


Bronson Beaver Builds a Robot by Teko Bernard | STEAM Chapter Book Review
My son has really blossomed as a reader this year. He is in first grade, and now he is able to read well on his own! It’s bittersweet for me because he doesn’t always have to ask me to read books to him anymore. I LOVE reading to my kids – I’d...
Osmo Little Genius Starter Kit | STEAM Toy Review
Today is International Women’s Day! The 2021 theme for International Women’s Day is “Choose to Challenge”. Here’s a description of the theme on the International Women’s Day website: “We can all choose to challenge and call...
Pitsco’s 50th Anniversary – Big Book Catalog Release and a Giveaway!
I’ve been proud to partner with Pitsco Education for product reviews and posts for the past few years. I’ve shared about their 3Doodler Start, Code Cube, and STEM Explorer Pack in previous posts. This year Pitsco is celebrating their 50th Anniversary! They...
Cinnamon Ornaments | STEAM Activity for Kids
These cinnamon ornaments add a beautiful personalized look to your Christmas tree, and they add the festive fragrant smell of cinnamon to your tree (and house as they cook). This is the first year I’ve made ornaments with my kids. They are ages 6 and 4, and are...
2020 Holiday STEAM Kid’s Gift Guide
We’re now officially one week away from Thanksgiving and then it’s time for Black Friday and Small Business Saturday sales! And if you’re anything like me you’re starting to make lists of gifts for friends and family. All the gifts included...
Family Game Night with the Osmo Genius Starter Kit | STEAM Toy Review
We are huge Osmo fans at my house, as you probably know by now from my previous posts about The Math Wizard and The Secrets of the Dragons and the Coding Starter Kit. We were gifted the Osmo Genius Starter Kit to play with and share with you for the holiday season. We...
Osmo Math Wizards and the Secrets of the Dragons | STEAM Toy Review
Today Osmo is launching a new learning series called Math Wizard! The first two releases in the Math Wizard series are Magical Workshop, which focuses on addition and subtraction, and Secrets of the Dragons, which focuses on measurement. We were gifted the Secrets of...
Letters From Space by Retired Astronaut Clayton Anderson | STEAM Children’s Book Review
My kids have always been fascinated by space. Shortly after we moved to Houston we visited Space Center Houston. My daughter was a one year old at the time, and we all touched a moon rock in one of the exhibits and then we talked about it so much that day that...