Packing cubes & rolling clothes: Packing like a pro
To fold or to roll? When packing clothes for a trip, travelers often go about it one way or the other. I’d always folded my clothes out of habit and thought rolling wasn’t worth...
Monthly Archive: November 2016
Pizza book report : Five Nights at Freddy’s : The Silver Eyes
Has this ever happened to you: You learn a new word, and you wait for the right moment when you can use it properly in a sentence? And when you do, doesn’t it...
Roller Derby Boys Trac Star Roller Skates : Roller Derby roller skates review
My son has balance and coordination issues. He used to trip or lose his footing even when walking on flat, non-slippery surfaces. Despite his balance problems, he learned to ride a bicycle quickly. I...
Snap Circuits Jr. SC-100 : Snap Circuits Electronics Discovery Kit review
Children are generally curious about the inner workings of electrical or electronic devices. What child didn’t wonder about how a radio or a doorbell works? If you’re looking to give your child a...
Bushnell Falcon Binoculars 7×35 mm : Bushnell Falcon 7 x 35 mm binoculars review
My son got his first binoculars at age four. They were compact 4 x 30 binoculars from New Zealand-based outdoor gear retailer Kathmandu. With 4x magnification, the binoculars did the trick for a curious...
Miquon Math : Making sense of math through hands-on math curriculum
Who’s afraid of math? Not the generations of homeschoolers who learned math through the Miquon Math method. Miquon Math is a hands-on math curriculum for Grades 1-3, that uses Cuisenaire rods to allow children...
Star Wars Bladebuilders Lightsabers : Star Wars electronic lightsabers
What would Star Wars be without the lightsabers? Perhaps just another special-effects-laden good-versus-evil epic set in a galaxy far, far away. My son, Motito, who is a dyed-in-the-wool Star Wars fan, would disagree. But...
Cursive First: An Introduction to Cursive Penmanship, 2nd Ed.
Up until the 1930s, cursive writing was taught first (before manuscript) to school children in the U.S. An educational reform movement in the 1940s led to a switch in the order of penmanship instruction,...
