Every year, we keep an eye on hot holiday toy trends, and no surprise here, STEM toys are still a big ticket item for the 2019 holiday season. When we look for STEM toys, we particularly appreciate ones that teach kids STEM concepts by e…
If you're looking to get a head start on holiday shopping -- especially toys for all those kids on your list -- you can score some truly fantastic deals right now thanks to our partner Zulily . And I can help! This parent-fave online ret…
This is a sponsored message from Coding With Kids If you're trying to balance fun and educational after school activities for your kids this year, Coding With Kids has you covered with both at once. Because, coding! For five years, Codin…
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing on July 20th, and our kids are so excited about it. Considering it's an event that happened way before they were born, I love their enthusiasm. In fact, my son just checked…
Earlier this year, I read somewhere that holding a russet potato can help prevent car sickness. I had no idea how or why, but I thought it was worth a shot. Because if you have kids who get car sick, you know that you will try anything. …
This is a sponsored message from Coding With Kids If you're trying to balance fun and educational activities for your kids this summer, Coding With Kids is a fabulous solution offering both! Coding With Kids offers live, week-long online…
This is a sponsored message on behalf of the toys seen here Hitting the stores this Black Friday ? Whether you're braving the crowds or shopping the virtual shelves , you'll want to keep these 6 fun toys on your radar for your holiday gi…
This is a sponsored message from Lakeshore Learning Kids love toys -- all kinds of toys -- and parents love those toys when they get kids excited about learning and building skills they need through play. In fact, learning through play i…
This year, if your kid wants to be a unicorn with a glowing horn or a chomping dinosaur or even a fairy with motorized wings for Halloween, you can say with all confidence, "Sure, kiddo! And you can even make it yourself." (If only we co…
This is a sponsored message on behalf of the toys seen here. There are two words moms and dads dread during the long, long days of summer: I'm boooored. That's why seasoned parents have come to understand the importance of fun summer toy…
Brought to you by our amazing sponsor, Play-Well TEKnologies , which has offered LEGO-inspired STEM camps for kids for the past twenty years. Wow. More than 100,000 kids each year have benefited from their terrific summer program -- mayb…
Are your kids as obsessed with Madeline L'Engle and Meg and Charles Wallace and tesseracts (and Oprah!) as ours are right now? If so, you may want to pre-order A Wrinkle in Time: A Daring Adventure game. Liz spotted USAopoly's beautiful …
Barbie has been busy lately. She's gotten a new variety of body shapes (with dad-bod and man-bun Ken by her side), she's taken on our heroines from A Wrinkle in Time and Wonder Woman , she's figured out that yes, women can code . Today, …
When Dustin wore a retro purple Thunder Lizard dinosaur sweatshirt from the Science Museum of Minnesota in season one of Stranger Things , fans cleaned out the museum's supply of Dustin's dinosaur sweatshirts faster than you can say NO B…
This is a sponsored post on behalf of these brands showing at 2018 Toy Fair We always look forward to attending the annual Toy Fair in New York, when the hottest of the hot toy trends for each year are revealed to us all. The big event k…
As a new mom, I'm excited to see a growing trend toward empowering children's books and magazines, especially ones that encourage kids to discover their own unique voices and interests. My latest favorite discovery is Bravery Magazine , …
As a strong proponent of bookshelves filled with diverse books -- in our libraries, our schools, and certainly at home -- I've become much more aware of not seeking out books featuring heroes of color, but ensuring that a diverse group o…
Target rolled exclusive weekend deals every weekend in November and December and as a dedicated Tarzhay shopper, I am all about this! Especially since today's deal is a whole 25% off toys at Target . What better way to say, "attention ho…
I didn't grow up in NYC so I don't have FAO Schwarz shopping memories like some of my city friends. But I did know about them from Big , and I loved pouring through their catalogs around the holidays every year, carefully circling the hu…
We are enamored of those tees for our kids featuring superheroes, pop culture references, rock bands, and sports teams. And they love them. In part because they know that we love that stuff, and they're pleasing us to show their allegian…
Our friends at Chatty Feet have done it again, updating their killer collection of artist and pop culture socks for kids and adults . I'm such a fan, I'm currently wearing Andy Sock-hole right now -- but only because Feetaso is in the ha…
Okay, so you missed your opportunity to buy legit solar eclipse glasses for your family and you may have even missed the opportunity to get free solar eclipse glasses in select locations . That doesn't mean you should scorch your retinas…
We are totally geeking out over the solar eclipse that's crossing the United States on April 8., 2024 In fact, we think it's the perfect excuse to throw a solar eclipse party! If your kids aren't in school yet or will be home in time for…
During these dog days of summer, when there's really no other word to describe the heat but "blergh," we parents have to think way beyond the sprinklers and water balloons that we've been relying on to keep our kids cool (and occupied). …