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Wednesday, January 27, 2016 The Salem News • NORTH SHORE PARENTS • Wednesday, January 27, 2016 S2 FINAL-1 Mon, Jan25,20166:49:42PM FINAL-1 Mon, Jan 25, 2016 6:49:43 PM S3 How do kids learn to play fair? Findings may surprise you The Salem News •
By AriAnA Eunjung ChA has become one of the most Both are believed to be part be the irst to look at inequity One of the two children got to co-author Katherine McAu- STAR TRIBUNE important issues of our time. of the glue that holds societies aversion across societies decide whether both of them liffe, an assistant professor at (MINNEAPOLIS) (TNS) In an effort to understand together. in children, was seeking to accepted the allocation or Boston College. how much of this concept is An aversion to disadvanta- ind out more about which rejected it. Whether they were Life isn’t fair. hard-wired into our biology geous inequity “can provide aspects of fairness might be The experiment was set up rejecting the candy out of That universal truth is and how much of it is cul- long-term beneits by pre- universal and which might to work through a machine frustration or meanness, the NORTH SHORE PARENTS something that children tural, a team of psychologists venting competitors from be culturally driven. To that that required the child to pull children were motivated to seem to understand almost and anthropologists led by attaining a relative advantage end, the researchers designed on one handle to accept the deprive others of an advan- intuitively at a young age, but Harvard University professor and signaling that one will an “inequity game” that they deal — resulting in the candy tage, she said. the path through which they Felix Warneken traveled to not tolerate being exploited,” used to test 866 pairs of chil- being poured into a bowl for EMPHASIS ON EQUALITY develop a sense of what’s fair seven countries to study how Warneken, a social sciences dren ages 4 to 15 in Canada, each child — and a different The reactions to advanta- and what isn’t — and how different groups of children professor, and his co-authors India, Mexico, Peru, Senegal, handle to reject it — Dumping geous inequity were more they act on injustices — is play fair. wrote. Uganda and the United States. the sweets into a third bowl mixed. Children in only something that has been a Their work, which was Advantageous inequity Co-author Peter Blake, where neither one would get three countries — the United puzzle for social scientists. published in the journal aversion “entails a larger an assistant professor of to eat it. States, Canada and Uganda Fairness, a willingness Nature, was focused on the immediate sacriice by reject- psychology at Boston Uni- In all seven societies — — had a tendency to reject to sacriice for the sake of children’s reaction to two ing a relative advantage. It versity, explained that the which ranged from small unequal distributions of greater quality, is an ideal types of scenarios that are may signal that one is a good experiment was speciically villages with a subsistence candy when they got more • Wednesday, January 27, 2016 that supports cooperation, unfair. The irst, disadvanta- cooperative partner who will designed to see how children economy to large industri- than their peers. resource sharing and sacri- geous inequity, occurs when not exploit others.” would respond to two sides of alized cities — the results “In these societies, rejec- ice. But it also can lead to one receives less than a peer. Previous studies have found inequality and how they made indicated a rejection of disad- tions of advantageous alloca- competition and greed. The second, advantageous that a distaste for disadvanta- decisions that affected both vantageous inequity. That is, tions increased with age. ... It is often talked about as inequity, happens when one geous inequity develops in themselves and a peer. when the children were allo- Given that Western societies the basis of human civiliza- receives more than a peer. children by the time they are The rules were simple: cated less candy than their tend to emphasize establish- tion, and it affects every The theory has been that 4. Advantageous inequity Two children of the same peers, they tended to route all ing and enforcing norms of aspect of our lives. As the these are two distinct con- aversion, on the other hand, gender and similar age were the treats into the bowl that equality, it is possible that gap between the world’s top cepts that emerge at different doesn’t appear until closer to seated across from each no one could access. children in these communities 1 percent and the rest has ages and use different parts of 8. That seems to indicate the other and were offered some That was expected. “This face social pressures to inter- increased to historic highs the brain. But little has been inluence of social norms. Skittles candy. Sometimes the seems to be a basic human nalize and enact these norms in recent years, fairness in known about environmental UNIVERSAL VS. CULTURAL allocations were equal and response to getting less than earlier in development,” the material payoffs or inequality inluences until this study. The new study, believed to sometimes they were not. someone else,” said study researchers wrote.
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S4 HELP THEM LINK Turning squiggles to words WRITTEN WORDS TO By LAurAn nEErgAArd Steve Mirandi, LANGUAGE AP MEDICAL WRITER a third-grade teacher at Veterans Celebrate your child’s Reading to very young children Memorial School in is crucial to help them eventually scribbles. A novel experi- Gloucester, starts ment shows that even learn to read. But researchers off Family Reading studying how kids begin to under- before learning their ABCs, Night night last year youngsters start to recog- stand that text conveys meaning with “The Picky differently than pictures — an nize that a written word
• Wednesday, January 27, 2016 27, January • Wednesday, important concept for reading symbolizes language in a Prince.” Scientists readiness — say parents should way a drawing doesn’t — a have long known that reading to very pay attention to writing, too. developmental step on the Some suggestions: path to reading. young children helps form the foundation Run a finger under the text Researchers used a pup- when reading to youngsters so pet, line drawings and for them to later kids will learn to link written simple vocabulary to ind learn to read, but words to spoken language, said that children as young as 3 they also say that Brett Miller of the National Insti- are beginning to grasp that it’s important tute for Child Health and Human nuanced concept. to include other Development. “Children at this very activities that Show children how you write early age really know incorporate writing, their names well before they can NORTH SHORE PARENTS NORTH a lot more than we had too. attempt it, said Temple University previously thought,” said psychology professor Kathy developmental psycholo- Hirsh-Pasek. That’s one of their gist Rebecca Treiman of DESI SMITH/ first concrete examples that a Washington University in Staff File Photo mysterious squiggle on a page is St. Louis, who co-authored a symbol for a word they know. the study. And tots’ own scribbling is be read the same way each and ask the child if they in the experiment, Treiman Often a child’s name is his or The research published practice. time, while a canine draw- thought the puppet knew plans to study that. her first written word, thanks to recently in the journal What a child calls a fam- ing might appropriately be what the words or draw- Scientists have long memorizing what it looks like. The Salem News • News Salem The Child Development sug- ily portrait may look like a labeled a dog, or a puppy, or ings were. known that reading to very Encouraging youngsters to invent gests an additional way bunch of grapes but “those even their pet Rover. If the puppet indicated young children helps form their own spellings of other to consider reading readi- squiggles, that ability to use Treiman and colleagues the word “doll” was “baby” the foundation for them to words could spur them to write ness, beyond the emphasis lines to represent some- tested 114 preschool- or “dog” was “puppy,” later learn to read, by intro- even more, said developmental on phonetics or being able thing bigger, to represent ers, 3- to 5-year-olds who many children said the ducing vocabulary, rhyming, psychologist Rebecca Treiman to point out an “A’’ in the something deeper than what hadn’t received any formal puppet was mistaken. But and different speech sounds. of Washington University in St. Louis. alphabet chart. is on that page, is the great instruction in reading or they more often accepted But it’s important to When youngsters scribble, Appreciating that writing open door into the world of writing. Some youngsters synonyms for the draw- include other activities don’t guess what they produced is “something that stands symbolic thought,” Hirsh- were shown words such as ings, showing they were that bring in writing, too, — ask, Hirsh-Pasek said. It’s pretty for something else, it actu- Pasek said. dog, cat or doll, sometimes starting to understand Treiman said. Look closely discouraging if a tot is about to ally is a vehicle for language The idea: At some point, in cursive to rule out guess- that written words have a at a tot’s scribbles. A child announce he wrote a story and — that’s pretty powerful children learn that a squig- ing if kids recognized a far more specific meaning might say, “I’m writing my mom thinks he drew a house. stuff,” said Temple Univer- gle on a page represents letter. Other children were than a drawing, Treiman name,” and eventually the Post a scribble they’re proud sity psychology professor something, and then that shown simple drawings of said. crayon scribble can become of on the refrigerator, she said. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, a spe- the squiggle we call text has those objects. Researchers Language is “like a zoom smaller and closer to the Children are figuring out pat- cialist in literacy develop- a more speciic meaning would say what the word or lens on the world,” said line than the larger scrawl terns with their scribbles, and ment who wasn’t involved in than what we call a drawing. drawing portrayed. Then Hirsh-Pasek. This study that the tot proclaims is a that’s more instructive than the new work. “Dog,” for example, should they’d bring out a puppet shows “even 3-year-olds picture of a lower or mom, merely pasting copies of, say, know there’s something she said. apples onto a page to make a special about written “It’s very exciting to see recognizable picture. words.” this develop,” she said. Give tots a pencil or pen Now Enrolling For Our Winter/Spring Programs It’s not clear if children Previous studies have instead of a crayon if they say who undergo that devel- shown it’s helpful to run a they want to “write” rather than Infants • Toddlers • Preschool • PreK opmental step at a later inger under the text when “draw” so it will look more like age — say, 5 or 6 instead reading to a youngster, text, Treiman said. 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If the 17 Mill Street • South Hamilton Miller, an early learning words aren’t pointed out, that you write for a purpose, specialist at the National “they get less exposure to maybe by having them www.kidsconnectionhamilton.com Institute of Child Health looking at text, and less tell you a story and watch Tracey Trask - Director/Owner and Human Development, opportunity to learn that you write it out, added which helped fund the sort of relationship — that Hirsh-Pasek. research. text is meaningful and text “That’s much richer than “We are the People in Your But because some chil- relates to sound,” he said. just learning what a B or a 978.468.4757 Neighborhood!” dren did better than others Make sure children see P is.” FINAL-1 Mon, Jan 25, 2016 6:49:45 PM S5 Willy, nilly, silly old bear The Salem News • By SioBhAn StArrS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lindsay Mattick’s great- grandfather was on his NORTH SHORE PARENTS way to ight in World War I when he bought a bear cub he named Winnie, inspiring author A.A. Milne to create the timeless character Win- nie-the-Pooh. Now, Mattick has written a new children’s book chronicling the real- life story behind the bear. Mattick, 37, wanted to tell her young son the peculiar tale and wrote “Finding Win- • Wednesday, January 27, 2016 nie: The Story of the Real Bear Who Inspired Winnie- the-Pooh.” The book was ZSL LONDON ZOO VIA AP published in November — just Christopher Robin stands weeks before the 90th anni- next to Winnie the Bear in versary this month of the irst London Zoo. Author Lindsay Mattick’s great-grandfather time Milne used the name SOPHIE BLACKALL VIA AP Winnie-the-Pooh in print. An illustration of Winnie the Bear posing with a group of was on his way to fight in ZSL LONDON ZOO VIA AP “‘Finding Winnie’ is a Canadian soldiers from the book “Finding Winnie.” Author World War I when he bought story that I have had in my An unidentified woman poses with Winnie the Bear in London Lindsay Mattick’s great-grandfather, Canadian soldier Harry a bear cub he named Winnie, head for a long time,” Mat- Zoo. The author A.A. Milne used the bear as the basis for his Colebourn, was on his way to fight in World War I when he inspiring author A.A. 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S6 POWERING UP Kiddie tablets ‘grow up’ as competition expands
By BrEE FowLEr companies to focus more on of the more basic, custom- much faster than a Leap- AP TECHNOLOGY WRITER preschoolers and kindergar- made systems used in toy Pad and can run versions of teners, as they create super- tablets, allows for more popular Android games such Kiddie tablets have grown durable products that can sophisticated apps and as “Fruit Ninja” and “Doodle up. withstand repeated abuse games and a range of content Jump.” There’s access to the Tablets designed just for and develop games and apps from standard app stores. Internet, but it’s limited to • Wednesday, January 27, 2016 27, January • Wednesday, kids are getting more sophis- that teach reading and math. Monica Brown, LeapFrog’s about 10,000 kid-safe websites ticated as they face increased But now, some of those vice president for product (though parents can add oth- competition from regular tab- companies are looking to marketing, said the com- ers). Parents can also limit AP PHOTO/Kathy Willens lets. The new products also take back some of the sales pany aimed to “create some- and track how much time a Kids tablets have come a long way from bad graphics and have better screens, speedier to older kids that they’ve thing that was kind of sleek child spends watching videos, slow processors to today’s models featuring high-definition chips and fashionably slim lost over the years, offering and more tech forward for playing games or reading. screens, speedier operations, and Android-based and even bodies. They let older chil- premium products — most kids who were looking for Lynn Schoield Clark, a Windows 10 operating systems. Some new options include, dren do more, yet hold their with price tags of more than something that felt like their professor of media studies clockwise, from upper left, LeapFrog’s Epic, a Nabi Elev-8, hands until they’re ready for $100 — that look and per- parents’ tablet.” at the University of Denver, Kurio’s Xtreme 2, and an Amazon Fire Kids Edition. unsupervised access. form less like toys and more But parents still want edu- said kids tablets are a tough Although many of the like the ones adults use. cational content and safety sell these days. The Smart is a Windows 10 remain popular with kids. tablets were originally con- LeapFrog, maker of the features that come with a “Kids are always aspi- laptop with a detachable Amazon touts its Fire tab-
NORTH SHORE PARENTS NORTH ceived as educational toys toy-like LeapPad, released tablet designed purely for rational in their ages, and screen and comes with a let as something the entire for kids as old as middle its irst Android tablet last kids. LeapFrog’s Epic, along they’re always interested in free year of Microsoft Ofice. family can use, eliminating schoolers, they’ve been year. And Kurio is branch- with the other new tablets what older kids are doing,” Eric Levin, Kurio’s strate- the need to buy something more popular with younger ing out to Windows 10 and for kids, are attempts to Clark said, pointing to gic director, said kids using just for the kids. children. Older kids have includes a full version of bridge that gap. the fascination that many children’s tablets are getting “While I appreciate been apt to reject them in Microsoft Ofice in a new The Epic looks like a preteens have with smart- younger, as older kids gravi- that might have led other favor of their parents’ tablet tablet-laptop combination. regular Android tablet, but phones as a prime example. tate toward adult products. companies to adjust their or smartphone. The use of Android and comes with a removable Meanwhile, most parents Four years ago, he said, products, we’re upping That shift has prompted Windows software, in place bright-green bumper. It is won’t spend money on kids- most Kurio users ranged our game based on what The Salem News • News Salem The only gadgets unless they from ages 6 to 12. Now, half customers want in the best believe they offer signii- of them are 3 to 5. kid experience,” said Aaron cant educational beneits. Although older kids may Bromberg, senior manager “If they’re just looking for be ready for adult tablets, of product management for something to entertain their the shift has left those 8 to Amazon Devices. kid, then why wouldn’t they 12 without age-appropriate The tablet’s FreeTime app just hand over their smart- devices, Levin says. The lets parents set up proiles for phone?” she asked. Smart tries to ix that. each kid, with access to only Kurio aims to answer that Other makers of kids the content they approve. question with the Smart, tablets have also gone high- It also lets parents limit the a device that lets kids do end. Fuhu bills the Nabi amount of time spent on dif- things they previously Elev-8 as a premium, 8-inch ferent kinds of content such might have needed their tablet. But the company as videos or apps. For an addi- parents’ laptop for, such ran into inancial problems tional fee, Amazon’s Free- as typing up and saving early in the past holiday Time Unlimited service offers their homework online or season, and its products more than 10,000 books, apps, playing video on their TV have been tough to ind. games and videos geared through an HDMI cable. Nonetheless, adult tablets toward kids ages 3 to 10.
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S10 CARING TIMES 5 For family of special-needs kids, special help
By SuSAn hAigh And ChArLES KrupA ASSOCIATED PRESS
It takes a strict routine and a lot of help to raise a
• Wednesday, January 27, 2016 27, January • Wednesday, family of special-needs chil- dren. Few know this better than Eric and Dennis Volz- Benoit, who have ive. Typical days involve feed- ing tubes, breathing treat- ments, medications and assembly-line showers, not to mention taking kids to school, making dinner and washing clothes. AP PHOTO/Charles Krupa “It’s just kind of like a Tyler Volz-Benoit, who is autistic, rests his head on the AP PHOTO/Charles Krupa well-oiled machine,” Eric Eric Volz-Benoit, center, enjoys a warmer-than-usual December day with his family on a grassy
NORTH SHORE PARENTS NORTH shoulder of his adoptive brother, Ryan, who gives him a hug at Volz-Benoit said. “The key their family home in Springfield, Mass. Tyler, Ryan and three field at the Quabbin Reservoir observation tower in Ware, Mass. Volz-Benoit is an adoptive for us is routine. Everything other children are cared for by Eric and Dennis Volz-Benoit, parent to Tyler, at left, and Zachary, laughing on his chest. Both boys have complex medical is routine.” who are their legal guardians and foster-to-adopt parents. care issues. Zachary was born with cerebral palsy; Tyler is autistic. But routine only goes so far for the Springield who has brain damage and problems; and biological Collaborative Consultative nurse — comes in. children. Families are couple and their children — autism; Jayden, 5, who has siblings Ryan and Mandie, 7 Care Coordinator Program The program helps par- paired with a team of help- Zachary, 8, who has epilepsy post-traumatic stress disor- and 6, who both have PTSD. — known as 4C, and where ents and pediatricians ers, including a nurse care and cerebral palsy; Tyler, 7, der and borderline behavior That’s where the Eric Volz-Benoit works as a manage medically complex coordinator and a social The Salem News • News Salem The First Steps Childcare Center Open Quality Year-Round, Care at Openings Full- and Affordable for Infants Part-time Rates to Age 5 Slots
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S12 There’s a new crop of coding toys for techie tykes
By BrEE FowLEr AP TECHNOLOGY WRITER
Want even your younger kids to join the tech revolu- tion by learning to code? Maybe you should get them a robot — or at least a video game.
• Wednesday, January 27, 2016 27, January • Wednesday, That’s the aim of entrepre- neurs behind new coding toys for kids as young as 6. They’re spurred by a desire to get chil- dren interested in computer science well before their opin- ions about what’s cool and what’s not start to gel, in effect AP FILE PHOTO/Mark Lennihan hoping to turn young boys and Apple CEO Tim Cook, right, and Apple software engineer and girls — especially girls — into Vice President Cheryl Thomas watch third-grade students tomorrow’s geeks. work on coding at an Apple Store in New York. Cook advocates “You really want kids to teaching kids to learn the building blocks of coding as young learn these building blocks as possible, and then develop them from there. NORTH SHORE PARENTS NORTH as young as possible and then build on them,” Apple wheeled pyramid made of Toy robots can be very CEO Tim Cook said in an spheres, on a tablet screen. helpful in teaching coding AP FILE PHOTO/Mark Lennihan interview at a recent coding They can then drag and basics, saID Chase Cun- Third-grader Jaysean Erby raises his hands as he solves a coding problem as Apple CEO Tim workshop for third-graders. drop actions onto its path ningham, a father of 4- and Cook watches from behind during a coding workshop at an Apple Store. There’s a nationwide “I don’t think you can start that, for instance, might 7-year-old girls who writes push to improve computer literacy in elementary school, and entrepreneurs are jumping this too young.” cause Dash to beep or lash “The Cynja,” a comic book aboard. Not everyone is excited its lights in different colors. about warriors who ight
The Salem News • News Salem The about pushing irst-graders More advanced kids can computer “bad guys” such as to learn the nuts and bolts use Google’s kid-oriented zombies, worms and botnets. of how computers work. Blockly language, or Wonder, “Immediately, they get to Some critics believe that too the company’s own program- see the return, because the much technology too early ming language, to create and robots move,” said Cunning- can interfere with a child’s play games with both robots. ham, who by day handles natural development; others The idea is to make building threat intelligence for the warn that pushing advanced sets of increasingly complex cybersecurity irm Armor. concepts on younger kids instructions so intuitive and “Kids need that immediate could frustrate them and fun that it sparks children’s reward.” turn them off computer sci- natural curiosity about the But these kinds of toys ence completely. way things work. are so new that there’s no But there’s a nationwide “It’s going to be relevant way to know if they actually Children’s Development Center push to improve computer for whichever profession stimulate long-term inter- literacy in elementary school kids choose in 20 years,” est in coding or whether 391 Bay Road — and entrepreneurs are Gupta said. “Doctors, archi- they affect healthy brain jumping aboard. Growing up tects, anyone; they will need development. South Hamilton, MA 01982 in India, Vikas Gupta learned to be able to understand “Kids need to directly (978) 468-1043 to program at a young age how machines work in order experience things, to invent and was amazed at what he to be really, really good at purely out of their imagina- [email protected] could do with a basic com- their jobs.” tion without any prepro- Director: Kathleen Carvalho puter and some software. Middle school may be too cessed experience,” said Now, the father of two wants late to start robotics and Karen Sobel Lojeski, a Stony today’s kids to get the same coding classes, proponents Brook University child- feeling from the coding say. By that point, most chil- development researcher with Children’s Development Center caters to children one robots his startup produces. dren have formed reason- a computer-science back- month to legal Kindergarten age. We have a part time His company, Wonder ably irm likes and dislikes, ground. The introduction of Workshop, started ship- making them less likely to electronic toys at a young age Nursery program which runs from 9:00AM to 12:00PM ping Dash and Dot, a pair of try new things. That’s par- could hinder that, she said. small, programmable blue- ticularly true when it comes Nader Hamda, founder and a full time Daycare program which runs from 7:00AM and-orange robots, late last to girls; while robotics and of a handful of tech and to 6:00. We have lexible daycare hours and reasonable year. Kids can interact with coding activities tend to be toy startups, loved seeing the devices in a variety of popular with both genders his two young daughters rates. Please call or E-mail us to schedule a tour. ways. In the most basic, early on, the percentage of embrace technology, but like kids draw a path for Dash, girls involved drops dramat- Lojeski worried when they which resembles a small, ically as kids get older. spent hours alone with their FINAL-1 Mon, Jan 25, 2016 6:42:29 PM
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robot from The Salem News • Wonder Robot play: Putting coding toys to the test Workshop that can be It’s no longer tough to programming language Dash and Dot, the youngest programmed ind coding toys for young offers ive levels of dificulty. programmers will have fun using a kids. Here’s a look at your Corresponding tablet apps driving SPRK around and variety of current options. All of the help kids along the way. changing the color of its apps. toys are either sold through The toy’s relatively low lights. Older kids can use AP FILE PHOTO major retailers or online. cost has made it popular the company’s Lightning NORTH SHORE PARENTS with schools, while its small Lab app and block-based DASH AND DOT ($150 size lets kids play with it on programming language tablets. So, he created Ozo- the world that gets it right for Dash, $50 for Dot, a table, or pack it in their AP FILE PHOTO to build and share their bot, a tiny programmable the irst time.” all ages) suitcase for a weekend An Ozobot, a tiny robot, programs. The SPRK also robot that kids can play Puzzlets, created by Justin away. smaller than a golf ball, that works with the slew of apps with together. Sabo and some of his fellow Children can use a variety Online: ozobot.com lets kids create their own and games currently avail- “I wanted to recreate Carnegie Mellon University of apps to program Dash, programs, is demonstrated able for the original Sphero the experience of the fam- graduates, also teaches trial- the larger robot, to zip PUZZLETS ($100 for a during the CE Week show in robotic ball. Most of those ily game night, where the and-error thinking. There’s around their living room, starter pack, ages 6 New York last year. apps and games are free. whole family is huddled no robot here, just a tray in perform tricks, or speak and up) Though it’s now available around the game,” he said. which kids can place tiles pre-recorded phrases. Parents can help along thorough major retailers, Kids can program Ozo- representing commands that Accessories, sold separately, Kids place tiles in a cloud- the way until they, too, are the bulk of SPRK sales have • Wednesday, January 27, 2016 bot, which is smaller than a move a character around let kids teach Dash how to shaped tray and use them to stumped. Good news: The been to schools. golf ball, simply by drawing an associated tablet-based catapult balls into the air program the movements of game will email hints if it The SPRK has a clear- different colored lines and video game called “Cork the and play a xylophone. The a character through a game. notices you’re stuck on a plastic polycarbonate shell, shapes with markers. Older Volcano.” budget choice, Dot, doesn’t Pictures on the tiles depict level for an extended period which lets kids view its kids can also program in If kids don’t get it right the move, but still teaches basic various directions, charac- of time. inner workings. It is also Blockly and can even see irst time, they can switch programming and lets kids ters and other movements, Online: digitaldreamlabs. extremely durable and has what their inished code out the tiles and run the pro- play a variety of games. so reading isn’t required. com yet to break despite contin- would look like in Javas- gram again. It’s like a mash- Both robots grow with If kids don’t get the move- ued abuse from two young cript, a language widely up of chess and a classic the child. The simplest app ments right the irst time, SPRK ($130, ages children. used to program websites. video game, Sabo said. “Kids lets pre-readers draw a they can run the program 8 and up) Online: sphero.com/ Hamda said roughly 400 learn through play, learn by path on a tablet screen for again, hopefully picking up sphero-sprk schools currently use Ozo- doing,” he said. “It’s meant their robot and then drag some problem-solving skills You can do a lot with this — Bree Fowler, AP Tech- bot as a hands-on teaching to be social. It’s meant to be and drop in picture-based along the way. clear plastic ball. As with nology Writer tool. hands on.” instructions. Older kids The SPRK, from Colorado Jey Veerasamy, director can use programming startup Sphero, has also of the Center for Computer languages. found a niche in elemen- Science Education & Out- Online: makewonder.com tary and middle schools, reach at the University of which use the clear plastic Texas at Dallas, recom- OZOBOT ($60 for a robot ball to illustrate con- mends against introducing single pack, ages 8 cepts such as algebra and coding until at least second and up) geometry. Among other grade. Most kids will get the things, said Sphero CEO greatest beneits from third This tiny robot, smaller Paul Berberian, the robots to ifth grades, when kids than a golf ball, lets kids teach kids that making mis- are most willing to explore create their own programs, takes is part of learning. — especially girls, he said. irst by drawing colored “It introduces the “There’s no need to rush. lines with markers for it methodical process, how Younger kids may beneit, to follow. 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S14 ‘Sesame Street’: Now brought to you by the letters HBO
By FrAziEr MoorE won’t begin rolling out on and fellow Muppets on esca- headlines most of the seg- AP TELEVISION WRITER PBS until fall. pades using their ive senses ments and, joined by legions In the meantime, the to track down yucky things). of his fellow Muppets, domi- With the extension of continuing PBS version of The theme of the second nates to the near-exclusion “Sesame Street” into a high- “Sesame” has been retro- episode was “Bedtime,” as of any human “Sesame” price neighborhood — HBO, itted from its traditional Elmo and Abby Cadabby inhabitants. And even mov- where it premiered earlier hour’s length to “best-of” get help in adopting a calm- ing beyond the physicality this month — it has signaled half-hours drawn from the down bedtime routine from a of puppets, the episodes signiicant urban renewal. past few seasons. new human character, Nina make generous use of digi- “Sesame Street” grew out The ive-season deal with (played by the enormously tal imagery in a seamless
• Wednesday, January 27, 2016 27, January • Wednesday, of the socially progressive HBO, which provides the appealing Suki Lopez). abstract integration. ethos of President Lyndon program with what its pro- Expected elements remain Bottom line: The easygo- Johnson’s Great Society of ducers have called “critical Elmo’s Letter of the Day ing pace in the neighbor- the 1960s. Premiering on funding,” will make the show (”B’’ is for Bedtime) and the hood of old seems to have public television as a break- available on HBO and related Count saluting his Number fallen prey to a newly through in children’s TV on platforms, including HBO of the Day. revved-up virtual world. Nov. 10, 1969, it was conceived GO and HBO on Demand, in Cookie Monster has a A dazzling new opening is primarily to help prepare both English and Spanish. COURTESY PHOTO brand-new feature, “Smart set (for the irst time) on underprivileged preschoolers The changes afoot relect Wondering how to get to the new “Sesame Street”? Turn on Cookies,” where he and a Sesame Street itself, but in for their entry into the class- the current lood of chil- HBO. team of crime-ighting cookie the action that follows, this room. And this “Street” could dren’s programming (by friends thwart the efforts of precious urban retreat is be visited toll-free. contrast, “Sesame” origi- represents the “boldest” than ever, is now eficiently the villainous Crumb. more a state of mind than Needless to say, the ‘60s nally illed a niche almost changes in the program’s packaged in a single theme As always, star turns on-screen real estate. NORTH SHORE PARENTS NORTH are long gone. no other kids’ show even history, said Sesame per episode, rather than the are part of “Street” life. Even so, it’s hard not to Now “Sesame Street” recognized), as well as the Workshop. magazine format of its past. Besides “The Good Wife’s” get caught up in the lively, is setting off for its 46th new ways this umpteenth Based on the irst two The irst episode Cumming, bold-face names trippy antics of this newly season of making kids generation of “Sesame” episodes, those changes go addressed “Exploration” include Sara Bareilles, Street-wise show, such “smarter, stronger, kinder” fans practices viewing beyond the added media (including a sequence Ne-Yo, Tracee Ellis Ross and as when Elmo performs a (the show’s motto) at its habits vastly different from outlet and scaled-down with actor Alan Cumming Gina Rodriguez. musical tribute to guaca- new HBO address. decades ago. length. The show, perhaps as Mucko Polo, a “grouch But the biggest star, by mole alongside a singing, Those 35 new half-hours This new “Street” more beautifully produced explorer” who leads Elmo far, remains Elmo, who dancing nose. The Salem News • News Salem The
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