‘Artists in Residence’ Gives a Glimpse Into Artists’ Private Spaces
If you’ve ever wanted to learn where artists live and how they organize and decorate their own homes, this book is a delight.
Continue ReadingIf you’ve ever wanted to learn where artists live and how they organize and decorate their own homes, this book is a delight.
Continue ReadingHere are seven fantastic books that each teach a bit about a different area of U.S. history.
Continue ReadingLEGO Education once again gives us the solution to the learning problem we didn’t know we had with its BricQ Motion set.
Continue ReadingI’ve been a writer and editor my entire professional life, so when all the weirdness of 2020 hit..I started drawing and never stopped.
Continue ReadingLooking for some beautiful but educational books to add to your library? Here are two that fit the bill.
Continue ReadingIn our house the only way you can improve upon a toy is by making it remote control. If you can stick a motor in it and make it move, then it’s an instant winner.
Continue Reading‘History Comics: The Challenger Disaster’ by Pranas T. Naujokaitis is a middle-grade graphic novel that explores the disaster in detail.
Continue ReadingMy son is a cyborg! Okay, not in the Borg sense, but he certainly has little machines on his body that communicate with little computers. Why does my son sound like he belongs on ‘Star Trek’ and not our little Pacific Northwest home?
Continue ReadingThe timeless magic of Eric Carle attracts a new generation through Structures Interactive Storytime Magnatiles. Your kids will be drawn to this attractive way of viewing these classic stories.
Continue ReadingCheck out some of GeekMom’s favorite books about women.
Continue ReadingLearn about 25 influential women of the 20th century art and design world in this new book.
Continue ReadingWe are all artists. It is just a matter of tapping into your own creative potential and discovering what is inside.
Continue ReadingGive this new podcast for kids and families a listen! It’s fun for kids and their parents.
Continue ReadingGeekMom Elizabeth gives an update on remote learning for her family after several weeks.
Continue ReadingToday marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Though it was supposed to allow for universal suffrage, it didn’t quite achieve that, but it was a step in the right direction and a major part of the effort to apply laws equally. We here at GeekMom […]
Continue ReadingMy earliest encounter with the Suffragettes was probably the same as everyone else my age, Winifred Banks singing “Sister Suffragette” in Mary Poppins. Winifred was singing about voting rights in Great Britain in 1910; women there would get partial access to a vote in 1918, and equal access with men in 1928. On this side […]
Continue ReadingGeekMom Elizabeth discusses how week 1 of remote learning went for her kids.
Continue ReadingWomen’s art and women’s history converge in this important book celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Continue ReadingPublic libraries can’t operate “as usual” during COVID, but you should check out the ways we’ve found to safely serve the public anyway.
Continue ReadingInertia makes it hard to separate your day into “work” and “non-work” hours when working from home. Without a closing time, I just keep going….
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