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Lifestyle Expert Chi-Lan Lieu Offers 6 Tips on Staying Connected and Managing App Stress
An Expert Offers 6 Tips on Staying Connected and Managing App Stress Last week I had a chance to speak with Technology and Lifestyle Expert Chi-Lan Lieu about how busy moms can utilize technology and all that it offers without feeling overwhelmed by it all. Ms. Lieu is currently the Technology & Lifestyle Expert for CBS’s hit daytime talk show, THE TALK. She’s appeared on numerous show to talk tech, including GOOD MORNING AMERICA, ELLEN, THE VIEW, TV GUIDE, E! ENTERTAINMENT, among others. She offers some really fantastic advice for our lovely dandelion moms about family goal-setting and figuring out what apps would work best for your needs. …
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A Kindle Fire Giveaway!
One of my favorite pastimes is to cuddle up on the sofa and read a good book. I have to be honest that for some time I was opposed to reading anything but a book book. But after I received a Kindle Fire last year I was sold – for many reasons. It is really nice that I don’t need to get up to turn the lights on or off at night because the tablet has a couple reading options that don’t require lights. And depending on your preference, you can opt for a low or brighter light. You don’t need reading glasses as you can change the size of the…
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PBS KIDS ScratchJr App Helps Children Learn Coding Concepts
Developed in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab and Tufts University’s DevTech Research Group, new app helps kids learn coding concepts as they create their own stories and games featuring favorite PBS KIDS characters This month PBS KIDS launched PBS KIDS ScratchJr, a free app developed in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab and Tufts University’s Developmental Technologies Research Group. Available now on iPad and Android tablets, PBS KIDS ScratchJr helps children ages 5-8 learn core coding concepts as they create their own interactive stories and games using PBS KIDS characters. PBS KIDS ScratchJr incorporates PBS KIDS media properties, including WILD KRATTS, WORDGIRL, PEG + CAT and the new series NATURE…
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Tips for Raising a Reader
Next week I will be speaking to parents at a preschool about the benefits of reading aloud to your children, so I thought this would be a good time to write about raising readers. I think back to when my son was about 6 months old. How I would hold him and read board books in the rocking chair. He would have let me read to him all day. Today, he is a 7-year old book-aholic who reads everything he can get his hands on. I like to think that reading consistently to him beginning at an early age helped guide him to that path. Reading to young children, including…
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Dandelion Moms Favorite Gift Ideas Giveaway 2015
Tis the season friends! All year long we have searched and found some of our favorite holiday gift ideas to share with you. Here are some of our favorites companies who have generously offered a goodie for our lovely community! Prizes valued at over $800! Good luck and have a wonderful holiday season! Art: Mike Kungl is one of our favorite artists around. Mike Kungl works with Disney along with many other companies such as the Chuck Jones Gallery and Stan Lee of Marvel Comics. After completing art and design school M Kungl applied his graphic design education to achieve a successful career in advertising. Spending nearly two decades creating award winning logos,…
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The PicCollage App and HP Help Create Memories
Last year I heard from a friend who is pretty tech savvy about this really cool app that lets you create fun collages from your photographs. I was looking for an easy way to create cards and quotes from photographs I had taken. The PicCollage app is really easy to use and this is coming from someone not particularly that tech savvy! I made this one from a day at the beach. There are over 100 million people who use PicCollage to combine photos, Youtube videos, funky fonts, sassy stickers and cute cutouts to create the prettiest collages you’ll ever see on a mobile device. They have stickers from Sanrio and LA-based independent designer, Sara…
