Education and parenting. Helping your child with reading, math, science and getting along with others.
In celebration of Easter, I wanted to share this video and two picture books about the Ukrainian craft of egg painting called Pysanky: A pysanka is a Ukrainian Easter egg, decorated with traditional Ukrainian folk designs using a wax-resist (batik) method. The word pysankacomes from the verb pysaty, “to write”, as the designs are not painted…
Two of my kids are fascinated by the ukelele. My son, who plays guitar, was inspired by musician Jake Shimabukuro when he showed the video to his guitar teacher and watched Jake’s videos on technique that he can apply to guitar later on when he gets more advanced. Grasshopper and Sensei is learning the ukelele on…
Happy Pi Day! Get it? March 14th is 3.14! It’s especially appropriate this year, 2015, as the first few numbers of pi are 3.1415! To celebrate, I dug up Pi Day cartoons! I hope you enjoy Pi Day today!! The number π is a mathematical constant, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter,…
Thank you to everyone who left kind comments about enjoying the videos that my son and I are curating from The Kid Should See This videos. They curate videos made for adults but are appropriate for kids. My son and I watch a ton of them and we pick out our favorites. Science Videos to…
PickyKidPix‘s soccer team played in Italy this past summer and the tour included a stop at Pisa on the Fourth of July. We were warned that Pisa was swarming with petty thieves and that we had to be on high alert. Once we got there though, the square was so beautiful with other buildings besides…
My son and I attended a Wondermore event that raises money to bring in authors to underserved kids in the Boston area. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Jarrett a few times: a Skype author visit at my school, Peanut Butter and Jellyfish picture book trailer, and Platypus Police Squad book release at the book store owned by…
I really love the name Learnivore. Perhaps it’s because I spent a year reading dinosaur books to my T-Rex-obsessed son when he was three years old. We learned about herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. But Learnivores? It’s such great branding. I think it means folks who love to learn. I was asked if I wanted to…