Speakaboos is still putting the final touches on our upcoming “Record Your Own” feature, but it seems that some enterprising kids are few steps ahead of us!Students at Prospect School in Clarendon Hills recorded themselves narrating books on CD to … (Read more )
Here at Speakaboos we grapple with the challenge of creating helpful and valuable internet media for kids that may be too small to use the internet on their own. We’ve always envisioned Speakaboos as a site that parents and kids … (Read more )
The Federal Economic Stimulus Package, signed into law last week, provides $650 million in new funding for the Enhancing Education Through Technology Program. This may be one of those government expenditures that opponents of the stimulus package gripe about, but … (Read more )
So get this–there’s this amazing technology that converts sound into invisible signals and “broadcasts” them into the air, and anybody within a certain distance can listen to these signals with a device called a “radio.”Last week a woman in Portland, … (Read more )
You hate the parent who sends a noticeably sick kid to school… but it might not be that parent’s fault when your kid comes home sick.An article by Dr. Perri Klass in the New York Times challenges popular notions of … (Read more )
When five-year-old Jude Stephen found his dad in bed semi-conscious, he forcefed him enough juice, honey and cupcakes to save his life. Here’s the article from Jeanne Sager at Strollerderby:Kindergartner Saves Diabetic Dad from Coma
Hey everyone, please enjoy brand-new storybook videos for February!Anansi Tries to Steal All the Wisdom of the World read by Nick CannonWon’t You Be My Valentine? read by Hannah HellerThe Selfish Giant read by Mark ThompsonLittle Red Riding Hood read … (Read more )
The only library in Darby, PA opened in 1743, and might close this year, along with numerous other public libraries around the country.See USA Today for articles about the Darby Free Library and other libraries closing due to dwindling tax … (Read more )