Social Studies For Kids

Middle school isn’t hard because of lockers. It’s hard because your friend group can change overnight, your phone can explode with drama at 10: 43 PM, and you’re expected to act “fine” while your brain is running worst-case scenarios on repeat. Middle school can feel like living inside a social pop quiz every day, where the rules keep changing and everyone else seems to get the answer key.

Make the world a better place for people in need! This book is full of ideas and projects listeners can put into action to fight poverty.

Make the world a better place for animals! This book is full of ideas and projects listeners can put into action to help animals.

Make the world a better place for kids! This book is full of ideas and projects listeners can put into action to help with racial justice and human rights.

What if your child could feel happy and confident without needing approval from others? From the author of the bestselling children’s book The Sky is Red comes The Mystery Seeds, a heartfelt story that inspires self-validation and inner happiness. In this meaningful tale, a young princess relies on daily visits from others who bring her compliments and gifts to feel good about herself. When those visits suddenly stop, she is left feeling lost and unsure how she will find happiness on her own. Alone in her garden, she discovers a mysterious pile of seeds.

It’s a fact that today some of our public school kids are struggling. We hear reports of test scores being down and kids don’t like to read as much as they used to. Now the schools are being charged with teaching more nontraditional skills, like social skills that involve social emotional learning, than ever before, to students less prepared than ever before.

The question "What is good and evil?" may seem simple, but as the book shows, it's more complex than you might think. This sort of philosophical thinking, though often reserved for college students, can broaden the thinking of younger children. The works of different philosophers are used to explore this important question in clear, simple language and in terms that children ages 10 and older can understand.