Austin in Action
Whole Kids Foundation recently launched Starting with Soil, a free tablet-based organic education app, to help kids and parents to learn what it looks and feels like to grow food. The app functions as an interactive story in four chapters. The first three chapters...
Austin in Action
In its first production for older children, the Austin Public Library is hosting Literature Live! Presents: The Fifolet for youth ages 8 to 12. The term fifolet (pronounced fee-fo-lay) comes from Louisiana folklore and refers to a ghostly glowing ball of light rumored...
Austin in Action
The Texas Museum of Science and Technology (TXMOST) in Cedar Park announced it will close from Aug. 22 to Sept. 20 to remodel exhibition space, expand the TimeWalk exhibit and install two new touring exhibits. The renovated space will be unveiled at an opening gala on...
Austin in Action
The National Domestic Violence Hotline (The Hotline) recently received a $10,000 grant from the Texas Bar Foundation to support work in providing legal resources to women, men and young people who are affected by relationship abuse. The donation will help connect...
Austin in Action
Research from UT Austin finds that school social and emotional learning (SEL) programs must go beyond improving individual students’ skills to create a respectful climate and allow teens more autonomy in decision making. In an analysis published in Future of Children,...
Humor
Before having kids, and before assuming really any adult responsibilities, summer was a time of limitless joy, limitless possibilities and limitless junk food. As a college student and young professional, my friends and I would dream up extravagant vacations, then...
KidZone
In honor of National S’mores Day (August 10), we’ve got the perfect s’mores recipe with all the sweetness your little ones want and none of the added sugar they don’t need. Traditional s’mores consist of graham crackers, marshmallows and chocolate, but we’re shaking...
Piensa Positivo
The Reason to Stop Dreaming We often hear the phrase that has become cliché: “never stop dreaming;” however, we do stop. It can be complex to understand if we don’t dedicate some time, such as the concept of faith. But I have discovered two powerful reasons why we...
Family Connections
This summer the iPhone reached a milestone birthday. Ten years old! Perhaps the most important Sponge Bob cake that was ever baked, but who knows what the wish was before the candles were blown out, so let’s just brace ourselves! Back when the bouncing baby pocket...
Education
Kids in high school have a lot to think about. There are challenging classes, competitive extra-curricular activities and complex social situations. If that weren’t enough, there are expectations that 9th-12th graders start thinking about and planning for what they...
