Today is the summer solstice. That means that those of us in the northern hemisphere will experience the longest day and the shortest night of the year with more than 15 hours of daylight to use for whatever activities makes us happy. My family is looking forward to a bike ride around the local lake […]
Fathers: You Rock!
I have a friend on Facebook who frequently comments on how fathers are often not included in the conversation when it comes to parenting. Someone will post an appeal for a few moms to chaperone a class trip or post an article about how moms spend X amount of time helping with homework each night, […]
Celebrating Alex and her Lemonade Stand
Did you drink any lemonade this past weekend? If so, it may have been sold as a fundraiser during Alex’s Lemonade Days, an annual weekend of lemonade stands where all the profits from your local lemonade stand are donated to charities trying to cure childhood cancers. Through the proceeds of these lemonade stands held throughout […]
Have You Heard About Our New Bug Band?
If you happened to look at the address bar on the latest issues of Cricket Media’s 11 award-winning magazines, you may have noticed something new: a line of small circles each with a character or symbol relating to a specific magazine. Each circle is in black except the magazine you are looking at, which is […]
Best Friends Forever!
Did you have a best friend when you were growing up? Chances are, you did. Childhood friendships are often among our most cherished relationships. These are the people who knew you when. Who were with you when you fell of the monkey bars and broke your arm. Who understood how you felt when your favorite […]
Graduation: A Time for Moving On Up
Do you have a graduation happening in your family this season? If so, congratulations! Graduations are important life cycle events and whether your child is graduating from pre-school or high school, this is a time to celebrate all the milestones your child has achieved over the past few years. I cried my eyes out […]
Meet the Winners of the Invent It Challenge
If you’ve been reading this blog for the past few months, you’ve no doubt seen a lot of writing about the Global Invent It Challenge, our annual contest that invites kids and young adults from ages 5 to 21 to think about a real world problem and find a solution for it. This year, our […]
Kyngdom: Puzzled Yet?
Amazing puzzle solving is happening on our Kyngdom forum. If your child likes to solve word problems, puzzles, riddles, codes, or just loves fantasy fiction, writing, or the chance to be part of something really cool, you need to have them head over to the Chatterbox and check it out. So what’s going on […]
Take a Journey Down the Internet of History with Yo-Yo Ma
Have you heard of the “Silk Road,” the collective name for the many routes that crisscrossed the vast Eurasian landmass between China and Rome more than two thousand years ago? World famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma has. In fact, he was so inspired by the exchange of ideas and traditions that occurred along the historical Silk […]
Do Something Nice for a Turtle Today
Today is World Turtle Day, a day to celebrate turtles large and small. I’m not going to bombard you with facts about why turtles are so cool and why you should get to know more about them. You can check out the American Tortoise Rescue for that. Instead, I’m just going to share a few […]
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