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Halloween Word Mining Activity on PBS Parents
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Halloween Word Mining Activity on PBS Parents

Halloween is now only two weeks (plus a couple of days) away! Get your kids ready with this simple Halloween word mining activity on PBS Parents to keep their brains sharp ahead of the sugar buzz lurking like a ghoulish skeleton around the corner. My latest Adventures in Learning post […]

New Adventures in Learning Ideas on PBS Parents
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New Adventures in Learning Ideas on PBS Parents

Not sure I’ve mentioned it here on OWTK yet, but I’d love for you to know that all summer long I’m over on PBS Parents sharing cool ideas to avoid the summer slide with unique math, writing and, today, engineering projects for your young kids. Check out my latest, the […]

Grammaropolis — A Pop-Up Educational Media Franchise
OWTK Gaming / OWTK Kindie Album Reviews / OWTK Toy News & Reviews

Grammaropolis — A Pop-Up Educational Media Franchise

Many parents would say that it’s a difficult task for educational music and media to ingratiate itself to full-family enjoyment.  Whereas modern, non-lesson-centric children’s music, videos & books will often pull lovingly on the heartstrings of a parent while simultaneously bringing exuberant joy to a youngster, curriculum-based media tends to […]

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Quick Thoughts: The Intersection Of Play And Learn

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 […]

OWTK Games + Apps

iPhone App for Kids Review: Motion Math

Waaaaay back when I was gainfully employed, I worked at a corporation that had an in-house school.  They actually call it, without the slightest bit of sarcasm, a University.  I took a class there once called Learners, There Is A Difference.  There may not have been that comma, but the […]

Kid’s Game Review & Giveaway: Inching Along
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Kid’s Game Review & Giveaway: Inching Along

INCHING ALONG from Educational Insights Not everything a kid sees, touches and hears needs to teach them something.  Each fun action need not be met with an equal academic opportunity.  But ain’t it grand when the two merge organically? Educational Insights strives for this natural equilibrium with their clever lineup […]

The Transformation
Parenting Blog

The Transformation

I’m in the midst of the most exciting period in a young child’s life. There’s this moment sandwiched between the whiny baby years and the growing maturity & burgeoning independence of the grade school years.  I call it the Transformation.  It’s the stage of a child’s life when they begin […]

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