V Is for Voting is an ABC book that introduces families to concepts like social justice and civil rights, while reminding readers that every...
V Is for Voting is an ABC book that introduces families to concepts like social justice and civil rights, while reminding readers that every vote counts!
V IS FOR VOTING
Kate Farrell; illustrated by Caitlin Kuhwald
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
ISBN: 9781250231253
40 Pages, Ages 3-6
Price: $18.99
A is for active participation.
B is for building a more equal nation.
C is for citizens' rights and our duty.
D is for difference, our strength and our beauty.
An engaging introduction to the tenets of democracy, V Is for Voting is a playful, poetic, and powerful primer about the importance of voting and activism.
Featuring Kate Farrell’s rhyming text and Caitlin Kuhwald’s bold art, plus thoughtful back matter, the book is a crucial addition to every young reader’s library. It makes the perfect gift for fans of A Is for Activist, Woke Baby, and Feminist Baby.
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Want to weave, wear, and share? Keith Zoo's Show-How Guides: Friendship Bracelets will show you through illustrated, step-by-step tutori...
Want to weave, wear, and share? Keith Zoo's Show-How Guides: Friendship Bracelets will show you through illustrated, step-by-step tutorials on 20 essential designs (plus key tips and tricks), you’ll quickly master braiding and weaving skills.
SHOW-HOW GUIDES: FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS
The 10 Essential Bracelets Everyone Should Know!
by Keith Zoo and Odd Dot
ISBN: 9781250249968
48 Pages, Ages 6-11
Price: $5.99
Show-How Guides are primers for curious minds--collectible, visual, step-by-step handbooks that teach the skills every kid should know! This pocket-sized 101 series introduces kids of all ages to the perennial talents, hobbies, skills, and hands-on activities they’ll treasure for a lifetime.
Each book includes a curated collection of essential skills and every step is illustrated, allowing kids to truly and easily master the basics, regardless of how they learn. Finally, fun and friendly tutorials you can understand at a glance!
To learn more, visit - www.us.macmillan.com/mackids and www.odddot.com
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In connection with Netflix "The Last Kids on Earth" Season 3, my son and I interviewed Garland Whitt, who voices Quint Baker, abou...
In connection with Netflix "The Last Kids on Earth" Season 3, my son and I interviewed Garland Whitt, who voices Quint Baker, about why he likes voicing this character, any changes in LKOE Season 3 and what he'd do as the last kid on earth.
Garland was a fun interview and we really enjoyed talk with hm. Read on to find out what he shared.
What do you like about voicing Quint Baker in "The Last Kids on Earth"?
Garland Whitt: The think that I love about Quinn is that that...I am very much Quinn. As I got older, I got more sophisticated or whatever, but I really relate to him. When I was a kid one of the main things I wanted to be was a scientist. I would always try to invent things, put stuff together to see how they worked and take things apart. So I can really relate to that.
What is your favorite "The Last Kids on Earth" episode and why?
Garland Whitt: There's two. There was one episode where the monster would shoot quills from it's eyelashes and when you get hit, it would make you cry. So me (voicing Quint) and Jack (voiced by Nick Wolfhard) were crying so hard that we can't even see.
I love this episode because it was just fun to do. You know to cry and just keep it going.
Garland Whitt: And Nick, who voices Jack, he had a lot of fun also. The great things about this peculiar job is a lot times when you do voice over, you kinda do your part, you leave and then someone else does their part. So you don't get a chance to see each other.
So when they did this, what they did was a connection so all together, so we got to see each other. And it was really really fun.
Garland Whitt: I have to say my other episode, more solidly so, is with Dirk, Quint and Jack. This while time Jack has been looking for June Del Toro (voiced by Montserrat Hernandez) and we finally find her in the school.
First of all, the whole school sequence, it would never occur to me to get into a mop bucket and try to race my friends down the hallway. So stuff like that.
Garland Whitt: One of my favorite monsters is actually in that episode. You know that big zombie ball? That's like my favorite monster and I think that scariest. Especially when it rolls through that stairs. And we're like "it can't go upstairs" and then it starts walking!
I think I like that episodes because it's one of the first times, you see them all together. But even more so, I like the fact that June could totally take care of herself. And her deciding to join was based on the fact that "I am lonely, you guys are kinda cool". I just like that strength.
So it encompasses a lot things in that episodes. The togetherness, our relationships, the strength. That's why it's another favorite episode.
Is there any changes in your character "Quint" in Season 3 "The Last Kids on Earth"?
Garland Whitt: No but there is like this plot twist, that actually surprised us when we read it. I'm trying to find a way to dance around it. There's an very interesting development. Lets put it that way. But it involves all of us, not just Quint.
We love that the show had diverse characters. How important is it to have minority characters is such a popular series?
Garland Whitt: I think it's absolutely, positively, 100 percent essential important. And I say that first from my personal experience, because I remember growing up watching Tv. I can honestly say I never really saw representations of myself. Overtime I've learned to make the switch, like there's a pilot and he's really cool, I could learn to be a pilot too.
But to actually see? I think an example of that is when I saw Morgan Freeman play the president of the United States.
Garland Whitt: So any time you get a chance to watch entertainment, or listen to music or anything and you see something different out of the norm, it expands your mind and actually who you are.
So I think it's very important in all aspects of watch we watch, entertainment etc, to just reflect society. So if you can see it and believe it, it can happened, no matter what it is.
If you were the last kid on earth, how would you survive ?
Garland Whitt: First of all, I love to cook. So I'd find the biggest, best kitchen and I would move in. I would definitely get a motorcycle. I'd get a really cool motorcycle. Definitely.
I think I would just build stuff. Like really cool stuff. And just travel around. I love to travel. So go to the beach. Maybe get a boat. Learn how to sail it.
You aren't fighting any zombies??
Garland Whitt: Oh the zombies! It's funny because in my perfect world the zombie don't exist. They're over there somewhere. But if I had to guess, zombie hunting would become a way of life. It would be like "Walking Dead", like Michonne she has her sword. And I'd hook that up every now and then.
Thankfully we don't have to fight any zombies (yet) so we can get ready to watch the third season of Emmy-award winning animated series, The Last Kids on Earth on Netflix.
SYNOPSIS
Produced by Vancouver-based Atomic Cartoons for Netflix, Season 3 of Last Kids continues the journey of 13-year-old Jack Sullivan living in a mind-clobberingly cool tree fort with his best friends during a zombie apocalypse.
In Season 3, they discover they may not be the last kids on earth after all. This is great news for everyone …except Jack, who hopes to keep things the way they are and prove that everything is perfect - and crazy fun.
One problem: it’s hard convincing his friends that everything is great when they’re being hunted by a monstrous Nightmare King and an ancient evil who won’t rest until Earth has been devoured.
Season 3 will also see the return of a star-studded cast including Catherine O’Hara, Mark Hamill, Rosario Dawson, Bruce Campbell, and Nick Wolfhard who voices the main character, 13-year-old Jack Sullivan. It will premiere on Netflix on Friday, October 16th.
To learn more, visit - www.netflix.com/title/80219119
During this school year, families and educators are looking for options to help their child keep up with educational goals. One of the brand...
During this school year, families and educators are looking for options to help their child keep up with educational goals. One of the brands providing resources to help kids learn in a fun way is LEGO® Education.
Note: This post is in partnership with LEGO® Education. However, any personal views expressed are always 100% my own.
While LEGO® Education had resources online for a while now, this year they've released new resources and lesson plans to ensure playful, hands-on STEAM learning experiences can easily be adapted.
To learn more, LEGO® Education invited my son and I to a SPIKE™ Prime demo for the new unit, "Training Trackers", which helps teach middle school core science and math concepts.
Our demo was led by LEGO Education’s Dr. Jenny Nash, who walked us through how to code our “Yoga Ring" and use the graphic info in different ways to teach math lessons.
Ironically, an added benefit of the “Yoga Ring" is that my son actually got a stretch workout. HA! While stretching was fun, it also provided a way to track and measure his movements.
For my son, it enhanced the learning lesson since he built the structure beforehand, then coded it and then interacted with it. It wasn't just about reading the lesson online.
It was great to see how the SPIKE Prime Science and Math Units can be used to teach concepts and lessons in a fun way.
Of course now my son wants to build and learn the other SPIKE Prime lesson units.
With personally relevant and engaging lessons, the new unit will support in-person, virtual, and hybrid learning with a focus on core subjects to complete the robust STEAM curriculum designed for SPIKE Prime.
Featuring seven lessons, the unit is focused on physical science and data – complete with new coding blocks to better collect and visualize sensor data. Taking hands-on learning a step further, students will learn about kinetic energy, speed, potential energy, and more as they stretch, walk, and squat jump to collect data in real-time and then analyze and interpret it.
To support hybrid learning, each lesson plan identifies which of the five learning stages can be completed asynchronously or in person.
With these free online resources, teachers and parents can continue STEAM learning in a hands-on way whether in person, online, or a mix of both.
The new SPIKE Prime Training Trackers unit will automatically download to the SPIKE App in a new software update.
To learn more, visit - www.LEGOeducation.com/lessons
Disney’s live action MULAN is now available on all major digital retailers, which makes it perfect for a family movie night. MULAN celebrate...
Disney’s live action MULAN is now available on all major digital retailers, which makes it perfect for a family movie night. MULAN celebrates embracing your inner strength and being loyal, brave, and true even when uncertainties arise.
To get you ready to host your own family movie night, I'm sharing this MULAN Easter Eggs Featurette along with Activity Sheets.
The Disney MULAN Activity Sheets can be Downloaded HERE and include
Chart Your Goal Journey
Design a Family Crest
Mindful Mindset Challenges
and more
Disney's Mulan | Easter Eggs Featurette
SYNOPSIS
Acclaimed filmmaker Niki Caro brings the epic tale of China’s legendary warrior to life in Disney’s “Mulan,” in which a fearless young woman risks everything out of love for her family and her country to become one of the greatest warriors China has ever known.
When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Army to defend the country from Northern invaders, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. Masquerading as a man, Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her inner-strength and embrace her true potential.
It is an epic journey that will transform her into an honored warrior and earn her the respect of a grateful nation…and a proud father.
“Mulan” features a celebrated international cast that includes: Yifei Liu as Mulan; Donnie Yen as Commander Tung; Tzi Ma as Zhou, Jason Scott Lee as Böri Khan; Yoson An as Honghui; Ron Yuan as Sergeant Qiang; with Gong Li as Xianniang and Jet Li as the Emperor.
The film is directed by Niki Caro from a screenplay by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and Lauren Hynek & Elizabeth Martin, suggested by the narrative poem “The Ballad of Mulan.”
The producers are Chris Bender, Jake Weiner and Jason Reed, with Bill Kong, Barrie M. Osborne, Tim Coddington and Mario Iscovich serving as executive producers.
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