DVDs Won’t Make Your Kid Smarter, But Shaving Cream on Your Kitchen Table Will

SEATTLE, Jan. 8, 2010 — The Walt Disney company is now offering refunds on its Baby Einstein DVDs in response to pressure from the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. The videos were originally promoted as educational tools, but studies show that there is no substitute for parental involve…

Orrin ‘Checkmate’ Hudson’s National Tour Goes to Three Pennsylvania School Districts to Inspire Kids to Make the Right Moves … Heads Up, Pants Up, Grades Up and Never Give Up!

JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Nov. 5, 2009 — International chess champion, author, and motivational speaker Orrin Hudson is bringing his 50-state motivational chess and life lesson tour to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in order to teach 5,100 students about chess, critical thinking skills, and self-confiden…

Monkey Teaches Children to Read

ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 5, 2009 — OK, it may be a storybook monkey, but children are learning to read from Flip the Monkey and the entire nation is about to learn how.

Boca Raton-based Flipping For Phonics, Inc. (http://www.flippingforphonics.com) announced the launch of a nationwide television cam…