A Personal Environmental Warning System and Solar Power Generating Blinds Are Among the Winning Entries in Smithsonian-Cricket Media’s 6th Annual Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge

More Than 190 Students and Teams Submitted Innovative Solutions to Global Environmental Issues; Other Winning Entries from Around the World Included an Improved Water Filtration Device, a Fluoride Filter and a Water Collection/ Filtration Device that Also Fuels Home Heating Systems   Washington, D.C., May 15, 2017 – The environment is under assault, but if the highly […]

Cricket Media and Parents’ Choice Foundation Help Families Balance Screen Time with Real Time through the “Keeping Tech In Check” Campaign

Year-round initiative helping families achieve “a balance, not a ban”, launches on April 17 at KeepingTechinCheck.com McLean, VA, April 17, 2017 – More and more, contemporary parents feel “tech shamed” over the amount of time that their children spend consuming electronic media. Research released almost daily warns of the mental health value of unplugging and […]

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What’s New? Fish Stew for Two Kitten, brave but lonely, sets out in search of a home. But that’s not always easy to find when you’re young, rambunctious … and messy! Where does Kitten belong? Little ones will cheer him on his adventures.

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What’s New? A Rainy Day (April 2018) Hike up the tallest mountain, save the trees, spot a few fungi, find out if there’s a monster under your bed, and prank your friends with a squirmy worm sandwich.

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What’s New? People of Peace (April 2018) Peace has been one of the great challenges of humankind. People from all walks of life can make a contribution to a better, more peaceful, world.

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What’s New? Ludwig von Beethoven: Master Musician (April 2018) His passion for music and creating compositions resulted in melodies played and replayed around the world. Go behind the scenes in this issue to uncover the secrets of his world and what drove this passion?