Your superhero or clown can show off their costumes at any of these Halloween parades: the smaller parades are all-volunteer and a great opportunity to see your neighbors. The larger parades (Coney Island and the… Read More »Children’s Halloween Parades in Brooklyn
If you love Fall Festivals and Harvests as much as we do, then you’re in store for a treat because there are several of them this weekend. Stay geared up throughout the weekend though because… Read More »Weekend Events: Harvest Festivals, Monster Brunch, The Great Pumpkin
Our Marketplace is busting out! We now have 1,418 listings in our Marketplace (our blog’s directory): that’s almost 100 new ones in the last month. Check it out: you can find photographers, doctors and yes-… Read More »New Listings: Photographers, Drama Classes, Financial Planners and More
Joyce Szuflita, of NYC School Help is our School Expert and always has the scoop on what’s going on with schools. Joyce sent me an email after she reported from last night’s CEC meeting and… Read More »Report: My 2 Cents About Re-Zoning Park Slope
Halloween may be a couple weeks away, but there are loads of events and fun things to do to get us all geared up for the BIG day! There are neighborhood Halloween Parades, Spooktacular events,… Read More »Best Halloween Events in Brooklyn and NYC 2012
If you are feeling overwhelmed with the idea of shopping for a Thanksgiving meal but excited to cook it- then you are in luck. A local CSA is offering shares from local farms that have… Read More »No Shopping Necessary: Pop Up Thanksgiving with CSA
When I heard and read about the new book, “How Children Succeed” from both NPR and the New York Times within the span of one month, I suspected the book was going to be a… Read More »“How Children Succeed” Author Reading
I hope you’re all geared up for more Fall fun this weekend! My son and I love the Kids Fall Fest at Madison Square Park- it’s one of the first opportunities of the season to… Read More »Weekend Events: Madison Square Kids Fall Fest, Spooktacular, Hip Tot, and Loads More!
If you love classic movies and want to share them with your child in an actual theater, then head out to the popular series Big Movies for Little Kids. This series, begun by two mothers,… Read More »Haunted House Movie on Monday
The DOE announced this spring that they were going to replace one of the two G & T tests, the Bracken School Readiness Assessment, with the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test. Not only are they going… Read More »Major Changes in Gifted and Talented Testing