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If you’ve ever had an adult tell you to stop tapping your pencil, stop fidgeting, or stop doodling… you may be a fidgeter. Now as an adult, though, we have some news for you: Once a fidgeter, always a fidgeter....

If you're looking for the fidget toy that sparked the global fidget phenomenon, check out the original Fidget Cube, invented right here by us.   BUY NOW Need a fun summer project to fill your kid’s afternoon? Are you a fidget...

For anyone who was ever a kid, the joy of summer was always in the chance to take a break from daily schooling.  Even those high achievers amongst us (why yes, I did get a perfect attendance award, thank you...

Summer is here, and with it come longer days, summer Fridays, and family vacations.  With those extra hours, you could find the perfect time to sit out on the patio and strum out a few songs on your guitar. To...

Is your kid burning through all of the books at the local library? Is their ravenous reading leaving the shelves of your local little library barren? Are you concerned that they might start turning the page on reading if they...

If you're looking for the fidget toy that sparked the global fidget phenomenon, check out the original Fidget Cube, invented right here by us.   BUY NOW Do fidget toys help you focus? As the team behind the Fidget Cube™ Kickstarter...

Keeping up with the amount of new media that comes out every day, month, and year is an impossible task. We talked before about the 30,000 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every hour. There’s also by one measure over...

Starting a new book is an exciting moment. From the moment we get it into our hands, we’re filled with the hopes of discovery that this new book will bring us. Thrilling new stories? Bold new takes on history? Illuminating...

There may be no sweeter sound to a parents’ ears than a child’s newfound love of reading. (Or, no sweeter lack of sound!) Beyond the momentary silence and eye-of-the-storm calm that come with a child sitting on their own, flipping...

As a country, we love ourselves some goals. The bigger the goal, the better. The scarier, the more significant it seems. Who among us hasn’t signed up for a marathon, shouting into an empty room with excitement? Who among us...

If you’re the kind of person who loves to read, the idea of a reading slump can be devastating. Suddenly, stories don’t hold your attention. Suddenly, you don’t care what happens on the next page. Much less the page after...

If the last thing you do before you go to bed each night is check your phone… And the first thing you do in the morning is check your phone… You might be the kind of person who wishes they...