K.I.S.S. With Anna Catlin

With the school year over for so many kids, it's great when you hear about some continuing education during the summer. Anna Catlin tells us all about her school in the summer experiences at James Williams Middle School. 

 

She tells us about her classes including:

• Cooking, all kinds of delicious stuff!
• Art and making origami
• Technology Class - typing and using PowerPoint, and a funny story!
• Gaming Class - how to play games, like Chess!
• Culture and how people of the world is different

 

That's how Anna is "Keepin' In-touch with Summer School!"

 

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Kid-Cast.Com Summer Readings

Kid-cast.com would love to have some parents, kids, teachers, or anyone willing to participate, read some stories, books or even a quick couple of poems during the summer months.

We're looking to your talents to get us some interesting stuff to 'cast during the summer months. There's lots of great podcasting to do, but we think some fun excerpts of favorite topics or books might be great, too. Maybe you can tell us about your favorite book series, or what games you like to play during the summer months. How about some tips on how to surf or boogie-board? Maybe you have some terrific places you like to ride your bike or fun educational places to visit. Tell us all of your great summer fun ideas!

We can't wait to hear from you!

To get started, make sure you sign-up on our site so you can post your 'cast for review and we'll be happy to post it (so long as it meets our criteria).

Have a great summer and help us keep Kid-Cast.COM just as active as you, all summer long!

News From The Greypevine: The Final Episode!

This is it! The FINAL 2006/2007 season episode from The Greypevine. This one is just as packed with awesome stuff as the others. Don't miss it!

 

 

In this episode:

• Did You Know- Tyler and Blake have a whole host of interesting facts for you. Seriously, an Extreme Gulp is THAT big?!
  
• Riddlers- Lindsey and Maddie bring us some more great jokes and a riddle...MOOOO!
  
• Top 5- Katie W. and David C. not only argue, they bring you the top things to do in the summer.
  Our Perspective- Erica and Sarah Grace are back...in black! Well, sort of. You won't believe what they say is going on with chocolate.
  
• Daredevil's Corner- I've always wanted to sing in Romanian, haven't you? Well listen to Carrie and Jenna sing one of our class favorites in its native tongue. You'll find yourself singing right along in no time.
  
• Any Way You Want It- Vickie (oops, I mean V-Dog) and Kara have two special guests on this segment. You'll get a taste for brownies and puppy chow after listening. Here's Tori's brownie recipe. Give it a try.
  4 square (1 ounce each) unsweetened chocolate
  2/3 cup shortening
  2 cups sugar
  4 eggs
  1 teaspoon vanilla
  1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  1 teaspoon baking powder
  1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
  ¾ cup chocolate chips (optional)
  Heat oven to 350°. Grease rectangular baking pan,13x9X2 inches. Heat chocolate and shortening in 3-quart saucepan over low heat until melted; remove from heat. Stir in sugar, eggs and vanilla. Mix in remaining ingredients. Spread in pan. Bake until brownies begin to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 30 minutes. (Do not overbake.) Cool completely; cut into bars, about 2 X 1 ½ inches. Frost or sprinkle with powdered sugar. Makes about 3 dozen; 140 calories each.

Well, that's it. Have an awesome summer, and tune in next fall to see what becomes of the Greypevine. We'll keep you posted on how things will change next year. Thanks for listening!

 

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The Greypevine: Season 2, Episode 5

They're back with another episode! My Grey's class does Episode V of their really great Podcast!

In this episode:

• Any Way You Want It- Dan and Bryan bring you another YUMMY cookie segment with David C. as their guest. His recipe is so EASY, and we can tell you from experience, they sure are tasty cookies. Look how easy this is...mix 1 cup of peanut butter, 1 cup of sugar, and 1 egg. Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees. Sprinkle on some sugar, and don't forget to make that nifty criss-cross pattern with a fork. Also, Jamie reports in on his awesome collection of baseballs.
• Daredevil's Corner- Have you ever rocked out on the air guitar? How about on the air keyboard...computer keyboard that is. Tori and Charlie give it a try while singing a very interesting song about the home row. We dare you to get the song out of your head once you listen.
  
• Did You Know- Geckos. That's all we really need to say about this Did You Know. Just listen to what Vicky and Katie R. have to go through trying to give you some interesting facts.
  Our Perspective- Have you ever tried selling something on eBay? Erica and Sarah Grace bring us a story about someone who takes eBay to a whole other level. Read the story by clicking here.
  
• Email and Blog- McCall and David N. have one of our most prolific emailers in to chat about our show. They also give a desperate plea for more of your emails!
  
• Top 5- Bill and Vanessa are put to the test when Tyler stops by to see if they can come up with a top 5 (well, top 10 really) list of things to do with a common household item. Check out their uncommon answers.
  
• Riddlers- Ryan and Jamie keep us rolling with some pretty outstanding jokes. They also pose a riddle made up from one of our classmates. See if you can come up with the answer and email us your response.
  

We hope you enjoy this episode, and remember to drop us an email or leave a comment on our blog to let us know what you would like to hear in the next episode!

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Cinco de Mayo at GT Tech!

Welcome to GT Tech's Vodcast, "Cinco de Mayo", from Herrera Academy of Technology in Houston, Texas. This is where the entire school came together on this project-based activity to re-create and celebrate their wonderful Hispanic heritage.

We invite you to take a door-to-door tour of their school. Like they say at Herrera: 'Mi casa es su casa'.

HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO!

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The ReadingBytes Crew from Texas Talk about The Animal Kingdom

The readingBytes crew at Alvarez Elementary in McAllen, Texas host some special guests from the science lab reading to us about the animal kingdom!

In the midst of the TAKS frenzy, the read180 students found some time to host a spring special edition of our podcast with special guests from Ms. Martinez’s fun science lab, reading to us about a few characters in the animal kingdom. It’s just under 10 minutes, and it’s good; they promise! We hope you’ll listen in and enjoy!

For more information and how to subscribe to their podcast site, you can visit www.readingbytes.net

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A New Podcast From The Portable Potato!

This is where fifth graders show us how podcasting is done! All content was written by Ms. Runkles fifth grade class to tie into their Communities unit for science. They even came up with a cool name from their community name of "Portable Listen and Learn", by specifically creating the name "The Portable Potato." Listen to find out why.

Learn some great information about Food Chains and Webs with this fun and informative Podcast!

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