Everybody likes the smell of vanilla. Everybody but bugs, that is. Dilute 1 tablespoon vanilla extract with 1 cup water and wipe the mixture on your exposed skin to discourage mosquitoes, blackflies, and ticks.
To begin kindergarten in the state of Illinois, a child should be 5 years old on or before September 1 of the kindergarten year and live within the boundaries of the school district.
Children begin elementary school at age 5 when they enter kindergarten. Most elementary schools go up to 5th grade, and most kids are 11 by the time they finish that grade. Buâ¦t some elementary schools go all the way up to 6th grade so there are kids up to age 12. Then there are even a few elementary schools that only go up to 4th grade so the oldest kids are only 10.