Last month, I announced the Mommy Poppins Reader Survey. I am still collecting responses and if you haven’t done it yet, I strongly urge you to take the survey. I’m getting great feedback that I think is really going to help make the site better.
Happily, one of the main thrusts of the responses have been […]

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Congratulations to Izzy’s Mom who won the Great Green Giveaway. She’ll receive free tickets to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a copy of the BBG Gardening with Children book and a Tree in a Box.
It’s not over yet, folks. Halloween is tomorrow and there’s still time to check out some of the coolest and most fun […]

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You know the main thing I worry my kids are missing out on in their education in New York? It’s not so much math, social studies or reading. It’s Creativity. I don’t mean art. I mean just random, wacky NYC Creativity. This post is about a really cool new preschool, a hot educational philosophy, […]

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Due to technical difficulties, yesterday’s post did not go out to subscribers. If you would like to read yesterday’s post about Zipcar, click here.
I’ve put together a list of some great sites that promote environmentalism. Some are kid sites with games, activities and projects to get kids involved in the environment. Some are cool sites […]

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If you watch An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore’s environmental exposé, it is quite likely that you followed the exact pattern of behavior we did immediately after watching the film.
For, in the final credits, there is a URL for a website which allows you to measure your personal household carbon footprint. If you do that you […]

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Hot off the press! I just got this email from Kate over at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. They are looking for lots of parents and kids to come out tomorrow, Thursday October 25th to be on Good Morning New York to promote their Ghouls and Ghords Halloween event. It sounds like a lot of fun. […]

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A couple weeks ago The New York Times followed NYC parent blog demigods, Liz Gumbinner and Greg Allen, on toy shopping expeditions and interviewed them about the whole China-toy-recall-apalooza.
In the article, Greg Allen who writes daddytypes.com says,
“I think people are kind of stunned because they don’t know what to do. You can’t just cut out […]

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Environmentalism has become so mainstream that Alanis Morissette is going to have to make a comeback just so she can add a new verse to her hit song Ironic. “It’s like using environmentalism to get people to buy more crap…oh who would have thought it figgered…”
I was born with a biodegradable soy-based spoon in my […]

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We’re finishing up Halloween week with some links to other great sites and Halloween info—crafts, projects and more NYC Halloween stuff for kids.

I absolutely love these Halloween Monster Cupcakes from Rocky Mountain News (via AT:Nursery).
Parent Hacks tells you how to make a Paper Jack o Lantern.
If even a paper jack o lantern is too much […]

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To little kids, Halloween is pretty abstract. To bigger kids, it’s just awesome. Either way, reading some great Halloween stories is a fun way to extend the fun and excitement of Halloween. I’ve collected my all-time favorite Halloween books, a bunch of classics and a couple of brand-new classics. All sure to either […]

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