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Monday June 26, 2017

How To Pick Kids' Apps For The Backseat This Summer

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How To Pick Kids' Apps For The Backseat This Summer

June 26, 2017 • Screen time can be more than a distraction if you follow these principles.

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Monday February 13, 2017

Using Improv To Help Kids With Autism Show And Read Emotion

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Using Improv To Help Kids With Autism Show And Read Emotion

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February 13, 2017 • Communicating and interacting socially can be hard for some children with autism. Researchers are looking at how improv classes may help these kids do better day to day.

Using Improv To Help Kids With Autism Show And Read Emotion

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Wednesday February 1, 2017

Not All Fun And Games: New Guidelines Urge Schools To Rethink Recess

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Not All Fun And Games: New Guidelines Urge Schools To Rethink Recess

February 1, 2017 • New guidelines urge schools to take recess seriously. It's not just playtime for kids and a chance for teachers to get a break.

Saturday December 24, 2016

You've Got Mail: Book Boxes Offer Novels And Novelty Items

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You've Got Mail: Book Boxes Offer Novels And Novelty Items

December 24, 2016 • It's OK if you haven't heard of book box subscriptions. These relatively new services, available in all kinds of genres, deliver curated selections of books and extras to subscribers every month.

Monday November 14, 2016

On The Lesson Plan: Make Stuff. Fail. Learn While You're At It

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On The Lesson Plan: Make Stuff. Fail. Learn While You're At It

November 14, 2016 • A leader of the maker movement talks about how building stuff can help students, teachers, schools and parents be more creative.

Tuesday November 1, 2016

Freedom To Explore: 2 Schools Where The Students Call The Shots

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Freedom To Explore: 2 Schools Where The Students Call The Shots

November 1, 2016 • In NPR Ed's latest Long Listen, we explore innovative schools that tap into the power of student-directed learning.

Freedom To Explore: 2 Schools Where The Students Call The Shots

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Monday October 3, 2016

How To Spark Learning Everywhere Kids Go — Starting With The Supermarket

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How To Spark Learning Everywhere Kids Go — Starting With The Supermarket

October 3, 2016 • A $20 intervention caused a big boost in conversations between parents and kids. Researchers say there are lots of untapped opportunities like these to help kids learn out of school.

Saturday October 1, 2016

Big Wings, Bigger Dreams: A Sleepover In The Space Shuttle's Shadow

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Big Wings, Bigger Dreams: A Sleepover In The Space Shuttle's Shadow

October 1, 2016 • Sleepovers at the National Air and Space Museum's huge annex near Washington, D.C., offer a real-life night at the Smithsonian.

Big Wings, Bigger Dreams: A Sleepover In The Space Shuttle's Shadow

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Friday August 12, 2016

L Is For Learning: A New Book On Proven Approaches And How Teachers Can Use Them

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L Is For Learning: A New Book On Proven Approaches And How Teachers Can Use Them

August 12, 2016 • We talk with the author of The ABCs of How We Learn. It's based on a popular Stanford course.

New Book Seeks To Inspire Teachers To Innovate In The Classroom

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Wednesday July 27, 2016

Ready, Set, Play: A Top 10 'Playlist' From The Nation's Children's Museums

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Ready, Set, Play: A Top 10 'Playlist' From The Nation's Children's Museums

July 27, 2016 • Lasers and lava and mummies, oh my! Here are the exhibits that kids and their grown-ups love the most from 10 of the nation's best children's museums.

Thursday July 21, 2016

3 Challenges As Hands-On, DIY Culture Moves Into Schools

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3 Challenges As Hands-On, DIY Culture Moves Into Schools

July 21, 2016 • Creative and fun "maker spaces" are popping up in more schools. But administrators and teachers face big hurdles if they want them to be a sustainable part of the curriculum.

Sunday January 3, 2016

Turns Out Monkey Bars And Kickball Might Be Good For The Brain

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Turns Out Monkey Bars And Kickball Might Be Good For The Brain

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January 3, 2016 • Research shows that, like adults, kids benefit from frequent breaks while working. So, a handful of schools in North Texas are experimenting with more recess.

Turns Out Monkey Bars And Kickball Might Be Good For The Brain

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Friday December 11, 2015

A Kids' Coding Expert Says We're Making Computer Class Way Too Boring

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A Kids' Coding Expert Says We're Making Computer Class Way Too Boring

December 11, 2015 • This week, thousands of events around the world are encouraging computer-coding literacy. "Coding is really about creative self-expression and storytelling," says Mitchel Resnick of MIT's Media Lab.

Thursday December 3, 2015

Before Minecraft, The Blocks Were Made Of Wood

At Stanford University's Bing Nursery School in Palo Alto, Calif., blocks play a significant role in helping children to think creatively, solve problems and think like young mathematicians. Eric Westervelt/NPR hide caption

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Before Minecraft, The Blocks Were Made Of Wood

December 3, 2015 • Don't call it a comeback: Blocks have been here for more than 100 years. Studies have shown they can help build language and cognition skills — and even help teach math.

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Thursday October 1, 2015

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Brains At Play: What Do We Know?

October 1, 2015 • Why do we humans like to play so much? Play sports, play tag, play the stock market, play duck, duck, goose? We love it all. And we're not the only ones.