Online Resource: #ToyLikeMe

What Is It? #ToyLikeMe is a website dedicated to providing toys which represent the full diversity of humankind, and particularly toys that represent people with a disability or difference. It started life as a campaign to encourage the global toy industry to provide such toys, Read More …

Game: Cracking The Code – Caesar Cipher Rot. Left 1

The ability to communicate in a way that no one else can understand is something that kids always find fascinating, and this is why playing around with codes is a great way to entertain a child. However, codes are also a great introduction to many Read More …

Game: Shut The Box!

Shut The Box! is a simple dice-based numbers game. It consists of a wooden box with a series of numbered tabs that can be flipped up or down. The aim of the game is to roll the dice and flip down the tabs based on the numbers Read More …

Game: W is for Wall …

W is for Wall … is a game which will help improve your child’s knowledge of letters and words, and it usually involves them running around sticking post-it notes on things, so you know they’ll love it. The game itself is simple: take a stack Read More …

Life Lesson: The Monkey Business Illusion (AKA The Invisible Gorilla)

Humans are great a focussing all their attention on the smallest of details, but there’s a problem with this: it means that we often miss very obvious things that are going on around us because we are just not paying attention to the right cues Read More …

Book Series: How Do Dinosaurs … (Jan 2003 to Present)

How Do Dinosaurs … are a series of books by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague. These books feature amazingly accurate pictures of a wide variety of real dinosaurs doing everyday tasks and actions, and are accompanied by well-written rhymes describing them. The series started with How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Read More …

Activity Book: Let’s Learn About Money (May 2016)

Instilling good financial skills from an early age is an essential element for raising children who will grow into happy and successful adults, and here at How To Raise A Happy Genius, we believe that it is never too early to start educating your kids Read More …

Game: Speed Stacking

Speed stacking, also known as sport stacking, is a fast and fun game that is incredibly addictive. It started in the 1990s as an all-access activity that has grown into a highly competitive world-wide sport. It is cheap, simple and a great way to help your Read More …

Game: Stop The Bus!

Stop The Bus! is a fun word game that will help your child improve their vocabulary, general knowledge, and critical thinking skills. It involves selecting a letter of the alphabet and then trying to come up with unique answers starting with that letter for a Read More …

Life Lesson: #LikeAGirl

There are many times that society inadvertently sends the wrong signals to children, and unchecked or unquestioned, these can become ingrained within them, imposing limits on their lives. When such signals are encountered, they should always be challenged by the adults in a child’s life. Read More …