As we get our kids back into the mode before school starts, all moms and dads are thinking about how we can get their brains engaged again in learning. Toy industry expert Elizabeth Werner gives some incredible ideas in the video below. She has written many articles about toys for MSNBC, ivillage and todaymoms.com. She’s…
It seems that EVERYONE has a show now. We joke that our 4-year-old has a show in development (not really) – but seriously, pawn shops, gator hunters, gun shops, ice road truckers. Who doesn’t have a show? The other night, we were flipping channels and came across the National Geographic show called “American Colony: Meet…
Now that school is out, the last thing your children want to do is think about school, probably. Unfortunately, there’s a good chance your children may already be behind the curve on the core subjects experts advise for kids to concentrate on. Have you heard of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)? Well, you need…
Cats. Cats, cats, cats. I used to despise the self-centered monsters. Then, a stray we allowed into our house turned me into someone who respects cats. That, and SF author Robert Heinlein’s always making them into heroes. Petronius the Arbiter, from my all-time favorite book The Door Into Summer, was not an animal to be…
It’s sad how ignorant the general populace is on geography. Polls are regularly taken that show that adults can’t find the most basic places on a map. And if they can’t, there’s a good chance that their children can’t either. That’s where today’s FamilyFirst pick comes in. It’s dedicated to expanding geographical knowledge the fun…
This week’s FamilyFirst pick is one I just happened to have stumbled upon (as so many of them are). I’ll be getting on a plane Sunday to fly to Raleigh, North Carolina for a week of training. I’ve never been there before, so I wanted to check out the area beforehand. Sure, there’s Google Maps,…
Java. Joe. Battery acid. It goes by many monikers, and the fact is that a goodly portion of the world’s population would suffer greatly if it ever became scarce. Coffee is the commodity whose price jump about ten years ago was taken very hard by its billions of fans. Thankfully, its price has come back…
Technology is changing our daily lives, well, daily. The way I lived as a teenager are so different from the way my kids are living their lives. Call it technology, call it sophistication, call it whatever, things are sure different. I am beginning to understand why my grandfather had such a hard time understanding color…
Have you ever wondered what it was like to see our world through the eyes of a wild animal? Have you ever wondered what it would be to BE a wild animal? Todays Family First Site can help fulfill some of those desires. It is called the Crittercam Chronicles, and it is just like what…
Have you ever wondered what it was like to see our world through the eyes of a wild animal? Have you ever wondered what it would be to BE a wild animal? Todays Family Site can help fulfill some of those desires. It is called the Crittercam Chronicles, and it is just like what it…