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Mikaela Shiffrin – USA’s Youngest Ski Champion Did It With Hard Work
Mikaela Shiffrin is now a 21 year old girl from Colorado. She is also the youngest World Cup ski champion in the history of the USA and a 3 time winner of the World Cup. Yet, her goal has never been to win championships but just to keep getting better at what she does. So,…
Movies and TV That Build Character!
Below is an excerpt from the article, “How to support kids’ character and life-skills development through media — and parenting.” By Caroline Knorr Common Sense Media – 3/4/2016. Republished and edited, with permission, by InspireMyKids.com. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said that “the function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think…
Great Empathy Quotes for Kids and Students
Empathy is trying to understand what another person is feeling. It is seeing the world through another’s eyes. It helps people to get along better and to feel better. Having empathy is a key ingredient to becoming the best person you can be. You can practice empathy by: listening to someone rather than trying…
Books With No Bounds…Teen Sisters on a Mission!
Teenage sisters Emma and Julia Mogus, from Oakville, Ontario, Canada, grew up having a passion for reading. They read thousands of books. And they just assumed that all kids had access to a wide variety of books in their home, school and library. This is why, a few years back, when they learned that children in some areas…
IMK in Action – How Kids Can Help Animals!
What’s The Big Deal? Some animals are overpopulated all over the world, such as cats and dogs. Where you live, you may see a lost dog or a cat roaming the streets. You may worry that they could be hit by a car. Fortunately, at least some of these animals have homes. But wild animals do not…
Simone Biles – An Olympic Champion Who Worked Her Way To The Top
Nineteen year old Simone Biles is one of the best gymnasts who has ever lived. She has won more Olympic medals than any other American gymnast. And while she now makes gymnastics look simple, her road to the top was anything but easy! When she was young, Simone’s parents were not able to take care of…
Sky Sudberry – 10 Year Old Golf Champion Has The Right Attitude
Did you know that there is a World Championship held each year for children who play golf? Sky Sudberry knows about it because, along with thousands of other kids from around the world, she has participated in it several times. Sky is a 5th grader at The Woodlands Preparatory School near Houston, Texas. She is also…
IMK in Action – How Kids Can Help The Environment
What’s The Deal? You may see that the environment around us changes every day. In some places, leaves change colors, water freezes, and rain clouds come and go. These are all part of nature. But there are other changes in the environment that are not natural! We cause them! And these changes are not good!…
Katie Ledecky – Olympic Champion Has No Secret to Her Success
Katie Ledecky, from Bethesda, Maryland, is still a teenager, yet she has won 5 Olympic Medals and 9 World Championships in her sport of swimming! How did she do all of this at such a young age? The secret, according to Katie, is that there is no secret! For one thing, she started young. Katie…
Cecily Mohamed and Krysten Muir – Two Teenagers Who Are Kicking Down Barriers!
They live on opposite sides of the United States, but they are bound by courage, dedication, hard work and talent. In fact, these two teenage girls are in a whole different league! You see, Cecily Mohamed and Krysten Muir happen to be the starting kickers for their high school varsity football teams! Each of them has…
