by Barbara Spalding | Jun 9, 2013 | Articles, Scientific Discovery
Chemistry is cool, often depicted as chemical explositions or forensic science in movies and TV. Without having access to laboratories, parents often don’t know how to encourage or introduce chemistry to their children. Chemistry takes patience and can be...
by Barbara Spalding | Jun 4, 2013 | Articles, Pending Review or Trash, Scientific Discovery
Colorful, imaginative and super creative, the family movie Epic from Blue Sky Studios takes you to an entirely new world within our existing one. Beautiful animation and well-thought out characters put this film on the top of our “must-see-again” family list. My...
by Barbara Spalding | Jun 2, 2013 | Articles, History, Politics & Geography, Scientific Discovery
A great kid’s movie can lead to even greater learning discussions. We are always looking for ways to fold in a little learning into our already busy home lives and the movies this Spring gave us just the chance with The Croods (and check out our review on Epic)....
by Barbara Spalding | May 28, 2013 | Articles, Scientific Discovery
When I hear “McDonald’s” I think of much more than the Chicken McNuggets and Big Macs. It takes me back to my childhood – spending playful afternoons with my cousins on the old McDonald’s Grimace playground. I remember birthday parties and waiting for the...
by Barbara Spalding | Apr 22, 2013 | Articles, Scientific Discovery
So you had the best Pinterest intentions, and perhaps you even got off on a good start – buying healthy ingredients or downloading cool craft ideas… but then Mondays are Mondays after-all and if you are like me – it just came too soon to really see...
by Barbara Spalding | Mar 9, 2013 | Articles, Scientific Discovery
Guest post by Mark Spalding Of all the debates I have had over the years, the most heated and impassioned ones haven’t involved the big three of religion politics or sports. No, the most heated arguments don’t come from talking about money with your wife....