Sesame Street: Google Bugle

Cookie Monster performs a silly song.

Soap Bubbles Science

Like slow-motion video? Like soap bubbles? Me too! You will also like this video introducing some of the science behind soap bubbles and showing off the action of a soap bubble popping at a really slow speed. You can see the video in a larger format on YouTube with Keith Johnson of BubbleArtist.com

We Choose the Moon: Pre-launch

In honor of the 20^th anniversary of the first astronauts landing on the moon in July of 1969, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum has put together a commemorative and interactive site recreating the moon landing in an interactive way. Please visit We Choose the Moon.org to learn more.

Train Vs. Tornado, Train Loses!

Here is a moving train that is hit cross ways by a tornado.

Mio Mao - The Ants

Baby Countdown

The above image is dynamic and will serve up a new graphic and new information as a pregnancy progresses and it gets closer to the time when the baby will arrive.

Kideo Player!

It can be hard to find a site exclusively for kid-friendly videos. Kideo is the safe and fun way to surf through YouTube videos. It's simple and easy to use. Just let the first video load. Use the space bar if you want to skip to the next video.

There are video channels available for the following:

• Cats
• Airplanes
• Animals
• Baby
• Baby Einstein
• Backyardigans
• Bake
• Barbie
• Barney
• Birds
• Birthday
• Blocks
• Cars
• Cats
• Christmas
• Costumes
• Daddy
• Diego
• Dogs
• Dolls
• Dora
• Fairy
• Fish
• Glitter
• Halloween
• Horses
• House
• Language
• Left Brain
• Math
• Mommy
• Monkeys
• Music
• Nursery Rhymes
• Oobi
• Playtime
• Pretend
• Princess
• Right Brain
• Robots
• Science
• Shapes
• Spongebob
• The+Wiggles
• Toys
• Trains
• Trucks
• Unicorns
• Upsidedown Show
• WowWow

Pick your favorite family-friendly channel today.

OscilloScribe

I've posted previously about Spirographs, but I got a comment from Peter on my previous post that alerted me to OscilloScribe. I wanted to give it a try and see how it compares. This is actually a much better applet for creating really cool spiral art. Here are a few of my attempts.

This program has a nice enough interface for creating almost any graph you want and it also allows you to save the image to your local hard drive. My only suggestion would be for the designer to make it a more traditional method for saving the images when you are done. Also, it would be kind of neat if you could alter the thickness of the drawing tool. Otherwise, it's easy to use and a lot of fun. Check out OscilloScribe today.

Buy A Spiral Drawing Book or Game

• Deluxe Spirograph
• The Spiral Draw Book
• Craft Book and Kit

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Related:

• Spirograph on Wikipedia
• Papermode: Hand-Stitched Boxes and Cards
• Old Toys: It's Time to Let Go

New Template! Thisaway Blue!

Over this weekend, we have updated the template on Arconati Kid Korner. It was time for a much-overdue upgrade. I let Reese pick from Blogger's available layouts and she immediately picked Thisaway Blue as her favorite.

Although it should have been a one-click update, I've spent the better part of this weekend cleaning little details up and adding some new features. But it's been worth it. Look for more updates and more functionality in the near future.

Old Template: Ms. Moto

For those that want to reminisce, here's a screen shot of the old version.

Very long and pink.

New Template: Thisaway Blue

And here's a quick capture of the design today.

Very cool and blue.

Note: the search feature that was previously in place has been temporarily hidden, but will likely be coming back soon. Thanks!

Olivia's Handprint

This image was removed from the sidebar when I updated the template over the weekend. I love this image and will likely be using it in other work.