Review: Makedo "build-your-own-toy" connectors
If there were ever a "toy" made for Parenthackers, it would be Makedo.
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Your baby's growing up! As the school years get underway, your kids enter a new phase of independence and learning.
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08 December 2011
04 November 2011
Encourage self-serve breakfast independence with "the Breakfast Drawer"
A simple way to make it possible for kids to make their own breakfasts.
02 November 2011
Long-term thinking about Halloween candy management
Halloween is over! Phew. Now ask yourself this question: Next Halloween, will you have to engage in the same old candy-control struggle with your kids?
01 November 2011
Review: The Geek Dad Book for Aspiring Mad Scientists
A book full of creative projects, experiments and activities, written for grownups who are interested in science and want to share it with their kids.
19 October 2011
FlashBrite reflective stick-on patches add nighttime visibility to Halloween costumes
These reflective stick-on patches shine when hit with direct light (think: car headlights), and are great for Halloween, bike safety, and after-dark dog walks.
07 October 2011
Coping with a younger sibling's "homework jealousy"
Ah, that adorable, inexorable toddler desire to "be a big kid." Here's how Dr. Efrat Schorr handled it with respect to an older sibling going to school.
05 October 2011
Gotten rid of your telephone landline? What about 911 access for your kids? Talk amongst yourselves.
Kym needs our help! She asks the phone service question I've never been able to answer myself, which is the reason we still have a landline.
05 October 2011
Allowance tips: what Parenthackers are doing
The comments on my post detailing my family's allowance strategy were FULL of practical advice and fantastic suggestions. Here are the highlights.
03 October 2011
Battery-operated tealights add glow to playtime
Sarah's creative suggestion for "candlelight playtime."
28 September 2011
Attach real "headlights" to riding toys with Velcro
These creative ideas would work on any ride-on toy with space for a few accessories.
27 September 2011
Real world math: put kids in charge of their money
No matter how you decide to give your kids an allowance, the key to increasing its power as a teaching tool is to put your kids in charge of how they spend their money. Here's our strategy, which includes the iPhone app Kiddy Bank.
26 September 2011
Welcome to the Tweens
My latest Babble Voices post introduces you new to a new incarnation of my son: The Tween. Beautiful, fleeting, and oh, so bittersweet. Read the full post: Welcome to the Tweens
22 September 2011
Is study hall so bad?
High school study halls: "holding tanks" or the key to a balanced education?
22 September 2011
Duct Tape Flower Pencils
via thepioneerwoman.com As with just about every other post at The Pioneer Woman, the picture says it all. This adorable, easy craft would make a sweet teacher gift (imagine a bouquet of pencils displayed in an old mason jar). Read the full post at Pioneer Woman Homeschooling: Duct Tape Flower...
22 September 2011
How to store little girls' necklaces? Talk amongst yourselves.
Tracy, inventor of a thousand hacks (or at least it seems that way!), is finally stumped! Let's give her a hand. The challenge: storing and displaying little girls' necklaces.
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