Here’s a good deal, Mr. Music Lovin’ Papa / Ms. Music Diggin’ Momma: free songs from The Verve Pipe, Recess Monkey, Caspar Babypants (which is Chris Ballew of The Presidents of the United States of America, in case ya didn’t know), The Not-Its!, Kimya Dawson, and a couple of more. […]
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[the following is a press release for a unique and exciting family event + a bit more, all happening on November 11th] 11th Hour Theatre Company Announces Concert and Family Event to Mark 11-11-11 Musical Theatre Company and Friends, including Tony Nominee Forrest McClendon, set to perform a concert of […]
Puss in Boots is a high-energy, nursery rhyme mash-up a la it’s thematic predecessor Shrek that pleases with clever cat humor (chasing beams of light, using big sad eyes to cast hypnotic spells on helpless humans), above average wordplay (Glitter Club for cats in neon with the ‘G’ flickering off, […]
I generated some Twitter chatter this weekend with the OWTK review of the Learning Resources Smart Snacks Counting Cookies board game. One tweet kinda bemoaned the NEED to teach young children – ages 2, 3, 4 – how to count. But really, it could’ve been an essay on the divide […]
Nintendo DS Game Review: I Spy Castle by Cooper McHatton I Spy Castle is an excellent hidden object game suited for the young gamer. Youthful players will get happily lost wandering through the medieval castle uncovering its mysteries, and searching for over 400 objects to solve the 36 well done […]
Shine and the Moonbeams, Billy Kelly and the Blah Blah Blahs, and The Plants will rock the 2nd WXPN Kids Corner Kid’s Music Fest at World Cafe Live @ The Queen in Wilmington, DE on Saturday, November 19th. Tickets are just $7 per person for three bands, oodles of arts […]
Cookies are yummy. How’s that for board game analysis? Abstract and confusing, likely, but I feel it an appropriate opener here. Cookies, like restaurant sugar packets, are a perfect way to introduce early math concepts to young children because, like any hip cat knows, math is pretty darn sweet. And […]
