Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Amazing Kids! Perrific Oscar Picks Contest Winners Announced March 1!

Thanks to all who entered the Amazing Kids! Perrific Oscar Picks contest, sponsored by Disney Pixar and DreamWorks! 


Check back on March 1 to find out who the lucky winners will be!


2o Winners will receive one of the following:
Toy Story 3
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
One lucky winner will receive all three DVDS!!!
Good luck!  

The Amazing Kids! Team

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Perry Chen's "Kid on the Street" Video

Check out the fun "Kid on the Street" video of our Amazing Kid! Reporter and Movie Critic, Perry Chen, as he interviews kids on the street about who they think will win the Best Animated Feature award at the upcoming Academy Awards on Feb. 27! See the video here!


And don't forget to invite the kids you know to enter our Amazing Kids! Perrific Oscar Picks Contest by Feb. 26th for their chance to win a DVD of one of the Oscar-nominated animation films! Enter here. 20 prizes will be awarded!!!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Calling All Amazing Kids!

Do you know an Amazing Kid? Amazing Kids! is accepting nominations for our Amazing Kids! of the Month award. Winners are featured monthly on our website and in the Amazing Kids! Magazine (http://mag.amazing-kids.org). Nominate a kid today using our nomination form: http://amazing-kids.kintera.org/nominations.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Amazing Kids! Partners with Raising CEO Kids

Amazing Kids! is pleased to announce our partnership with Raising CEO Kids (http://raisingceokids.com), a company which helps parents teach entrepreneurial and business skills to their children. Amazing Kids! will be featuring some of their amazing young entrepreneurs as future Amazing Kids! of the Month in our magazine. Raising CEO Kids is also looking for stories of young entrepreneurs to feature on their website, so if you know any amazing budding young entrepreneurs, please let us both know! To learn more, or to submit a nomination to Raising CEO Kids, visit their website at: http://raisingceokids.com

Friday, February 11, 2011

Adora Svitak, September 2010 Amazing Kid! of the Month, receives NEA Foundation Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education!

Amazing Kids! is excited to congratulate Adora Svitak. Adora, September 2010 Amazing Kid! of the Month, has received an award from the National Education Association for her Outstanding Service to Public Education. Now that's amazing! We are so proud of you, Adora!


Thursday, February 10, 2011

Amazing Kids! Joseph Machado and Jordan Romero on a Charity Bike Ride!

Amazing Kids! Joseph Machado and Jordan Romero are on a mission! Join Joseph, founder of Biking for America, and Jordan Romero, the youngest person to climb Mt. Everest, as they bike for a cause! The charity bike ride will be held on April 9th, 2011 in Southern California. For more information and to register for this amazing event, please visit Biking for America.

Also, be sure to check out Joseph's Amazing Kid of the Month feature for this past October!

Amazing Kid! Remmi Featured on GirlsHealth.gov this Month!

Amazing Kids! Cook Nook Columnist Remmi Smith, age 10, is featured on GirlsHealth.gov this month! Remmi talks about her kids cooking show, "Cook Time with Remmi", her experience as a kid chef, her website, and more here. You can also view some of Remmi's latest recipes in the Amazing Kids! Cook Nook column here. Congrats, Remmi!


Wednesday, February 09, 2011

News from Amazing Kids!

Amazing Kids! is so proud to share two exciting news stories with you!

First, we'd like to congratulate the Amazing Kids! Pink Polka Dots, who are featured on DoSomething.org's website today! Way to go, girls! View the article here, and see their Amazing Kids! of the Month feature here!

Founding members of the Pink Polka Dots Guild, whose goal is to find a cure for brain cancer.

Second, we'd love for you to check out Amazing Kids! Film Critic Perry Chen's blog about his wonderful experience at the Annie Awards in LA! See his blog here, and view some of Perry's recent movie reviews for Amazing Kids! here.

How to Train Your Dragon co-directors Dean DeBlois (L), Chris Sanders (R), producer Bonnie Arnold (M) with Perry Chen at Annie Awards red carpet (photo by Zhu Shen)


Perry Chen with How to Train Your Dragon director Dean DeBlois and his "Toothless" drawing for Perry at Annie Awards (photo by Zhu Shen)