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Help Me Make Something Awesome
Hi guys! Sorry to be an absentee blogger lately, but I’ve been busy working on not one, not two, but three awesome projects that I can’t wait to tell you about. One of these projects could use your...
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Interview With a 7-Year-Old
Whilst I’ve been busy not posting, I’ve managed to let a few birthdays slip by without mention. First off, I’ve forgotten Media Macaroni’s birthday. My blog had her fourth birthday a couple weeks...
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Apps for Traveling Toddlers
This past weekend we took an unexpected trip to Chicago. When we last flew with Ozzie late last summer, I swore I wouldn’t fly with him again until he was at least 10. Fortunately, the boy has...
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9/11: Brainpop Explains It All
Last year I obsessed about telling Olive about 9/11, and in the end, I chickened out. How do you explain something so horrible to someone so innocent? This year, Olive has been learning about 9/11...
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Stop Your Trick-or-Treaters’ Zombie Mouths
I’ve been trying to avoid having too much candy in the house this Halloween, so I was thrilled to see that PopCap Games is teaming up with the American Dental Association to give out endless amounts...
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A Happy and Wet Halloween
Did everyone make it through the hurricane safe and sound? We spent some of our time trapped inside finally carving our pumpkins. Which one do you think we should name Sandy? Ozzie made it out the...
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Know Your Presidents with Thud!
Friend of the blog, Russell Ginns, has designed an app just in time for election day, Thud! Presidents. How well do you know your presidents? Thud! Presidents will let you know with it’s rapid-fire...
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Hi guys. I hope you’ve forgive some shameless self-promotion in the middle of holiday fever, but one of my projects needs your help. Zeenii is more than an app, it’s a weekly interactive expereince...
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Meanwhile on GeekMom …
I realized it’s been a while since I’ve caught you up here on my GeekMom posts. The last time I did there was a new Captain Underpants book out, and lo, here’s yet another new Captain Underpants book....
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Ugga Mugga, Daniel Tiger
It’s been a while since I’ve bestowed my Media Macaroni Seal of Approval, and a post about the delightful Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Ozzie’s new favorite show, is long overdue. Little Daniel Tiger,...
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Interview with a 3-Year-Old
Tomorrow’s a big day. Ozzie is turning 3! I know I should be wistful for the end of the baby years, but it’s so much fun to have a big boy. He’s not yet a reliable witness for this interview since he...
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Interview With an 8-Year-Old
Once again I’ll mark the remarkable passing of time with a birthday interview. That’s right, my little girl is turning 8. 8!! Here are her declared favorites of the last year, with a little bit of...
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LightUp: Finally, a Great Use of Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality. It’s a cool trick. What it often boils down to in kids’ media is pointing a device at a book to see the subject jump to life in a 3-D environment. What I’ve found so far, though, is...
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Can Apps Encourage Parents and Kids to Use Media Together?
That’s the question being posed by my friends Alice Wilder and Carla Fisher over on the Fred Rogers Center blog. If you’re not already familiar with it, this marvelous blog is designed to foster...
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Introducing Speakaboos on the iPad
It’s always a treat to get to tell you about things I’ve been working on, and I’m particularly excited about this one because it’s been nearly two years in the making. Speakaboos is a multi-platform...
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Prepare for the Next Wave! Plants vs. Zombies 2: It’s About Time
An unassuming cardboard tube arrived this week from PopCap Games. In it were a few zombie trinkets to get us super excited about Plants vs. Zombies 2. The day has arrived! It’s in the app store!...
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Pterosaurs Take Flight at AMNH
Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs is a great new show at the American Museum of Natural History, great for dinosaur lovers young and old. I recently attended a preview of the exhibit, where...
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10 Things I’ve Been Doing Instead of Blogging
Dang, I’m seeing that I’m about to hit two months without a post. Sorry ’bout that! Here’s what I’ve been up to while I’ve obviously not been blogging. [UPDATE: This post mysteriously vanished from my...
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Interview with a 4-Year-Old
Unbelievably, my baby turned 4 this week. That means it must be time for a roundup of his favorite things from the past year. Of course, this is still an age of unreliable witness, so I added some...
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Happy Birthday to Meeeeeeee
Six years ago I had an idea to start a blog as a way of keeping up with the world of kids’ media. And while there have been times life has pulled me away from blogging, I love having this platform to...
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