In preparation for our official launch this week, I've posted a new logo up top. Check it out! Like The Maker Mom on Facebook. Watch our videos on YouTube. ... [ Read More ]
Happy Independence Day
Whether you spend the day at a picnic, parade, or backyard barbecue take a moment to reflect on the American spirit, something I feel is embodied in the innovative, bootstrapping, DIY world of Makers.Like The Maker Mom on Facebook. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter. Follow us on Pinterest and YouTube. Follow The Maker Mom on Google+. ... [ Read More ]
Grow Brains in Your Garden this Summer
Lettuce grow!Any references to Plants and Zombies are pure coincidence.What I mean is that when you plant a garden, you're not just planting seeds in the ground, your planting them in your child's mind. Ewww. Not literally, of course. But even the smallest container garden provides an opportunity to delve into, or at least discuss, many branches of science like botany, climatology, and entomology, to name a few.Learn more about teaching science ... [ Read More ]
SOS- Summer Of STEM or Sanity?
Through G+ and Facebook, I put out feelers about a project or challenge while the kids are out of school, SOS- the Summer of STEM or SYTYCM (So You Think You Can Make). There was a good response and I started scribbling out plans, but life got in the way. At this point, with the kids out of school and the summer schedule ramping up, not to mention work responsibilities both in and out of the social media space, I've decided to change SOS to mean ... [ Read More ]
Happy Mother’s Day
Happy day to all the Wonder Moms out there! Like The Maker Mom on Facebook. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter. Follow us on Pinterest and YouTube. Join The Maker Mom Community on Google+. ... [ Read More ]
A Day Off
I'm taking a digital sabbatical today in observance of Yom Kippur. See you tomorrow! ... [ Read More ]
Moving and Getting Ready
In recent weeks I've been settling into my new bloggy digs here at The Maker Mom and I'm almost ready for our big launch next week. We're launching big with a Summer Science Fun segment on Chicago's WGN Morning News scheduled for July 10 (Tesla Day!).Those boxes you see pictured on the right hold some of the goodies I'll be showing off on the TV segment,thanks to Radio Shack, Make and Elenco. It's going to be a lot of fun and there's so much ... [ Read More ]