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Watch: Discovery Channel's Prototype This
If you’re sick of all the CSI drama, turn your attention instead to a warehouse on an island in San Francisco Bay, where a team of engineers and PhDs are “inventing the future one prototype at a time.” The folks on the Discovery Channel’s Prototype This do everything from think up cool machines to utilize emerging technologies in their quest to envision tomorrow’s prototypes.
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Make: A Gingerbread House Together at Home
So, you have a few choices when it comes to celebrating the season this week: You could either wrestle with a bunch of tangled tree lights or head to the kitchen and craft a gingerbread house with your family. Log onto the Web site below if you opt for the latter activity, as Simply Recipes has plenty of tips and pointers to get you going.
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Listen: Barnes & Noble's Storytime
Reading to your children is probably already a part of your daily routine, but have you noticed how the spark has gone out of your voice now that you’ve recited The Best Mouse Cookie a million times over? Let the staffers at your local Barnes & Noble relieve you from your duties as narrator with their story times for little listeners. read more...Location: Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Varies; please check the Web site for a complete list.
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Dance: Around the U.S.A.
Those of us with young children – and any small measure of common sense – worry that subjecting them to the Nutcracker or River Dance might put their patience to the test. On the other hand, is the answer letting them believe that Barney’s moves define the beauty of dance? Visit the site Kids off the Couch for some ideas about how to inspire your light-footed little ones.
read more...Location: For a detailed list of locations, please check out the "Web Site".
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Do: Invention at Play for Parents and Kids
Feel like building a model boat? Should you use clay or cardboard? Why not try out a “boatload” of different materials? After all, that’s how most inventors get to work before they perfect their final product! Peek at the Invention at Play brochure below for a bevy of ideas that will inspire you to get creative with your kids.
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Learn: The Skewered Chicken Dance
Before you think we’re pushing that annoying group dance Aunt Mabel always forces you to do at weddings, check out the online video below. We’re not talking some obnoxious oompah song here. Though the dialogue is completely in Japanese, the performers who are shaking and swaying will help you learn the skewered chicken dance in no time flat. read more...Location: Your home
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Do: Drawing across America at Your House
It’s the 20th birthday of Young Rembrandts, a national after-school program that teaches art to children, and the folks behind YR have decided to celebrate by compiling the work of 150 of their artists onto the Web site below. They’ve also invited your tykes to submit their masterpieces as part of Drawing across America.
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