sma'LL BITES
Elizabeth Applebaum
AppleTree Editor
Last week's issue of The AppleTree
inadvertently omitted the names of
children who submitted entries to
our coloring contest. In addition to
our winner, Sloane Wolf of West
Bloomfield, we also received terrif-
ic art from:
Music
To Your Ears
If an apple a day keeps the doc-
tor away, who knows what a
healthy dose of Mozart can do.
For the past 20 years, Don
Campbell has been researching
the benefits of music. Both he and
others have found that its effect
can be profound.
* In a 1994 issue of the Phi
Delta Kappan, Lewis Thomas
reported that 66 percent of music
majors (as compared to 44 per-
cent of biochemistry students) were
admitted to medical school.
* According to a 1996 report
in Symphony, the College
Entrance. Examination Board
reported that those who study
music scored higher (than those
who did not) on the verbal and
math SATs.
* In 1992, N.H. Berry of
Auburn University wrote that at-risk
children who participated in an
arts program that included music
showed a profound increase in
self-confidence.
* A report in this month's issue
of Natural Health Magazine says
that music has been shown to help
the development of premature
infants, decrease pain and
increase creativity.
But not just any music, of course.
The key is classical music and, Mr.
Campbell says, specifically
Mozart. No one knows for certain
Mike, But Not Ike
If you're thinking of giving your
dear little one a biblical name,
you're not alone.
According to the most recent issue
of Yahoo! Internet Life magazine,
two names from
the Torah were
the most pop-
ular given
to children
born in
1997.
At the
top of the
what it is about Mozart (as
opposed to say, an astonishing tal-
ent like Barry Manilow), though
,
some suggest the composer s art
strikes a certain unparalleled 'bal-
If you're thinking of playing
Mozart to boost your children's
well-being and intelligence, take a
look at Don Campbell's book, The
Mozart Effect, or contact the
Mozart Effect Resource Center,
3526 Washington Ave., St. Louis,
MO 63103, 1-800-721-2177.
Carly Tesser of Huntington Woods
Jamie Zavier of Royal Oak
Yisroel Yehoshua Rivlin of Oak Park
Carley Sirlin of Bloomfield Hills
Alexann Greenstone of Beverly Hills
Lonny Weiss of Farmington Hills
Jamie Leah Rashly of West Bloomfield
Benjamin Havis of Southfield
Jake Bross of West Bloomfield
Jared Ryan Sklar of Farmington Hills
Mallory Isenberg of Southfield
Jordyn Lempert of Walled Lake
Rachel Allyn Brooks of Northville
Lauren Kaczander of West Bloomfield
Rivka Spitzer of West Bloomfield
Chloe Kent of Franklin
Brett Feinbaum of Farmington Hills
Daniel Needle of Bingham Farms
Michelle Ellis of Farmington Hills
Evie Chutz of Bloomfield Hills
Erin Kaplan of West Bloomfield
Julie Moss of Farmington Hills
Rachel Kaplan of Farmington Hills
Daniel Osentoski of Caro
Out Of This World
the list for girls: Sarah.
In fact, while this list includes a lot
of fashionable names for both
sexes, many traditional monikers
continue to hold their own. The
complete list:
Boys:
1) Michael
2) Matthew
Girls
1) Sarah
2) Emily
3) Nicholas
3) Kaitlyn
list for
4) Jacob
5) Christopher
6) Austin
7) Joshua
4) Brianna
5) Ashley
6) Jessica
7) Taylor
boys:
Michael.
At the top of
8) Zachary
9) Andrew
10) Brandon
8) Megan
9) Hannah
1 0) Samantha
One snowy afternoon Ava Minsky
nationwide (including
Foxman was looking for a fun project
Bloomingdale's and FAO Schwartz)
to entertain her children and their
and are made of Peruvian clay,
friends.
Czech glass, Austrian crystal,
She got some
African wood and
beads, and some
Italian red coral.
pins, and some
They come in a
other treasures and
variety of personali-
set to work. She
ties (including some
called her project
whose names will
Moonbabies, and
ring a bell, like Pia
for weeks after the
Zadorable and
Who loves you, Moonbaby?
snowy day, "The
Judy Jetson). Best of
kids continued to convene at my
all, a portion of the proceeds from
house to assemble Moonbabies, in
each sale is donated to the Pediatric
hopes of fulfilling requests from their
AIDS Foundation.
friends and family."
Moonbabies also may be ordered
Thus, a business was born.
by calling 1 8 88 MOONBABY.
Today, Moonbabies are for sale
Prices range from 5 25 to $100.
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1998
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