I met Chrissy Jee of @thedumplingmama on Instagram and I was thrilled to know that she decided to open her own business designing and printing really nice Chinese Red Envelopes. I like to have them on hand. I’ve used them for my son’s 2nd grade China unit as a guest presenter. I don’t know how…
Category: Education
Education and parenting. Helping your child with reading, math, science and getting along with others.
Lunar New Year Children’s Books and Activity Ideas Round Up
Janet Wong has a great post on the Multicultural Children’s Book Day blog on Lunar Year Traditions that span many Asian countries, not just Chinese New Year! But if you are thinking of doing it up for Chinese New Year but need some ideas, I’ve rounded up my posts. If you need a picture…
Civil Rights Movement Art #BlackLivesMatter
“One of the most extraordinary and least understood aspects of Dr. Martin Luther King’s leadership was his incisive understanding of the power of visual images to alter public opinion,” says Maurice Berger, standing in front of an oversize silk-screen portrait of the slain civil rights leader. from Smithsonian Magazine In celebration of Martin Luther King,…
Teach Toddlers Spanish with Lil Libros
No one in my family can speak Spanish but we’ve been trying for more than ten years to learn to converse. Our efforts have gone in waves of high effort and burn out but we are now at a good place where my kids actually want to go on immersion trips to learn to speak…
Countdown: My #3 Most Popular Post of 2015
Best Science Apps for Kids (ages 4-21) is my #3 most popular post of 2015. I remember that this post didn’t get much traffic when I first posted it. I continued to add to the post as readers gave me suggestions and one day, much later, it took off after I made this image and…
Really Cool Science Videos for Your Kids Curated by My Son
My son and I watched dozens of videos from The Kid Should See This to find our four favorites: Watch how plants explode their seeds. If you play soccer or basketball, you’ll love this video on backspin called the Magnus Effect. I want a tree liks this: a tree with forty kinds of fruit! It’s…
DIY Electro Dough Kit: A Great Science Kit
My son has been trying out new STEM toys recently. This is the second kit Technology Will Save Us sent us: DIY Electro Dough Kit. He also tried out the DIY Gamer Kit , ARCKit, Snap Circuits, and Sphero. Out of all these kits, I think my son liked the DIY Electro Dough Kit the most. It’s…