By Tyler Thompson, Licensing Manager, Cricket Media Sugar. Maybe you’ve heard of it. When Cricket Media receive licensing requests from State Education departments, they specify they can only license articles that do not mention sugar, sweets, candy, ice cream, or cookies. Several states have passed legislature banning the sale of soda and sugary drinks […]
Dr. Strangedad or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Children’s Book
by Read Aloud Dad We must clear up something from the very start. Some kids will never love to read and it is useless to try to force them to love it. We may try to plead with them, we may try to coax them, we can even threaten to starve them […]
Talking to Teens Gabriela and Milan about Autism
By Carollyne Hutter I have interviewed top scientists, the White House’s executive chef, and even a Disney star, but one of my most eye opening experiences was interviewing two teenagers with autism: Gabriela Alvarez and Milan Wolff. Conversing with Milan and Gabriela changed the way I view autism. You can read my interview of […]
Magazines Make a Big Impact in the Classroom
By Sue Gagliardi Looking for a fun and engaging resource to bring literacy to life in your classroom? Try children’s magazines! Magazines are a wonderful supplement to classroom instruction. Students are exposed to a wide variety of texts and lots of interactive content. From stories, poems, and action rhymes to nonfiction, crafts, puzzles, and […]
What Your Child’s Kindergarten Teacher Wants You to Know
By Denise Yellen Ganot It is that time of year again. Summer is drawing to a close and kids and adults alike are starting to think about heading back to school. At this time of year, change is imminent and unavoidable. As children move up to the next grade they are bound to encounter […]
Enter the 3rd Annual Global Folklorist Challenge
Cricket Media and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage are pleased to cosponsor the 3rd Annual Global Folklorist Challenge. This contest connects kids from 8 to 18 with tradition bearers in in their communities, providing young people with opportunities to tap into knowledge and skills that have been passed down from generation to generation, and giving the tradition bearers themselves a chance to tell their own personal stories. […]
Meet the Magazine: How Cricket Got Started
By Marianne Carus, founder of Cricket Magazine Who better to start off our new “Meet the Magazine” series than the founder of Cricket Magazine, Marianne Carus. Here is an excerpt of Marianne’s essay about the founding of Cricket that originally appeared in “Celebrate Cricket: 30 Years of Stories and Art”. I’d like to […]
Stopping the Summer Learning Slide
by Cheryl Clark, Vice President, Programs, Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) Summer is a time to kick back, relax and enjoy warm lazy days away from school. For many children, summer is also an idle time when they forget many of the skills they learned the previous school year. This learning loss is called the summer […]
Make the most out of reading with your young child
by Denise Yellen Ganot It is no secret that reading to and with your children has social, emotional, and intellectual benefits. The good news is that it doesn’t take much—maybe just a bedtime story, or a cuddle on the couch with a good book—to achieve these benefits. When it comes to reading with your child—no […]
Parents: Get Caught Reading and Improve Your Child’s Literacy
By Jenni Buchanan, Reading Rainbow Mom Dear Parents, Today I’m going to encourage you to do something a little unusual. Today I’d like you to let your kids “catch” you in the furtive and secret act of… READING! As an avid reader and the Reading Rainbow Mom, I love ALL the book-themed […]