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Sitting on BooksSaturday, January 3, 2009 @ 3:18PMHAVE the child sit on a dictionary. Wrap the child in newspapers (preferably the Inquirer?). Save a lock from a child’s first haircut and press it inside a book.

Class notesSaturday, December 27, 2008 @ 2:54AMFoster City Rotarians visited all three elementary schools on Dec. 17 and gave a dictionary to each and every third grade student. The Macmillian Dictionary for Children is especially designed to help young readers discover the power of words.

The Fourth PlantationWednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 9:00AMOriginally the term , "The Fourth Estate" referred to "the mob" or "the rabble," as it was used in 19th-century England and France, with the other "estates" being the king, the clergy, and the commons, or the legislature.

Academic notebookFriday, December 12, 2008 @ 9:14AMBamber Valley Elementary Bamber Valley has a basketball mentoring program for fifth-graders. Scott Gerdes, treasurer for the district and husband of Principal Gerdes, works on basketball skills with students during lunch on Fridays. On Dec. 11, second-gra

Author Nicholson finds walking is anything but mundaneMonday, December 8, 2008 @ 11:15PMGeoff Nicholson writes about what is often considered -- if it is considered at all -- a mundane activity. Walking, he finds, is not only a decent physical activity but one that has a therapeutic element. There is one place he does not walk.

How to Read E-Books on Your iPhoneMonday, December 8, 2008 @ 6:37PMIs that new bestseller too much of a page-turner to put down? Take your favorite text on the road with these options for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Economic crisis means a different pop cultureThursday, December 4, 2008 @ 7:27AMI don’t know how the recession is going to affect pop culture. All I know for sure is that the recession is going to change pop culture. There are plenty of precedents.

Chamorro-English dictionary project enters its 3rd monthMonday, December 1, 2008 @ 8:07AMThe Northern Marianas Council for the Humanities Chamorro-English Dictionary Revision Project is now on its third month of implementation.

Opposition agrees to coalition with Dion as PMMonday, December 1, 2008 @ 5:43AMIn a historic political move, the leaders of the Liberals, NDP and the Bloc Quebecois signed a formal agreement Monday to co-operate as a coalition government for the next 18 months.