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Outdoor Summer Fun: 30 Ideas for Your Geeklets
Summer rocks, does it not? (Image CC by 2.0 D. Sharon Pruitt) 1. Throw a BYOB party. This is cheap, imagination-driven fun. You wield cutting implements and supply lots of tape. Guests are charged...
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Screen Free Week: The Wrong Conversation
My son plays one of his favorite puzzle games. Photo: Amy Kraft 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,...
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Confessions of a Loser
Image By Luke Maxwell I learned early on not to play games of chance. My name was never picked from the hat, the dice never rolled in my favor, I rarely picked the good cards. I wasn’t oddly unlucky;...
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Russian Caravan Fantasy
Image By Lilianna Maxwell I fondly remember being with my nephew, sitting around a campfire under the stars on a Russian plain with colorful people singing songs, sipping dark tea… …in our...
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Making a Reader Out of My Son With The Minecraft Essential Handbook and The...
Minecraft Essentials and Redstone Handbook Image: Dakster Sullivan Like many kids these days, my eight-year-old son is obsessed with Minecraft. He has it on the computer and his iPad so he can play it...
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Engage in Counter-Tourism
My kids staged a revolt after one too many visits to historical sites. We were touring a restoration village; you know, the sort of place featuring a blacksmith shop, one room schoolhouse, mill,...
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Practice Math Through Play
Image source: Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley I have one of those kids who understands higher-order math concepts but stumbles over the rote memorization piece of it. He makes careless errors because he’s...
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Stealth Summer Learning
This homeschool mom has been doing a little poolside professional development recently. I’ve been reading this book and thinking a lot about stealth learning. I am a big fan of stealth learning. When...
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10 Things Parents Should Know About ‘Harry Potter & The Cursed Child’
Harry Potter & The Cursed Child, Image: J.K. Rowling, Warner Bros. 1. What is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the latest installment of the Harry Potter...
View ArticleMaking Friends Is the Business of Childhood
You meet the eyes of another kid at a grownup party, someone you've never met before and might never meet again, and your eyes say, "The kid that is me recognizes and acknowledges the kid that is you:...
View ArticleGames in Your Homeschool: Learning Through Play
Among the biggest of homeschooling perks in my world is the fact that our family is able to play games frequently. We don't have to try to squeeze in a family game night on an already jam-packed...
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Gameschooling: Play More in the New Year
Game-based learning can be such a blast. With a new year on the horizon, resolve to add more play to your day with a 31-Day #GameschoolChallenge. Click through to read all of "Gameschooling: Play More...
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10+1 Outdoor Activities for Kids to Do Before Summer
Need some ideas for creative outdoor play before summer? GeekDad's got you covered. Click through to read all of "10+1 Outdoor Activities for Kids to Do Before Summer." If you value content from...
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Is Spielgaben Worth the Splurge?
Spielgaben set is a beautifully designed educational set that offers countless learning opportunities for your children... but is it worth the splurge? Click through to read all of "Is Spielgaben Worth...
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Dealing With Darth Vader Fears
Seeing Star Wars on the big screen didn't traumatize four year old Rebecca Angel. Playing through it helped make Darth Vader ok. Click through to read all of "Dealing With Darth Vader Fears." If you...
View ArticleGames We Play
Reading Time: 1 minute This video totally explains my childhood. And by “childhood,” I mean my entire life. The Floor Is Lava was always a favorite at our house. My riding in the car game was imagining...
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Get Outside for Some ‘Recess’ With Your Kids!
Reading Time: 3 minutesImage: Chronicle Books It might still be cold and snowy where you are, but here in northern Arizona, we are having an unseasonably warm late-winter. Some days bring 70+ degree...
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Stratos Spheres: A 3-Dimensional 4-In-A-Row Game
Reading Time: 3 minutesDid you love the game Connect Four as a kid? I sure did! It’s one of those classic childhood games. One of my favorite memories from elementary school involved an epic Connect...
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Lincoln Logs: 100 Years of Play
Reading Time: 3 minutesAll photos from K’nex/Lincoln Logs. I was struck by a random thought this morning. If you transported a child from 1916 to 2016, how would they react to modern life? Our...
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Chronic Pain And Toddler Play
Pooh has a migraine (Image: Mandy Horetski) For nearly a decade, I have suffered from daily chronic headaches. Basically I have had the same headache for that whole time so I am in constant pain. But...
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