Partners
TIME For Kids has teamed up with a select number of prestigious partners to bring you programs that will help inspire and enlighten your students. Featuring games, contests and lively activity suggestions, our partner programs will add a wealth of possibilities to your classroom.
To learn more about our subscription partners, please click here.
Featured Partner
NFL Play60 and American Heart Association
The National Football League (NFL) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have teamed up with TIME For Kids to create the NFL Play 60 Challenge. This fun-filled program inspires kids and (and teachers!) to get more physically active year-round.
Kids! Don't forget to enter the "Take a Player to School" sweepstakes on the back of the special student magazine. The winners will have the opportunity to design the Ultimate Physical Education Class to be led by the NFL player that visits their school!
TFK EXTRA! "7 Ways to Play 60 Today" TEACHER GUIDE "NFL Play 60 Challenge"
Past Partners
All® Small and Mighty®
Go Green and Small with All
If your students are environmentalists, our "Go Green & Small with all'®" program, spotlights small ways kids can make a positive impact on the environment.
TFK Extra "Clean and Green" TFK Poster "How Green Are You?"
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network in 3D
Cartoon Network and TIME For Kids have teamed up to create a fresh, new 3D program that kicks off a new show call "Thrillville: Off the Rails." Each student receives 3D glasses to watch the show and to complete the activities in the magazine. The components are as follows: An interactive, four-page student magazine and an oversized classroom poster with an eight-page guide on the reverse.
TFK Extra "What Do You See?"
Cartoon Network
Chowder
We at TFK know how important it is to you to spark the imagination of your students. Cartoon Network, with its new show Chowder, aims to help you with exercises that will jumpstart the creative minds in your classroom.
TFK Extra "Get Your Creativity Cooking!"
CHEVROLET
FUEL OF THE FUTURE
TIME For Kids and Chevrolet have teamed up to spotlight how alternative fuel choices will help the environment. We've launched a special website, timeforkids/futurefuel, that contains environmental activities, lessons plans, printables and more. From vehicles that run on batteries and ethanol E85 to cars powered by hydrogen, our special Chevy-sponsored website teaches about the new technology that Chevy is using to help preserve the environment for future generations. This program also includes a Chevy-sponsored:
TFK Extra "Fuel of the Future" Teacher's Guide "Fuel of the Future" Classroom Poster "Moving Into the Future"
DoubleTree and
The National Arbor Day FoundationFall For Fun
TIME For Kids and Doubletree are working together again to explore the amazing science and sights of autumn. Our engaging, educational and entertaining program promotes awareness of Doubletree's commitment to getting kids involved in caring for the environment.
Doubletree and its Teaching Kids to CARE initiative want kids, teachers and families across the country to "Think Trees" and that's just what TFK helped them to do.
Teacher's Guide "In Awe of Autumn" TFK Extra "Take A "Peak" At Fall"- Sponsor's appearance on TFK homepage, promotion, and branded mini site
DoubleTree and
The National Arbor Day Foundation
Plant a Better Future
Teaching school-aged children the importance of trees and the environment is vital to our planet. That's why DoubleTree Hotels and The National Arbor Day Foundation have teamed up with TFK to encourage the planting and care of trees today to create a better tomorrow.
TFK Extra "Plant a Better Future"
- Sponsor's appearance on TFK home page, promotion, and branded mini site
HBO
John Adams Miniseries
TIME For Kids has partnered with HBO to provide educational materials for its 7-Part miniseries, John Adams, based on David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of the second President of the United States. This inTIME program provides history teachers and their students in grades 9-12, with materials to explore concepts brought to life in the miniseries. The program components include:
inTIME "John Adams"
The History Channel
Take a Veteran to School Day
The History Channel and TIME For Kids are honoring our veterans with "Take a Vet to School Day!" The program will address issues about the military and show our appreciation for the veterans' work. The components are as follows:
Educator's Plan "Take a Veteran to School Day" Lesson Student's Checklist "Take a Veteran to School Day"- Teachers guide / discussion starter PDF
- Student reproducible PDF
- Sponsor's appearance on TFK homepage, promotion, and landing page creations
PANASONIC
Kid Witness News
Panasonic and TIME For Kids have teamed up to promote the "Kid Witness News" (KWN) program. Developed by Panasonic to build cognitive, communication and organizational skills, this is a hands-on, video education program. It helps students tap into various talents to create video productions and tell their own stories. The themes of the videos range from social and environmental issues to local culture and history—to relationships between friends and family members.
Teacher's Guide "Lights, Camera... Learning"
Schwab Learning
TFK recognizes that not all students are the same, and neither does our partner, Schwab Learning. We have created a program with three free web resources that will help you help those students that need just a little bit extra.
TFK Extra "Get Help Now!"
TOPPS® and UPPER DECK™
"WHAT'S IN THE CARDS FOR YOU?"
5 Ways to Hit Your Goals Out of the ParkSports Illustrated Kids and TIME For Kids have teamed up with the pros at Topps and Upper Deck to create an engaging and educational program. Tapping into the excitement of baseball and integrating baseball cards into the classroom lessons, this initiative shows students how they can identify certain skills and talents in themselves by creating their own baseball-type cards.
With summer right around the corner, the excitement of baseball is in the air. What better time to teach kids to recognize their own skills?
Elements of the "What's in the Cards for You" program includes:
TFK EXTRA! "What's In the Cards For You?"
Toyota
Driving Change for the Future
To inspire and encourage children to become environmentally aware and drive change within their communities, TFK has created a year-long, Toyota-sponsored continuity program centered on the environment and what kids can do to "drive change" to preserve it.
TFK Extra Phase I: "Have You Got the Drive?"- Eight-page student magazine and teacher's guide
- Oversized classroom poster
- Student contest
- Interactive Toyota-branded mini site
TFK Extra Phase II: "Be A Driving Force" - Eight-page student magazine and teacher's guide
- Oversized classroom poster
- Student contest
- Toyota mini site content update
TFK Extra Phase III: "Keep The Drive Alive!" - Four-page student magazine and teacher's guide
- Toyota mini site content update
UBISOFT
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
"Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" TIME For Kids has teamed up with Ubisoft to promote awareness of its Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Video Game. All the elements are here for an action-packed and educational in-school program filled with lessons to build inventive thinking and problem solving skills. TFK worked with Ubisoft to develop an age-appropriate, 4-page guide for 2nd graders and their families. Students and families can also go online to cloudyvideogame.com for more information.
Student Magazine "Invent Your Own Fun"
Warner Bros. Pictures
Astronaut Farmer
To promote the February 23, 2007 theatrical release of The Astronaut Farmer and reinforce the movie's messages of space exploration and sticking to your dreams no matter what others say, TFK has instituted an integrated media program that includes the following:
TFK Extra "Give Me Some Space"- Four-page student magazine
- Oversized classroom poster with program curriculum on the reverse
Warner Bros. Pictures
Fred Claus
Warner Brothers and TIME for Kids have teamed up once again to bring in the holiday season by promoting in the spirit of giving back and the new movie Fred Claus. You don't have to be Santa Claus to hand out happiness around the holidays. The interactive curriculum will show you how to help out around your neighborhood. Included is a four-page interactive TFK Extra student magazine.
TFK Extra "What's Your Claus Cause?"
Warner Bros. and
TIME For KidsBUILDING BRAVE AND BOLD KIDS: DEVELOP YOUR INNER HERO
TIME For Kids has teamed up with Warner Bros and the hero experts of Batman: The Brave and the Bold to develop a lesson plan that can fit into any curriculum. This engaging, character-building program includes activities that help students:
- Identify Community Issues
- Set and Achieve Goals
- Build Creativity and Language Skills
- Work as a Team
Program components include sponsor appearance on TFK's:
Educator's "Student Activity Sheet" Student's "Hero Starter Kit"
Subscription Partners
Great American Opportunities
TIME For Kids and Great American Opportunities have been working together since 2004. We have created a strong partnership that enables us to help over 1,000 schools annually. With a focus on exceptional service, running a Great American program is paramount for success with your schools, students, educators and parents.
Great American is able to serve your school in a number of important ways. To find out more about Great American and how they can help your school with TIME For Kids, please visit http://gafundraising.com or call 800-251-1542.
