by Christina Refford | Tech Toys
I’m usually hesitant about buying a big, expensive LEGO kit because, after my kids put it together once, then what? Sometimes kids keep playing with it, sometimes it ends up dissembled with random bricks I discover all over the house months later. Which is why...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys
Walking through the crowded, cacophonic aisles of International CES 2015 earlier this year, we were instantly drawn to one booth featuring adorable little robots gliding around the rug, and beeping and booping at our feet. It turned out to be the Dash Robot from...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys
After spending a fun afternoon at Makerbot’s NYC store last fall, my kids are now completely fascinated with 3D printing. It’s a pretty phenomenal way to get kids creating, designing, coding and building. But the big challenges remain the cost, the...
by Julie | Games + Gaming
As you can see just from browsing our site, Minecraft and STEM toys rank high on our list of the coolest stuff for kids that’s both fun and educational. So when we heard about Piper, which brings together coding, engineering, and Minecraft all in one cool...
by Kristen Chase | Tech Toys
With all these new LEGO sets coming out, like Scooby Doo LEGO and Doctor Who LEGO, I’ve got total LEGO envy. Why should the kids get all the cool stuff? Well, this new My Old Basement LEGO kit is all mine. Designed by artist Chris McVeigh (a.k.a. Power Pig) who...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys
When people ask me about any tech “wows” I might have caught at the NY International Toy Fair this week, honestly there were a few but not tons. However the first thing I’m excited about is the upcoming Anki OVERDRIVE, and it’s killing me that...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys
At Toy Fair this week, I was totally entranced by the Light Stax Electric Light Blocks, sort of a Lite Brite-LEGO mashup that you just can’t stop playing with. They stack on a USB or DC-powered base (or use batteries if you like needlessly spending money) which...
by Christina Refford | Tech Toys
I’m not alone in wanting my kids to learn the basics of coding and am thankful there are so many ways to get them interested in the subject. We’ve covered cool clubs and camps, lots of fun games, as well as apps and websites like ScratchJr and Hopscotch....
by Kate Etue | Fitness + Health
My kids love playing basketball, but when the temperature drops, their practice time does too. But they’re getting outside more since they’ve been practicing with Infomotion Sport’s 94Fifty Smart Sensor Basketball which was a big hit at CES 2015 this...
