Surfing the Net with Kids

Dear Reader, How about the US Women’s Soccer team? That was some fantastic game against Japan. #USAvsJPN Did you watch it? Congrats to the whole team. And Carli Lloyd? Just amazing. This morning I woke thinking about her and how …[Continue]

Dear Reader, Happy birthday, Ben Franklin! In his honor, I added a few Franklin quotes to Light a Fire. I find his wisdom timeless. See ya on the Net, Barbara J. Feldman “Surfing the Net with Kids” https://www.surfnetkids.com Ben Franklin …[Continue]

Dear Reader, Happy 2021! Finally! Br-r-r-r. It’s been cold in San Diego. Hope you’re staying warm and healthy. See ya on the Net, Barbara J. Feldman “Surfing the Net with Kids” https://www.surfnetkids.com Static Electricity https://www.surfnetkids.com/resources/static-electricity/ Static Electricity Printable(** for Premium …[Continue]

Dear Reader, The first Covid-19 vaccine has been approved, and I’m starting to imagine what life might be like as we start to recover. It’s wonderful to be making progress, but we still have a long road ahead of us. …[Continue]

Dear Reader, Happy Hanukkah (it starts on Thursday night, December 10) and Merry Christmas (same day this year as always!) to all who choose to celebrate! Hope you are able to be with family, and to make it meaningful in …[Continue]

Dear Reader, Rear Admiral Grace Hopper is a special hero to me. As a computer science major in the 1970’s, female role models were few and far between. In addition to all her other accomplishments, she was instrumental in the …[Continue]

Dear Reader, Do you usually get an annual flu shot? Have you had one this year? I’ve been getting them annually since I reached “a certain age!” And I got this year’s shot in October. In other vaccine news, Pfizer …[Continue]

Dear Reader, Happy birthday to Marie Curie, who was born November 7, 1867! I didn’t remember that she won TWO Nobel prizes: one in physics and one in chemistry. Wow. And her daughter Irene Joliot-Curie also won a Nobel Prize …[Continue]

Dear Reader, “Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it.” ~~ Susan B. Anthony I voted last week. Have you? In many states, you can still register to vote, if you are not yet registered at your current address. …[Continue]

Dear Reader, Dr. Jonas Salk announced the success of his live-virus polio vaccine trials on March 26, 1953, just two months before I was born. But the polio vaccine I received as a child was not Salk’s live-virus version, but …[Continue]

Dear Reader, I know it’s not yet Halloween, but I’ve been thinking about Thanksgiving and hosting a small, outdoor, lunch instead of a larger, indoor, dinner. Because we live in San Diego, I think an outdoor lunch will be possible, …[Continue]

Dear Reader, Noah Webster’s birthday (Oct 16, 1758) is celebrated each year as Dictionary Day, thus the inspiration to update my recommendations for Online Dictionaries. Trick or treating maybe taboo in your neck of the woods this year, but there …[Continue]