Primo: A Mathematical Board Game
GeekMom Helen plays Primo, a mathematical board game.
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Author: Helen Barker
Catching Up With Storium
GeekMom Helen catches up with online collaborative storytelling game Storium. What happened with its Kickstarter campaign?
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Geeky Oxford–26 Characters and The Story Museum
A museum dedicated to reproducing favorite characters from children’s stories? Yes, it exists. GeekMom Helen explores the 26 Characters exhibition at the Story Museum.
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Telling a Tale With Storium
GeekMom Helen explores Storium, an online collaborative storytelling game.
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Pinbusted or Pintrusted: Easter Eggs
GeekMom Helen tests some popular pins for decorating and dyeing Easter eggs in our Pintrusted or Pinbusted series.
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Geeky Oxford—Oliver and the Seawigs at Oxford Literary Festival
GeekMom Helen takes her mermaid cosplaying daughter to the Oxford Literary Festival to meet Oliver and the Seawigs authors Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre.
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Book Review: All Joy and No Fun
GeekMom Helen reads and reviews All Joy and No Fun by Jennifer Senior.
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11 Young Reader Picks for National Reading Month
GeekMom Helen collates great books for younger independent readers for National Reading Month.
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Geeky Oxford–Meeting Dinosaurs and Dodos at The Oxford University Museum of Natural History
GeekMom Helen visits the newly reopened Oxford University Museum of Natural History to meet dinosaurs and dodos.
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Let’s Make It With the Mister Maker App
GeekMom Helen reviews the Mister Maker: Let’s Make It! app by P2 Games.
Continue ReadingJingling all the way with the Jingle Bells app
GeekMom Helen jingles all the way with the new Jingle Bells app.
Continue ReadingGeekMom Holiday Traditions: Crafting "Stained Glass" Windows
GeekMom Helen shares instructions for her holiday tradition of stained glass style window decorations which she makes every winter.
Continue ReadingWater Fun: Experiments for Mini Scientists
GeekMom Helen explores water science with her own mini scientist, using Lisa Burke’s Water Fun book.
Continue ReadingWhoosh Into the World of Room on the Broom
Is there room on the broom for an app like this? GeekMom Helen finds out with the new Room on the Broom app, out in time for Halloween fun.
Continue ReadingGeeky Oxford—Magical Books at the Bodleian Library
The Magical Books exhibition at Oxford’s Bodleian Library explores the incredible imaginative worlds of children’s fantasy literature through a variety of rare and interesting maps, books, and objects.
Continue ReadingGet Muddy with Daddy Pig's Puddle Jump
As every Peppa Pig fan knows, there’s nothing better than jumping in muddy puddles. However, if muddy puddles are in short supply, the new Daddy Pig’s Puddle Jump app is certainly a good substitute.
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