parenting • education
by Mom It Forward on June 28th, 2012 | No Comments »
Nicole Lazarro, an expert in the emotions of video games, after conducting extensive research, identified four keys of fun, or four reasons why people play video games. They are "easy fun," "hard fun," "people fun," and "serious fun." I and my three-year-old son recently played Elmo's Monsterpiece, a…
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parenting • ages and stages
by Cambria VandeMerwe on June 25th, 2012 | No Comments »
Unstructured play is vital to children’s growth and learning. By simply releasing your kids to play on their own, you are not only able to get the cleaning done but it sparks mind reeling inventions in your child's mind that gets them thinking.
Letting them use their imagination with…
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parenting • ages and stages
by Robin Greene on June 12th, 2012 | No Comments »
School is out and your child’s brain is on vacation! You mention one word about school or reading and your child just groans. Reading does not have to be a chore; make reading fun and interesting! We have all heard “practice makes perfect,” well, practice may not make your child…
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parenting club
by Jill Greenlaw on May 31st, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I had the opportunity to go with other Utah bloggers for a free day at the Kennecott Utah Copper Mine in April. This was a community event cosponsored by Kennecott, Mom It Forward and Penne Powers Brian Haynes.
Kennecott is one of the world's largest open-pit mines. It…
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parenting • education
by Tammy Kling on April 26th, 2012 | No Comments »
What does a CEO of a global E-learning corporation and a six year-old have in common? Plenty. The CEO has a product and the six year-old is their future customer.
Recently, I facilitated a focus group of kids for a global corporation. The company was interested in asking…
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Preschool Video Game Review: Elmo’s Musical Monsterpiece
