<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Archive</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education/kidspost/archive?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</link><description>News  (www.washingtonpost.com)</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Learning All the Way to the Bank (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45070-2004Mar10.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45070-2004Mar10.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:19:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Nettina Elcock, a fourth-grader in Alexandria, is saving her money to use for college. When she has cash to put in her account, she takes it to a trained teller, who helps her fill out the deposit slip and puts the money away for safekeeping.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wow, a Palindrome (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18001-2004Feb29.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18001-2004Feb29.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:19:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[M   om, Dad, Bob, tot, did.  What do these words have in common? Besides the fact that they each have only three letters, all of these words are palindromes -- words or phrases that say the same thing when read forward and backward.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palindrome Puzzler (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18000-2004Feb29.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18000-2004Feb29.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:19:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Can you figure out these palindromes?<br>Dear Sir or ___________]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birthdays Every Four Years (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15581-2004Feb28.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15581-2004Feb28.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:19:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<em> Fernando Murias </em>is 5 feet tall and in the sixth grade, and today he celebrates his third birthday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birthdays of the week (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15584-2004Feb28.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15584-2004Feb28.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:19:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sunday 29 <br> See LEAP, at right. Monday 1 <br>Kensington's    Christopher Hanes  (1998). Washington's    Rebecca Maksimovic  (1998). Potomac's Sylvie Langsdorf-Willoughby (1997). Washington's Daija Brisbon (1995). Olney's Maddie Dwyer...]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week in History (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15580-2004Feb28.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15580-2004Feb28.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:19:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Today is a    leap day . Feb. 29 is added about once every four years to synchronize the Gregorian calendar -- the one we use -- with the seasons. The leap year was introduced in 46 B.C., with a few corrections along the way. Feb. 29 birthdays babies -- 29ers, they are sometimes called -- celebate their special day at the World Wide Leap Year Festival in Anthony, Texas/New Mexico. Yes, it's held every four years.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coming Up This Week in KidsPost (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15582-2004Feb28.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15582-2004Feb28.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:19:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tuesday:  Celebrate Dr. Seuss's 100th birthday.    Friday:  Get the real Score with Fred Bowen.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Weighing Game (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10789-2004Feb26.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10789-2004Feb26.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:19:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The two biggest jobs around the nation's capital are probably president of the United States and quarterback of the Washington Redskins. Folks will be talking until this fall about who is next in line to fill both those jobs. By Fred Bowen.]]></description><author>By Fred Bowen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Readers in Chevy Chase (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10787-2004Feb26.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10787-2004Feb26.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:19:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Jacqueline Moore's 27 fourth-graders at North Chevy Chase Elementary are this week's Class of KidsPost. Here are a few of their favorite things.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bear Facts . . . (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7226-2004Feb25.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7226-2004Feb25.html?nav=rss_education/kidspost/archive</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:19:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[• Polar bears are not white, technically. Each of their hairs is pigment-free and hollow. They reflect light, much like ice and snow do. Magnet and Alaska have yellow-gold tones in their fur. Polar bears' skin, under the fur, is black.]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>