Jackie Evancho of America's Got Talent' has a voice mature beyond her 10 years
How many kids have been asked if they have "swallowed" a grown-up?
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Armenian candy company makes world's biggest chocolate bar
-- If you asked people what country they thought was the chocolate capital of the world, we bet you might get answers including Belgium and Switzerland. (Go ahead, ask a few people; we'll wait.)
View ArticleSee a video of Jackie Evancho, a finalist on NBC's ÃÂAmerica's Got Talent'
Want to prank your parents? Ask them if they will listen (but not watch) an opera singer with you. (They'll probably be thrilled that you're interested in classical music.) Then play this video:...
View ArticleLucas Cruikshank tries to translate YouTube superstardom translate to TV as...
Lucas Cruikshank, the potential future of adolescent comedy, steamrolls onto the screen, a mixture of flounce and tightly coiled energy, doing Fred Figglehorn.
View ArticleThe history of the bicycle
"Oh, the kids went crazy when they saw the first bicycle," said Russell Mamone, a bicycle consultant for the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. (Yes, we think that would be a really...
View ArticleHistoric bicycles at the National Museum of American History
You can see antique high-wheel bicycles from the 1890s being ridden in front of the National Museum of American History (on the Mall at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW) at 10 a.m. Saturday.
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KidsPost: President Obama gives a pep talk to students as school year begins
-- Add President Obama to the list of people telling you to pay attention in class, do your homework and study for tests.
View ArticleThe Score: Kids need more play, less PlayStation
Anational week of play starts Saturday. That's a week in which communities and groups organize a Play Day where kids (and their parents) can play outdoors at a park, school playground or any open space.
View ArticleKidsPost: Asian tiger population drops; bats' dialects
-- Asia's tiger population could be close to extinction, with fewer than 3,500 tigers remaining in the wild. The area where the tigers are found is less than 7 percent the size of their former range...
View ArticleAfew weeks ago, when I went into my son's room to wake him up for school, I noticed that his pillowcase was splattered with dried blood. Since I'm a doctor, I didn't panic. However, lots of parents...
View ArticleMeet Zack Snyder
Age: 44 Job: Movie director and comic book geek Best subject in school: Art and P.E.
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ÃÂLegend of the Guardians' director Zack Snyder had a hoot making...
Why would Zack Snyder, the director behind such clearly adult movies as "300" and "Dawn of the Dead," want to make a PG-rated movie about a community of owls based on a popular children's book series?
View ArticleKidsPost news: BP oil well declared 'dead;' effects continue
-- Five months have gone by since an oil well exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and sending oil gushing. On Sunday, a cement plug sealed the BP well 2.5 miles under the sea floor, and...
View ArticlePBS Kids give awards to young authors for writing and illustrating stories
Everyone loves a good story. But can you write one?
View ArticleAn author gives writing advice for children
Susan Meddaugh, the author of the "Martha Speaks" books about a talking dog, was one of the judges in the PBS Kids writing contest. She talks to kids often about writing, and she always tells them to...
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Children's events at the National Book Festival on the Mall
Catch great storytelling at the National Book Festival on the Mall, between Third and Seventh streets. The Saturday event runs from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
View ArticleThe football experts: TV's starting lineups
The National Football League (NFL) football season has started and that means lots of TV games with pregame and halftime shows. But kids must wonder who are those guys who talk about the games every...
View ArticleWashington temperatures in 2010 may match record for most 90-degree days
-- Happy fall! Today is the first full day of autumn, but we won't blame you if you think it's still summer: Temperatures in the 90s are predicted for today and Friday. If those forecasts are...
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Get this: In 2007 in Finland, an archaeology student (someone studying ancient human lives) found a 5,000-year-old piece of ABC (already been chewed) gum made of birch bark tar from a tree. People who...
View ArticleNew set of lion cubs born at National Zoo
-- The National Zoo may be considering expanding the Big Cat house. That's because the number of big cats at the zoo is definitely expanding.
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