At Home with Kim Vallee is officially closed. In order to focus on my STEAM education activities with Bidouilleurs, I won’t publish here anymore. I’m touched by all the support you gave me during all these years. I met wonderful bloggers and readers both online and offline. I will forever cherish these fond memories. Take care. XOXO
This is my last post at At Home with Kim Vallee. I launched Bidouilleurs, a blog in French to support what I do in STEAM education with children aged 5 to 12.…
Kid-friendly computers for a 6 or 7-year-old usually come in two forms. Young children either inherit an inexpensive, used laptop, or they could get a DIY computer kit. Since I’m raising a maker, I chose…
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I searched for another sci-fi book series for my five year-old son while we wait for the 6th volume of the DATA Set series due in March. I found it with Galaxy Zack. Author Ray O’Ryan centered this fun-to-read series…
I wrote this post because I heard a few parents of kids aged 5 or 6 who did a few simple ScratchJr projects mentioning that they wanted to go to the next…
The biggest problem with the current school system is how kids learn in school. According to Sir Ken Robinson and Dr. Peter Senge, standardized testing and the way a typical class is taught created many…
If you are looking for a way to introduce a child aged 5 to 8 to the science-fiction genre, look no further than the DATA set chapter books. The filled with danger,…
Since I took a sabbatical, I’m a mom on a mission. I worked in computing and digital content for 25 years. My job always involved in one way or another training people,…