Motherhood In Hollywood

Mayim Bialik plays neurobiologist Amy Farrah Fowlerand on CBS's The Big Bang Theory and is actually a neuroscientist in real life. So when she puts her stamp of approval on a science-based toy, you can bet she's done her research. Mayim Bialik and Heather Brooker at the Fisher-Price Think & Learn event I had the pleasure of interviewing Mayim recently at a Think-A-Thon event hosted by Fisher-Price. They have launched a new line of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathmatics) toys intended to teach preschoolers skills like communication, critical thinking, creativity and collaboration. The Think & Learn toys are also designed to help preschoolers in reading, writing and arithmetic through hands-on play.                   Several preschoolers joined in the fun at the party. Most of them gravited toward the Code-A-Pillar ($50), a caterpillar that encourages experimentation while developing coding, sequencing and critical thinking skills. Sounds lofty right? But I could see the groundwor