Today our son met some Baseball Hall of Famers at a spring training game and walked away with some fantastic lore (“How’d you get your name Mudcat, Mudcat?”) . It was magical and it reminded… Read More »Want to play ball? Our list of teams and leagues
Can a child be overscheduled? According to ABC News, “A pair of studies are at odds on the question — with one saying kids need more time to let their minds dream, and another saying… Read More »Overscheduled Kids: are we guilty?
Joyce Szuflita, of NYC School Help, is our School Expert, and always has the scoop on what’s going on with schools. She is doing her informative “Intro to Nursery School” talk in mid-April and her… Read More »Free Intro to Nursery School & Public School Seminars
My husband and I talk about how sometimes we “rope the kids” into doing what we want to do- a trip to the art museum or a music performance (it’s really all for their own… Read More »Family Climbing Time Begins
Great news for our neighbors: The Fort Hamilton Library of Brooklyn Public Library is re-opening to the public on Monday, March 28th. Closed since March 2008, Fort Hamilton received extensive renovations to restore historic details,… Read More »Fort Hamilton Library reopens on Monday
I don’t usually write about open houses at summer camps, but these at LIU Children’s Academy incorporate “open swims” in my favorite Brooklyn pool, so I couldn’t resist. Long Island University has a gorgeous pool… Read More »Open Swim with open house (at my fav Brooklyn pool)
I bet that most of us can remember learning how to ride a bike- and all those tumbles that got us there. Even though we remember learning, it’s the teaching of it now that preoccupies… Read More »Kids bike swap and learn to ride
So you missed the Westminster Dog Show in February? Fuggettaboutit! We have something better for you! The Brooklyn Mutt Show is getting ready to unleash the cavalcade of Canine contestants for this weekend’s events. Doors… Read More »The Brooklyn Mutt Show!
FREE TREES: One of the most popular ways of greening Brooklyn has been the FREE tree program that Green Fort Greene & Clinton Hill and the FAB Alliance put on. This year they are giving… Read More »Think Green: like free trees and e-cycling
Cirque Mechanics’ Boom Town will have its New York premiere at the New Victory Theater from April 8th through April 24th. In Boom Town, acrobats climb up swaying poles, fly high and fast on revolving… Read More »Deadwood for Kids: Boom Town