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Beautiful 19th Century Maps Drawn by Children
For some reason, maps have always piqued my interest. Even as a child, I loved rifling through old maps of places near and far, imagined and real, tracing the boundaries and plotting adventures.
Sadly, precious few maps have survived the centuries. But one of the most remarkable collections I’ve ever seen came to my attention via […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, cartography, children, Education, History, kids, mapmaking, maps, Science and Education
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Care for Your Own Virtual Toddler with My Baby: First Steps
When I first received this unsolicited but free review copy of My Baby: First Steps, I thought, oh great, it’s going to be another cutesy game that even the kids wouldn’t like. I was wrong, for a variety of reasons. This game is pretty authentic. Right down to the dirty diapers, bath time, monotonous feeding […] Continue reading
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Tagged children, Electronic Geek, Nintendo DS, Toys and Technology, Video game, wii, Wii Remote
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4 Parenting iPhone Apps to Avoid
For some reason it appears that every idea that anyone has for a new iPhone app becomes reality. So much so that when anyone poses a problem requiring a solution, someone inevitably replies – “there is an app for that”. This does make traversing the iPhone App store quite a challenge and finding quality apps […] Continue reading
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Kids Will Devour These Wild Reads
I am always looking for interesting nonfiction books for my kids to read. They seem to enjoy nonfiction as much as they enjoy fiction, but a lot of informative books aren’t aimed at younger kids. They have too much small text, or are too long or too dry. Some are hopelessly out of date. Through […] Continue reading
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Tagged Big Cats, Book, children, library, Publishing, Science and Education, Wild Animals
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