This Week in Kid Scoop
Santa’s Workshop
You’ll need your thinking cap for this game where you need to direct the sugar flow into a cup. Progress through different levels. Continue reading
Open Spaces
As Bill says, wetland is land that is wet! Bill Nye’s video reveals fascinating facts about wetlands that aren’t obvious when you look at them. Continue reading
Tasty Towns and Locales
Do you know how many places are named after turkeys or cranberries? Continue reading
Community Service
Kids love to help and here are some great ideas for young community helpers. Continue reading
Veterans Day: Vietnam Memorial
Park Ranger Jeff Jones describes the significance of the Vietnam Memorial known as The Wall. Continue reading
Money Trade
These cartoons show how trading goods and bartering developed into coinage and the ways we pay for goods today. Continue reading
Halloween Phobias
Watch out for the dragons and the ghosts and see home many pumpkins the witch can collect. Web Links Halloween Simon GameClick on the monsters in the same sequence as they make a sound to score points. National Geographic KidsHere’s … Continue reading
Sea Otters
The Monterey Bay Aquarium has an exhibit where you can watch otters from the surface or underwater. But if you can’t visit Monterey, there’s a live sea otter cam and also video highlights of daily activity. Web Links Sea Otter … Continue reading
The Mighty Oak
The Native American legend of the three acorn maidens tells the story of what happens when an acorn falls from a tree. Click here for the scoop. Continue reading
Columbus Day
Watch this historically accurate video of Columbus’ voyage. Continue reading