Math fun with dice and cards
Looking for ways to keep your kids engaged on rainy days or long car rides and fight off "summer learning loss?" (39 separate studies have shown student can loose up to 2.6 months of learning over the summer.) It's easy!
Summer amnesia
Every child knows the feeling, and what adult can forget it? When the textbooks are turned in and the classroom doors closed for the summer, there’s a sweet sense of freedom. But those weeks of fun can have real consequences
Give Me a “C”…..
Researchers at Tufts University have identified five personality traits that increase a teen's odds of navigating the journey between childhood and early adulthood with relative ease
Art tools for toddlers
Crayola outgrew its crayon stage years ago, coming up with countless products that appeal to the imagination and creativity of children. Just so kids don’t have to wait to grow into all that Crayola has to offer, a new line
Toddler on board
This shouldn't be news to any parent who has ever driven under the influence of a screaming toddler: having a passenger on board increases your odds of being involved in an automobile accident
History among the Hurons
The ringing of hammer on anvil lures visitors to the smithy, where the resident blacksmith demonstrates his skill. Within the confines of the hospital, the heady scent of medicinal teas and herbs tickle your nose, while elsewhere you can sa
Tuning into Channel Mom
Teaching new mothers who are dealing with postpartum depression how to relate to and respond to their babies' cues can help to lay the groundwork for healthy mother-baby attachments
Finger Play
Your six-year-old's LEGO creations are eye-catching and intricate and he budgets his allowance to the penny. It's no wonder his relatives are already placing bets about the math future he's bound to have ahead of him. (Naturally, he's offer
Arts & Entertainment – July 2007
Toronto Fringe Festival’s KidsVenue (The Palmerston Library) — There’s just one family-oriented venue at the Fringe, but the festival has packed a lot into this single space
Blends baby food and chops too
Modern kitchens are often equipped with a counter garage or two in which to park appliances. If you don’t have the luxury of ample storage, an appliance that does the job of two makes sense. If you are looking for
Summer-sational hot toys
Back in grandma’s day, everyone got in on the action turning the crank for the home make ice cream. Today, the Play and Freeze Ice Cream Maker delivers home made ice cream by playing catch. Add the basic ingredients inside
Dangerous cosmetics?
Behind those picture-perfect models is a frightening secret that the personal care industry would just as soon keep secret: 89 per cent of cosmetics contain one or more untested ingredients. This means that the safety of the stuff we’re s
This ‘stew’ has wrong recipe
Stephen Beck's completely literal interpretation of the Bible outlined in his book A Father's Stew is, to a columnist who believes that women should be allowed to work out of the home if they like, completely out of whack
Luminato
So you're aware that for the first 10 days of June, Toronto will host the world's newest international arts festival but did you know that 75 per cent of Luminato events are free - many of them geared towards family?
TRAVEL MADE EASY
Car seats are meant to be strapped into a vehicle, not carried around like a piece of luggage. It's just that when air travel and kids are combined, the lugging of car seats through airports is a necessity
Asthma sufferers can breathe easier
Perhaps the scariest of all Edgar Allan Poe's stories is the one called 'The Cask of Amontillado' in which the narrator, Montresor, gets revenge on his enemy Fortunato for a thousand unnamed injuries. He lures Fortunato into the catacomb
