Questions to Ask Your Kids: If Aliens Came to School...
From "30 Questions to Ask Your Kid Instead of How Was Your Day"
What Do Your Girl Scout Cookie Choices Say About You?
Trefoils or Thin Mints? The Unofficial, Un-scientific, Definitive Guide to Your Girl Scout Cookie Choices.
I Worry About Teaching My Son About Music
I’m not worried about teaching my kid to eat healthy foods. I feel confident about teaching my son to read. But teaching my son about music does worry me.
Every answer to this question means another milestone, another growth spurt, another step my daughter takes away as she finds her footing in this world.
5 Characters I’d Dress My Daughter As For World Book Day
And there's not a willowy whiner in the lot.
Kiddle, the New Kid-Friendly Search Engine Not Great for Anatomy Lessons
Finally a place for our kids to safely navigate online research for school reports and their endless barrages of questions we can't answer. Well, unless those questions are about anatomy. (Or Paris...
5 Great Books For Storytime As Winter Winds Down
There’s little better than staying inside with a good book or two. Here are five wintery books that we've enjoyed this year.
PBS to Launch New 24 Hour Streaming Network for Kids
Just like grownups, kids now watch their favorite shows when and where they want them - not necessarily when they were originally programmed.
Links We Love This Week (2/19/16)
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Can You See A Color if You Don't Know Its Name? Ask a Baby.
A new study shows that infants aged between 5 and 7 months categorize colors, even before they can use language.
New Harry Potter Book Drops This Summer
NEW HARRY POTTER BOOK COMING IN JULY!!
Students Perform Better When They See Nature Outside
New research shows that students perform better and recover from stress faster in a classroom with a view of green nature outside.
Links We Love This Week (2/5/16)
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Milo the Robot Helps Kids With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Milo the humanoid robot was developed to help kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder engage, learn and navigate life.
Only Known Jaguar in the U.S. Aptly Named "El Jefe" By Schoolchildren
Conservationists have released video footage of the only known jaguar in the U.S. In a 2015 nationwide contest, schoolchildren aptly named him El Jefe.
What to Expect from the New SAT
The NEW SAT comes in March 2016 – are you ready?
Think You're Sharing Safely On Instagram? Maybe Not.
I consider myself among the tech-savvier of my friends. Yet, I had no idea until recently that hundreds of photos I'd shared on Instagram had essentially converged to form a heat map of my most fre...
Review: The Tea Party in the Woods, by Akiko Miyakoshi
There’s one book that you should keep your eyes out for this winter: The Tea Party in the Woods, by Akiko Miyakoshi. It’s a wonderful, heartfelt story
30 Years Ago Today the Space Shuttle Challenger Exploded Before the Eyes of a Nation
Not more than a minute after launch, just ten miles above earth, space shuttle Challenger exploded before the eyes of a nation, killing everyone on board.
Interview With Entrepreneur and Water Rights Advocate Jenneth Fleckenstein
An interview with Jenneth Fleckenstein of Clear Water Filtration about healthy home water and her advocacy work for clean water in Honduras and Haiti.
The Benefits of "Because I Said So"
I begin this post with an apology to my mother for the millions of times the words “I don’t want to” came out of my mouth.
Sick of White Boys and Dogs, 11 Year Old Starts #1000BlackGirlBooks
Sick of reading about white boys and dogs, 11yo powerhouse middle-schooler launches #1000BlackGirlBooks.
The Wonder of Exploring the Night Sky With My Young Son
The night sky invites curiosity. The question "What's that?" sets us off on a journey through the lens of a telescope, seeking in stars and planets above.
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