Tuesday, November 10, 2009
That is SO last issue!
Kate Miller of Charlie's Playhouse just emailed me with the latest fun her company has to offer. I'm lazy and she's a better writer than I am, so I'm just going to post the info in her words:
I wanted to ask your help with a new Charlie's Playhouse project called "Ask the Kids!", which I think would interest secular homeschoolers.
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Origin of Species (Nov. 24th), I'm hoping to get families talking about evolution with their kids. I'm asking parents to ask their kids "What is evolution?" and send me a video of the kids' very first answer. I've tested this with a few folks so far and the responses have been so funny, like: "Isn't that something about the evolutionary war?"
Then we'll weave all the raw materials into a catchy video for release on Nov. 24th, the anniversary itself.
Should be fun, and hopefully will get some good discussions about evolution going. We'll point parents toward good books and websites that can help with a kid-friendly chat about evolution.
So the participants get:
1. a great discussion about evolution with their beautiful children
2. the chance for global super-stardom for their kids in the project video
3. a coupon for 10% to 20% off our products, just in time for the holiday season.
The project home page is here:
http://www.charliesplayhouse.com/ask-the-kids.php
and the deadline for submissions is one week from today, November 16th.
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How cool. When I'm more awake, I hope to check out the Charlie's Playhouse site in more depth.
Yesterday I said something about evolution (which we've been discussing a bit) and my son said "I hate evolution".
I started at him, mouth agape, and said, "If it wasn't for evolution, you wouldn't have thumbs for video games, and a body that walks upright so you can run at the playground, and a brain that could process a thought such as 'I hate evolution'!"
He said, "Ohhh..."
On a side note, our library is supposed to have a children's book on Darwin. It is not there. I looked. It is supposed to be checked in, but it isn't where it should be. Grrr...
I like to imagine there's a conspiracy theory among the religious moms at this this mostly conservative military base, and they are hiding the evolution books on me.
But the logical answer is probably that some child mis-filed it while reading books in the juvenile section.
"But the logical answer is probably that some child mis-filed it while reading books in the juvenile section."
That, or maybe it's actually checked out. If my library system can show something as checked out to me when it's actually been returned and is back on the shelf, then why can't your library work the other way around?
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