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Meet Allie: Taking the Invent It Challenge by Storm

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 […]

O say, can you see, today is National Anthem Day

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 […]

Reading for Joy on Read Across America Day!

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 […]

Celebrating Women’s History Month: Eleanor Roosevelt

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 […]

Every 4 Years…

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 […]

CRICKET ACQUISITION GROUP, INC. TO ACQUIRE CRICKET MEDIA GROUP LTD.

WASHINGTON, DC, February 26, 2016 – Cricket Media Group Ltd. (TSX-V:CKT) (“Cricket Media” or the “Company”) announced today that it has entered into an arrangement agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) pursuant to which Cricket Acquisition Group, Inc., a newly incorporated entity created for the purpose of the transaction described herein (the “Purchaser”) will acquire all of […]

Invent It Week 6: Tweak It!

Stories To Read on World Read Aloud Day

Today is World Read Aloud Day! Most of us don’t really need an excuse to read aloud to our kids, but just in case the struggles of coordinating dinner time, bath time, homework, and extracurricular activities have kept your family from indulging in this sweet and cuddly pastime as much as you’d like, here are […]

From Page to Screen: The Adaptation Agency

As we start talking Oscars, I thought an appropriate topic to blog about would be my books-to-movies obsession. In my house, even more than “Eat your vegetables!” you’ll hear, “Did you read the book first?” It’s become so automatic that this was an actual conversation between my youngest and me: Her: “Can we go […]

Join Us on a Trip to Istanbul Through Time

A few years ago, I decided it would be a great learning experience—for me and for readers— to focus an issue on a specific city and trace its history from ancient times to the present. DIG has now being doing just that, and it’s been great fun. Among the cities featured thus far are Rome, […]