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CuriosityStream gives you thousands of compelling documentaries all in one streaming channel

Kate Etue — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:09:49 +0000

Documentaries are hot right now. Whether you’re watching President Obama narrate Our Great National Parks with your kids, baking in the schadenfreude of Bad Vegan, or learning about culture and history through movies like What Happened Miss Simone?, it’s clear that documentaries are every bit as riveting as scripted entertainment. I’m not surprised, considering I’m a sucker for a […]

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5 of the best Santa tracker apps to prove he’s real. Because he is. So there.

Liz Gumbinner — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 11:00:46 +0000

This year is definitely the year of the Santa tracker app. After, all, even the biggest Santa fans among us know that while he is vaccinated (so don’t worry kids) we want to keep him safe — and him, us. So we’re avoiding the mall and turning to some terrific tech in the form of […]

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The new Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood website is magic for kids and adults alike

Kate Etue — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 11:00:57 +0000

One of my very favorite movies this year was the Fred Rogers documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, which simultaneously shed new light on the TV personality I loved as a child and sparked a passion for me to show my kids every favorite Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood moment. So when we saw that a brand new Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood site […]

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Where to play all your favorite classic video games from childhood, for free!

Kate Etue — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 13:38:03 +0000

Warning: you’re about to seriously waste some time reliving your childhood. We’ve found the motherlode of retro computer games thanks to Classic Reload. They’ve collected and preserved more than 5,000 classic video games for future generations to play for free. It’s like a virtual museum of video games, from old arcade games like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and […]

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A website that could put an end to I’m Bored Syndrome.

Liz Gumbinner — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 14:24:21 +0000

My kids love writing and they love doing art, but sometimes they don’t know what to do with that blank sheet of paper or the empty Procreate screen. (That’s my manga-obsessed daughter’s digital illustration iPad app of choice, by the way.) Since anything suggested by Mom automatically sucks, I found ArtPrompts.org, a clever, very simple […]

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Hey kids, Viola Davis is reading your bedtime story tonight!

Kristen Chase — Wed, 24 May 2017 10:36:53 +0000

When Guy Raz, of NPR’s TED Radio Hour and Wow in the World podcast fame, recommends a website for kids, you go, because, obvy. And no surprise, the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Storyline Online is a fantastic resource for parents that you might not know about. You’ll find tons of your kid’s favorite picture books brought to […]

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A cool online resource for teaching kids about the U.S. Presidential Inaugurations

Kristen Chase — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 17:27:37 +0000

I was so thrilled to discover this resource guide from the Library of Congress that’s full of a variety of primary source materials that document the U.S. Presidential Inaugurations through our country’s history. It’s such a fantastic wealth of information to help you talk to your kids about this important day. You’ll find information on […]

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5 of the best Santa apps that prove he’s real. Hear that, Virginia?

Kate Etue — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 11:00:21 +0000

We’ve tried a lot of Christmas apps over the years (like, lots), and let’s just say a good Santa app is hard to find. We’ve narrowed it down to these 5 fun Santa apps that we think your kids will love. You can track Santa’s flight on Christmas Eve, alert him that you won’t be home for the holidays, […]

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Why we freaking love Facebook’s I F’ng Love Science

Nicole Blades — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 10:00:55 +0000

Yes, we went with the slightly sanitized version on the name, because this is a family show here. But that doesn’t take away from how much we love the hilarious, crazy-popular FB page turned full-fledged blog, I F’ing Love Science, also known as IFLScience. Created four years ago by Elise Andrew, a 26-year-old British blogger and biology nut, IFLScience […]

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A must see: Dr. King’s legacy, in his own writing

Liz Gumbinner — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 11:00:14 +0000

One thing that’s become abundantly clear to me after a year of following Black Lives Matter tweets and listening more closely to what people of color have to say about their own heroes and history without media spin, is that a lot of us have only grasped a very very small portion of Dr. Martin Luther King’s […]

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