Tagged: kids

Word of Mouth
9:34 am
Mon June 25, 2012

Pre-Camp Preening

Credit Photo Credit jennymatlock, via blogspot

Produced with Emma Ruddock

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Word of Mouth - Segment
12:00 pm
Mon April 16, 2012

Remembering they were fathers first

Credit Photo by Jackie Finn-Irwin via Flickr Creative Commons

We talk with NHPR's Dan Gorenstein about a new summer camp program being launched for kids of state prison inmates.

Dan's original story. 

Word of Mouth - Segment
12:02 pm
Mon April 9, 2012

If I were President, I would...

The American Presidency remains the most powerful office in the world…and one that any American-born child can aspire to. One of our listeners recently shared an interesting item on our Facebook page…an essay her daughter wrote for her third grade class at the Rumford School in Concord, New Hampshire. The subject: “If I were president, I would...”

We're pretty sure that Emma's answer betrays a realpolitik far beyond her nine years of age.

 

Word of Mouth - Segment
11:50 am
Thu February 16, 2012

Daughter...Yeah, There's an App for That

With developers pumping out an estimated 2,000 applications daily for use on smart-phones and tablets, reviewers and web-critics are keeping busy sorting out what’s worth downloading, and what’s worth squat. 

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Word of Mouth - Segment
12:30 pm
Tue November 29, 2011

Legomaniacs Get Their Due...

Credit (Photo by Greg Gillinger via Flickr)

When Word of Mouth sent me to cover a competition designed around Legos, I had no idea that I was walking into the Superbowl of problem solving. 

LINKS:

First Lego League Web Site

Watch the Yappin' Yodas in action

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