Cool Mom Picks We never thought that a book about moving would be so enjoyable. Just thought thought of moving gives lots of us cold sweats! And yet, Ali Wenzke, who’s been called the Marie Kondo of Moving has authored […]
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The Kid Should See This Cairo-based tinkerer and stop-motion filmmaker dina A. Amin created this short animation featuring four gadgets that she took apart piece by piece: A walkman, a phone, a hairdryer, and a camera. See them […]
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The Kid Should See This Launched from a 26-foot steel tube buried in Emerald Mountain (aka Quarry Mountain), just west of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, a massive firework illuminated the night. With that February 8, 2020 explosion in the sky, Steamboat […]
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The Kid Should See This To test their camera traps, University of Michigan wildlife ecologist Dr. Nyeema Harris and graduate student Corbin Kuntze conducted a series of ‘walk tests’ (and crawl tests) in front of the camouflaged boxes to make […]
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Cool Mom Picks Last year I tried Hairstory’s New Wash Shampoo after seeing some Facebook ads for it, and whoa, our review really resonated with our readers! So when I saw ads for The Earthling Co.‘s bar shampoo, I knew […]
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Cool Mom Picks I really love the idea of kids handing out printable bilingual Valentine’s cards to their classmates. These days, knowing a second language is de rigeuer. (See what I did there?) Lots of our kids are growing up […]
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The Kid Should See This Learn how Plastic Was Invented To Replace Bugs, specifically to replace the shellac that can be made from the resin of a female lac bug. This science history video from Planet Money‘s series on oil […]
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The Kid Should See This In a series of promotional videos for Disney’s The Lion King on Broadway, stage actors share how they put on and perform within their hand-crafted animal costumes. Above, actor Ray Mercer dons stilts to transform […]
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The Kid Should See This How do you cook a pasta dinner? Stop motion animator, director, and fiber artist Andrea Love makes the meal look simple to cook up with this felted wool stop-motion animation: Pasta with Red […]
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The Kid Should See This This simple cardboard pendulum with a small magnet at the end swings and repels above a field of magnets. The awaiting discs appear to be facing up with the same pole that the […]
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