It really depends on who you ask in my family when it comes to winter and snow. My husband hates the cold and equates the snow with shoveling out, ice dams, and slipping on black ice. My kids take a more joyful view of snow. It’s no school snow days spent sledding down hills, snowball…
Author: Pragmatic Mom
Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2017 POSTER Reveal …
Last year for Multicultural Children’s Book Day, author and illustrator Robert Liu-Trujillo donated his talent to create our very first downloadable poster. You can view it here: Multicultural Children’s Book Day FREE Downloadable Poster. This year we have a new Multicultural Children’s Book Day poster for our January 27th, 2017 event and it’s by world renown author/illustrator, Demi! We are…
10 Inspirational Art Books for Arty Kids
My arty daughter helped me create two arty gift guides for kids. This is the first one: 10 Inspirational Art Books for Arty Kids. I basically collected the art books over the past few years that my daughter and son enjoy. Grasshopper and Sensei also created a list of art supplies for VERY SERIOUS arty…
Cubetto: Coding Toy for Preschoolers!
I was amazed at this preschool toy, Cubetto, that teaches kids the principles behind programming. And it’s fun! What is revolutionary about this toy is that it is screen-less! It uses wooden toy pieces, a wooden toy board, and robot made of wood! The shapes of the wooden pieces are the code “commands”. Put the…
STEM Toy Gift Guide
With my son as a guinea pig, we’ve been busy testing STEM toys to discover his favorites. STEM Toy Gift Guide DIY Electro Dough Kit This is hands down, our favorite kit. Note that the kit has everything that you need EXCEPT for the playdoh. Purchase that separately — you don’t need much — or make…
Our Teen Acne Solutions
This is not a sponsored post — I wish! This is real life. I was shocked to see my teen daughter’s medicine cabinet the other day. It looks like a Sephora store. It’s true that PickyKidPix, now 14 years old, is obsessed about skin care. She’s watched beauty YouTubers for a zillion hours. She has asked…
LUX Blox STEM Building Toy
The Lux Blox are different from other blocks in that they are very versatile. They flex, twist, bend, turn, curve, and move with a lock and hinge system that snaps the pieces into place. Kids who like Legos will find the Lux Blox are easy to snap together and more versatile in terms of making 3D creations. This…