According to a story in The Tennessean, Mike and Sue Gay figured they had a pretty good idea for a new business, but they never expected it to become what it has. Now, 17 years into their homegrown music company that features children’s songs with a Christian bent, the couple has sold more than 20 […]
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Most 10 year old kids would start a lemonade stand or mow lawns to make some extra money. According to My Granite Bay, one little girl chose a different approach. Anna Azevedo is a 5th grade honor roll student at Franklin Elementary School in Loomis, CA. who wants to learn how to ride horses. Naturally,
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Heather Gniffke found herself on bed rest, and in need of something to do. Determined to find something interesting she could enjoy, Heather found inspiration in her daughter. Her daughter always enjoyed having her hair done up, but most of the hair accessories that she wanted were out of their budget. That is when a
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There’s something you need to know about two of this year’s hottest holiday toys: Your kids won’t let you buy just one, reports The Wall Street Journal. In the tradition of Hot Wheels cars, Beanie Babies animals and Pokémon trading cards, Squinkies and Zoobles toys have been carefully engineered to make children crave them in
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Don’t tell Santa, but the national infatuation with Silly Bandz and other shaped, silicone bands that were America’s hottest fad in 2010, seems to have snapped. USA Today reports that with Christmas just days away, many retailers say they have cut way back on the number of bands they carry and some have stopped selling
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A ten year old boy from the UK has created a unique invention that can be used by cyclists to alert people in cars that they are nearby reports North Wales Weekly News. Tybalt Melia from Capel Curig won the final of the BBC’s My Genius Idea show on Tuesday with the Bike Bleeper, inspired
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Training wheels have long been the go-to accessory for teaching kids how to ride a bicycle. Now there is another option: the Gyrowheel, from Gyrobike. Inc.com reports that the Gyrowheel, which replaces the front wheel of a child’s bike, rights the bike whenever it starts to tip. How? It contains a motorized spinning disk. In
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An 8-year-old boy from Honeoye Falls, NY, has dreamed up a way to tame cell phone cord clutter – and got a U.S. patent for his invention, according to the Associated Press. Bryce Gunderman first thought of the idea when he was 6, and he heard his dad complaining about the tangled mess of chords
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Even the charities are hip to social networking these days. AppScout has a story about how the Salvation Army in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is using Twitter to get toys for needy children. It’s encouraging people to use the hashtag #Tweet4toys in their tweets, and when they do their profile photo will appear on the Tweet4toys.org Web
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Layfayette, IN is celebrating entrepreneurship among kids next year by dedicating May 1st, 2011 to them reports jconline.com. Launched four years ago in Houston, the program encourages youngsters from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 to learn about running a business while giving back to the community by operating a lemonade stand and donating a portion of
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