Happy birthday Albert Einstein. And also…Happy Pi Day! By some crazy, random happenstance, Einstein’s birthday is March 14, also known as Pi Day (get it? 3.14?) We celebrate Pi Day at my office with a plethora of pies and bad math puns. But I hadn’t realized until this year that it was also the birthdate […]
The 2016 Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge is coming to a close. This year, kids ages 5 to 21 were asked to identify a real-world health problem and come up with a solution to the problem. Each entry must follow the seven step invention process spelled out by our partner, the Smithsonian’s Spark!Lab. This week we will focus on […]
Many kids will soon be facing the insurmountable challenge of coming up with a “COOL” yet still-worthy-of-an-A science project topic. We put a lot of pressure on ourselves (and our kids) to create the next baking soda volcano: Something that explodes, lights up, makes noises, or otherwise attracts the biggest crowd, but still remotely resembles […]
Everyone at Ask is very excited to celebrate the safe return of twin astronaut Scott Kelly after a record-setting 340 days in space! We’re also, frankly, relieved—since we’re featuring Scott and his twin brother Mark, also an astronaut, in our March issue, all about Twins. When we planned the story, we knew Scott was due […]
The 2016 Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge is off and running. This year, kids ages 5 to 21 need to identify a real-world health problem and come up with a solution to the problem. Each entry must follow the seven step invention process spelled out by our partner, the Smithsonian’s Spark!Lab. This week we have the chance to speak […]
It’s National Anthem Day today so let’s all celebrate by listening to someone with a beautiful voice sing our notoriously difficult to sing national song. (I suggest Whitney Houston’s version which you can find on You Tube.) Don’t worry if you didn’t know National Anthem Day was a thing. It wasn’t highlighted on my calendar […]
By Jenni Buchanan, Reading Rainbow Mom March 2nd is Read Across America Day, an annual reading motivation and awareness celebration founded by the National Education Association on March 2, 1998 in honor of the birthday of beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss. This is a day not just to celebrate, but to revel in and share […]
The pages of Cricket family magazines are filled with women and girls doing great things. Some stories showcase small acts of kindness that help those in their communities. Some articles portray great leaders who are developing new systems and new ideas with the potential to change the world. Honoring Eleanor Roosevelt In honor […]
Once every four years, we elect a new president, watch the Olympics, and experience the bewildering phenomena of Leap Year. We have a family friend whose daughter was born on Feb 29th, and my kids love teasing her about how she is really only two years old. However, every four years, this kid gets […]
The 2016 Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge is off and running. This year, kids ages 5 to 21 need to identify a real-world health problem and come up with a solution to the problem. Each entry must follow the seven step invention process spelled out by our partner, the Smithsonian’s Spark!Lab. This week we will focus on Step 6: Tweak […]