You know how you’re envious of your kids for growing up in an era of smartphones, DVRs, and Marvel comic book adaptations that are actually worth seeing? Here’s another thing to add to that list: the awesomest, geekiest summer camp ever.
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A child’s distraction tactic launched my three-year-old daughter’s reading, writing, and typing exploration. It can launch your child’s journey as well.
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Girls around the world have started hacking other dolls to look like Rey. The Rey Doll Hackathon isn’t just about making a Rey toy to fill the void in the market, it’s about awakening the Maker within.
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The Build & Imagine sets encourage girls ages 4+ to be both builders and storytellers.
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Teaching four-year-olds to control a computer without a computer is as complicated as it sounds.
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A list of physical goods to teach your kids programming and electronics. Perfect for celebrating Hour of Code or as gifts under your Yuletide tree.
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Lisa talks about her book, family, work, and STEM education for three-year-olds.
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Here’s a very long (and we’re thankful for that) list of online courses, tutorials, apps, and games that teach kids (and adults!) to program.
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Smart Anatomy from Oregon Scientific is the perfect way to teach kids about human anatomy. Smart Anatomy is packed with tons of information and activities of various levels so that it can be a learning tool for children of all ages and will provide years of educational experience.
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You probably know about Scratch, the graphical programming environment developed at MIT that allows kids to code interactive stories, games, and animations. Researchers at the Graz University of Technology in Austria have been working hard at creating Pocket Code, a Scratch-like environment for the Android platform.
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“The present findings could mean that interventions in education that try to increase intrinsic motivation may not be the best approach in the early school years.” Care to discuss?
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There’s no escaping the cold, hard truth: Children like to play with cardboard boxes. What is the plan for that, you wonder? I have two words for you: Cardboard STEM.
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How does a child’s sense of fairness develop? A fascinating MIT study shows fairness depends on number sense and not necessarily age or socialization.
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What to do when a child’s curiosity destroys household electronics? Channel that curiosity into learning, of course, thanks to the EEMC monthly kits.
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In “Reaping the Rewards,” we take a look at a crowdfunded project in its final form. Today’s project is Svaha, STEM-themed girls’ and boys’ clothes.
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Snickerdoodle is the newest microprocessor development board that allows you to make what you’ve always thought and been told you could never make.
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Building our own robots has been a topic in our house for a long time now: the kids are absolutely fascinated with robots and regularly fantasize about building robots for either doing the chores around the house or producing candy and toys.
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Dash & Dot have been around for a little while, but their new Wonder programming app makes it easier for your pre-readers to program. There is also a robotics competition!
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GeekGirlCon just held their fifth annual convention here in Seattle, WA. GeekGirlCon is all about celebrating women and their contributions across the sciences, technology, arts, and gaming.
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GeekDad had a rare opportunity to speak with world-famous astronaut, author, actor, and activist Buzz Aldrin about the recent excitement surrounding Mars, the future of space exploration, and the final days of his “Get Your Ass To Mars” t-shirt campaign.
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Let’s bond over math the same way we bond over reading–a study in ‘Science’ shows that over the course of a school year ‘Bedtime Math’ pushes kids’ math skills 3 months further than a similar reading app.
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Brackitz is a new building block line of toys that allows children to take block building to a whole new level. Brackitz is labeled as being appropriate for ages 3 – 103 and helps kids begin to learn about engineering and architecture.
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This month there’s a new Netflix Original Series about geeky girls: ‘Project Mc²’. It’s targeted at tween girls and is intended to make STEM a bit more popular. I sat down and watched the first season with my daughters to find out if it works.
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What caught my ear wasn’t the fact that a young, hipsterish guy struggled with subtraction Captchas; it was the fact that he excused it, saying, “Hey, I’m not a numbers person…”
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Here are three charming picture book picks featuring girls who love to tinker, fix, build, and make.
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Best practices for fostering the interests of gifted kids and all kids, by the author of The Boy Who Played With Fusion.
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Massive data mining and Yale creativity research converge on a thin-slice test for creativity — and a powerful way to boost it.
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Patricia is starting to back off from her militant “Go STEM or Go Home” attitudes. Read about her change of heart.
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This merry month of May the GeekMoms have been stuck on Mars, trapped in a strange town, debating the merits of STEM and creativity in our schools, and solving puzzles in a future dystopia. Check out our reading lists as we get ready for the summer.
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Tired of nothing but pink and princess themed clothing for your daughter? Svaha, founded by Jaya Iyer, launched on Kickstarter today to bring a line of STEM themed girls’ clothing.
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