Amy Kraft, Author at GeekMom

IDC: Innovative Tech for Kids

July 22, 2013November 26, 2017Amy Kraft1

IDC, the Interaction Design and Children conference, highlighted the best of innovation and research around tech for kids.

Geeking Out Over the Emmy Nominations

July 18, 2013December 15, 2017Amy Kraft

The Emmy nominations are out, and they’re chock full of good news for TV geeks.

Summer Reading with StarWalk Kids

July 8, 2013December 15, 2017Amy Kraft

Check out the StarWalk Kids ebook library, free for the month of July.

New Kids' Tech from LeapFrog

June 28, 2013November 24, 2017Amy Kraft7

LeapFrog’s shows off its exciting new developments, the LeapPad Ultra and the LeapReader.

A Birthday Present Scavenger Hunt

June 23, 2013November 24, 2017Amy Kraft7

Make any birthday gift more exciting with a scavenger hunt custom made for the birthday boy or girl.

BookExpo 2013: Great Books for GeekKids

June 18, 2013November 26, 2017Amy Kraft4

From Pokemon to Pride and Prejudice, BookExpo America 2013 was loaded with books to please your GeekKids.

Williamspurrrrg: Hipster Cats for the Whole Family

June 14, 2013November 24, 2017Amy Kraft

Williamspurrrrg is a family-friendly app where you dress up cats in hipster accessories. The trick is that all accessories go on at the same time, which means you’ll need a second pair of hands.

Was it Book Expo or Star Wars Expo?

June 11, 2013November 26, 2017Amy Kraft1

As I walked the floors of this year’s Book Expo America, I noticed Star Wars popping up in booth after booth. Here are some of the books coming soon to a galaxy near you.

Storytelling With the Disney Story App

May 30, 2013November 24, 2017Amy Kraft

Disney recently invited me to have a closer look at their new app, Story, which lets you pull images from your iPhone’s photo gallery and edit them together within a themed album that you can format and caption into a coherent story to share with your friends and family.

Epic Lives Up to its Name

May 24, 2013November 24, 2017Amy Kraft2

It’s a bold move to name your movie Epic. That’s a lot to live up to, even if you’re pretty sure your movie might be epic. Fortunately for us moviegoers, Epic lives up to its name.

Big, Big News for Lego Star Wars Fans

May 23, 2013November 26, 2017Amy Kraft

Get to Times Square this weekend to see the largest Lego model ever made, the Lego Star Wars X-wing Starfighter celebrating the premiere of The Yoda Chronicles on Cartoon Network.

May the Force Be With Your Thumb Doodles

May 4, 2013November 26, 2017Amy Kraft

Klutz kits are consistently a hit in our house. We love the paper crafts and drawing and superheros and fashion crafts. And now we have added Star Wars to our collection.

What the GeekMoms Want for Mother’s Day

May 1, 2013December 15, 2017Amy Kraft

Each year, as we contemplate gift guides for Mother’s Day, we think about what we want for Mother’s Day. Chances are good your GeekMom will like this stuff, too.

Screen Free Week: The Wrong Conversation

April 29, 2013November 24, 2017Amy Kraft14

As someone who makes games for kids to play on screens, I’m not a fan of the Center for a Commercial Free Childhood’s Screen-Free Week, which begins today. I’m all for kids getting more unstructured play, more time outdoors, more time reading, and other good stuff, but the label “Screen-Free Week” forces the wrong conversation that lasts all year long.

Playing in the Sandbox With Dale Dougherty

April 21, 2013November 24, 2017Amy Kraft

Last week I attended Sandbox Summit, a conference at MIT that gathers great thinkers in children’s media. This year’s theme was was about nurturing kids’ imagination in the digital age, which stood in sharp contrast to the events unfolding in Boston while we were there. Instead of gluing ourselves to the news, we pressed on with the conference. It was so reassuring to talk about inspiring kids and the good that we can do through media.

The Intergalactic Nemesis: Radio Play Meets Graphic Novel

April 11, 2013November 24, 2017Amy Kraft

My daughter and I were invited to the New Victory Theater over the weekend, and invitation I’m always quick to jump at because they have a great history of kid-friendly shows.
The current show is The Intergalactic Nemesis, billed as a live-action graphic novel.

Birthday Week: Conquer Kaos with a Skylanders Birthday Party

April 20, 2012Amy Kraft3

A few of you have been asking in our previous Skylanders posts for ideas on what to do for a Skylanders birthday party. Couple that with the fact that I’m planning a party for my soon-to-be-seven Skylanders fanatic, and my tech gears have been turning. Here are some of my ideas and I invite you […]

Right Where You Are Now: Painting our Planet’s History

March 15, 2012Amy Kraft

In the crowded aisles of New York ComicCon, a quiet book called out to me. My eye was drawn to the painterly, slightly retro style, and as I thumbed through the book, I fell in love with all of the paintings that let kids know about the wild ride our planet has been on for […]

Make Your Date with Jon Stewart

February 27, 2012Amy Kraft2

Living in New York City, we try to make the most of what the city has to offer. We hit the museums often, try out new restaurants when we can, and take in the occasional Broadway show. One thing that never occurs to us to do is go see a taping of a TV show, […]

Toy Fair 2012: Toys for GeekTots

February 21, 2012Amy Kraft2

Every year I begin Toy Fair the same way, strolling the aisle searching for the big trends and narratives of the show, and every year I end up gravitating to the same things: toys that I would buy for my kids right now. All my six-year-old wanted was news about Skylanders, so I found myself […]