Educational and Still Fun After Countless Iterations: "Ten Apples Up On Top" 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎
"Ten Apples Up On Top" is one of my favourite educational books for babies and toddlers.
Trevor Prentice
Gamifying Cleanup with Clause 2 Subsection 4: The Cleanup and Reward Dice 🎲
One of the constant struggles I've had with the rules at our house is incentivizing clean up in a more fun and exciting way. Here's my gamified solution.
Celebrate New Year's Eve Before Bed-Time 🕰
Just because your kids go to bed 3-6 hours before midnight, doesn't mean they have to stay up late to celebrate!
Saturn and Jupiter Are Really Close!! 🪐
The cool thing about this conjunction is that it's the closest that Jupiter and Saturn have appeared since 1623, but one thing to keep in mind is …
3 Ways to "Travel" Without Leaving Home 🏝
After being cooped up due to the pandemic, you're probably wishing you could go on an adventure or relax on the beach. Why not try a virtual trip?
The 17 Best Board Games for Kids AND Their Parents 🎲
Could there be a more fun way to learn? Almost all board games incorporate learning opportunities. For example, just think (from the perspective of a 2 year old) how much knowledge of math is needed to simply roll the dice and move your token forward the required number of spaces.
The Best and Nerdiest Educational Toy Ever 🎁
Learning how to solve a Rubik's cube is an insanely good way to improve your kids' problem solving ability, memory, patience, focus and concentration!
Get your kids to eat their dinner with gamified, time-limited rewards 🥦 → 🍬
I've noticed the last few days, maybe longer, that my two younger kids (2.7 and 4.5) haven't been doing a great job of finishing their dinner.
Astronauts are flying right over your house; go take a look 🛰 #ISS
From the city, if you time it right, the ISS can be a really inspiring astronomical object to show your kids.
Rocking your Baby Vertically vs. Horizontally 😭 → 😴
After four kids and nearly 10 years of babies, I don't know how many times I've tried to console a crying baby, but has definitely happened many many times.
Encouraging nerdy discussions with "Have Space Suit - Will Travel" 📖
For the last couple months, I've been reading a really awesome novel to my 8.2 and 9.6 year olds called "Have Space Suit - Will Travel" by Robert Heinlein. We recently finished the book and I wanted to share a few thoughts on educating your kids by reading to them.
Stay Safe and Nerdy This Halloween! 🎃 👻
Well, we've decided to give trick-or-treating a try tomorrow. This took a fair bit of thought because of the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in our area, but I think it will be workable with a few additions to our family Policies and Procedures manual.
Obscure cardboard costume creation with math and polyhedra nets 🥕
As I mentioned last week: October is here, so it's time to put a pause on spreadsheets, board games, and cleanup and focus all our efforts on another important skill to teach your kids: creativity. One way I've found to support my kids in developing their design and theatre skills
Maximize your baby's pre-crawling cuteness with a turtle costume 🐢
October is here, so it's time to put a pause on spreadsheets, board games, and cleanup and focus all our efforts on another important skill to teach your kids: creativity. One way I've found to support my kids in developing their design and theatre skills is to help make their
Pre-bedtime City Astronomy ✨
Last week while reading our regular bed time story, my 8.2 year old noticed a bright light in the sky outside through the window. This was pretty impressive given that the lights were on inside and there was a significant reflection. So we all jumped up and ran outside
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