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How much does the tooth fairy pay in your state? Here’s a surprising breakdown.
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Mister Rogers Makes a Record (1972)
The Kid Should See This In this Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood clip from 1972, Fred Rogers demonstrates how a record is made. With the help of…
Listen to turtles eating watermelon
The Kid Should See This Turtles eating watermelon, bugs, carrots, and apples. What does it sound like when turtles take a bit of…
The Trailblazing Women of NASA
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This piggy bank helps put kids on a great track to smarter money management
Cool Mom Picks We’re big believers in helping kids to be mindful about how they save and spend their money, and we’re so excited to…
Why don’t birds lay ‘square’ eggs?
The Kid Should See This What’s the most common egg shape? Why are they shaped that way? And why don’t birds lay cubed…
Noor Inayat Khan: From Pacifist to Spy
The Kid Should See This In May 1940, with the German army ready to occupy Paris, Noor Inayat Khan was faced with a…
There are so many great reading lists for kids: This one from the Florida DOE is not one of them.
Yesterday, one of my favorite contemporary authors, Angie Thomas, sent out a tweet that’s stuck with me all night and into this morning. It was…
Who can be called a single mom? | Rachel Sklar, Spawned ep. 168
I think our listeners will find this is a slightly different kind of Spawned episode than usual. It’s a lot more personal for me than…