How 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.
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We can say family time is important, but look at your schedule to find out where your priorities truly lie. It doesn’t take a lot of time or effort to play table-top games with your kids, and the pay-off is close family bonds.
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Dakster gives us the icy cool details on Gaylord Palms ICE! experience this year.
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Two family table-top games are on Kickstarter now, and well worth checking out!
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Dakster discovers the meaning of “playtime” with the new Nerf N-Strike Elite Centurion and Mega Magnus blasters.
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Trying to foster interests into possible career options for my high school son, but exploring astronomy turned out to be more of a hobby. Better to find out now?
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Planning an assassination with your friends is fun.
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Learn what all GeekMoms already know: Free Comic Book Day is the perfect family event.
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For many of us taught in traditional schooling, science “lab” was about following directions and if you didn’t get the correct result, you were wrong. That is a great way to kill anyone’s curiosity or love of true science. Don’t let that happen with your kids!
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Olympian Noelle Pikus-Pace shows all moms (and dads) that even on days when you’re changing diapers, you can still fight to make your dreams come true.
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What’s a great way to bring science into your family life? Attend a talk by your local, friendly scientists!
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Times have changed since I was a little girl with my lanky legs crammed in the back of my parents’ cream VW Bug, defogging the window with the sleeve of my Christmas dress to see a pretty string of lights here and there…
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Here are four ways to play dolls that don’t involve shopping, weddings, or trips to the hair salon.
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While on vacation on the Jersey Shore, my family and I checked out the Silver Ball Museum Arcade in Asbury Park. It was clean, well-lit, and you paid $10 an hour for unlimited play on dozens and dozens of pinball machines dating from the 1930s on, and in working order!
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For the first time ever, the Post family attended Free Comic Book Day together. My daughter and I attended our first last year, and liked getting there early to avoid the crowds.
Continue ReadingNever miss an important moment again. Looxcie streams video in real time to your smartphone, computer, or tablet, and now you’re like a super parent.
Continue ReadingTo celebrate the arrival of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, in theaters December 14th, Lego is releasing the first installment of The Hobbit to a board game aisle near you. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey hit store shelves on October 1st and to help celebrate its arrival, Lego is hosting The Hobbit “Roll to Win Giveaway” on Lego Games Facebook page.
Continue ReadingHasbro has reinvented laser tag for the new generation; the apple generation that is. I first learned about the system earlier this year and it looked promising. I’m happy to say that the fleshed out product is just as much fun as it was originally advertised. Compatible with the iPhone (3GS and up) and iPod (4th generation and up), this new laser tag is a ton of fun for the entire family.
Continue ReadingKeep brains active 30 ways this summer.
Continue ReadingIf you happen to be planning a trip to Italy, then you want someone who speaks Italian as your guide. If you’re going to backpack through the Swiss Alps, then you want someone who knows the best places to stop and camp for the night. But if you’re a geek, and you want to check out a convention, then […]
Continue ReadingOne of the biggest challenges many families face is spending good, quality time together. Especially as children get older and become involved in sports and their own social lives, finding opportunities to just be with each other becomes more difficult. Sometimes, even though everyone is at home, each is engaged with one kind of screen or another so they […]
Continue ReadingMy husband and I are avid movie goers. When we were first dating, we would go see two, sometimes three movies in one day. We still love the movies, and still go all the time, though often not together if we can’t find a sitter. Our local theater has a program where you can see […]
Continue ReadingMy son imposes YouTube videos on me every day. I think it’s his way of keep me from sliding completely into the pile of those who are hopelessly Not With It.
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