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(Thank you for allowing us to use your tips of the day.) Have your children make long coils from playdoh. Form the letters from the coils that are necessary to spell each word from a spelling list. Your children should then trace over each letter with their index finger as the word is spelled orally. ==================================== Children�s Sites (Under 18) ===================================== (If the entire link is not blue and underlined remember highlight the entire link, copy it and paste it in your browser. (Highlight the link with mouse, hit Control C and then go browser and hit Control V) Free Stuff for Children http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=m5w1wizi9cg&offerid=7660.7&type=3&subid=0 Coloring Pages for Children http://home.amaonline.com/teacherstuff/coloring.htm ============ April 28, 1934 Dionne Quintuplets were born. They were the first quintuplets to survive infancy. 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Today animals and insects are still launched into space as part of the space program. http://www.vibrationdata.com/space/Animals.htm CHRONOLOGY OF DEFINING EVENTS IN NASA HISTORY 28 May 1959 The United States launches and recovers two monkeys, Able and Baker, after launch in Jupiter nosecone during a suborbital flight. The flight is successful, testing the capability to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and to recover spacecraft in the Atlantic Ocean, but Able later died. http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/40thann/define.htm ======= May 29, 1736 Patrick Henry was born Patrick Henry Biography Come explore the past with and learn about Patrick Henry and Red Hill, his last home and burial place near Brookneal, Virginia. http://www.inmind.com/schools/lessons/PatrickHenry/index.html Patrick Henry The American political leader Patrick Henry was the most celebrated orator of the American Revolution. He was born on May 29, 1736, in Hanover County, Virginia. 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