Hilltown Families

Engineering Projects for Children at Home I continue to be amazed at the natural engineering instincts of young children.  Ironically, with all the technology available to kids today (television, computers, tablets,...

Kids Creating Video Games Many kids today are great at playing (consuming) video games but who will create the video games of tomorrow?  I think it’s fine for kids to play...

Technology Limits – A Personal Story In January I shared a general article on setting technology limits titled, My Top Ten Tips for Setting Technology Limits. Setting technology limits for your...

Educational Web Sites for Kids Today, I’ll point out some great educational web sites for kids. At our home, we attempt to balance educational and “just for fun” web sites with...

My Top 10 Tips on Setting Technology Limit Many parents are unsure of how and when to set limits on technology use for their children (and themselves).  I believe this is...

Technology, Art and Kids I sometimes hear concerns from parents about technology and their children.  Are they too young to use computers?  Are they using technology too much?  What I have...

Creative Play With Lego Robots Toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners are natural engineers. They love sand castles, blocks, fairy houses, and other projects that support their creative, fantasy play.  We support this...