The dreaded back to school season is back ... soon the kids will be heading off back to school, much to the disappointment of every dad's wallet. New uniform, stationary, books and sports equipment can be enough to put your bank account seriously in th...

The North Carolina Science Festival kicks off on September 11th. With hundreds of events scattered across the entire state, there’s something for everyone at the first of its kind festival. One event of particular interest to most GeekDad readers is “An Afternoon with Adam and Jamie.” On September 19th at the ...

Mobad Games, an apps developer for children, is slightly to one side of our last feature developer, Duck Duck Moose. But they are worth keeping an eye on, and as you would have seen from GeekDad Jonathan’s recent review of My First Hidden Pictures they are producing apps that are ...

It is back to school time, and today my youngest child, my daughter, started at a new school.  This time, however, I didn’t have to pack her lunch, or walk her to the bus stop. I won’t be looking forward to any more parent teacher conferences or notes sent home ...

Premiering tonight on the Science Channel is Head Rush, a full hour — commercial-free — of MythBusters, hosted by none other than Kari Byron. Juxtaposed amidst classic MythBusters fare, we’ll see Kari — along with Grant and Tori — exploring science in their own unique way. Geared toward the middle ...

Someone on Twitter called the 2006 show titled, "Musical Language" the single best episode of Radiolab ever. I don't know about that, but it is certainly very awesome. And from a parent's perspective it is a must-listen. There's a bit...

From DT reader Eric comes this video of YouTube user drchelpka's expressive 3-yo son reciting "Litany," by former US Poet Laureate and apparent Outback Steakhouse fan ["You are still the bread and the knife"? Amiright? Am I the only one...

Today only for App Friday, MomsWithApps is featuring MathGirl Number Garden as a free download until 8pm Pacific Time. Each Friday, they feature a family-friendly app to download to your portable device for free. Check them out each week! This week’s app, MathGirl Number Garden, is a fun counting game that ...

So The New York Times reports that city families are seeking out non-English-speaking nannies to teach their kids a foreign language. Or I should say second language, since the whole point of New York is that there's no such thing...

On my first day of high school, my biology teacher Gail Liljestrand forever altered my perceptions of time and accomplishment by announcing that each student in her class would be responsible for thinking up, implementing, and presenting an experiment for the school science fair the following May.  The notion of ...