The Children’s Museum of Manhattan was founded by Bette Korman, under the name GAME (Growth Through Art and Museum Education), in 1973. With New York City in a deep fiscal crisis, and school art, music, and cultural programs eliminated, a loosely organized, group of artists and educators set up a basement storefront to serve Harlem and the Upper West Side. With a challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a city-owned courthouse was renovated into a small exhibition, studio, and workshop and renamed the Manhattan Laboratory Museum. The museum became the Children’s Museum of Manhattan in the 1980s and moved to its current location on West 83rd Street in 1989. Its audience has grown to 325,000 visitors each year, which includes 30,000 children who visit as part of a school group and more than 34,000 children served through offsite outreach programs
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Kids Food
Children who consume junk food during their preschool years are slower learners than those who eat unhealthily a few years later, researchers said.
A study of 14,000 children has found a large number of children who ate snacks like potato chips, lollipops and take-out food at age 3 lagged behind the rest of their class in elementary school.
The U.K. study found about 25 percent of the children who consumed a higher-than-average amount of junk food at age 3 were 10 percent less likely to keep up with their classmates in their first four years of elementary school.
researchers also found that if a child had eaten a lot of junk food at an early age, switching to a healthier diet a couple of years later would do little to improve their test scores.
“Early eating patterns have implications for attainment that appear to persist over time, regardless of subsequent changes in diet,” the researchers said.
The researchers called on governments to take note of the study when discussing childhood obesity.
The study was published in the latest edition of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Meds and Food for Kids
Meds & Food for Kids (or MFK) was founded in 2004 by Patricia B. Wolff, MD, a pediatrician in private practice in St. Louis, Missouri and a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine. MFK works to combat childhood malnutrition and related diseases in Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Meds & Food for Kids uses a new peanut-based feeding approach called Ready-to-Use Therapeutic food (RUTF), known as Medika Mamba (Hatian Creole for "Peanut Butter Medicine"). RUTF brings malnourished children back from the brink of death, and currently MFK is the only organization working to combat malnutrition in Haiti through RUTF.
Haitians struggle daily for food
In the impoverished country of Haiti, toddlers are the losers in a family's daily struggle to feed everyone. One-quarter of children ages 1 to 3 are dangerously malnourished. They are caught in the middle as older siblings grab what little there is to eat, and infants survive on breast milk. Malnourished children soon become lethargic, their bodies bloat, and their hair turns orange due to trace mineral deficiency. Malaria or pneumonia may invade their weakened immune systems.
Alive at five
Meds & Food for Kids uses Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) to reduce childhood mortality from malnutrition. RUTF is a mixture of peanut butter, powdered milk, sugar, oil, vitamins, and minerals. Unlike hospital-based malnutrition treatment, RUTF is used at home. A mother can give her child spoonfuls of the food, which requires no cooking or preparation, amid her other tasks. Since this is not traditional food, siblings may taste it but do not take it for themselves, leaving the toddler with her own meal.
Ready-to-Use therapeutic food
Until recently, childhood malnutrition in developing countries was addressed with hunger relief efforts - giving beans, rice and corn to feed an entire family. Although hunger relief is essential in poor countries where food shortages persist, this tactic alone has not had a lasting impact on childhood malnutrition and long-term health. The Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) used in Haiti effectively treats severe malnutrition. RUTF is nutritious, it is ready to eat without cooking, and does not require refrigeration. RUTF can be stored safely for up to eight months, even at tropical temperatures.Junk food
Junk food is an informal term applied to some foods that are perceived to have little or nonutritional value (i.e. containing "empty calories"), or to products with nutritional value but which also have ingredients considered unhealthy when regularly eaten, or to those considered unhealthy to consume at all. The term was coined by Michael Jacobson, director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, in 1972.
Junk foods are typically ready-to-eat convenience foods containing high levels of saturated fats,salt, or sugar, and little or no fruit, vegetables, or dietary fiber; junk foods thus have little or no health benefits. Common junk foods include salted snack foods (chips, crisps), candy, gum, most sweet desserts, fried fast food and carbonated beverages (sodas) as well as alcoholic beverages
Marketing
During 2006, in the United Kingdom, following a high profile media campaign by the chef Jamie Oliver and a threat of court action from the National Heart Forum, the UK advertising regulator and competition authority, launched a consultation on advertising of foods to children.The Food Standards Agency was one of many respondents.As a result, a ban on advertising during children's television programmes and programmes aimed at school aged children (5-16) was announced. The ban also includes marketing using celebrities, cartoon characters and health or nutrition claims.
Health effects
A study by Paul Johnson and Paul Kenny at The Scripps Research Institute suggested that junk food alters brain activity in a manner similar to addictive drugs like cocaine or heroin.[9] After many weeks on a junk food diet, the pleasure centers of rat brains became desensitized, requiring more food for pleasure. After the junk food was taken away and replaced with a healthy diet, the rats starved for two weeks instead of eating nutritious fare.[10] A 2007 British Journal of Nutrition study found that mothers who eat junk food during pregnancy increased the likelihood of unhealthy eating habits in their children.[11]The increase of junk food is directly associated with the increase in obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, certain cancers, tooth decay, and other diseases. [12] According to some studies, fast food is said to increase the level of insulin in the body. Therefore, a person carries a high risk of type 2 diabetes.Mothers who eat junk food while pregnant or breast-feeding have children who are prone to obesity throughout life. The children are also
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Ready-to-Use therapeutic food
Junk food is an informal term applied to some foods that are perceived to have little or nonutritional value (i.e. containing "empty calories"), or to products with nutritional value but which also have ingredients considered unhealthy when regularly eaten, or to those considered unhealthy to consume at all. The term was coined by Michael Jacobson, director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, in 1972.
Junk foods are typically ready-to-eat convenience foods containing high levels of saturated fats,salt, or sugar, and little or no fruit, vegetables, or dietary fiber; junk foods thus have little or no health benefits. Common junk foods include salted snack foods (chips, crisps), candy, gum, most sweet desserts, fried fast food and carbonated beverages (sodas) as well as alcoholic beverages
wonderful pets
Wonder Pets is an American animated children's television series. It debuted on March 3, 2006, on the Nick Jr. block of the Nickelodeon cable television network and Noggin (now Nick Jr.) on August 31, 2006. It won an Emmy Award in 2008 for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition
History and format
The Wonder Pets television series was created by Josh Selig for Little Airplane Productions. The show was first seen as a short Nick Jr.'s film series called Linny the Guinea Pig, in which a guinea pig named Linny traveled into space and under the ocean. Ming-Ming Duckling and Turtle Tuck were created when the show was expanded and called The Super Singing Power Pets!. The title was later shortened to Wonder Pets. The show's main characters are three elementary school classroom pets — Linny the Guinea Pig, Turtle Tuck, and Ming-Ming Duckling. They are presented as a trio of heroes who rescue baby animals as they demonstrate the benefits of teamwork.
The animation style used to create Wonder Pets! is called "photo-puppetry", and was created for the series to allow animators to manipulate photographs of real animals. It also uses drawn objects (not characters), so the total presentation could be considered animated mixed-media.
A good deal of the dialog is sung, so the show has been likened to operetta or singspiel. A 10-member live orchestra performs each episode, sometimes including other instrumentalists skilled in music from the region to which the pets are traveling during the episode.[1] Completing each episode takes thirty-three weeks from script to final delivery.[2]
Characters and voice cast
Main characters
Wonder Pets
Linny the Guinea Pig
| Linny the Guinea Pig | |
|---|---|
| The Wonder Pets! character | |
 Linny the Guinea Pig | |
| First appearance | "Linny the Guinea Pig In Space" (shorts) "Save the Dolphin" (series) |
| Created by | Josh Selig |
| Portrayed by | Sofie Zamchick, Meisha Kelly |
| Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Family | Ginny the Guinea Pig (grandmother, voiced by Anne Meara)[3] |
Little Bee
| Little Bee | |
|---|---|
| The Wonder Pets! character | |
| First appearance | "Save the Bee!" (series) |
| Last appearance | "The Adventures of Bee & Slug!" |
| Created by | Josh Selig, Rhianna Piper |
| Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Family | Little Bee's mom (unnamed, mother) Slug (friend) |
Episode strAs each episode begins, viewers hear the school children, off-screen, leaving school at the end of the day. They say goodbye to the classroom pets. Once the classroom is vacant, a pencil holder rattles to create the ringing of a telephone. Often, the classroom will be decorated with student artwork or other items related to the storyline, particular animal or geographic location of that episode.
One by one, the classroom pets wordlessly notice the ringing phone. Up to this point in the episode, they have acted like normal animals and not said a single word. But as the phone rings, the Wonder Pets get dressed and make their way towards the phone while singing their opening verses.
The Wonder Pets answer the phone and find that an animal is in trouble somewhere. Linny explains the situation to the other two. They all jump into a box filled with fabric scraps and jump back out, wearing various different outfits, often alluding to the area of the world they will be visiting. They make a quick joke then jump back into the box and emerge in their Wonder Pets capes.
Once dressed, they assemble a flying boat called "The Flyboat" from classroom objects: a Frisbee for a body, magic marker caps as rocket exhausts, a marble, wheels, the mast, and a sheet of paper for the sail. Usually, the Wonder Pets encounter some sort of obstacle before leaving the classroom. The solution is invariably similar to the action they will need to take to save the animal in trouble.
When saving the animal, the Wonder Pets often fail on the first few attempts. Then the danger escalates, prompting Ming-Ming to once again sing, "This is se-wious!" Suddenly, the Wonder Pets remember how they solved the problem in the classroom and realize that the rescue has the same solution. Then they have to work together to achieve the rescue.
Once the animal is saved, a parent or other relative often comes out of nowhere to give grateful thanks to the Wonder Pets for saving its baby. The Wonder Pets celebrate with a celery snack, which the rescued animal's parent sometimes adds to with a bit of regional food, or they insist on a regional preparation. Then they fly back to the classroom. They wordlessly return to their cages until the next episode. The Flying boat smoothly disassembles by itself. Linny is always the last one to get back in her cage, and her cape and cap come off. The music style that has to do with the saving that day is played, as Linny takes a bite out of the celery in her cage and winks towards the camera as the closing credits begin.
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Iphone for kids
Educational iPad Apps for Young Kids
Price: $1.99
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/animal-preschool-word-puzzles/id404284827?mt=8
Pre-school aged learners will have a ball with this visually-pleasing app designed to ease children into cognitive recognition. Adorably animated animals adorn the screen as children are prompted to match animal, letter and number outlines with coinciding silhouettes, acting as a virtual game of trying to fit the round peg in the appropriate hole. Other games encourage children to match photos of animals with their written names and animal sounds with the noise maker! This is a great purchase for parents of young children who want to enhance animal, letter and number recognition while keeping the process fun and engaging.
Price: $1.99
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wheels-on-the-bus-hd/id371962250?mt=8
Each time that I review an app developed by the folks over at Duck Duck Moose, I’m impressed by the overall quality and educational value of the app. Wheels on the Bus is an interactive children’s book based on the song we all know, “Wheels on the Bus.” As your child flips through the pages, they’ll be able to manipulate elements within the screen’s animation, like honking the bus horn or swishing the windshield wipers. Parents can use Wheels on the Bus for an interactive story time, as the app prompts sing-alongs and the opportunity to record your child singing their very own version of this children’s classic.
Price: $0.99
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/preschool-12-in-1-kids-pack/id396911555?mt=8
This app really is a lot like pre-school in an app. Pre-school 12 in 1 Kids Pack holds true to its name by offering 12 different sections of learning to explore, which in the world of iPad apps, is a stellar value at a $0.99 price tag. From basic math, letter recognition, color recognition, sketching, first words and animal recognition, this app has a little bit of it all. Easy to operate functions are combined with bright, kid-friendly graphics to create an environment that encourages children to learn without the strife of forcing it. Fun is the basis of this app, as should be all learning!
Price: $0.99
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cookie-doodle/id342128086?mt=8
Cookie Doodle is an iPad app that seems best used by the pre-school through third grade crowd as the app walks users through using a recipe to create virtual cookies, then baking and decorating their culinary creations. The educational value of this app comes into play with the recipe, where children are presented with a standard looking dough recipe featuring measurements and all. To complete the cookie dough, kids must properly choose the item for each ingredient listed, requiring them to think about which is more: one cup or one-half cup, count eggs and identify ingredients. The cookie decorating fun isn’t half bad, either!
Price: Free
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nasa-app-hd/id387310098?mt=8I’ve never known a kid who wasn’t completely fascinated with all things solar-system related when it came to that particular learning segment at school. This awesome app straight from the space people, NASA, gives kids a chance to explore space from their iPad. Stunning pictures are accompanied by highly detailed explanations, giving children a real life look into some incredible science.
Price: $3.99
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flashcards-deluxe/id307840670?mt=8Older kids will gain a tech-y study buddy with the purchase of Flashcards Deluxe for the iPad. This highly rated app allows children (or adults, for that matter) to create a set of customized flash cards to help enhance memory of any subject. Flashcards can be created on an external computer, within the app itself, or downloaded from Quizlet.com. My favorite feature of this app is its intuitive ability to provide additional focus on the cards that the learner is struggling with, which helps to ensure a well-rounded knowledge of thee subject. I sure remember making flashcards in school, and apps like this add an entirely new interactive technology element to the process!
Price: $3.99
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sentence-builder-for-ipad/id364197515?mt=8Sentence Builder for iPad is designed to assist elementary school-aged children with learning the process of assembling grammatically correct sentences. A handy spinner function allows children to scroll through a choice of words to create a sentence that not only makes sense, but is properly formed. Whether your child is struggling with their English studies,
WeetWoo for the iPhone and iPad
A fun and educational kid-safe video browsing app
Grade: A+ | Age rating: 3+ | Price: $1.99
WeetWoo offers one-stop parent-curated video browsing for kids. It’s the perfect antidote for all those questionable ads and skeevy YouTube videos you’d rather your little darlings didn’t see while looking for something educational and entertaining to watch.Kids choose from among six channels that include Animals, Fun Shows, Learn, Music, People, and Places where the developers have listed hundreds of hours of kid-friendly programming with everything from funny kitten videos to a Discovery Education short biography of Ludwig van Beethoven.
What’s Hot:The app is very intuitive and easy to navigate and there’s a truly diverse selection of great videos. Within the animals category for example, your kids can choose from All about Birds, Coral Reefs, Ice Animals and many others. Each of these subcategories has up to 10 associated videos.
You can tell this app was parent designed because the videos average 2-4 minutes in length (just right for most kids’ short attention spans).
What’s Not:
Since the videos are all hosted on YouTube, you’re going to need a WiFi connection for them to load quickly (but the app works with just 3G too, if you’re patient). The video navigation is visual (like flipping pages). This keeps you on one page, but takes some getting used to. Finally videos burn battery life quickly, so charge up.
The Bottom Line:
One of the best kids’ apps in the iTunes store for parents looking for innocent entertainment for their kids. WeetWoo would be a bargain at twice this price.
We tested version 1.0, which is compatible with the iPhone (OS 3.0 or later). Developer Net Junky Research LLC. Read our disclosure policy.
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