Perhaps you’ve seen a book called Magic For Dummies. One of a gazillion yellow softcover titles in the ‘Dummies’ family. MFD was written by David Pogue who’s better known as a tech writer and broadcaster.

It’s a pretty good magic book (despite the title!) and Mr. Pogue’s interest in magic is long standing. In fact, he appears on the cover of the wonderful early 1970s Magic Digest by George Anderson (no relation)…

Mr. Pogue’s Making Stuff series from PBS is available for families to explore. Many aspects of STEM are covered. Great stuff if your kids are a bit older.
Just a heads up during this time of self isolation…

A collection of 100 activities to keep kids busy during this extended period of ‘social distancing’ we are all going through. This list was complied by a GTA based Mommy Blogger Jennifer Stallman whose site is called Entertain Kids on A Dime. There’s bound to be one or two that appeal to everyone.

To view the article click here. I’m partial to #22 for obvious reasons…