Inc., 201 East Fiftieth Street, New York, N.Y. 10022, and is priced at $7.95.