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If you have never played Blokus, you really need to give it a try. The greatest thing about Blokus is that the rules are really simple, but optimizing your strategy is quite involved.
Encourage learning through experiment by thinking twice about telling your kids "no," even (or especially) if youβre angry.
Thank the time-lords, there are children's picture books about Back to the Future and Doctor Who! Introduce your young kids to time travel while they are still too young to watch!
There are many benefits to letting your kids catch bugs and small animals: cementing their scientific tendencies, learning about nature, patience, persistence, and more!
Joseph Hoffman has a series of insanely awesome online piano tutorials that are available completely free!
Take the education of your kids into your own hands this summer and schedule a regular "Learning Time!"
Incorporate the theme of your playground birthday party and make it more exciting with a simple scavenger hunt!
Imagine if trigonometry made sense. Use tau instead of pi and at least the unit circle is easier!
Having a hard time convincing your kids to go camping? Well, read on for one MORE reason you can use to convince them.
Playgrounds are awesome. But how do you find the good ones? It's high time we had an objective playground ranking system.
Fun story, insanely amazing artwork, and the entire book is an intricate puzzle!
Section 5 of the Prentice Family Policies and Procedures specifically relates to points-based rewards and fines.
Last weekend we had a couple big Spreadsheet Awards in our family. Our two younger kids learned how to bike without training wheels!
Learn about being a young scientist, the good and the bad, in this rhyming book "Ada Twist, Scientist"!
What are your favourite tools and best approaches to teaching your kids another language?
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