Play as learning for under fives in Vermont study
Assistant professor Julia Lepeschkin analyzes the value of play in early childhood education. She argues that formal schooling is not yet appropriate before age five and outlines how activities like finger painting, story listening, and block play build language, math readiness, coordination, and social skills. Caring for young children is more than babysitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Lepeschkin
University of Vermont Agricultural College
Vermont Farm and Home _ Science
Vermont
Manes dazzles in recital and notes praise from Buffalo press
Stephen Manes earned near capacity crowds at Baird Hall with a performance of Tchaikovsky and Bartok works. Reviewers highlighted his keyboard command and expressive range, noting the Rachmaninoff concerto in Lubbock and Buffalo coverage praising his fire, control, and sensitivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manes
Baird Hall
Buffalo
John Dwyer
Buffalo Evening News
Stephen Manes
Stephen
Edgar Curtis
Bartok
Ravel
Couperin
Senior Citizens Club Meeting Report
The Senior Citizens Club announces a March 15 meeting with a 5 30 p m covered dish supper. All members and guests are invited to bring a dish. There will also be an arts and crafts session on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senior Citizens Club
Arts and Crafts
School Lunch Menus and Community Events Summary
A long list of weekly school lunch menus across Monday to Friday features varied meals such as chili con carne, pork burgers, meatloaf, chicken soup, and macaroni and cheese with milk, plus beverages and desserts. The note also lists after school activities, senior citizens gatherings, and bowling league scores from Hoosick Falls and Bennington, naming several winners and their scores.
Weekly School Lunch Menu and Local Incident Report
The Bennington Police reported a minor accident at Beech and Main Streets at 5:53 p.m. Wednesday. Barbara Pilling, 44, of Beech Street, turning left onto Beech from Main collided with Charles Hoffman, 30, of Mt. Kisco New York. slight damage to both cars. Northfield Mass Miss Nancy L B Crowell senior at Northfield School is a finalist in the National Merit Scholarship competition for 1970 71. the daughter of Mr and Mrs David Crowell of 35 West Road Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Thaxter
Donald Hemenway
Margaretta van Rensselaer Schuyler
Bennington
FBI
San Francisco
Miss Thaxter
Gilbert Lea
Portland
Maine
California
Actess
Skye Aubrey
James Aubrey
Los Angeles Area
Beech
Main Streets
Barbara Pilling
Beech Street
Main
Charles Hoffman
Mt. Kisco
N.Y
Northfield
Mass
Nancy L. B. Crowell
Northfield School
David Crowell
West Road
UVM sex item sparks UVM trustee clash in Vermont Senate
The Vermont Senate confronts a University of Vermont Student Assembly resolution to sell contraceptives in the campus bookstore. Senator Robert Boardman denounces the move as inappropriate for a state university and notes the administration has taken the matter under advisement. The piece also notes a Bennington selectboard meeting and local planning actions with criticism of proposed student trips.
Charcuterie bargains and a delectable pork chop
A reader describes bargain finds at a Book Cellar remainder table and shares a vivid guide from Jane Grigson’s The Art of Charcuterie. The piece blends shopping notes with an accessible pork chop recipe and notes on French charcuterie’s origins and offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
Thornton Burgess Nature
Jane Grigson
France
Boulangerie
Epicerie
Chantilly
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Marion S. Harris County Extension
By Agnes Rockwood
Pownal Lions
General Mills
Betty Crocker
Lions Club
Delta Junction
Alaska
David Adler
Pownal Road
Pownal Club
Muhammad Ali
Cassius Clay
Joe Frazier
Reuben Levin
Vermont Boxing Control Board
Joe Louis
Jack Dempsey
Lubbock
Texas
State University of New York
Texas Tech University Symphony Orchestra
Lubbock Municipal Auditorium
Jack Sheridan
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Rachmaninoff Concerto
and Control
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Boston Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Phyllis LaFarge
New Haven
Conn
Old Sturbridge
David Warden
Upstate
John Mott
James Barkoskie
Don Kent
Young
Old
Stereos
E.T. Williams
Benn
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Finast
Sealy
Mastercharge & Benkamericard Welcome Poel Furniture Inc
EL Street
Hamburg
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Frankfurt
Isabelle LaBarge
Charles Betit
Hoosick Falls
George Rogers
Jerry Morin
Irene O’grady
Arthur Cutler
Manchester
UVM
Bennington Board of Selectmen
Home Health Agency
Edward R. Lamb
Board of Selectmen
Selectmen
Bennington Planning Commission
Lamb
Brandon Training School
Waterbury State Mental Hospital
Baird Children’s Center
Burlington
Boardman
Owlkill
Park ST
Brattleboro
Putney
Main Street
Monument Plaza
Dinette
Haynes & Kane, Inc
Main St
Dial
Ana
Bennington, VT
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