Ben Franklin’s One Simple Trick to Save Sailors from Drowning

https://nowiknow.com/ben-franklins-one-simple-trick-to-save-sailors-from-drowning/

Why Hong Kong uses bamboo scaffolding, and meet the spider-men who climb it: a visual explainer

https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/culture/article/3183200/bamboo-scaffolding/index.html

Parenting advice: Stop asking your teen how their day was.

https://slate.com/life/2025/01/parenting-advice-teen-daughter-school-family.html?via=rss

“Just being quiet in the car ride home has made all the difference in my relationship with my daughter.“

Background Noises • Ambient Sounds • Relaxing Music | myNoise

https://mynoise.net/

A great site (with mobile apps) and an infinite number of soundscapes, because you can configure them yourself!

From the site: "Discover a world of immersive and customizable soundscapes that can enhance focus, relaxation, and sleep. Choose from noise generators, nature sounds and ambient music to create your perfect audio environment. Explore our vast library of interactive sound generators and find your audio haven!"

A Headmaster Asks Parents (and Self) to Do Less

https://letgrow.org/headmaster-parents-lessf-to-do-less/

Amusing Examples of the Most Interesting Tongues in the Animal Kingdom

https://laughingsquid.com/animal-tongues/

Mycorrhizal Fungi: The Roots of Life on Land

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/mycorrhizal-fungi-the-roots-of-life-on-land

What are the benefits of snow days?

https://www.vox.com/even-better/24081433/snow-days-education-nyc

I’m “Flexible Instruction Day,” Formerly Known as “Snow Day”

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-flexible-instruction-day-formerly-known-as-snow-day

Repetitive play may tire parents but toddlers' brains grow through repetition

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/01/12/1224352481/toddlers-repetitive-play-repeat-brain-development

The 5-minute daily playtime ritual that can get your kids to listen better

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/13/1128737199/the-5-minute-daily-playtime-ritual-that-can-get-your-kids-to-listen-better

Tech stuff for Ten-yr-olds

https://kidnonfic.substack.com/p/tech-stuff-for-ten-yr-olds

Did you know? 10.5 minutes of fast and fascinating facts from Highlights Kids

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/did-you-know-10-5-minutes-of-fast-and-fascinating-facts-from-highlights-kids

Parents, are you overindulging your kid? This 4-question test can help you find out

https://text.npr.org/1199885688

Fifty Dangerous Things (you should let your children do)

https://letgrow.org/book/fifty-dangerous-things-you-should-let-your-children-do/

Roger Cox, a 'book doctor' at work

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/roger-cox-british-library-book-conservator

How Lasers Work

https://science.howstuffworks.com/laser.htm

Why do we need insects? And how can we protect them?

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/why-we-need-insects-bbcideas-video

How to Protect Your Teen From the Harmful Effects of Social Media

https://lifehacker.com/how-to-protect-your-teen-from-the-harmful-effects-of-so-1850507480

What is Botany? Alexis Nikole Nelson explains with Crash Course Botany

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/what-is-botany-alexis-nikole-nelson-crash-course-botany

What do baby sloths sound like?

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/what-do-baby-sloths-sound-like

Teens say social media is stressing them out. Here's how to help them

https://text.npr.org/1176452284

How to Start Teaching Your Kids About Social Media

https://time.com/6278988/kids-social-media-guidelines/

Are we thinking about alien life all wrong?

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/panspermia-alien-life-bbc-ideas-video

A kid's guide to climate change (plus a printable comic)

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/17/1144849154/climate-change-kids-guide

Bullying Resources for Educators and Parents

https://teach.com/online-ed/counseling-degrees/online-masters-school-counseling/bullying-resources/

This Google-Backed Nonprofit Proves Games Can Teach and Be Fun

https://www.wired.com/story/games-for-change-google-nonprofit-fun-games-social-good/

Guinea pigs live wild in the garden

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/guinea-pigs-living-wild-bosgoed-terwolde-video

Bike Buses: Kids Are Commuting To School In Group Bike Rides

https://www.today.com/parents/family/bike-buses-kids-school-commute-rcna51747

Tips and Tools to Help Students Study, Take Notes, and Focus

https://www.wired.com/story/tips-apps-help-students-study-notes-homework-help/

How does a python climb a tree?

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/python-snake-climbing-tree-video

What Adults Don't Get About Teens and Digital Life

https://www.wired.com/story/children-screen-time-psychology/

What happens after a barn owl swallows a rodent whole? | The Kid Should See This

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/napa-barn-owl-health-pellets-dissection-kqed

Family's Guide To Cyberbullying and How It Can Be Prevented

https://www.customenvy.com/pages/how-parents-help-prevent-cyberbullying/

Kentucky's Horse-Riding Librarians

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/horse-riding-librarians-kentucky-history

Beatrix Potter's Lake District

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/beatrix-potter-lake-district-va-museum-video

Why do we lose our baby teeth?

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/why-do-we-lose-our-baby-teeth-maddie-moate-video

Searching for gorgeous slime molds

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/gorgeous-slime-molds-opb-video

Why do we need biodiversity?

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/why-do-we-need-biodiversity-david-attenborough-animation

Why Orchestras Are Arranged They Way They Are

https://laughingsquid.com/history-of-orchestra/

We Know Students Are Struggling With Their Mental Health. Here's How You Can Help - MindShift

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/58525/we-know-students-are-struggling-with-their-mental-health-heres-how-you-can-help

11-minute documentary about Denmark's "forest kindergartens"

https://boingboing.net/2021/10/04/11-minute-documentary-about-denmarks-forest-kindergartens.html

How To Solve Every Global Crisis

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/how-to-solve-every-global-crisis-minuteearth

No Need for Screen Time Limits, Says Digital Education Expert

https://letgrow.org/screen-time-limits-unnecessary/

Summer Tutoring Is Not the Solution to a Lost Year of School

https://time.com/6084638/summer-tutoring-covid-lost-year-school/

8 Activity Subscription Boxes for Children

https://www.lifesavvy.com/80686/8-subscription-boxes-to-keep-your-kids-busy-all-summer/

Nag on the Lake: The Sound of Millions Of Monarch Butterflies Taking To The Air

https://nagonthelake.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-sound-of-millions-of-monarch.html

Out of Ideas For Entertaining the Kids? Here’s Some FREE Family Fun to Try While on Vacations

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/some-free-family-fun-to-try-while-on-vacations/

“Why Don’t Kids Go Outside Anymore?” Everyone Has a Theory -- What’s Yours?

https://letgrow.org/why-dont-kids-go-outside/

A Wonderful Animated Tour Inside the Statue of Liberty

https://laughingsquid.com/inside-statue-of-liberty/?ICID=ref_fark

38 Best Reading Websites for Kids

https://www.teachingexpertise.com/classroom-ideas/best-reading-websites/

30 Answers This Father Received After Asking For Some Interesting Facts To Share With His Kids

https://www.demilked.com/father-asks-for-interesting-facts-mckay-coppins/

A Kid-friendly Introduction to Impeachment

https://people.howstuffworks.com/impeachment-kids.htm

A Kid-friendly Introduction to Magnets and Magnetism

https://science.howstuffworks.com/magnets-and-magnetism-kids.htm

11 Ways of Teaching Kids to Be Inclusive of Others

https://www.verywellfamily.com/teach-inclusivity-to-prevent-bullying-4065060

What’s the Point of Wasps, Anyway?

https://www.wired.com/story/whats-the-point-of-wasps-anyway/

How Riparian Buffers Work to Save Your Local Waterway

https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/conservation/issues/riparian-buffers.htm

Sister Makes Video For the Classmates of Her Brother With Autism Who is Starting First Grade – And it’s Adorably Helpful

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/sister-makes-video-for-brother-with-autism-starting-first-grade/

Why is soil one of the most amazing things on Earth?

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/why-is-soil-one-of-the-most-amazing-things-on-earth

Iceberger - draw an iceberg to see how it will float

https://joshdata.me/iceberger.html

Child Psychologist John Piacentini on How Parents and Teachers Can Help Anxious Kids Stop Avoiding Discomfort, Before the Cycle Bakes Itself In

https://letgrow.org/child-psychologist-john-piacentini-on-how-parents-and-teachers-can-help-anxious-kids-stop-avoiding-discomfort-before-the-cycle-bakes-itself-in/

12 Awesome Virtual Museum Trips Worth Taking

https://www.lifesavvy.com/52360/visit-a-famous-museum-virtually-every-month-this-year/

How Cats Really Sharpen Their Claws

https://laughingsquid.com/how-cats-really-sharpen-their-claws/

Chromebook tip

Why do we need national parks? | The Kid Should See This

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/why-do-we-need-national-parks

Are my kids enjoying lockdown a little too much?

https://theweek.com/articles/923313/are-kids-enjoying-lockdown-little-much

Toronto Symphony Orchestra in Slow Motion - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/user/TorontoSymphony/search?query=Slow+Motion+Orchestra

13 Typing Games for Kids to Learn How To Type Faster

https://www.online-tech-tips.com/software-reviews/13-typing-games-for-kids-to-learn-how-to-type-faster/

Five unique at-home science experiments with Physics Girl

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/five-unique-at-home-science-experiments-physics-girl

A Kind Father Who Grew Up Without a Dad Offers Practical Advice for Performing Daily Tasks

https://laughingsquid.com/dad-how-do-i/

 

Power Posing And Confidence In Children

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/05/21/Power-Posing-And-Confidence-In-Children/

Ryan Hickman Believes All Kids Can Make a Difference Through Recycling

https://letgrow.org/ryan-hickman-recycling-kit/

Michael Moschen performs THE TRIANGLE - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjHoedoSUXY

Tips for Being Stuck at Home With Kids and Teens

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/03/20/Tips-for-Being-Stuck-at-Home-With-Kids-and-Teens/  

Google Earth Virtual Tours: How to Tour 31 US National Parks from Home - Thrillist

https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/google-earth-virtual-tours-of-us-national-parks

Activities for Kids at Home After Coronavirus School Closure

https://time.com/5803373/coronavirus-kids-at-home-activities/

Free Curriculum with the Let Grow Emergency Independence Kit

https://letgrow.org/free-curriculum-independence-kit

What Kids Want To Know About Coronavirus: An Original Comic

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus

Don't Make Your Kid Go to College

https://letgrow.org/alternatives-to-college/

Sonant makes generative music you can leave on

https://boingboing.net/2020/01/20/sonant-makes-generative-music.html

A beautiful timeline of a future in which the climate crisis is met and overcome

https://boingboing.net/2020/01/09/political-rewilding.html

WebGL Fluid Simulation

https://paveldogreat.github.io/WebGL-Fluid-Simulation/

Here's Why I Don't Limit Screen Time or Monitor My Child

https://letgrow.org/do-not-limit-screen-time/

11 ways to help your child enjoy math

https://theweek.com/articles/879665/11-ways-help-child-enjoy-math

Why Kids Love Garbage Trucks

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/12/why-kids-love-garbage-trucks/603193/

A “million word gap” for children who aren’t read to at home

https://news.osu.edu/a-million-word-gap-for-children-who-arent-read-to-at-home/

Kid gifts that are educational, fun, and teacher-approved.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/11/kid-gifts-educational-fun-teacher-approved.html

Why Empathy Is a Superpower

https://laughingsquid.com/why-empathy-is-superpower/

Best free Math game apps for kids on Windows 10 PC

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/best-free-math-game-apps-for-kids-on-windows-10-pc

4 Tips for Making Kids Ad Savvy

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/4-tips-for-making-kids-ad-savvy

Japanese park encourages kids to play with saws, light bonfires for learning experiences

https://soranews24.com/2019/08/03/japanese-park-encourages-kids-to-play-with-saws-light-bonfires-for-learning-experiences

Only in the Netherlands: Why Parents Are Leaving Their Kids in the Woods Alone at Night

https://letgrow.org/only-in-the-netherlands-why-parents-are-leaving-their-kids-in-the-woods-alone-at-night/

Best Podcasts for Kids: Stories, Circle Round, Rebel Girls, Brains On

https://www.wired.com/story/best-podcasts-for-kids/

Forest Bathing: What It's About

https://www.neatorama.com/2019/06/26/Forest-Bathing-What-It-s-About/

Struggling to Explain Internet Safety to Your Kids? Use This Free Resource

https://www.lifesavvy.com/4718/struggling-to-explain-internet-safety-to-your-kids-use-this-free-resource/

Get Your Kid to Read More and Love Books

https://offspring.lifehacker.com/how-to-trick-your-kid-into-becoming-a-book-lover-1834876385

Dissecting owl pellets and cleaning the bones

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/dissecting-owl-pellets

A parent's guide to raising a good digital citizen

https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/09/raising-a-good-digital-citizen/

How to Raise Kids Who Love to Read

https://www.lifesavvy.com/3266/raising-kids-who-read/