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.
What the UK equivalent? In the US, most children start with a kindergarten at age 5 with optional Pre-School or Pre-K(prekindergarten) starting at age 2. At six, they go into the 1st grade, at seven 2nd, and so on up to 5th or 6th grade(age 10 in 5th, 11 in 6th). This is called elementary school. Then from either 6th(age 11) or 7th(age...