Just Say No to Screen-Free Week
Okay, I get it. Some people do nothing but get consumed by a screen. Do you really think walking away from the screen for one random week will solve this issue?
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Author: Claire Jennings
A programmer at heart, Claire Jennings spent the first seventeen years of her career as a software development engineer before diving into cyber security. She spent eight years of her career in the video game industry, learning how virtual worlds are put together. Now a mother of a four-year-old daughter, she and her husband strives to help children understand how to control the technology that runs through every thread of their lives using her knowledge gained while in the video game and cyber security industries.
Windows Notepad for Toddlers and Preschoolers
A child’s distraction tactic launched my three-year-old daughter’s reading, writing, and typing exploration. It can launch your child’s journey as well.
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A Look at Computer Science For All
Basic computer programming will be as important to our children as reading is to us. Do we have a path to get our children there?
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Disney, You Lost Money On My-Four-Year Old Daughter
In this household, gender marketing results in flower wand lightsabers, big imaginations, and workarounds to toys not made or sold.
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An Inviting Children's Section For All, Fred Meyer
Is the secret to making an inclusive gender-neutral children’s toy section simply to include toys of all genders in all sections? And is this really so hard to do?
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Half Hour of Code, Montessori Style: Check Out This Free Binary Counter
Teaching four-year-olds to control a computer without a computer is as complicated as it sounds.
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STEM Education for 3-Year-Olds: Teaching Toddlers To Count in Binary
Lisa talks about her book, family, work, and STEM education for three-year-olds.
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Why I Gave My Nephew Spider-Man
No matter what makes you unique, you deserve a role model equally unique that shows you your inner strength, even when it is hidden.
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Target’s Toy Section: Gender Neutral in Word Only
The signs have changed, but that meant very little to a four-year-old just learning to read. The segmentation glared out at her.
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