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With love from snail mail.
September 19, 2008
With the introduction of blogs, email and telephones always at our fingertips the fine art of writing a letter has been lost. Not that your preschooler is ready or willing to sit down and write a letter to grandma or Uncle Todd, but chances are they will enjoy doing something grown up and something for someone else. Chances are letters will be sent back to your child, I know one grandma always Read more...
Take a class, make a friend.
September 09, 2008
Leave little kids alone for one minute in a new situation and chances are they will come back with a new friend. My daughter makes friends in the crayon aisle of Target, Playscape at the Children's Museum and under a slide at the playground. Preschoolers don't care what their friend looks like, sound like or smell like, the only care if the other friend wants to play and if the other friend is Read more...
Mealtime mats equal mealtime learning
July 17, 2008
I remember having Sesame Street mats at the dinner table in childhood. I remember there was one that was actually the shape of big bird, I would trace his outline over and over while waiting for, or refusing, dinner. My dad happened to catch a morning show where a five year old boy came on and recited all fifty U.S. Presidents and then followed with saying he learned them all from a laminated Read more...
Doodle Scribble and Squiggle the rain away.
June 13, 2008
So it's shaping up to be another wet Indiana weekend complete with tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm advisories. Hooray! Well. Hmm. So maybe not hooray. But I've found that having a rainy day activity tucked away for a rainy day makes rainy days that much more bearable. I'd like to introduce you to a trio of books by Taro Gomi (creator of Everyone Poops ) called Doodles , Scribbles and Read more...
Indiana Festival at Conner Prairie
June 05, 2008
As the weekend approaches it's time to start thinking about what you're going to do. None of this Whadda you wanna do? I don't know whadda you wanna do or I'M SO BORED. This weekend is the Indiana Festival at Conner Prairie . Quite possibly the easiest way to expose your child to more than 30 live performances over the two day festival (we're looking forward to the Russian Ballet Academy's Read more...
Finding the Perfect Place for the Perfect Birthday Party.
June 03, 2008
In theory it seems like hosting a party in your own backyard for a dozen little people would be a bargain compared to all those fancy parties offered at various locations throughout the city. After hosting three birthday parties myself, I'm here to say those fancy parties are worth looking into. After invitations, food, drinks, themed decorations and the joy that is keeping track of a dozen Read more...
The Budding Art Critic: How to make the IMA a place your child loves.
June 02, 2008
Art is in every corner of every city and every building in America. From the sterile reproductions in a hotel room to the curve of a sports car. It's training an eye to see such things that is the hard part. Heading straight for the IMA with a small one for their first exposure to art can prove a little tricky. Start out in small galleries featuring art you know your child will relate to . Read more...
99 things to do with your child in Indianapolis before they grow up.
May 29, 2008
Go to the Indy 500. See the city from the top of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument (stair climbing optional). Lie in the shade with a heap of ribs to share at Rib Fest. Cheer the runners from the sidelines at the Indianapolis Mini-Marathon. Brush up on your French for the French Market Festival. Take a bike ride down the Monon Trail. Sit in the splash zone at the dolphin show at the Read more...
The littlest Picasso.
May 26, 2008
We'd all like for our children to love art for a hundred different reasons. Even before I was married I dreamed of crayon drawings adorning my fridge. I wait for the day my walls become a canvas, I can't see myself getting all that mad about it. I saved the very first picture my daughter ever put crayon to paper with at eighteen months old. Now to see her write her name and draw little stick Read more...
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