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Birthday Gifts for Under 7s from Orchard Toys Are you looking for some gift ideas for children aged between 2 and 7 years? Then you’ve come to the right place! If you’re a parent with kids at preschool or school, I’m sure you receive quite a few children’s party invitations for your kids’ friends and classmates. Sometimes, it can be hard to know what to buy for someone else’s child as you simply don’t know what they love nor what they already have at home. Games from Orchard Toys always make a good gift and if you choose one of...

Senator Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender state senator in American history, delivered moving remarks against DE SB227, an anti-trans sports ban when it came in front of the committee which her chairs. DE SB227, which constitutes nothing less than a vicious and unnecessary attack by her colleagues on the rights of Delaware’s transgender youth and their ability to participate in sports consistent with their gender identity, would undermine years of progress that have been made towards LGBTQ+ equality in Delaware and deny transgender youth the social, physical and emotional benefits of sports. Transcript provided by YouTube (unedited) 0:00 recognize...

Sesame Workshop, the non-profit behind Sesame Street, has paired up with Discovery Education to develop an early learning channel. The new channel will be designed to meet the educational needs of kids. Here’s what it offers and what you need to know.Sesame Workshop and Discovery Education are looking to strengthen the educational resources for kids from pre-kindergarten through grade two. The new channel will feature a variety of resources that include activities, interactive games, educational resources, video content, lesson plans, and partnership supports for families.The new resources are being developed to act as an educational bridge designed to address new...

In the new book Beyond Coding: How Children Learn Human Values Through Programming, Tufts professor Marina Umaschi Bers argues that schools can teach computer coding in ways that develop character as well as technical skills. Umaschi Bers, the director of Tuft’s interdisciplinary DevTech Research Group, wrote the book during the pandemic. She says that the disruptions of Covid-19 were a stark reminder of how vital it is that technology be approached with respect for connection, community, and generosity. Hess: Your new book tackles a topic that may strike some readers as surprising—namely, how children learn values through computer coding. Can...

These services—all legal—offer hundreds of TV shows and films, but you'll probably have to watch commercials By James K. Willcox There are so many paid subscription streaming services these days, from Amazon Prime to YouTube TV, that even if you pay for just a small fraction of them, your bills might be getting painfully high—especially because their prices have been rising steadily. But budget-conscious consumers can also stream movies free from lots of services, in exchange for seeing some ads. The best options include Crackle, Hoopla, Kanopy, Peacock, Pluto TV, the Roku Channel, Tubi TV, Vudu, and Xumo. Like Netflix...