Don't
forget your reading for fun!
School work is piling on; after-school activities are underway.
But, don't forget to do some reading for fun. Young
Saint Louis.com provides four reviews of kids'
books every month. Check them out!
Tour
of Missouri 2008 Kids
get to ride the final day's route On Saturday, Sept. 13, 9-year-old
Julianna Crang and her dad got to ride
what was supposed to be the same route
pro racers would use on the final day
of the 2008 Tour of Missouri road race.
That's before remnants of Hurricane
Ike hit St. Louis.
Hurricane
Ike cuts kid's half-marathon bid But,
charity fund-raising is a success The remnants
of Hurricane Ike last month cut short
11-year-old Keenan Peel's bid to run
a half-marathon. But, he still raised
a bunch of money for cancer research.
Book
Reviews This
month's book reviews
Books reviewed for October include ones about
(1) two boys who fight on opposite sides in
World War II, (2) a girl who suspects she
is a clone of a deceased sister, (3) a small
town paperboy who plays detective, and (4)
a Siberian husky pup who is adopted by wolves
NCAA
Lots
for kids at 2009 Women's Final Four The
NCAA has announced its program for the 2009
Women's Final Four women's basketball tournament
next April in St. Louis. Kids' activities actually
will start this semester with Middle School
Madness and the Junior Sportswriter programs.
Chemistry
week/toys Kids
can learn the chemistry of balls in sports Why are wooden bats are shattering in record
numbers in major league baseball? Did keeping
balls in climate-controlled cases in Rockies'
stadium in Denver cut down on the number of
home runs hit there?
Hi-tech
PE City
middle school goes hi-tech in PE
The Busch Academic, Athletic Academy has a new
high-tech physical education unit that utilizes
a follow-along aerobics video. Kids learn moves
in everything from kick-boxing to yoga.
Newspaper
in classroom Marthasville
kids get "living textbook" for study
Many adults read their daily newspaper at
breakfast. But, 3rd and 4th graders at St.
Ignatius Catholic School in Marthasville will
be doing their newspaper reading in the first
period at school.
Young
Achiever Success
in a wide variety of classes, activities Twelve-year-old Torey Dunlap already has
tried four different sports. She's also won school
awards in two different foreign languages.
Math
Mania A
logic puzzle for this month's Math Mania
The Math Mania puzzle
questions for October involve matching up people
with a bunch of their characteristics. And there's
a grid to help you keep track of the clues and
figure out who's who.
8
Math Mania winners in first month The September Math Mania
contest got off to a pretty good start with
eight kids getting both of the puzzle answers
correct.
St.
Louisan's internet role, Mormon "extermination
order" 
Halloween,
haunted and un-haunted houses and more 
Kids
get to ride the final day's route
But,
charity fund-raising is a success
This
month's book reviews
Lots
for kids at 2009 Women's Final Four 
Kids
can learn the chemistry of balls in sports
City
middle school goes hi-tech in PE
Marthasville
kids get "living textbook" for study
A
logic puzzle for this month's Math Mania