A collection of 29 posts
Since writing a post on Dungeons and Dragons back in May 2021, I've been asked to speak a couple times about this topic (and board games as educational tools more generally). The first presentation was Nerd Nite YEG (Edmonton) on May 14th, 2021. I recorded myself presenting to the group
These days there is practically a full spectrum between mindless couch potatoes, FaceTiming with the grandparents, and even doing one's homework. Actually, this is nerdier spectrum, it's a multidimensional n-space of various screen time options.
This year many people are vaccinated, but there is one group that hasn't been able to receive any vaccinations yet (kids). Here's what we learned from last year's pandemic Halloween.
Why should you create an awesome Halloween costume with your kids? Here are at least 5 great reasons!
Autumn is the best time to take your kids out to look at the awe of the aurora borealis, or the northern lights!
Kids are smarter than we give them credit for, let's push ourselves to treat them as such.
Joseph Hoffman has a series of insanely awesome online piano tutorials that are available completely free!
Take the education of your kids into your own hands this summer and schedule a regular "Learning Time!"
Imagine if trigonometry made sense. Use tau instead of pi and at least the unit circle is easier!
Having a hard time convincing your kids to go camping? Well, read on for one MORE reason you can use to convince them.
Playgrounds are awesome. But how do you find the good ones? It's high time we had an objective playground ranking system.
D&D has an amazing mix of probability, math, rules, and strategy with creativity, story telling, drawing, acting, improvisation, and leadership.
As with most things in life, keeping track of your baby's milestones is better and more fun with a spreadsheet.
Reading any book will surely contribute to your children's knowledge and skills, particularly in the areas of language, vocabulary, listening, attention span, and reading itself. This is great, but why not help your kids in these areas plus additional educational areas (such as math, technology, life, science, engineering, equity, art,
These songs will give you something to listen to at your Pi Day parties and will help you with memorizing pi and generally nerding out!
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