Last night, I excitedly installed the pre-release of the new Cooking Dash 3 Thrills and Spills. I’ve played a few casual games in my time, but haven’t delved into them lately. If you have played previous Diner Dash games, you will remember Flo & her Grandma as the main characters. They are back again, yet this time Flo and her friends are teenagers.
Archive of ‘Children & Technology’ category
Featured Article from WomenGamers.com – Part II
WomenGamers.com features articles on women in gaming, how to break into the gaming industry, and gaming reviews. Gaming has been a stereotypical male activity, but studies have shown that over half of online gamers are women. This growing trend has changed the way we look at raising children. Gaming mothers face different challenges but in the same token have new and exciting opportunities.
Atari from WomenGamers.com talks about these challenges in her article “Gaming with a Newborn.”
Internet and Email Safety
With the use of computers and the internet comes certain threats. If you are going to be active on the internet or in email or even if you will be only somewhat active when accessing email and the internet you should take steps to protect yourself. Two of the biggest threats right now are Virus’s and Identity/Account Theft. Below are a few simple steps you can take to protect yourself.
Featured Article from Women Gamers.com
WomenGamers.com features articles on women in gaming, how to break into the gaming industry, and gaming reviews. Gaming has been a stereotypical male activity, but studies have shown that over half of online gamers are women. This growing trend has changed the way we look at raising children. Gaming mothers face different challenges but in the same token have new and exciting opportunities.
Atari from WomenGamers.com talks about these challenges in her article “Gamer Mom to Be.”
Satisfy the Gaming Need
My three year old has become a game addict. I know. . .all the statistics and parenting classes would not approve if they saw the depths this child will endure to do some gaming. Some families are heavily into sports, others are engulfed in fishing or outdoor sports, while our family loves computers. The Internet and games to be more precise. The problem lies in the fickle mentality of a three year old. An online browser game can be challenging and tiring to a young end-user. The rants of "I want a Batman game," or "I need a DIFFERENT game," are constantly being demanded.
Found a new place to shop!
categories: Parenting, Site Reviews
I ran across a site called Clever Cuties, which sells apparel for geeks and nerds. 
There are several places to find geeky gear like this, but I was really impressed with the site layout, additional features, and the artwork on the apparel is really geeky cute!
The “My Mom’s a Geek” t-shirt seems to fit Geeky Moms.com really well, don’t you think?
Clevercuties.com…not an affiliate but a really fun place to do some virtual shopping.
Best Practices to Teach Basic Computer Movement – Part One
It takes a lot of effort and time to teach a young child how to use a mouse or keyboard. It takes even longer to get them comfortable enough to maneuver through a GUI with little effort. Yet, once your toddler or young child becomes comfortable at this level, the amount of actual intervention on your part decreases immensely. The goal is not to get them an interactive babysitter but to give them independent computer skills which will build them a strong foundation for their future. Children of today will never remember a time when computers or the Internet did not play a predominate role in their lives. (Unless of course they grow up sheltered from modern technology.) These kids excluded, the geeky child is engulfed by technology.
The future of computers is fuzzy but one thing is certain: they will never go away. With that promising thought in mind, let’s get our children off on the right track and give them the tools to empower their lives with an open and ready to learn attitude.
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TLSBooks.com
My daughter came to my office with me after her dance class this morning. We had such a great time! I scooted a chair up to my desk, opened up her juice box, and then printed off gobs of worksheets for her to complete. I used the site TLSBooks.com to print the worksheets. I am excited to have found the site. The site description says there are thousands of worksheets & color sheets for free, and they aren’t kidding! Not only are they free, but they are very good quality. The site categorizes by age group and then into different subjects. I’m very impressed by the site. Usually if you are looking for worksheets, you run into websites with loads of pop-ups and links hidden within ads. TLSBooks.com is free of ads and no signing up. Check it out and let your printer go wild!
Strawberry Girl’s Dreamsicle
categories: Children & Technology, Cooking Tech for Kids
New Recipe from My Little Geek
This drink is good for evening get-togethers and movie nights. My little girl came up with all the ingredients. You will need a blender or a smoothie maker. In this example, we use a blender.
Strawberry Girl’s Dreamsicle
3 scoops of ice cream
1/4 cup of sugar
2 cups of milk
1/4 cup ice (a few cubes or crushed)
1 cup of Strawberry milk mix
Blend until smooth. Serves 3.
Cooking Mama ‘mia!
I purchased the Nintendo DS version of Cooking Mama in hopes my 4 year old wannabe Rachel Ray would entertain herself for at least 30 minutes. Instead of hammering in my fridge or breaking eggs in her miniature fantasy kitchen she could crack a few with the DS wand right? Wrong. Either her age or impatient temperament was a factor in their disagreement. Instead of freeing up some of my MUCH needed and desired relaxation time, I listened to cries and whines about how "Mama can’t do it…" or "I can’t do this!"