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Interview With a 7-Year-Old
Whilst I’ve been busy not posting, I’ve managed to let a few birthdays slip by without mention. First off, I’ve forgotten Media Macaroni’s birthday. My blog had her fourth birthday a couple weeks...
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Meanwhile on GeekMom…
In case you missed them, here are my summertime posts from GeekMom. Time Travel, Bullying, and a Brand New Captain Underpants - Captain Underpants is back! Well, really George and Harold are back…to...
View ArticleSylvia’s Super-Awesome Maker Show!
While at Maker Faire this weekend, I met a dad who told me that his daughter Sylvia hosts her own web show, Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Maker Show. I can’t believe I haven’t discovered this show sooner!...
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Tween Review: Tile Jewelry
After seeing my niece Elizabeth’s review of The Sister’s Grimm, Alex toys invited Elizabeth to review some of their products. This is the first of her reviews. First I think I should thank Alex Toys...
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A Happy and Wet Halloween
Did everyone make it through the hurricane safe and sound? We spent some of our time trapped inside finally carving our pumpkins. Which one do you think we should name Sandy? Ozzie made it out the...
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TAAAAAPPPPEEEE!!!!!
Olive and I recently attended an awesome tween fashion event hosted by KidzVuz, Fashion Tweenstas. While she enjoyed getting colored streaks in her hair and dressing up mannequins with fashions from...
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My Top 12 of 2012
It may seem an odd list, a hodge-podge of products and moments and events, some of it personal to my family, but here is my top 12 kids’ media things about 2012. 12. Hunger Games: The Movie After...
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Art at Your Fingertips
Once again, I’m a total sucker for don’t-call-me-coloring-books books that inspire kids to think artistically. (See also: these other posts.) Here are another two full of great ideas. Let’s Make Some...
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Meanwhile on GeekMom …
I realized it’s been a while since I’ve caught you up here on my GeekMom posts. The last time I did there was a new Captain Underpants book out, and lo, here’s yet another new Captain Underpants book....
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We Are Weavers
Last weekend my parents were in town, and to say that my mom treated Olive and I to something special would be an understatement. We had our first lesson in weaving. It also happened that my parents...
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Tween Review: Love That Dog
Today my niece Elizabeth brings us poetic inspiration from the book, Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech. We’re even treated to some of Elizabeth’s own poetry. This emotionally striking tale takes us to...
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LittleBits of Awesome
I don’t know why I always think everything is going to be a thing. Like when Olive looks up at the shelves above my desk, the shelves filled with the crushing weight of my to-be-reviewed pile, and...
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Silly Rabbit, Maker Faire is for Kids!
I’ve been having a bunch of conversations this week, online and off, about the audience of Maker Faire. Those with no kids or those seeking the dangerous or the flame-throwing were feeling out of luck...
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A Tween’s Guide to Shopping for a Tween
My tween correspondent, Elizabeth, saw the gift guides I’ve been posting and suggested that she write a guide of her own, letting you know how to shop for a tween. Her last piece of advice is my...
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Kickstarting Your Little Game Designer
I recently reaped the rewards of two board games that I backed on Kickstarter, both of which caught my attention as a game designer mama. The first is Robot Turtles. With a goal of $25,000, the...
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Minecraft: Beginners Don’t Stay Beginners for Long
If you’re an average human being who exists anywhere near computers, you’ve most likely heard of Minecraft. Now, if you’re a game designer who works on games for kids, you’d better know it. Until I...
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Making in Queens: What’s New at NYSCI
Today we enter the netherworld of summer in NYC. My Facebook feed is full of first day of school pictures, but here in NYC, we don’t start for over two more weeks. But summer camps have all ended as...
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Taking My Mini-Makers to Maker Faire NY
Did you make it to Maker Faire NY this year? I managed to be so focused on finding things for the kids that I totally missed the adults-only maker exhibit (slightly NSFW). Oh, well. Next year. Here are...
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9 Awesome Books for Makers
While at Maker Fair NY, I got to have a look at the new books from two of my favorite science educators. Kathy Ceceri and I wrote on GeekMom together, and she’s currently About.com’s homeschooling...
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Welcome to Your Awesome Halloween
I hope everyone had an awesome Halloween! This year both of our kids wanted homemade costumes, and nothing makes me happier. Since November 1 of last year, Olive has said that she wanted to be a...
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