Just caught an ad for this Fisher-Price product today, but it seems to have been around for awhile. An answer to childhood obesity and school readiness, all rolled into one...or not. Reviews from parents on the site are a bit mixed--check it out and see what you think!
In a crowded field of podcasts from upstart media companies, "Sesame Street," a show nearly four decades old, rose to the top of the iTunes charts last week.
A weekly video podcast based on the award-winning preschool series is now available via iTunes
For the PNC Grow Up Great initiative, Family Communications and Sesame Workshop designed a set of "101 Great Tips," many of which will help young children with reading skills.
The Starfall learn-to-read website is offered free as a public service. We also provide writing journals and books at a very low cost that can be used with the website or separately. Teachers around the country are using Starfall materials as an inexpensive way to make the classroom more fun and to inspire a love of reading and writing.
Primarily designed for first grade, Starfall.com is also useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade. Starfall is perfect for Home Schooling.
Like many 7- and 8-year-old girls online, Emily and Kayla Strickland are regulars to Barbie.com and the virtual world Webkinz. But much to their mom's delight, the sisters also have been longtime fans of Starfall, an educational Web site whose star is quickly rising among parents, teachers and kids as young as 2 years old. Like a Sesame Street program, the free Web site teaches kids their ABCs a
Welcome to FEMA for Kids! I'm Herman, the spokescrab for the site. This site teaches you how to be prepared for disasters and prevent disaster damage. You can also learn what causes disasters, play games, read stories and become a Disaster Action Kid. And don't forget to learn about FEMA. A story about my search for a disaster-proof shell is great reading, too!