OK Go on Sesame Street

January 31, 2012

This is going to blow Ozzie’s mind. He’s already OK Go’s number one fan on You Tube, and now they’ve teamed up with Sesame Street to make something even more appropriate for the toddler set. Here’s “3 Primary Colors”:

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Celebrating the Art of Illustration with LB-Kids

January 29, 2012

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to get a sneak peek at the spring and summer books coming from LB-Kids, aka Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. At the event was a gallery of original artwork from their new picture books. Varied in style, each artist’s work made me eager to read the book [...]

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Media Macaroni on Pinterest

January 21, 2012

My latest obsession is Pinterest. Are you on it? If you’re not familiar with Pinterest, yes, it’s yet another social network. However, unlike my dust-covered Google+ account, I’m finding great uses for it. It’s completely image-based. Whatever you see you can ‘like’ or ‘comment’ on (as with Facebook), but then you can also ‘re-pin’. This [...]

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Weird but True!

January 20, 2012
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Olive has recently picked up the National Geographic Kids’ book, Weird but True 3: 300 Outrageous Facts from my review stack and has been having fun with it. It’s loaded with, as the title suggest, weird but true facts that she likes to make into questions to quiz me. Olive: Mom, did a man once [...]

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YouTube Medicine for the Sick Boy

January 17, 2012

Ozzie’s not a kid to plunk down in front of the TV, but he’s happy to climb up on my lap to watch a little YouTube while I try to beat my high score on Bejeweled 3. Normally this occurs while mom or dad is consuming the first cup of coffee of the day. Not [...]

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Trains Go CHOO CHOOOOOOOOO!

January 14, 2012
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A new board book was recently sent our way from Chronicle Books, a loooooooooong board book called Trains Go by Steve Light. The form factor of this book is perfect for trains that WHOOSH across the spreads. It’s no surprise that Ozzie took to this book immediately. I mean, look! Trains! I like it for the onomatopoeia [...]

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DoodleCast: A Glimpse Into Your Child’s Id

January 8, 2012

I should have trumpets playing for this… but I’m ready to bestow the Media Macaroni Seal of Approval for the first time. Doo-doo-do-DOOOO! And it comes as little surprise that it’s for an app from Tickle Tap Apps, the creators of another of my all-time favs, Sound Shaker. The lastest app is DoodleCast, and it’s [...]

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