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Become a GeekMom Guest Blogger!
Tell your story! Image credit: Ariane Coffin Do you have a story to tell? GeekMom wants to hear it! Yes, we are opening our doors to welcome guest bloggers. If you have a story that you can’t possibly...
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Why I Stopped Reading Through Books I Don’t Enjoy
Beautiful books, but are they any good? Image credit: Flickr user Michael D. Beckwith, CC BY 2.0. You know the feeling… You open up a new book and your heart is filled with hope and wonder. What...
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Our Favorite Picture Books About Cats
Image credit, clockwise: Simon & Schuster UK, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Walker Books Ltd, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Kids tend to obsess about stuff. So when GeekMom Sophie’s son recently got...
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“Remember, Your Audience Is Only Five Years Old” and Other Fallacies About...
Children’s library. Image by Flickr user calliope, CC BY 2.0. When it comes to the picture books I read to my children, silly books are always fun but my heart belongs to biographies. I can only stand...
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Lands’ End Redeems Itself With Nerdy Shirts For Girls—And Not One Shirt About...
Lands’ End Smart Tees for girls. Screenshot of landsend.com taken by Ariane Coffin. Yesterday, I found a Lands’ End post creep up on my Facebook feed, featuring “Smart Tees for boys and girls.” I got...
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Geeky States of America: Visiting Los Angeles’ The Last Bookstore
The Last Bookstore. Photo credit: Ariane Coffin I woke up last Saturday morning in the mood for an impulsive mother-daughter day trip, so I Googled kid-friendly activities in Los Angeles and found an...
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My Favorite Picture Books Right Now: June 2015
A collection of my favorite library finds recently. Photo collage by Ariane Coffin. I’ve been accumulating a few favorite library finds over the last few months which I wanted to share with you. Here I...
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‘Floral Frolic': A Beautiful New Picture Book on Kickstarter
Floral Frolic. Image used with permission. One of my favorite artists I discovered at San Diego Comic-Con last year, Cari Corene, is currently running a Kickstarter campaign for an adorable picture...
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Join This NASA Summer Online Mentoring Program to Learn About Real Life STEM
NASA Girls and Boys. Image used with permission. For the last three years, the NASA Girls and Boys has been connecting middle school students with NASA employees for a 5-week online summer program in...
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San Diego Comic-Con 2015 Artist Roundup
SDCC 2015 GeekMom Artist Roundup. Image by Ariane Coffin. Every year my husband and I spend most of my San Diego Comic-Con browsing the booths of artists on the show floor. Without fail, we purchase...
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Two Months With an Apple Watch
Glimpses of the Apple Watch life. Image credit: Ariane Coffin. I’ve had my Apple Watch for almost two months now and I’ve got to say that, overall, it’s been a really positive experience. Interested in...
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Why This GeekMom Loves Tinker Crate
Our drip irrigation system. Image credit: Ariane Coffin. The Internet is filled with useful reviews, but sometimes you have to wonder, “Sure, they love their new product now, but how will they feel...
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Change Movie Quotes With Science—The best tweets of #ScienceAMovieQuote
A little taste of #ScienceAMovieQuote. Screenshot by Ariane Coffin. Sometimes the trending Twitter hashtags make lose my faith in humanity, and sometimes they make very happy. The latter happened last...
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When the ‘Strong Female’ Trope Becomes the ‘Emotionally Unavailable’ Trope
Police woman. Image credit: Flickr user robertobosi, CC BY 2.0 We keep asking for more strong, independent female characters and occasionally receive them. But most of the time, it feels like there’s a...
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‘Doctor Who’ Season 8 Is Now Available on Netflix… And Really Awesome
Image credit: BBC They say you “never forget your first Doctor,” and I find it to hold true that whichever Doctor someone starts out with ends up remaining their favorite. Personally, I started with...
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My Favorite Picture Books Right Now: September 2015
My 5-year-old and I haven’t shared our favorite picture books in a while for two reasons. First, we’ve ventured into the world of chapter books with Zach Weinersmith’s Augie and the Green Knight. The...
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Learn Computer Science Concepts With This New Graphic Novel
There’s a brand new graphic novel on the market this week, and it merges fiction, programming, puzzles, and a big mystery! Secret Coders follows the story of Hopper, a girl who is starting at a new...
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My Favorite Read-Aloud Books Right Now: October 2015
This month our favorite library finds cover everything from evolution to cuteness, picture books to graphic novels! Older than the Stars. Image credit: Charlesbridge Publishing Older Than the Stars,...
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Let Your Pre-Readers Program Too
GeekMom Maryann has already reviewed Wonder Workshop’s Dash and Dot robots in detail a few months ago, but I’m back for more exciting news from this robotic duo. The company has now released a new app,...
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How to Throw a My Neighbor Totoro Birthday Party
When I was pregnant with my second child, we figured out the perfect theme for decorating the baby’s room: a Totoro nursery! When we found out the baby was our second girl, we figured out the perfect...
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