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<p>DALLAS TWP. &#8212; The youngsters admittedly needed a helping hand, though in this case it turned out to be a helping hand bone.</p><p>Giuliana Wojtowicz picked up a model of the bones of an arm and hand, and used it to point out which of several X-ray images showed a hand.</p><p>After which, appropriately, others in the room gave her a hand &#8212; as in applause</p><p>Wojtowicz needed <em>something</em> to reach all of the images hanging on a light board that was clearly positioned for adults, not 4- and 5-year-olds. Picking up a spare arm bone not only assured she knew what she was looking for when asked to find the hand bone x-ray, it put the images in, well, arm&#8217;s reach.</p><p>She was one of more than a dozen pre-schoolers participating in this year&#8217;s &#8220;Bone Academy&#8221; at Misericordia University. The four-week program connected tykes from two day care centers &#8212; the Little Meadows Learning Center and Adventures in Learning &#8212; with 29 medical imaging sophomores from the university.</p><p>Various projects help the youngsters become familiar &#8212; and hopefully, less fearful &#8212; with pediatrics and the possibility they may face an X-ray or other imaging procedure. It also counts as service-learning for the college students.</p><p>Along with having the youngsters find a bone and then point to its X-ray image, the kids got to lie on a large piece of paper as a &#8220;bone coach&#8221; traced their outline, then dig through a bin of bones to piece a skeleton together in the outline.</p><p>Ella Caleb seemed to like picking arm bones &#8212; she had four of them before she finally grabbed a foot. Conner Degnan pulled out a skull, Hamlet like, but instead of &#8220;Alas, poor Yorick&#8221; simply shouted &#8220;I got the face!&#8221;</p><p>And they got (fake) X-rays, with one child staying on the table while others went into the nearby room and &#8220;turned on&#8221; the machine by saying &#8220;BEEEEP!&#8221;</p><p>Misericordia Medical Imaging Department Chair Lori Zelna said the activities are designed, in part, to help the children &#8220;learn to interact with pediatric staff,&#8221; and to understand that, as scary as an X-ray machine may look, &#8220;it&#8217;s just taking a picture.&#8221;</p><p>Fun and educational? Fortunately for Zelna, these guests in the radiography room were unable to, um, see right through that.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Giuliana Wojtowicz points out the X-ray of a hand with a (model) hand bone. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/web1_TTL110516BONES1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Giuliana Wojtowicz points out the X-ray of a hand with a (model) hand bone. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/web1_TTL110516BONES2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Cameron Wiernusz waits to pick a bone to find during the Bone Academy at Misericordia University. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/web1_TTL110516BONES2.jpg</photo1><caption1>Cameron Wiernusz waits to pick a bone to find during the Bone Academy at Misericordia University. </caption1><photoCredit1>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/web1_TTL110516BONES3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Devin Marriott helps Luke Tanner do a mock X-ray during the bone academy at Misericordia University. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/web1_TTL110516BONES3.jpg</photo2><caption2>Devin Marriott helps Luke Tanner do a mock X-ray during the bone academy at Misericordia University. </caption2><photoCredit2>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/web1_TTL110516BONES4.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Vivienne Bross, Ella Caleb and Connor Degnan adjust an X-ray machine on Emily Bush as Melissa Evans looks on. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/web1_TTL110516BONES4.jpg</photo3><caption3>Vivienne Bross, Ella Caleb and Connor Degnan adjust an X-ray machine on Emily Bush as Melissa Evans looks on. </caption3><photoCredit3>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/web1_TTL110516BONES5.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Emelia Pachick has a pretend x-ray by Ashley Edgell while Logan Tanner plays with the machine. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/web1_TTL110516BONES5.jpg</photo4><caption4>Emelia Pachick has a pretend x-ray by Ashley Edgell while Logan Tanner plays with the machine. </caption4><photoCredit4>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit4></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Mark Guydish</p><p>mguydish@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Mark Guydish at 570-991-6112 or on Twitter @TLMarkGuydish</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Yes, there are bones about it: Pre-school kids learn about xrays