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Teaching Your Kids To Be Programmers
Programming 101 (image: desktopnexus.com) I’m always keen to get my kids into video gaming, although I’m not sure why. Perhaps because of this, I was really taken by a story told by a friend...
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Revisit a Misspent R/C Youth
Sand Viper (image: fusionhobbies.com) Building and racing Radio Controlled cars is a strong and vivid childhood memory for me. Now my kids are getting a little older I’ve been keen to get them as...
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Get Yourself a Ticket To Ride
Ticket To Ride (image:designer-notes.com) We’ve had some great feedback for our family anecdotal video game reviews on Game People. So this week we’ve been trying our hand at reviewing board games in...
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Build Your Own Dinosaurs With DinoMixer
Dinomixer for the iPhone Don’t you ever wish you could combine the head of a Triceratops, the body of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and the spiky tail of a Stegosaurus? (No? Okay, maybe it’s just me.) Now you...
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Even Assassins Have a Family
Story Gamer (image: gampeople.co.uk) Video games don’t usually bear very much resemblance to real life. Not only a lack of consequences, and super powers, but the characters often seem to exist in a...
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Grace’s Diary Is An Educational Adventure Game
Grace's Diary (image: jenniferann.org) As my kids grow up I’m aware that they need to build their own social networks. At the same time though I’m also aware how intense those relationships can be....
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Free Learning Apps This Week From Wombi!
I’ve reviewed a number of iPad apps from Wombi for GeekDad — they have some great (and simple) little learning games in their library that they’ve shared with my son, Decker, over the last year. Well,...
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Pokemon Typing Adventure Is the Collectification of Education
A great way to get young learners motivated is to combine education with real world tasks. This isn’t a new discovery, but something that Montessori style teaching has employed for many years. The...
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Kickstarter Review: ‘Zoo Webs’ Tabletop Game
Zoo Webs is a new all-ages tabletop game that launched on Kickstarter today. The game was developed by Clint Clark and his five-year-old son, a budding animal activist. The game promises to be both...
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Get Some Artistic Perspective With ‘Perspective Made Easy’
A few years ago, I was procrastinating by scrolling through one of the endless shirt derbies on Shirt.Woot when I came across a nifty design titled “Let’s Bake a Cake.” I really liked it–especially the...
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Book Review: ‘National Geographic Kids: Guide to Photography’
For those of you who have only recently taken an interest in photography, you couldn’t have picked a better time. Affordable, high quality DSLR and mirrorless camera options abound, and new models of...
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Reaping the Rewards: ‘Zoo Webs’ Animal Conservation Game
In “Reaping the Rewards,” we take a look at a crowdfunded project in its final form. Today’s project is Zoo Webs, a card game that helps kids learn about animals and conservation. Several months ago I...
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What Do Smart Zombies Want? Apps For Better Brains!
Image by Tim I’m not sure what kind of geeky conversations go on in your households, but a common lament in my house is the lack of quality zombie apps on the market. Rather than listening to this...
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GeekMom Video Playlist
Image By Supergeil Let’s start off with something amusing/creepy and going viral. It’s a German supermarket ad. Oh, the bathtub part, I can’t even… Next I’d like to introduce you to Dael Kingsmill and...
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Road Trippin’: Creative Games for the Whole Family
When it seems like the inside of your car is shrinking with every mile of a long distance journey, when your kids can’t focus long enough to listen to an audiobook without having to skip backwards a...
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