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Welcome to LearningWorks for Kids App Spotlight for Parents! In this series, we are highlighting some key apps for children and families and defining the key executive functions that can be strengthened through their use. This video will focus on the sign language-learning app ASL Kids. Click below to watch the video and learn more. The transcript is also provided below for your convenience. A special thanks to our videographer Alexa for her work on this awesome video!     Hello and Welcome to LearningWorks for Kids App Spotlights for Parents! In this series, we will be highlighting some apps...

When Epcot or Disney California Adventure Park guests go to the “Turtle Talk with Crush” attraction, it seems as if the CG Pixar dude from Finding Nemo is talking to people right there in the theater.  Turns out the basic idea of animated characters appearing to interact in real time has been around since 1960, albeit done in a much more humble way.  Instead of high-definition imaging, and multi-million-dollar digital audio and video capabilities, this technique used rods, glue, a few lengths of polyurethane, and local TV station-level chroma-key facilities. Either way, it still took people, as Walt Disney said,...

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Looking for the best movies for kids? With the endless array of TV and movie options out there, it’s hard to pick a flick that the whole family will love (you included!). Well, bicker no more. From The Karate Kid to The Incredibles, we’ve made the decision-making easy with a definitive list of must-see kids movies for children under 12. So let’s get that family movie night started! Grab the popcorn and keep scrolling. Save our huge list of 100 movies! photo: Common Sense Media 1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) There's a reason people still watch this holiday classic...

Women Artists in Today’s Plein Air Community > What does it mean to be a woman in plein air? Brienne Brown shares her experiences in this article excerpt from Plein Air Magazine (April/May 2020). Roughly half of today’s visual artists are female, but women remain grossly under-represented in museums, galleries, teaching positions, and at award ceremony podiums. To highlight this issue, the National Museum of Women in the Arts revived its #5WomenArtists social media campaign, challenging users to name five female artists off the top of their heads, as part of its annual celebration of Women’s History Month in March...