After spending a gorgeous weekend in New York City with our favorite plastic laminated fold out map, I was reminded that despite living in a high tech age where GPS navigating with technology is becoming more and more common, a child’s natural interest in maps provides a wonderful opportunity to reinforce spatial skills, math, and…
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Tech Savvy Guest: Travel the World Virtually with ProjectExplorer.org
One of the most powerful things about the world wide web is the way it brings information from all over the globe into our home. I can look up the weather in Cannes, find pictures of the erupting volcano in Iceland for Little Miss Techie, and take a virtual field trip to Egypt to show…
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As many of you may know, I was supposed to embark on my World Tour this week by attending several events held at the Cannes Film Festival. While this sounded like a spectacular opportunity to take the Tech Savvy Mama brand global, it has gone au revoir or kaput. However, I was able to take…
Tech Savvy Guest: Caroline from Smarty Pants Mama Shares her Favorite Money Saving Sites
Smarty Pants Mama, aka Caroline, combines her expertise in technology, education and consulting to reach out to fellow moms through Smarty Pants Mama. She finds Smarty Pants Mama to be a great resource for moms, new and veteran, looking for ways of being a smart mama! Caroline is a true smart mom whose money saving…
Stride Rite and Robeez Giving Back to Moms This Mother’s Day (w. giveaway)
Moms are always giving so in honor of Mother’s Day, Stride Rite is hosting “Giving Back to Moms,” the ultimate Stride Rite and Robeez contest on Facebook from May 3rd through May 10th. Visit the StrideRite Facebook page or the Robeez Facebook page to share why you think they you a super mom and post…
Mom Congress: Report from the Welcome Reception
Sunday night I had the pleasure of attending the Mom Congress Welcome Reception where the 51 delegates began to get to know each other in the beautiful Riggs Library. The night began with a welcome from Robert Manuel, Dean of Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies. Dean Manuel talked about how the idea for Mom…
Bound for Cannes Clad in Yummie Tummie!
Earlier this week I received an amazing invitation to go to Cannes at the start of the infamous Film Festival with AMD (aka Advanced Micro Devices). The South of France? Yes, please! Oh la la! But I know Cannes, especially at the time of the Film Festival, is a celebrity hotbed of high fashion and…
Mother’s Day Gift Guide: Compilation of Favorites (w. giveaways)
I promised more reviews and giveaways of some of my new favorites for Mother’s Day and here they are! Please leave a comment for each item you are interested in winning. Comments will close on Monday and all eligible entries must include an e-mail address or Twitter handle! Thanks! Jawbone ICON (giveaway) One of the…
FamZoo Helps Parents Teach Financial Literacy to Kids of All Ages
Right now our 6 and almost 4 year old hoard their money in their little nylon wallets, eager to stuff in more but I know that the day of spending will arrive with no end in sight. Rather than appearing like a bottomless pit of money to our two children, we want to begin conveying…
Mother’s Day Gift Guide: Snapfish Photo Jewelry (w. giveaway)
Congratulations to Cori who plans to make a keepsake box for her mother with her $50 gift card from Snapfish! I’m a huge fan of keepsake jewelry and have always wondered how the Snapfish silver jewelry (starting at $39.99) with the photo charms turn out in real life. Thanks to Snapfish, I was able to…
