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Dec. 22, 2009
“Welcome to America, Joy!”
See the camp where Joy lives and visit it with your families. You can be a mahout for a day or a weekend.
http://www.changthai.com/
Joy is sponsored by Rainbow Gifts, the American distributors of products made out of elephant dung paper. Find their products here.
http://www.rainbowgifts-usa.com/
See more photos of Joy enJOYing America.
http://www.rainbowgifts-usa.com/art_5_fundraiser.htm
Read about elephants in Tennessee and see awesome pictures of these magnificent animals.
http://www.elephants.com/
Watch videos of a playful baby elephant and send an ecard to someone.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/African-elephant
Look at a photo gallery of Thailand pictures, from wildlife to people-life.
http://www.thaiworldview.com/photo/country.php?choix1=Thailand
“Catch a ride up, and ski the slopes down”
Get details on ski packages and equipment here.
http://www.coloradoskiacademy.com/
Parents, does your business need a public relations lift?
http://www.howardpr.com/
Click on a picture to imagine yourself on the snowy slopes.
http://www.coloradoskiacademy.com/Photo.Gallery.htm
Get online ski instructions before hitting the slopes.
http://skiing.about.com/od/beginningskiers/a/howtoski.htm
Read about skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.
http://skiing.about.com/od/skieventscompetitions/a/2006olympics.htm
“New sport catches on”
Get the rules of the new game here, then gather some friends and try it out!
http://circlerulesfederation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=54
Read more about the founder of a new ball game here.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eugene-michael-santiago/circle-rules-football_b_324456.html
Find other games to play with balls. Can you create a new one of your own?
http://www.funattic.com/game_ball.htm
“’Can-struction’ helps the hungry”
Get more kid-written stories at:
http://YourHub.com/NextGen
Find out how you can help the Salvation Army on this site.
http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf
See amazing pictures of creations made with cans!
http://www.canstruction.org/index.php?option=com_expose&Itemid=29
“Create your own crazy critter”
Do you have a Smooshie? Find out how you can get one.
http://www.creativityinc.com/westrimcrafts/smooshies/about
Dec. 15, 2009
“Give a different kind of Christmas”
Watch videos of changed lives because of donations to World Vision.
http://www.worldvision.org/
http://donate.worldvision.org/OA_HTML/xxwv2ibeCCtpSctDspRte.jsp?go=gift&§ion=10389
Find out how just a goat makes an enormous difference in Honduras and Nicaragua.
http://www.heifer.org/#
More than one in six people don’t have safe drinking water. Find out how you can help.
In Africa and India
http://thewaterproject.org/
In Honduras
http://www.hishands.ws/
In Haiti
http://www.cleanwaterforhaiti.org/
“Love and cookies can help cure kids with cancer”
Help children who have cancer by having a bake sale.
http://www.cookiesforkidscancer.org/
See pictures of bake sales, get hints for your own bake sale, see pictures of Liam.
http://blog.cookiesforkidscancer.org/
Get more pictures of Liam and read his blog.
http://www.princeliamthebrave.blogspot.com/
Find bunches of cookie recipes to celebrate the holidays or prepare for a bake sale.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Desserts/Cookies/main.aspx
Pick a kid-friendly recipe and get-cooking!
http://www.allhomemadecookies.com/recipeindex/kidsrecipes.htm
“Soccer’s biggest stage: The World Cup”
Get up-to-date info on the soccer tournament.
http://www.fifa.com/
Play free, online soccer games here.
http://www.soccergamespot.com/
Find soccer snacks, word plays, crafts, or games at this site.
http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/soccer/
“The Princess and the Frog – share the magic”
Find out more about Tiana, Naveen, and the devious Dr. Facilier.
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/princessandthefrog/index_full.html
Pick a princess and play some games.
http://disney.go.com/princess/#/home/
Learn about the man who started the company that would eventually create all the Disney princesses.
http://www.justdisney.com/walt_disney/biography/w_bio_short.html
Dec. 8, 2009
“STS-129 mission a success”
Check out all of NASA’s current missions.
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/current/index.html
Every day, NASA highlights a different picture of somewhere in our vast universe.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
Did you know astronauts need less sleep in space, but more exercise? Find out why here:
http://www.pbs.org/spacestation/station/issfactsheet.htm
“Guinness World Records Day is huge”
Catch pictures of the fastest, longest, largest, and tallest:
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
Watch Guinness-related videos or play games, just by clicking.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/kids/games.aspx
From the human body to arts to sports – pick a record, any record.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/default.htm
“Holiday Gift Guide”
Find Wild Planet toys at these sites:
http://www.shopwildplanet.com/
http://www.wildplanet.com/
http://www.spygear.net/
http://www.skeleflex.com/
http://www.hyper-game.com/
http://www.dino-magic.com/
http://www.shopwildplanet.com/cat/WPTDM.html?SortBy=showall
Looking for a good book to give or receive for Christmas?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/27/RVNR1ALITP.DTL
Browse the list to see the top toys for 2009.
http://besttoysguide.com/
Find the Jamba Juicer at Toys R Us.
http://www.jambajuice.com/#/toyblender/
Find journals, keychains, frames, cards, and more earthy elephant products.
www.RainbowGifts-USA.com
Wanna cook up something yummy at home? Try one of these food-related toys.
http://www.wowwee.com/en/products/toys/novelty/think-wow-toys:ez-2-make
“Buy cool, kid-created gifts Saturday”
Get details on the sale or click on map link for directions:
http://www.yacenter.org
“Nuggets overcome sour taste/Avs skate toward playoffs”
See if your family can make it to a Nuggets game this season.
http://www.nba.com/nuggets/schedule/
Look at action pictures, then click on “schedule” to find out when the Avs play.
http://avalanche.nhl.com/
“Shred sled”
Do you want to be a shred head?
http://www.shredsled.com/
Get more kid-written stories at:
http://YourHub.com/NextGen
Dec. 1, 2009
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