Before I jump onto my mommy soapbox about DVD players in the car, I need to be completely honest: the eight-year-old inside me is jealous. That girl would have loved a TV set in her car. You see, my mom was a huge fan of random road trips — and by random I don’t mean […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
As the end of the school year gets closer and closer, I wanted to take a minute to recognize all the wonderful teachers out there. You don’t get paid nearly as much as you are worth and the knowledge, memories, and skills you impart on our children will never be appreciated to the extent they […]
This year, on May 4th, my oldest daughter’s school celebrated bike to school day. My husband and I got voluntold we were running this event. “Join the PTA!” they said. “You get to do fun things!” they said. Fun things apparently means waking up at 5:00 am to set up a table in the still […]
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 […]
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 […]