Explore the World of Molecules With ‘Happy Atoms’
‘Happy Atoms’ is an integrated digital and physical chemistry set that allows users to explore molecules and atoms.
Continue Reading‘Happy Atoms’ is an integrated digital and physical chemistry set that allows users to explore molecules and atoms.
Continue ReadingThe Panda Planner is a gratitude, productivity, and goal setting planner wrapped up into one.
Continue Reading‘Stack the Cats,’ written and illustrated by Susie Ghahremani, is the perfect introduction to early math concepts for young children.
Continue ReadingThe serious discipline of classical music studies can be seriously funny with these books about the lives, and sometimes deaths, of famous composers.
Continue ReadingSpielgaben set is a beautifully designed educational set that offers countless learning opportunities for your children… but is it worth the splurge?
Continue ReadingThe new book ‘Brobot Bedtime’ by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and Scott Campbell is perfect for the young robot fan in your life.
Continue ReadingSudoku puzzles have saved my bacon over the past year. Whenever I need my oldest (read: loudest) child to be engaged and quiet, I pull out a book of Sudoku puzzles.
Continue ReadingAre you looking for the perfect game for the wiggle worm in your life? Look no further! ThinkFun has released ‘Fidgitz’ and it is mesmerizing!
Continue ReadingPersistence is one of the building blocks of creativity. How can we hone this skill in our children?
Continue ReadingToca Boca’s newest app introduces kids to the hospital environment. It’s pretty great. But don’t make my word for it…
Continue ReadingThe new book ‘What’s the Big Deal About First Ladies’ by Ruby Shamir and Matt Faulkner is perfect for the young history fan in your life.
Continue ReadingApril is Autism Awareness Month. We’ve been aware of autism in our family for quite some time. We need a little more than awareness now.
Continue ReadingMany people equate “geeking out” with things like comic books and gaming. We here at GeekMom, however, know folks can geek out about anything. Lately, for a reason I can’t actually pin down, I’ve been talking to a lot of small business owners who have turned their geeky passion into small, independent shops.
Continue ReadingCure boredom, have fun, and fuel learning with ThinkFun’s All-Star Logic Games, including ‘WaveBreaker’ and ‘Lunar Landing’! So much fun.
Continue ReadingHistorian E.H. Kern has some thoughts. Behold—here they are.
Continue ReadingThere may come a time when the fight is the only thing left. What will you do?
Continue ReadingThe single most thrill-inducing milestone I’ve watched my children hit in the past ten years was not their first teeth or their first steps. It wasn’t even the first day of school or the day we bid goodbye to diapers, although that was awesome. No, the moments that made me most giddy were when they learned to read.
Continue ReadingDelight your children and encourage an early love of nature and science with this brand-new book, ‘100 Backyard Activities’ by Colleen Kessler.
Continue ReadingGentleman, scholar, author, Hunter, and cat whisperer Myke Cole talks historical diversity and fiction with GeekMom Shiri.
Continue ReadingHow can anyone be engaged in creative action without active involvement? Squishing the clay allows your hands to shape it. Taking an example issue, “lack of family time,” Rebecca Angel shows creativity in action.
Continue ReadingBelief isn’t dead. It’s just shifted around a little.
Continue ReadingSpark an Interest in Math with ‘Spin-a-Roo’ by ThinkFun. Littles will love this fast-paced counting and sorting game which reinforces critical STEM skills.
Continue ReadingStart with mail. Add art education. Geek party to follow.
Continue ReadingThese 5 fantastic books for young scientists provide a perfect opportunity for stealth learning, especially if you have a kiddo interested in science!
Continue ReadingLittle Passports: Science Expeditions is a subscription service aimed at kids aged nine and up that introduces a new scientific field every month.
Continue ReadingBats: these nocturnal mammals are under appreciated and misunderstood. In this new graphic novel from the Science Comics series for grade-school, learn about these necessary pollinators and insect eaters from around the world.
Continue ReadingUsing books to help children identify emotions is one way to help kids learn to recognize and appropriately manage feelings.
Continue ReadingI love this time of year! After a New Hampshire winter, it feels so good to shed those layers and spend the afternoon outdoors. I love how happy my kids are at the end of the day. I love their little muddy fingers, their filthy smiles. I love the sediment in the bathtub–the sign of a day filled with adventure.
Continue ReadingPictures and text interact in a picture book in order to tell a whole story, and when one contradicts the other, who are you gonna believe?
Continue ReadingThis centuries-old line of Japanese feudal warriors is still the stuff of legend, from history to modern myths.
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