Retrospectacle: Skeptical Books for Children - Part Four

What is Retrospectacle? This series of posts are a kind of Thomas Dolby-inspired ‘retrospectacle’ of earlier popular entries from my site, which will fill in during the time that I am busy working for the rest of this month. I also hope you check out the MiniBlog entries that feature on the sidebar too.[Very pleased to note that Skepticality, which is mentioned in this blog post, has been nominated for a Parsec Award for their podcast in the category 'Best Speculative Fiction News Podcast' - Go

Affordable Family Vacations in Indiana Written by Connie Motz in Family VacationViewed by 5 readers since 07-30-2009

Indiana Dunes National LakeshoreLocated on the shores of Lake Michigan, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is the perfect combination of vacation and education. Here you can camp for only $15 per night and enjoy an endless array of fun family activities like swimming, fishing, boating, beachcombing, hiking, and horseback riding. Children aged five to fifteen are invited to become Junior Rangers through the Parks Junior Ranger Discovery program.Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore provides an excelle

Understanding Online Flash Cooking Games

Flash games have risen in popularity during the last year, becoming the rave of children and teens around the world (and some adults too). Part of the reason why they’re popular is because they’re easy to find, fast to run, and free. Of course you can get a more advanced computer game from a computer store, if you’re willing to cash out all the money that is needed for the game and the expansions. If you have a computer that has been with you for some time, it might not be able to run the game a

Warren Buffett Cartoon: 3-5 Minute Financial Literacy Clips

July 27, 2009 Talk about Comic Con! Here’s a fun webisode premise in the New York Times yesterday: Warren Buffett playing a ’secret mentor’ to kids. (Video after the jump showing kids’ behind the scenes) Mind you, it’d be a very rare 6-11 year old who could tell you who Warren Buffett IS much less appreciate his likeness as a cartoon character to teach financial literacy via kid-vid…so this falls into my ‘hey, whatever works’ category of parent appeal to get the buzz g

JumpStart Your Child’s Interest in Learning

As a homeschooling mom, I am often looking for educational aides that my daughter will find interesting and will give her me the opportunity to track her progress. I was recently given the opportunity to review JumpStart Virtual World , an online and CD-based 3-D gaming world children ages 3-10, created by Knowledge Adventure who is known for the award winning JumpStart and Master Blaster series of educational games. There are currently two worlds which provide different games and activit

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