Held each year from October 4-10, World Space Week is a great time to foster a love of STEM subjects through space related activities. While there’s no shortage of events being held by space agencies, aerospace companies, and museums, you can also celebrate World Space Week at home with free STEM games from NASA. Free…
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Ohanarama: Safe Online Site Designed to Bring Family Together Through Game Play
We all know that we are supposed to limit screen time and do our best to unplug but when technology has an educational component and helps us build connections to our children, then it has a value and a purpose. I recently learned about Ohanarama, a site that is an online destination designed to bring…
LeapFrog LeapSchool Reading Game Makes Reading Fun
Learning to read is engaging and interactive with the LeapFrog’s LeapSchool Reading cartridge game. As a former first grade teacher who taught kids to read, I know how difficult it can be for young children. Concepts like letter recognition, phonics, rhyming, word families, sight word recognition, and more need to come together to read fluently. While…
LeapFrog LeapPad Explorer Review: Tablet Delivers High Quality Educational Content Through Sophisticated Technology
LeapFrog’s LeapPad Explorer has been hot news ever since it debuted earlier this spring and for a good reason— it lives up to the hype as being the hot new electronic learning toy! The LeapPad is an innovative kid-friendly tablet that can be personalized for ages 4-9. It combines great technology with LeapFrog’s legendary educational…
Packing my BlogHer Bags with Techno Source 20Q
One of my BlogHer goals is to share the new 20Q by Techno Source with attendees and my faithful readers who are doing HomeHer, the at-home version of BlogHer. I’ll have samples available at BlogHer and some for those of you who can’t join us! What is 20Q? 20Q is the grown up, electronic,…
Mystical Techno Source 20Q Reads Minds
Since Techno Source’s 20Q arrived at my door, we’ve been trying to figure out how exactly it’s magical mystical powers work to read our minds! Being used to the regular game of 20 Questions played during family road trips, the updated version of 20Q is fun, interactive, highly portable, and spookily accurate. Questions asked…
Techno Source 20Q : Tech Savvy Mama BlogHer Sponsor!
I may be leaving for Type A tomorrow but I’m always looking ahead to BlogHer for the chance to reconnect with friends and meet new ones, share my knowledge through my panel, and work with incredible brands. This year I’m excited to announce that I’ll be working with Techno Source to share their newest game-…
Mickey Mote Offers Interactive Content to Preschoolers via Disney DVDs
The new kid-friendly Mickey Mote is designed to turn passive screen time into an opportunity to actively engage young minds while children watch their favorite Disney characters on select Disney Preschool DVDs. Mickey Mote works with any Disney Preschool DVD that includes a Discovery Mode, an interactive Watch & Play feature where children play along…
VTech MobiGo- Shooting game masquerading as educational game?
Would you purchase a product that billed itself as educational but contained a shooting game? What if you didn’t know a company was including a shooting game with a device you were purchasing? I received a sample of VTech’s newest product, the MobiGo ($59.99) and the Touch & Learn Game Pack cartridge that comes standard…
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Best Sites for Kids
From now until February 28, many eyes will be watching Vancouver, the site of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Our children were captivated by the opening ceremonies and as we watched, their natural curiosity fueled their questions about where in the world the countries are located, different athletic events, and the athletes to watch. …
