Speakaboos Blog » 2009 » December http://blog.speakaboos.com Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:36:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Happy Holidays! New stories, songs and activities from Speakaboos http://blog.speakaboos.com/speakanews/happy-holidays-new-stories-songs-and-activities-from-speakaboos http://blog.speakaboos.com/speakanews/happy-holidays-new-stories-songs-and-activities-from-speakaboos#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:42:46 +0000 Andrew http://blog.speakaboos.com/?p=512 hanukkah“A Christmas Carol” read by James Eckhouse“The Story of Hanukkah” read by Peter Jacobson”The Fir Tree” ready by Phil Brock“Jingle Bells”“Rock of Ages”“Deck the Halls”“The Dreidel Song”and more holiday songsHoliday e-cardsArts and Crafts Activities

]]> http://blog.speakaboos.com/speakanews/happy-holidays-new-stories-songs-and-activities-from-speakaboos/feed 0 VIDEO: Childhood 2.0 http://blog.speakaboos.com/cool-kids/video-childhood-2-0 http://blog.speakaboos.com/cool-kids/video-childhood-2-0#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:28:48 +0000 Andrew http://blog.speakaboos.com/?p=506 (Read more →)]]> Allison Louie-Garcia posted a video titled “The decade according to 9-year olds.” For these kids, born in the year 2000, Selena Gomez and the Jonas Brothers are bigger celebs than Britney Spears, and dial-up internet is a long-lost relic. Since Speakaboos is a children’s website, we’re definitely looking out for interesting insights about technology from these kids:

The decade according to 9-year-olds from allison louie-garcia on Vimeo.

]]> http://blog.speakaboos.com/cool-kids/video-childhood-2-0/feed 0 Study: Toddlers more likely to eat food from pictures http://blog.speakaboos.com/activity-ideas/study-toddlers-more-likely-to-eat-food-from-pictures http://blog.speakaboos.com/activity-ideas/study-toddlers-more-likely-to-eat-food-from-pictures#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:58:20 +0000 Andrew http://blog.speakaboos.com/?p=494 (Read more →)]]> A study from Reading University in the UK says that toddlers are more likely to try unfamiliar foods if they’ve seen pictures of them already. Definitely an interesting hypothesis–if you’re having trouble getting your kids to eat their veggies, picture books could be the solution. Has someone told the publishing companies about this yet?For details on the study check out the story at Telegraph.co.uk

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