With Memorial Day behind and summer inching closer, I’m going to be focusing on ways for your child to keep learning during the summer months. I’ll be reviewing products, highlighting national programs that are educational in nature, and featuring websites that you can use as virtual field trips. Virtual field trips are a way for…
Jumpstart Giveaways
In between barbecues, trips to the pool, and honoring the memories of the brave men and women who have served our country, stop on over and visit my friend Bonggamom. She has a review and giveaway of the new JumpStart World, a new 3D online world created especially for preschoolers by Knowledge Adventure, on Bonggamom…
Is Your Kid a Mac and not a PC?
If your kid is more Mac than PC, between the ages of 8-12, and you have an Apple retail store near you, Apple is holding Apple Camp. Apple is offering three workshops: movie, music, or photo. Each is free and lasts for three hours. Interested? Click here for details. If you have older kids who…
T-Mobile Mom to Mom Quiz Redefines Parenting Styles
What kind of parent are you? Thanks to T-Mobile’s Mom to Mom quiz, parenting types have been redefined. Gone are the 4 parent types I learned about in my college psychology classes well before the thought of having my own kids crossed my mind. Most of the terms (indulgent, authoritarian, authoritative, and uninvolved) with their…
Mitsubishi Unisen Flat Screen: Who wouldn’t want to win this?
I wish I had this to give away but continuing last week’s theme of sharing great giveaways, I’d be super selfish not to share the Mitsubishi Flat Screen TV Giveaway. Woman’s Day is giving away a Mitsubishi Unisen 151, a new high-definition flat-panel television worth $1999. The new Unisen line is rumored to deliver an…
Captain Computer’s Mac Wish
Dear Mommy and Daddy, It has come to my attention that I would like my own computer. Little Miss Techie has her own and I am tired of sitting by her side asking for her to navigate to my favorite games on PBSKids which she won’t do. I would really like to use Clicker Paint…
PBS and Me & SteveSongs: Marvelous Musical Adventures DVD Giveaway
UPDATE: Congratulations to amweeks who won the Steve Songs DVD! Come visit me over on DC Metro Moms where I’m talking about my long relationship with PBS in a post called PBS and Me. PBS is a big part of our lives which is probably why I’m always featuring PBS web resources for children and…
Website of the Week: Learning with SuperWhy on PBSKIDS.org and PBS Parents & Teachers Sites
Teachers often tell parents to practice what is being learned in school at home. Providing multiple opportunities to practice new learning helps children grasp key concepts more quickly. For example, a child reads a book that contains rhyming words using the –at pattern during their in class reading group and then goes to another part…
MobiStories Celebrates Children’s Book Week with Free Downloads
In honor of Children’s Book Week, MobiStories is giving away a free download of one of its popular virtual books each day. To get the code, follow @MobiMom on Twitter where she will post a link to the book of the day along with the download code. MobiStories are available in a variety of formats….
Win Sony Noise Cancelling Headphones by Playing Sony Digital Imaging Game
I love to enter contests with fabulous prizes and have been trying my skills at the three games that are part of the new Sony Digital Imaging campaign to try to win a new Sony DSLR camera or other prizes such as a Handycam or Cybershot. I have to admit that I covet the DSLR….
