This post is sponsored by Corning® Gorilla® Glass Despite my former career as a classroom teacher, I believe that there are many educational experiences that happen outside the walls of a school. Teachers can create sparks by building background knowledge about places in a student’s mind through books, websites, and classroom discussions but there is nothing…
Let’s Talk Healthy Kids at Curious.com’s #HappyHealthyKids Twitter Chat (Tues, 10/27 8:30-9:30 pm ET)
This is sponsored post One-third of all children in the United States are overweight or obese. As a parent, I want my kids to be healthy by eating a colorful plate full of healthy foods at each meal and getting plenty of exercise, but sometimes I feel like I’m not doing enough. How do we…
Kid-Made Mini Pizzas with the Black+Decker 5-Minute Pizza Oven & Snack Maker
This is a sponsored post What’s the secret to great pizza? Intense heat. High heat that cooks the pizza from top to bottom in a restaurant’s brick oven can be hard to replicate at home in a regular oven that sometimes leads to soggy middles or singed toppings. Thankfully Black+Decker’s 5-Minute Pizza Oven & Snack…
Chronicling the Balance Between Work and Parenting During a Virtual Field Trip in the Desert
This post is sponsored by Corning® Gorilla® Glass Every parent works hard to balance the demands of parenting while keeping up with professional obligations and multitasking moms and dads everywhere need devices that can meet the daily challenges that life throws at us. As a full time working mom, my days are always divided. I enjoy…
Using AT&T SmartLimits Software to Monitor Your Tween’s Smartphone Usage
This is a sponsored post When giving your tween their own mobile phones, the AT&T SmartLimits application makes it easy to monitor and restrict their mobile device usage. Parents can setup and monitor usage on all of the kids’ phones from the parent phone directly, gaining insight into how much the phone is getting used, and who your…
Using the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan to Step Up Your Photography Game
I’ve always loved to take pictures but two years ago stepped up my photo game when I found that Lightroom 5 came with my Samsung camera. Slowly but surely I’ve learned the ins and outs of Lightroom like how to organize photos upon import, the use of presets to make my shots even pop even…
Retale Location-Based Deals App Saves Time and Money When Shopping at Major National Retailers
There is something deeply satisfying about getting the best price possible but is it worth the time to do price comparison research at home before driving around to the different stores that offer the best deal? While some say yes, others say no. I love getting the most for my money but my time is…
4 Reasons for Tweens to See He Named Me Malala #StandWithMalala
Imagine teaching in a school where your students came back the next day, saying they didn’t have books to read or crayons to complete their homework. Such admissions were astonishing to me my first year of teaching first grade. As the child of a teacher, we always had what we needed to further our education…
Love littleBits? Film Your Creation & Enter Their Hack Your Halloween Challenge for Fabulous Prizes
Years ago when I first heard of littleBits, I knew we had to have them. We started with the Basic Set and since then, our collection has grown along with my kids’ desire to create imaginative items that use a myriad of pieces from our many sets. I love the creativity that comes when my…
12 Year Old Emily Joins as an Official Tech Savvy Mama Contributor!
Through the years, loyal readers have watched Little Miss Techie grow from being the four year old preschooler who inspired this blog and the adorable Flip-O-Rama demonstrator who captured author Dav Pilkey’s attention to a poised young woman who decided to shed her alias all on her own. As this blog has grown, Emily has…
