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! ... [ Read More ]