Kids Video Contest: Summer in My Town
The virtual field trip website MeetMeAtTheCorner.org is challenging kids to create a video documentary of a special summertime event in their hometown. The "Summer in My Town" video documentary contest...
View ArticleBoomerang Explains the Financial Crisis for Kids
Do you want to find a way to help children understand and the financial crisis? (Could you use a little help understanding it yourself?) Do terms like "sub-prime" and "bailout" make your eyes glaze...
View ArticleRecess Monkey: Great Music for Kids and Their Families
Seattle-based teachers-turned-music group Recess Monkey came to Washington DC to play at XM Radio and Jammin' Java this week and I was lucky enough to see them perform before a wildly enthusiastic...
View ArticleFilm-making Competition for Kids and Teens!
"Central casting" at AdLit.org and Reading Rockets is looking for young, creative writers and filmmakers to participate in the Exquisite Prompt "Write It, Film It Video Contest" for kids ages 7-18....
View ArticleThe Different Kinds of Scary — Movie Mom Minute
Many thanks to Jennifer Kachler, Adam Donald, Daniel Sheppard, Brian Gonzalez, my homegirl Laine Kaplowitz, and everyone at the fabulous Bethesda Row Theatre. ... Read the full post here » The post The...
View ArticleProtecting Kids’ Privacy: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media announced a new privacy initiative this week along with the results of their survey showing that 92 percent of parents are concerned about protecting their children's privacy online....
View ArticleWhat Facebook Does to Kids
Atlantic Wire has a good post on the impact of Facebook on the brains of the teenagers who use it, based on a presentation to the American Psychological Association by psychologist Larry D. Rosen's...
View ArticleThe FTC Helps Kids Understand Advertising
The Federal Trade Commission has an excellent website to help kids be smarter consumers. It's always a challenge to teach children to identify and challenge the bombardment of advertising messages...
View ArticleNew Resource for Parents on Games
Engaged Family Games is a very promising new site to provide some guidance for parents on computer/video games. I like the approach: helping families to make the most of the time they spend with...
View ArticleGuidelines for Family Movie Night from Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media has some common sense guidelines for family movie night. The range of opportunities for solitary consumption of media has led to less time for families to sit down at the same time...
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