Karen Walsh, Author at GeekMom

LEGO Education’s BricQ Motion: Purposeful Analog Learning for a Digital Steam World

January 5, 2021January 4, 2021Karen Walsh1

LEGO Education once again gives us the solution to the learning problem we didn’t know we had with its BricQ Motion set.

Planning a Virtual Animal Crossing Party for the Pandemic Holidays

December 2, 2020December 1, 2020Karen Walsh

Tips for organizing a “virtual” party in Animal Crossing: New Horizons for a socially distanced pandemic holiday season.

White Parents: “Teach Your Children Well” to Understand Anti-Racism

June 6, 2020June 6, 2020Karen Walsh

White parents, this is an open letter to you from another white parent. I’m a white mother of a white male-presenting child. As we watch our country burn, we watch the miasma of racism float in the ashes of our streets. We see the patchwork quilt of America on the faces marching the sidewalks—Black, Brown, […]

Why ‘Animal Crossing’ Is the Game We Needed Right Now

April 18, 2020April 17, 2020Karen Walsh

‘Animal Crossing’ is a game that can reduce stress in clearly definable ways, making it the game we all need in these “unprecedented times.”

5 Ways to Decolonize Your Child’s Education From Home

April 5, 2020April 3, 2020Karen Walsh2

Five resources for parents looking to decolonize their children’s education and keep the kids busy at the same time.

LEGO MiniMasters 6: Celebrating Women’s History Month

March 23, 2020March 22, 2020Karen Walsh

LEGO MiniMasters 6: Women’s History Month gives resources for kids to learn about famous women, then design a build based on their learning.

LEGO MiniMasters 5: Volume Vehicle

March 20, 2020March 19, 2020Karen Walsh

LEGO MiniMasters 5: Volume Vehicle focuses on planning a vehicle, telling a story, and finding the volume of the vehicle.

LEGO MiniMasters 4: Area Arena

March 19, 2020March 18, 2020Karen Walsh

Kids love LEGO. Why not inspire their creativity with it while they’re home with nothing to do?

LEGO MiniMasters 3: Estimation Station

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020Karen Walsh

LEGO MiniMasters Challenge 3: Estimation Station focuses on planning a space station, estimating bricks needed, and resiliency.

LEGO MiniMasters 2: Community

March 17, 2020March 16, 2020Karen Walsh

With this challenge, you need to design community out of bricks and minifigures. Your community can be anywhere—space, Earth, fantasy world—that your imagination takes you.

LEGO MiniMasters 1: Ecosystem

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020Karen Walsh

Home with the kids for the foreseeable future?? Karen provides us a daily dose of LEGO Builds that will keep the kids busy and (shhh!) they’ll learn something along the way.

4 Reasons Tweens and Teens Should See ‘Jagged Little Pill: The Musical’

March 14, 2020March 13, 2020Karen Walsh

If you’re a huge Alanis fan, then you’re probably one of those people questioning whether or not a musical based on the album is going to be a hit or miss. My friends, it is a hit.

The Coronavirus Survival Survival Guide

March 13, 2020March 12, 2020Karen Walsh

Things are getting real here in the US, and having everyone home all together while trying to stay sane and be productive is going to be a struggle.

LEGO Education: A Real-World Case Study in Philadelphia

February 4, 2020February 3, 2020Karen Walsh3

Paula Don, from the Philadelphia school district, proves that all schools can implement LEGO Education’s hands-on learning principles.

Small Business Saturday: Shop Geeky, Shop Moms

November 30, 2019November 28, 2019Karen Walsh1

We love to support other geek moms so we put out a call on our Facebook group, collected small business owners, & we’re here to share them.

#WorldsOkayestMom

November 7, 2019November 6, 2019Karen Walsh

In today’s Twitterfied, Instagrammed world, every mom looks better than me. Beautiful family pictures show kids in matching clothing. Clean homes have floors you can eat off of. Kids are always smiling. We live in a world where, increasingly, moms find themselves continuously “on trial.” A quick Google Search for “cops kid walking to park” […]