Tag Archives: nostalgia

Dear Photograph – Insert the Past into Now

Dear Photograph – Insert the Past into Now

I am late to the game on this great site (and internet phenomenon) that encourages people to send in new pictures having inserted an old one from the same spot. Kids change so quickly, I do find myself getting nostalgic for events that were just a year or two ago. The boy in this photograph [...]

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Quilts from old T-Shirts

Quilts from old T-Shirts

I have a really hard time throwing things away – especially some old t-shirt from camp in the 80′s that doesn’t fit and isn’t worth anything to anyone except for me. This is a good way to “upcycle” your old t-shirts into home furnishings. Am sure Carolynda isn’t the first to do this, but at [...]

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100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About | GeekDad

100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About | GeekDad

via wired.com This is a great list of many of the things that our kids will never know about. We can find a few gaps, like the “auto-reverse” function of a Walkman. But that’s really more of a subcategory to number 3, “Playing music on an audio tape using a personal stereo.” But let’s take [...]

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Making Paper Houses and Painting Circuits – Bare Conductive

Making Paper Houses and Painting Circuits – Bare Conductive. I came across this safe, non-toxic paint at this year’s NYC [...]

littleBits: EZ Electronics for Kids

littleBits: EZ Electronics for Kids

This electronics kit requires no soldiering and is a perfect way to introduce kids to electronics. The components are designed [...]

Reality is Magical Too! Take That Unicorns!

Reality is Magical Too! Take That Unicorns!

Leave it to an evolutionary biologist to pen a children’s book that describes the “magic of reality”. In the video [...]

Susie Brings Books: 6 Space Books for Aspiring Astronauts

Susie Brings Books: 6 Space Books for Aspiring Astronauts

This is the second in a series of videos with children’s librarian extraordinaire Susie Heimbach, from the Mulberry St. branch [...]