See the Incredible Lineup for Our STEAM Fair on Sunday 10/25 First, a big "Thank You" to everyone who volunteered to help make the Port Washington Public Library STEAM Fair a fantastic event! We've finalized our incredible lineup for Sunday 10/25…
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Most people have heard about the important and almost urgent need to get children more engaged in STEM and more specifically computer programming, but why is it so critical? Computers and technology are everywhere and part of our everyday lives.…
After a summer of swimming, traveling, and other fun-filled activities, sitting quietly at their desks for a long school day is a challenge for our daughters. Even when they actually sat, they rarely sat "normally". We often found them moving…
Exciting news! We're working with the Port Washington Public Library on a STEAM event on Sunday 10/25 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Children and their families will experience the amazing, fun, and powerful world of science, technology, engineering, art, and math through…
Read More Save the Date! We’re doing a STEAM Event on Sunday 10/25!
Our public education system doesn't adequately prepare our children for today's world because it is designed for a 200-year-old problem that no longer exists. We won't easily fix this system through our newsletter, but we'll share some cool ideas about…
We all know it's important to ask questions, but how, exactly, do we get our kids to do it? And why is STEM a great venue for asking questions? The first step is realizing that people generally love talking about…
The pace of my Kids Need Enrichment (KNE) blog posts has slowed down recently for a variety of reasons, most importantly that I've been thinking about learning and how to provide more kids (and kids at heart) more opportunities to…
I said "Wow! Look at its tongue!" as my daughter fed a giraffe a lettuce leaf. The giraffe had a really long dark gray tongue that wrapped around the lettuce and pulled the leaf into its mouth. The last day…
The scientist carefully lifted a long, straggly tentacle out of his bucket and asked if anyone wanted to hold a giant squid (Architeuthis kirkii). As we eagerly touched the tentacle, we were surprised to feel sharp rings of teeth on…
Read More The Milstein Science Series at the American Museum of Natural History
Our daughter's partner carefully blew up the air bladder and inserted the ping pong ball as our daughter aimed to hit the quarter-sized target 2 meters away. She released the trigger and ploosh! Their ball got within 8 centimeters of…
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