Want to get your kids interested in science? Potato Chip Science is the result of a multi-year effort by a father-son team of Allen Kurzweil, an author and a fellow at the John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization at Brown University, and his son Max. Irresistibly packaged inside a potato chip bag, [...]
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Mobius, the Mentoring Movement, needs your help. The 3rd Annual Race to the Top of Vermont is on Sunday August 29,. Run, mountain bike, or non-competitively hike up the highest mountain in Vermont on the famous Mount MAnsfield Toll Road. Support mentoring and witness one of the most spectacular views in the east. Get friends [...]
Phoenix Books at the Essex Shoppes and Cinema is having a Tree of Knowledge Summer Reading Program for all of its young customers! While visiting Phoenix Books, participants will be given a “leaf” on which they’ll document their latest read. Leaves will be attached to the in-store Tree of Knowledge, and readers help the Tree “grow” [...]
If you’re worried that you kids are going to be plugged in too much this summer, you can at least help fight summer brain drain by helping the use their noodles with GetNoodles(TM) – a new free download that interrupts other computer activities at specific time intervals and makes the user answer grade appropriate questions. Parents [...]
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Roughly 1000 Vermont children learned through play with the Green Mountain Children’s Museum in its third appearance at Burlington’s 25th Kids Day on May 15. Kids of all ages took apart old toasters, phones and vacuums, made craft flowers, built towers, houses, bridges and experimented with sound and speed at the Singing Trees. These are [...]
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The Parent Information and Resource Center (PIRC Vermont), Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) and the Vermont Principals’ Association (VPA) is presenting a statewide conference about family engagement in schools called Leadership and “Parentship” for 21st Century Schools: Making the Transformation Happen. Education is a partnership between learners, families, educators and local communities, but nowadays both [...]
Where can baby indigenous turtles find a cozy home for the winter? At ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center of course! For the fourth year, a cadre of Spiny Softshell, Northern Map, and Painted turtles will be spending the winter safely housed within ECHO’s walls.
ECHO Animal Care Staff will bolster the stewardship and awareness effort [...]
In support of military youth and their families, the Vermont History Museum has teamed up with Operation: Military Kids to allow up to 10 children from military families to attend each VHS Family Fun Workshop for free. This purposeful integration of civilian and military youth is to educate Vermont communities by raising their awareness about [...]
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The February issue of Kids VT – due out Feb. 2 gives all sorts of information about education and schools. We’d love to hear from you! Tell us – and other Vermont parents – about your favorite educational resources – schools, teachers, preschools – anything you think they might want to hear. Just leave a [...]
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If you want to be involved in your children’s education, but don’t quite know how, here’s a really easy solution. Join the 30 million parents nationwide who have visited and contributed to www.greatschools.org. GreatSchools is committed to nothing less than transforming education in America by leveraging technology to empower and inspire parents to be involved [...]
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The kids have settled back in at school. But that doesn’t mean the fun has to stop! There’s a new handheld electronic game based on the TV Quiz Show “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?”. Completely portable, the game features 13 subjects with more than 2,500 questions. Kids can brush up on their knowledge [...]
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Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) kicked off its annual observance of September as College Savings Month with a gubernatorial proclamation touting the benefits of Vermont’s 529 plan, the Vermont Higher Education Investment Plan (VHEIP). VSAC uses College Savings Month as a springboard for publicizing the benefits of VHEIP, which it administers in partnership with TIAA-CREF, [...]
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We are all hearing so much about everything being (or needing to be) green that sometimes we forget the little things matter. That’s where Organic Crafts by Kimberly Monaghan fits in. It’s brimming with 75 earth-friendly art activities for ages 3-9 that use nature for raw materials and inspiration. The projects are designed to entertain [...]
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Ask kids and parents which school subjects they struggle with the most, and the answer is likely to be math and science. When kids have trouble understanding Aquatic Ecosystems or are stuck on a homework question about Division Equations, where do they turn? Now they can get help finding the answers with Scholastic StudyJams!™ at [...]
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The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) introduced a new cast of characters to help kids learn valuable safety lessons in a fun and lively web environment. The Uh-Ohs™ – brightly colored block-shaped critters – are exceptionally cute, but the poor little things just can’t seem to grasp the importance of safety, which leads them and [...]
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