Build Awesome DIY Halloween Costumes With Your Kids: Mr. Mime & Thomas the Tank Engine 🎩
Why should you create an awesome Halloween costume with your kids? Here are at least 5 great reasons!
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Recommendations suitable for 5 year olds!
An Astronomical Occurrence Worthy of Waking Your Kids 🌌
Autumn is the best time to take your kids out to look at the awe of the aurora borealis, or the northern lights!
Treat Your Kids Like Intelligent Humans 🤓
Kids are smarter than we give them credit for, let's push ourselves to treat them as such.
The Pros and Cons of Pokémon Cards for Uninitiated Parents 👾
If your kids are into Pokémon cards and you haven't had a chance to look into it yet then read on! There are a few downsides to trading Pokémon Cards, but I would argue the learning opportunities and benefits outweigh the risks.
Try Blokus AND The Nerdy Parent Original Add-On Game, Blokris 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟦
If you have never played Blokus, you really need to give it a try. The greatest thing about Blokus is that the rules are really simple, but optimizing your strategy is quite involved.
Just Say No to Saying No (Too Often) 🚫
Encourage learning through experiment by thinking twice about telling your kids "no," even (or especially) if you’re angry.
Inspire 4th-Dimensional Thinking with These Awesome Time Travel Books 🕔📚🕤
Thank the time-lords, there are children's picture books about Back to the Future and Doctor Who! Introduce your young kids to time travel while they are still too young to watch!
Catch and Release Field Biology for Children 🦋 🐸
There are many benefits to letting your kids catch bugs and small animals: cementing their scientific tendencies, learning about nature, patience, persistence, and more!
The World's Best Piano Teacher for Kids 🎹
Joseph Hoffman has a series of insanely awesome online piano tutorials that are available completely free!
Fun Summer Learning Time 💡
Take the education of your kids into your own hands this summer and schedule a regular "Learning Time!"
A Simple Birthday Scavenger Hunt at the Playground 🦖
Incorporate the theme of your playground birthday party and make it more exciting with a simple scavenger hunt!
Stoic Happiness on the Camping Spectrum 🏕
Having a hard time convincing your kids to go camping? Well, read on for one MORE reason you can use to convince them.
Intricate Database of Awesome Playgrounds 🚸
Playgrounds are awesome. But how do you find the good ones? It's high time we had an objective playground ranking system.
Puzzles More Intricate than Most Escape Rooms, in a Book! 🧩 📗
Fun story, insanely amazing artwork, and the entire book is an intricate puzzle!
The Nerdy Approach to Incentivizing Chores 🧹
Section 5 of the Prentice Family Policies and Procedures specifically relates to points-based rewards and fines.
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