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2009

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[Surfnetkids: 23 Dec 2009] To Do Lists

Surfnetkids.com Surfing the Net with Kids FREE Newsletter …Please Forward… http://www.surfnetkids.com/newsletter/ #1. December 23, 2009 Dear %%! if {[merge members_.fullname_]== “”} { return “Reader”} else {return [firstname]}%%, Still have gifts to buy that need to arrive by Christmas? Don’t sweat the overnight shipping hassle. Send a gift via email! Whether at the holidays (or for [...]

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[Surfnetkids: 16 Dec 2009] Math Puzzles

Surfnetkids.com Surfing the Net with Kids FREE Newsletter …Please Forward… http://www.surfnetkids.com/newsletter/ #1. December 16, 2009 Dear Reader, Last year around this time, I asked about New Year’s Resolutions and shared my resolution to handle five pieces of paper a day in order to process the deluge of paper that arrives on my desk each day. [...]

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[Surfnetkids: 09 Dec 2009] PowerPoint How To

Surfnetkids.com Surfing the Net with Kids FREE Newsletter …Please Forward… http://www.surfnetkids.com/newsletter/ #1. December 9, 2009 Dear Reader Hanukkah is just around the corner, and then before you know it, it will be Christmas. Christmas games are already showing up in my popular game list , so I better share these with you now before it’s [...]

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[Surfnetkids: 02 Dec 2009] Tigers

Surfnetkids.com Surfing the Net with Kids FREE Newsletter …Please Forward… http://www.surfnetkids.com/newsletter/ #1. December 2, 2009 Dear Reader, Wow! This is a tough call. I really appreciate the sentiment behind Lincoln University’s fitness requirement for undergraduates. But in today’s politically correct atmosphere, I can’t image that it will stand a chance in the court of public [...]

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[Surfnetkids: 25 Nov 2009] Active and Passive Voice

Surfnetkids.com Surfing the Net with Kids FREE Newsletter …Please Forward… http://www.surfnetkids.com/newsletter/ #1. November 25, 2009 Dear Reader, I enjoyed this week’s TIME magazine article on helicopter parents called “Can These Parents Be Saved?” by Nancy Gibbs. It looks at the over-parenting trend and an even newer trend of “rebels” that are trying to get parents [...]

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[Surfnetkids: 18 Nov 2009] Children’s Books

Surfnetkids.com Surfing the Net with Kids FREE Newsletter …Please Forward… http://www.surfnetkids.com/newsletter/ #1. November 18, 2009 Dear Reader, Okay, I got the message. Thanks for letting me know I stepped out of line when I quoted Mao Tse Tung in a recent Surfnetkids newsletter. He was a mass murderer, and therefore doesn’t deserve the privilege of [...]

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[Surfnetkids: 4 Nov 2009] Probability Games

Surfnetkids.com Surfing the Net with Kids FREE Newsletter …Please Forward… http://www.surfnetkids.com/newsletter/ #1. November 4, 2009 Dear Reader, I spent my weekend working on this week’s topic and newsletter, so I could take the week off to attend a super-secret conference of Internet rainmakers in San Francisco. I love the word “rainmakers.” I think it’s on [...]

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[Surfnetkids: 28 Oct 2009] Where the Wild Things Are

Surfnetkids.com Surfing the Net with Kids FREE Newsletter …Please Forward… http://www.surfnetkids.com/newsletter/ #1. October 28, 2009 Dear Reader, With both my kids being seniors (one college, one high school) there is so much exciting stuff going on in their lives: college applications, job interviews, and so on. And I am loving almost every bit of it. [...]

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[Surfnetkids: 21 Oct 2009] Pilgrims of Plymouth

Surfnetkids.com Surfing the Net with Kids FREE Newsletter …Please Forward… http://www.surfnetkids.com/emailedition.htm #1. October 21, 2009 Dear Reader, I spent a little time yesterday reading about the Common Core State Standards initiative. I’m not yet sure what I think of it. My first reaction is that these sorts of federal education standards are usually so bland [...]

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[Surfnetkids: 14 Oct 2009] Magic Tricks

Surfnetkids.com Surfing the Net with Kids FREE Newsletter …Please Forward… http://www.surfnetkids.com/emailedition.htm #1. October 14, 2009 Dear Reader Did you know that in addition to being Halloween, October 31 is also Magic Day? That’s why I chose Magic Tricks as this week’s Surfnetkids topic. But now that the spooky day is so close, I also want [...]

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