January 18, 2012
If you’re looking online for fun activities for toddlers, you’ve probably realised that there’s a lot of garbage out there. So many sites have found their way to the top of the Google results which are so busy being SEO-friendly that they’ve managed to fail to have any useful content on their page. It’s a nightmare to sort through!
December 19, 2011
Holiday shopping for your kids? Are you brainstorming long and hard to get some gift ideas while still saving money? If you’re OK with some funky gift suggestions, be sure to read on because on the next couple of paragraphs, we’ll be highlighting a few products that we’ve found online that aren’t only fun! Some of them are even educational!
December 14, 2011
From education to politics…from business to the environment, games are being tailored to promote awareness of social issues. Social games serve to remind us of the potential that exists beyond the blood-spills and Martian colonization’s of games meant solely for fun. A website that’s doing some work on highlighting the link between social impact and games is Games For Change.
December 7, 2011
It’s December and so it’s high time you started preparing your little ones for the job of tracking Santa Claus as he gets on his sleigh to deliver gifts to children around the world. It is a part of Christmas folklore and not to be taken lightly. As adults we might be filled to the brim with skepticism, but let’s sit back and relive our childhood when Christmas Eve used to be one of the most welcomed days of the year.
December 6, 2011
Video games make an excellent hobby. Sure, they are a little expensive, but if you compare the amount of time spent with a video game to the amount of time spent watching a movie at the theater, it is actually incredible value. What if you want to get your kids into gaming but don’t want to send them off playing on their own? Fear not, because so many video games are enjoyable for kids and parents to play together.
November 18, 2011
Recently, my wife and I started getting concerned because our eleven year old can never seem to hear us when we are talking to her. After suffering through several years of hearing “what?” from her, and having to constantly repeat ourselves, we’re starting to think that maybe there’s more to this phenomenon than selective hearing.
August 23, 2011
We are approaching the era where students don’t have to carry stacks of thick heavy books to school anymore. Everything will be digitized and available at the tip of students’ fingers, inside the iPad. Not wanting to waste any more time, some schools have already adopted the iPad as their learning tool, while students and educators are slowly figuring out the best way to utilize the iPad for education.
August 15, 2011
Media and entertainment are all around us. Thankfully so is education and information. As adults, we are attuned to sift the wheat from the chaff; but our kids aren’t, however precocious they might be. So, how do you decide which movies are family-friendly and which should be dealt with parental censorship?
August 12, 2011
Are you one of those geeks with dozens of awesome gadgets and a secret passion for books? Did you love reading as a kid and want your kids to enjoy books as well? Despite the obvious attraction to real paper-based books, the digital world has begun to create some really special adaptations of great stories.
August 4, 2011
Windows 7 has a number of default parental control features built in. Using these, it’s possible to deny access to certain applications and games as well as restrict a child’s account so that is can be used during only specific days and times. These features may not be enough for all parents, however.
