It started as a birthday wish.Book Riot editor and “Here We Are” author Kelly Jensen posted a request on Twitter: “My 33rd birthday is next month, and between now and then, I’d love to see 33 classroom literacy projects completed. Up for the challenge?”The next day white supremacists ...
Parents need to know that GLOBE Observer is an app that allows kids to make and share observations of clouds and mosquito habitats. Special natural occurrences also appear in the app for data collection, like the 2017 eclipse. Observations are stored on the device and can be shared using social ...
Ever since my kids have been old enough to play team sports, we’ve had the great good fortune of wonderful, low-stress coaches.No bullies, no yellers, no grandstanders. Just generous grown-ups who volunteer to spend their free time shaping little people into good athletes and, more important, ...
Parents need to know that “Refugee,” by Alan Gratz is a historical novel that braids the stories of three young refugees in three different time periods and settings: 1938 Berlin, 1994 Cuba, and 2015 Syria. The circumstances of all the kids and families are dire, and their journeys are ...
Pediatrician Cara Natterson posed a question to her 12-year-old son: If the American Girl folks ask her to write a puberty book for boys, what should she name it?“He burst out laughing,” Natterson told me. “He said, ‘Mom. It’s American Girl. They’re not going to ask you to write a ...
I’ve been going through boxes from my childhood and I’ve come to a realization. History truly repeats itself, even when it comes to pop culture. The latest unicorn trend — Starbucks Unicorn Frappe, unicorn onesies, unicorn earbuds and phone chargers — actually began when I was growing ...
