Wednesday,
November
19
, 2008
10
:05
pm
President-elect Barack Obama is beginning to create his cabinet and assess roles within the upcoming administration.
Featured Stories:
July 31st, 2008 at 12:45 pm
British novelist J.K. Rowling turns 43 today. She was born on July 31, 1965, in Chipping Sodbury, near Bristol, England. Rowling is best known as the creator of the Harry …
June 20th, 2008 at 11:58 am
…and explore the wonders of the rainforest and learn more about the plants, animals and people who call these ecosystems home. Created in collaboration with the Rainforest Alliance, the Treehouse site is an innovative way for children to discover how their lives are connected to tropical forests.
June 15th, 2008 at 8:39 am
PBS and Thirteen has a few websites with resources, education, games, and links for parents (that means dads too) and other child caregivers.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:13 pm
One of News Flash 5’s kid correspondents, Nicholas, age 10, presents a compelling argument for continuing to teach fractions in school…(if you’re not familiar with the debate, see a see news story on the opposite side of the debate, a professor calling for the elimination of fraction instruction.)
Reading Rainbow
May 14th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
The local winners, from kindergarten to 3rd grade, are posted online…you can read stories about lost monkeys, aliens who hide in art, and various other adventures written by kids. Part …
May 14th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
On this online news show for kids, the lost Stradivarius story, plus news about the future of cricket, how much it costs to mint a penny, and more stories. …
May 12th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Do you remember the gorilla suits? Morgan Freeman and Rita Moreno? The “Last Word” lightbulb? If you were a beginning reader in the ’70s and ’80s, chances are you do. And now PBS and Sesame Workshop have good news for you (and your kids): a full season of The Electric Company is coming back to the air in 2009.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Perhaps a little more politicized, and with a few different characters…Sesame Street was relaunched in Israel at the end of 2006. It’s called Sippuray Sumsum, and the characters …
May 7th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
A happiness poll reveals that only half of Americans feel they are thriving, a women’s softball team helps an opponent score a homerun, a student from the Virgin Islands wins a national poetry competition (pictured), fossilized dinosaur poop sells in a NYC auction, and the Chinese crack down on child labor. Watch.
May 3rd, 2008 at 12:45 pm
On April 30, 2008 Cyberchase actor Christopher Lloyd was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in the “Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program” category for …
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Wednesday,
November
19
, 2008
07
:02
pm
Just two days after the judge declared the trial of three men suspected of involvement in Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya's murder would be open to...
Wednesday,
November
19
, 2008
06
:42
pm
Jeff Seelbach
Juan Evo Morales Ayma, President of Bolivia, spoke in New York on Tuesday as part of the Columbia University World Leaders Forum. Morales, the...
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