It’s never too early to introduce children to science. In fact, research from the University of Pennsylvania shows that an early childhood filled with mental stimulation from educational tools results in more highly developed cognitive skills by the child’s teen years.While young children ...
Mars is a cold desert world about half the size of Earth. Because of rusty iron in the ground, Mars is sometimes called the “Red Planet.”Like Earth, Mars has seasons, volcanoes, canyons, and weather. When Mars was a young planet, it may even have had oceans. Today, water on Mars exists as a ...
Holiday turkey and jingle bells may seem far off, but several holiday airfare forecasts are out, with many predicting lower prices this year and one claiming that Tuesday is the best day to buy a plane ticket for Thanksgiving.Fare experts say there is really no one best day to buy for everybody ...
<h3>"Dancing Home"<br /><br /></h3><strong>By Alma Flor Ada and Gabriel M. Zubizarreta. Ages 8 to 12.</strong>How would you like your cousin to move in with you? Every person is bound to have a different ...
<h3>"The Turtle of Oman"<br /> <br /></h3><strong>By Naomi Shihab Nye. Ages 8 to 12.</strong>Aref and his family are moving from his home in Oman, a country in the Arabian Peninsula, to Ann Arbor, Michigan. ...
<h3>"Chickadee"<br /> <br /></h3><strong>By Louise Erdrich. Ages 8 to 12.</strong>What would it feel like to be an 8-year-old boy suddenly separated from your family?The scariness of the situation is clear and ...
<h3>"Listen, Slowly"<br /> <br /></h3><strong>By Thanhha Lai. Ages 9 to 13</strong>.You might say, "No, thanks" to a trip with Grandma when you could be lounging at the beach with your best friend and the boy ...
<h3>"The Red Pencil"<br /> <br /></h3><strong>By Andrea Davis Pinkney, Ages 8 to 12.</strong>Amira wants to go to school. But in the African country of Sudan, many people believe that girls should do farm chores ...
<h3>"Half a World Away"<br /> <br /></h3><strong>By Cynthia Kadohata</strong>You may know kids who were adopted from other countries. Whether they came from China, Guatemala or Ethiopia, they probably arrived as ...
Food brings family together. And time spent in the kitchen is how cooking traditions and those secrets behind the best dishes get handed down from generation to generation.Here are two delicious recipes for parents and kids to make together, shared by food and family experts, as part of the ...
