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The Apogee MiC: Great For A GeekMom On The Go
Reading Time: 5 minutes Okay children, sit down and listen. Grandma’s gonna tell you a story, and when I’m done, I’m going to give you a quarter. Back in the olden days, my voiceover agent would let me...
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Review: Disney’s Secret of the Wings
Reading Time: 4 minutesCourtesy: Disney Let’s just kick this off by saying: Diana Prince and Leia Organa aside, I am not too keen on the prospect of bringing the whole princess thing into my house. But...
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Sara’s Cooking Class: Spil Games Knows Tween Girls (Part 1)
Reading Time: 5 minutesFood is very important to me. Wait, that sounds dumb, doesn’t it? Because really, whether you eat to live or live to eat; food is important to all living creatures. But I love to...
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Sara’s Cooking Class: Spil Games Knows Tween Girls (Part 2)
Reading Time: 4 minutesSara’s Cooking Class on iPad and iPhone. Image: Spil Games/GirlsgoGames When we last left off, I was in Amsterdam for less than 48 hours for the mobile launch of Spil...
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Written By A Kid: An Interview with Creators Josh Flaum and Will Bowles
Reading Time: 11 minutesOne of my all time favorite shows on the internet right now has to be Written By A Kid on Geek & Sundry. Full disclosure: I do host a show over on Geek & Sundry called...
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3 Elles : 3 Great Women, 3 Great Apps
Reading Time: 6 minutes Whenever people ask me to recommend apps for their children — specifically the preschool set — at the top of my list is always “every app by 3 Elles.” Formerly Les Trois Elles,...
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Come Hangout Tonight over at Geek & Sundry’s #parent show
Reading Time: 1 minute It’s a new year, and Mike Phirman and I are kicking it off right by talking about games of all kinds, in all realities. Joining us will be the ever fabulous Wil Wheaton, and...
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A Selection of Great Titles from Chronicle Books
Reading Time: 3 minutes A while back, I reviewed some of the loveliest books I’ve ever encountered. They were a series of Kokeshi books by Annalore Parot, and they remain in heavy rotation in our...
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My Neighbor Totoro and Howl’s Moving Castle: Blu-ray At Last! PLUS! GHIBLI...
Reading Time: 3 minutes Today is a very good day for fans of Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki. At long last, the magnificent masterpiece My Neighbor Totoro, and the marvelous Howl’s Moving Castle, are...
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Do You Want to Write for GeekMom?
Reading Time: 2 minutesNot now, Vader, I am VERY BUSY searching for like-minded GeekMoms Well, do you? We’re looking to add to our fine roster of writers here on GeekMom, and would love to hear from...
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Oz The Great and Powerful: Tea Parties and Giveaways!
Reading Time: 6 minutes Let’s talk about The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz for a moment, shall we? The familiar grey look and feel of Kansas. Dorothy, The Scarecrow, The Tin Woodman, Cowardly Lion, The...
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Quick Summertime Toddler Activity: Fizzy Science Fun!
Reading Time: 1 minutePhoto: Kristen Rutherford It’s never too early to introduce a child to the wonders of science! Here’s an example of a multi-step reaction that’s super simple, extremely cheap, and...
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Butterfingers! Part One: Road Testing iPhone Cases
Reading Time: 5 minutesCandy Shell From Speck A few years ago, my husband gave me an awesome case for my iPhone 4. It was made by Speck, and it was durable, clean looking, and best of all – it had a...
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Rachel & The Treeschoolers: A Worthy Kickstarter!
Reading Time: 1 minuteCourtesy Two Little Hands Productions Want to help back a kickstarter project that’s been called “Too educational for TV?” Now’s your chance! I’ve always been a huge fan of the...
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More Great Bonding Opportunites for Mom & Daughter From Spil Games
Reading Time: 3 minutes The folks at Girls Go Games have a new version of their popular cooking game that I reviewed last year: Sara’s Cooking Class. That’s right, there’s a new version of Sara, and...
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Butterfingers! Part Two: Road Testing iPad Covers
Reading Time: 5 minutesEarlier this summer I wrote about some of my favorite covers for the iPhone – now it’s time to give the iPad some love. (No iPads were harmed in the making of this post… though I...
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5 Ways to Make Your Preschooler's Life a Touch More Magical
Reading Time: 1 minutePhoto: Kristen Rutherford Take a used box—we always have a few laying around from Amazon—and decorate it. Dub it the mailbox. Have your child choose a special place to keep it and...
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Disney Junior in the House!
Reading Time: 5 minutesTunip! Photo: Kristen Rutherford This September, my daughter turned 4, and for her birthday cake, she had a very specific request: She wanted an Octonauts cake. In fact, she was...
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From Up On Poppy Hill—A Gentle Golden Haze of Nostalgia
Reading Time: 3 minutesImage Courtesy Foundry Communications – ENTER TO WIN AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST! With Hayao Miyazaki’s announcement that he’s really retiring this time, fans of the celebrated...
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Sleeping (Hopefully) With The Pajanimals
Reading Time: 3 minutesCourtesy of The Jim Henson Company. One of my favorite jokes to make when I can’t remember something, or when I trip and fall, or do something weird like, I don’t know, dump a...
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