The (Unofficial) Childrens Book Animal Kingdom Power Rankings
Armadillos get no respect in children's books; they're at the bottom of the fictional food chain. Where do all the other animals rank? Glad you asked.
5 links to share with your curious kids (week of 7/4/2015)
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A Phys Ed Teacher Battles Tight Budgets And Childhood Obesity : NPR Ed : NPR
In just one generation, childhood obesity has more than doubled in kids and quadrupled in adolescents. Despite these alarming trends, physical education is often one of the first programs to slash ...
It's nice ending the week on a high note and heading into the first weekend of summer with a drink recipe that is sure to absolutely kill it. You can't ask for much more than that. (Except perhaps ...
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Find their natural strengths and learning will follow
In his 1983 book, Frames of Mind, Harvard Professor Howard Gardner identifies 8 separate intelligences that are directly linked to a person's ability to problem solve- verbal-linguistic, logical-ma...
4 Classic Book Series You (and Your Kids) Will Still Enjoy
Many of todays popular books are just not good. More and more of them contain violent and depressing themes instead of inspiring and joyful ones. And, while the heroes of these stories may be str...
What do preschoolers know about justice?
What do 3 year olds know about justice, empathy, and ownership? What do 5 year olds know? Researchers in the U.K. and Germany recently studied the difference. According to their findings, a shift o...
Teachers are using open online courses to keep their knowledge fresh
"Teachers are turning to free MOOCsmassive open online courses to fill in for what traditional professional-development programs are lacking." These massive open online courses may help improve ...
Turning digital games into real education
It is estimated that in America, kids raised today will dedicate an average of 10,000 hours to video games before the age of 21. That sounds like a problem. But what if it were actually a solution?...
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Chris Ware's parenting themed New Yorker covers are always relatable. This week's Minecraft themed piece is no exception. via The New Yorker Sure, there's no shortage of parenting related tweet ro...
37 ingenious summer learning resources for your kids
Kids lose 22% of their academic skills over the summer. Help them avoid the dreaded summer slide with these top-rated apps, websites, books, clubs, and camps.
5 links to share with your curious kids (week of 6/12/15)
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5(ish) links for parents 6/5-6/12
Our new favorite Tumblr defines the 2 Kinds of People. Maurice Sendak would have celebrated his 87th birthday this past week. Revisiting this wonderfully illustrated video of his NPR Fresh Air inte...
Sesame Street benefits kids as much as preschool, study finds
According to the findings of a recent academic study (though of little surprise to anyone who has ever watched), the benefits of Sesame Street are as powerful as the ones kids get from attending pr...
Rewriting the playbook for learning: Mimi Ito on Minecraft
Mimi Ito, cultural anthropologist and leading expert on online education explains why Minecraft elevates the conversation on learning through video games. Together these four dimensions of Minecraf...
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Top 5 links for parents 5/29-6/5
A handful of things you may have missed this week.
The Overly-Critical Kids Book Review: The Mitten by Jan Brett
The Mitten: a tale about a sniveling bully who torments his own grandmother, with an improbable side plot about animals peacefully coexisting inside the apparel after which the story is titled.
Fourth graders dig up history in their classroom closet
At the Children's Workshop School in New York City's East Village, a fourth grade classroom's closet has been turned into an archeological dig site. Inspired by a book his class had read about a mi...
Top 5 links for parents 5/22-5/29
Busy cramming in end of year concerts and sporting events? Ready to light backpacks on fire if you have to fill out one more school trip or summer camp form? Here's the hot list of interesting thin...
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What's better than a classroom? The woods.
Eliza Minnucci, a kindergarten teacher at the Ottauquechee School in central Vermont, turns the woods next to the elementary school into her classroom every Monday. Rain or shine, for the entire sc...