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When Heroes Fall
The saying goes, “the bigger they are, the harder they fall.” But when a hero flames out in the public eye, the collateral damage is often the worst for younger fans. Thanks to media and technology,...
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Problem Solvers: Kid Inventors
When problems come up in and around the family home, the first inclination is to call an expert for advice, search online or hire an expensive repair worker. But have you ever considered asking your...
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Elementary
Imagine eating on the Periodic Table. Pass the Na. Somewhere between the start of baseball season and the end of March Madness, our family stumbled upon a two-hour special that was funny, intriguing...
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The Paper Chase
Source: Just Organize Your Stuff Does this sounds familiar: Your child is good student, but could get much better grades if they would just turn in assignments and homework on time—or at all. For...
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Take a Field Trip to the Past with Colonial Williamsburg
Through its website, Colonial Williamsburg offers Parents’ Choice Award winning virtual field trips to important episodes in early United States history. Starting today, Founders or Traitors, a field...
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Get Cozy with the Classics
How soon is too soon to start kids on literary classics? When it comes to fostering cultural literacy—the ability to understand artistic and historical content often referenced in everyday society–...
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Time Shift Your TV – TED Talks Education
“Kids don’t learn from people they don’t like,” says Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years. The lively and engaging speaker from Houston addressed a recent TED conference. Her speech, “Every kid needs a...
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The Writing on the Wall
Technology has made it easier to communicate, and each year students start using using laptops and computers earlier. Even babies are experts at scrolling through tablets and smart phones before they...
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Turning it off
Some of my favorite movie dialogue comes from the 1981 cult movie My Dinner with Andre. The film centers around two men conversing over the nature of life, theater and, oddly enough, the existential...
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Time Shift Your TV – Misters Rogers Remix
Instead of watching an entire TV show this week, we strongly urge you to take 3:33 minutes and watch the new and delightful PBS song, Mister Rogers Remixed: “Sing Together.” PBS Digital studios...
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See Inside Cricket’s Award Winning Magazines for Children
Regular reading is the best way to avoid the summer slide, and magazines are a great tool for developing a child’s reading habits when required summer reading seems daunting or uninteresting. Since...
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Summer Brain
It’s hot out. Africa hot. Like you could fry an egg on any surface hot. If the heat isn’t enough to drain you, the mid-summer doldrums are well at hand. This is the time of year that parents begin the...
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Thinking Outside of the Lunch Box
Photo courtesy of The Edible Schoolyard Project. Growing up, the idea of family dinner time as an important bonding and learning tool never crossed anyone’s mind. It’s just the way it was. As times and...
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The Atomic Weight of Words
I love to watch my daughter swim.Photo: Laura Fries Among so many other virtues, we all hope that our kids are thoughtful. We want them to absorb the world around them, understand the meaning and...
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Home (Away) Schooling
The notions—and methods—of homeschooling have changed rapidly over the years. One can blame educational gaps on test score tunnel vision and underfunding. However, a good deal of research points to the...
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The Terrible Twos
Photo Credit: libertygrace0 via Compfight cc It’s the ultimate conundrum: How you handle the terrible twos without losing your cool? Currently, the problem is the two houses of Congress. Putting folks...
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Time Shift Your TV – New Takes on History
Two new TV series right now are tackling an old topic: History. What they show is that there’s always a new, fresh way to look at our world and the past. History classes from elementary to high...
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Living Math
LEGO Fractions – Image by Alycia Zimmerman from scholastic.com {link to: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2013/12/using-lego-build-math-concepts} Regular, unstructured play is important...
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Extra! Extra! Parents’ Choice Spring 2014 Magazine Awards!
Read all about it! Image via Click Magazine for Kids Parents’ Choice Foundation is pleased to announce the Spring 2014 Magazine Awards. Featuring many perennial favorites, as well as a few new...
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Comment ça va?
The world is getting smaller—not literally, of course–but technology has brought people closer and has opened up new avenues for communication. Problem is, the United States falls far behind other...
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