With Halloween behind us and Thanksgiving around the corner, the holidays are on the horizon. While your kids are pouring over glossy catalogs, transfixed by YouTube unboxing videos, and listening carefully to a friend share details about their new favorite toy, The Toy Association has been busy compiling the hottest holiday toys for their annual Toy…
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How to Teach Kids to Code with Let’s Start Coding
This post and giveaway is sponsored by There’s no doubt that there’s a need for today’s generation of kids to develop confidence in and mastery of STEM skills as we look towards the kinds of jobs that will be a part of their future but one challenge that many parents face is getting their kids…
4 Life Lessons Kids Can Learn from The Magic School Bus Rides Again
“Seatbelts everyone!” Those two words begin every class adventure with Mrs. Frizzle of The Magic School Bus. What started out as a favorite series of books in classrooms around the country became an animated series on public television stations. Now the brand new animated The Magic School Bus Rides Again inspires kids to learn about the wonders of…
Cubenizer: Ultimate Kid Fantasy Combines Gaming, STEM & DIY Maker Skills to Create Your Own Candy
This is a sponsored post These days my kids are all about making. They love visiting our local maker space where they’re only limited by their imagination. The two hours a week they spend at the open workshops has transformed the way they think and problem solve and it’s always fun to see them bring…
Virtual Field Trip: Testing Corning® Gorilla® Glass at the Corning Incorporated Sullivan Park Research & Development Campus #LearningThroughGorillaGlass
This post is sponsored by Corning® Gorilla® Glass “I’m really sorry, Mom,” Emily said as she carefully picked up pieces of a drinking glass from our kitchen table. “When I knocked it over on the table it just broke. The glass must have already been abraded.” Abraded isn’t usually part of a teen’s vocabulary but on…
5 Components of Successful STEM Programs for Middle Schoolers
Thank you Capital One for sponsoring this post. How do you introduce kids to coding in a way that will keep them interested in learning the meaningful skills that they need for the jobs of today and tomorrow? You invest in their education like Capital One has done with its Future Edge initiative. Last week,…
11 Minecraft Gifts Your Gamer Will Love
This is a sponsored post Minecraft may be a world that we parents wish our children weren’t so familiar but there is value in our kids building and exploring new worlds through this family friendly game. The act of placing blocks, going on adventures, exploring randomly generated worlds, and building amazing things (like the simplest…
STEM Gifts for Kids of All Ages (preK-Teen)
STEM = science, technology, engineering, and math. Since starting this blog almost 9 years ago, there has been an influx of toys and products are designed to foster curiosity and get our kids interested in these subjects from a very young age and honestly, it’s never too early to start exposing our kids to STEM…
Why Young Makers Will Love littleBits Gizmos & Gadgets Kit, 2nd Edition
It’s no secret that we love littleBits! We collect sets like they’re trading cards, adding new bits to our collection each time that add to the possibilities of what we can make and couldn’t be more excited about the brand new littleBits Gizmos & Gadgets Kit, 2nd Edition. Usually when we get a new set of…
Boolean Girl Project Introduces Boolean Box, a Tech and Engineering Discovery Kit for Kids
How do you get girls interested in computers and coding? You make it accessible. Even if you’re not so tech savvy, finding ways that empower girls to learn these important skills through engaging methods that don’t talk down to them is important. And that’s what the new Boolean Girl Project aims to do with The…
