4 Free Festive Stories for Thanksgiving

What better way to spend the cozy time after Thanksgiving dinner than curled up with a good story? In honor of the season of plenty, we’re sharing four free stories for all ages from our children’s magazines! Celebrate a frontier Thanksgiving, dance with turkeys, find thankfulness in unexpected places and more! “Max and Kate” from […]

Welcome to Fluent City!

For over 45 years, we’ve been doing our part to make learning fun and accessible for kids of all ages with magazines, mentoring programs, and language learning classes, but it’s time we opened things up for one more group of learners. Now we’re offering education experiences for adults, too! We’re so excited to welcome Fluent […]

5 Free Stories for Halloween

It’s almost time for trick-or-treating and costume parties, so our treat for you is this collection of free stories from our award-winning children’s magazines! Meet a monster, visit a fall farm, solve the mystery of a haunted house, and more with these stories from our October magazine issues. There’s something for kids of all ages! […]

Ask These Questions Before Choosing a Mandarin Learning Program for Your Children

There are so many different language learning programs for parents to choose from, so it’s no wonder that picking the right program for your child can be a challenge. That’s why we’re sharing a few questions that you can ask before signing your child up to learn Mandarin Chinese. Different approaches to the language work […]

Cricket Adds Fluent City to Global Online Learning Suite

Cricket expands language learning to 11 languages for learners of all ages WASHINGTON, DC, USA, September 28, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — Cricket Media, Inc., the trusted children’s publisher and provider of global eLearning products, extends its reach beyond children to adult learners with the acquisition of Fluent City. The acquisition adds nine languages and several corporate […]

5 National Park Picks from COBBLESTONE Magazine

Today is the 105th birthday of the National Park Service! It’s also a fee-free day, which means that no admission is charged to enter NPS sites today! In addition to 63 official National Parks, the NPS manages 423 parks across the country, including historic sites, forests, seashores, trails and even parkways! This month’s issue of […]

7 Fascinating Facts About Olympic History

The summer Olympics are here it’s a great time to reflect on some of the interesting moments in past Olympics. From the original Olympic Games in ancient Greece to the first ‘modern Olympics’ in 1896 to this year’s games in Paris, there’s so much fascinating history to explore! The ancient Olympics were for men only […]