Cunniff Kids News

The Cunniff Kids News

and Watertown Splash

2011 Gift Guide

Since the launch of the Cunniff Kids News at Cunniff Elementary School in December 2007, and the birth of the Watertown Splash at Watertown Middle School in September 2009, dozens upon dozens of people have helped the hundreds of student reporters -- from pre-K through 12th grade -- who were looking to write interesting stories about interesting people, places, and things.

With that in mind, in this season of giving, here are but a few ideas taken from the pages of the Watertown Splash and Cunniff Kids News (along with links to their accompanying stories where possible).

For more from Watertown’s student reporters, go to the homepage of the Cunniff Kids News at http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/NewsFlash.stm, or the home of the Watertown Splash at http://my.hsj.org/splash.

Thank you so much for reading!

CLASSES, CAMPS, and SCHOOLS

School of Rock in Watertown

Story: http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/apt6.aspx

Info: www.schoolofrock.com

Watertown Boys and Girls Club

Story: http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/apt7.aspx

Info: http://www.watertownboysandgirlsclub.org/

Lowell’s Boat Shop

Story: http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/apt1.aspx

Info: www.lowellsboatshop.com

Arsenal Center for the Arts

Info: www.arsenalarts.org/

Daughters of Rhea Belly Dance Company

Info: http://www.daughtersofrhea.com/

Boston Fencing Club

Info: http://bostonfencingclub.camp8.org/

Nicole’s Studio of Dance

Story: http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/apt1.aspx

Info: http://www.dancingnsod.com/

TOYS AND GAMES

Gamewright games

Story: http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/apt6.aspx

Info: www.gamewright.com.

The Sims

Story: http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/apt6.aspx

SPORTS

Patriots Hall of Fame

Story: http://goo.gl/4ISeR

Info: http://www.thehallatpatriotplace.com/

Boston Breakers women’s soccer

Story: http://goo.gl/JU85j

Info: http://www.womensprosoccer.com/boston

SHOWS

“Burn the Floor”

Info: http://www.burnthefloor.com

Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science

Story: http://goo.gl/6PKgV

Info: http://www.mos.org/exhibits_shows/planetarium

Disney on Ice

Story: http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/apt8.aspx

Info: http://www.tdgarden.com/calendar/478.html

Ringling Brothers Circus

Story: http://goo.gl/lsw8z

Info: www.ringling.com

CHARITABLE CAUSES

Perkins School for the Blind

Story: http://goo.gl/kfga0

Info: http://www.perkins.org/

Friends of Watertown Music

Story: http://goo.gl/0RM0K

Info: http://watertownmusic.org

Watertown Education Foundation

Info: http://watertowned.org/.

Charles River Watershed Association

Story: http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/apt6.aspx

Info: http://www.crwa.org/

Pet Haven

Story: http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/apt8.aspx

Info: http://www.bostonpethaven.org/index.html

BOOKS, AUTHORS, and READING

All titles and authors listed here can be found at

Wellesley Booksmith at www.wellesleybooksmith.com

Reed Brockman

Story: http://goo.gl/isdHi

Mike Lupica

Story: http://goo.gl/iq0Ed

Gareth Hinds

Story: http://goo.gl/5KfUV

“If A Tree Falls At Lunch Period”

Review: http://goo.gl/xqdLY

Condoleezza Rice

Story: http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/apt8.aspx

Ralph Masiello

Story: http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/apt4.aspx

Tony Massarotti

Story: http://goo.gl/Pxmwl

Sheryl Julian

Story: http://goo.gl/ih7pn

Gregory Maguire

Story: http://goo.gl/Z7Uf5

Siobhan Dowd and “The London Eye Mystery”

Story: http://goo.gl/FTJlZ

Mary Pope Osborne

Story: http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/apt1.aspx

Roland Smith and “Peak”

Story: http://goo.gl/gFbpw

Megan McDonald

Story: http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/apt1.aspx

Allison DiDomenico

Story: http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/apt8.aspx

The reviews for the following books can be found at the Cunniff Kids News book review page at http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/apt15.aspx

“The Lightning Thief,” “Rissa Bartholomew's Declaration of Independence,” “Buying,Training & Caring for Your Dinosaur,” “The Shadow Project,” “Delphie and the Magic Ballet Shoes,” “The Underneath,” “Spelling B and the Missing Magic,” “Dessert First,” “Confetti Girl,” “Mudshark,” “The Sisters 8: Annie’s Adventures,” “Diogenes,” “Spoon,” “Slither and Crawl.”

Charlesbridge Publishing

Story: http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/apt8.aspx

The Comic Stop

Story: http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/apt6.aspx

Info: http://thecomicstop.com/.

MUSEUMS, PARKS, and ZOOS

Museum of Science

Story: http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/apt6.aspx

Info: http://www.mos.org/

Museum of Fine Arts

Story: http://teacherweb.com/MA/WatertownCunniffElementary/Newspaper/hf2.aspx

Info: www.mfa.org