We knew early on that we definitely wanted to sign with Pooky. Using sign language with babies is a great way to teach them to communicate with you physically before they’re able to verbally. Our hope was that, instead of crying out in frustration, Pooky would eventually sign to us that she was hungry, needed [...]
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Child-friendly Search Engine
A new search engine just launched yesterday: Zoo.com
The folks at InfoSpace have created a search engine that produces child-friendly search results from Google, Yahoo!, and Wikipedia as well as several news sources. According to InfoSpace,
Unlike other engines that allow users to set filtering from high to none, Zoo.com has developed and uses a strict keyword [...]
Are We There Yet? Road Trip Survival
Boy, do I remember those family road trips from when I was a kid. 6 children and 2 adults in a car that was definitely not big enough. We never flew anywhere because it was just too expensive with such a large family which meant that family vacations took the form of looooong drives. Rest [...]
Learn to Read Online
Starfall is a free website with some great online activities that helps in teaching children how to read. Although the site says it’s geared towards 1st graders, I believe it’s never too early to start. Pooky has definitely already shown interest in viewing moving images on the computer. While she’s too young to handle the [...]
