Howtoons is a comic-based website full of rich comic strips containing ingenious instructions on how to make things using basic science and engineering principles. Aimed at 8 to 12-year olds, Howtoons uses rich, colorful animation and a fun story to engage children’s natural interest in humor, comic strips, and having fun. Our youngster gravitated to the marshmallow [...]
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Howtoons: Geeky Comics Show Kids How to Make Stuff from Household Items
Posted by ginac on February 26th, 2011
Posted in Activities, Art, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Programming, Eclectic Homeschooling, Ecology, Environmental Conservation, Interdisciplinary, Make, Music, Physics, Science 
Tags: Arts, comic, Comic strip, Howtoons, Online 
2 Comments »Personalized Pretend-Play Comic Poster
Posted by ginac on February 24th, 2011
We’re huge fans of interdisciplinary projects, especially those that encourage creativity. We also create projects around our child’s interests, so comic strips and comic books are sometimes part of the learning experience. Pretend play and dress-up are also popular — imagination rules! We’ve created a really fun project that combines the fun of pretend-play dress-up [...]
Posted in Activities, Art, Eclectic Homeschooling, Interdisciplinary Tags: Art, Batman, Bruce Wayne, comic, Comic strip, creativity, interdisciplinary learning, script writing 1 Comment »GeekDad Book Projects are Really Fun!
Posted by ginac on September 20th, 2010
We just completed our first project from our new GeekDad book (Thanks MAKE! Magazine), and we can’t wait to start on the next one! We chose the Make Your Own Cartoons project because we already had everything we needed to get started. Our young homeschooler loved animating his favorite riddle, and chose LEGO knights as [...]
Posted in Computer Programming, Electronics, Games, Just for Fun, LEGOs, Make, technology Tags: Children, Comic strip, GeekDad, Ken Denmead, LEGO, Wired News, Wired.com Comments Off
