We’ve rounded up great fun for the entire family this weekend. This is the last weekend to check out Expect the Impossible at Canal Park Playhouse so plan your activities accordingly. Be ready to move… Read More »Weekend Events: Kids In Motion, Atlantic Avenue Extravaganza and Much More!
A new daycare/preschool opened this week and we got a few snapshots of what it looks like. The new home daycare is called “Lauren’s Place” after the owner’s 8 year old daughter. It is a… Read More »New Daycare/Preschool with Montessori Curriculum Opens
Friends of Carroll Park is an amazing example of how a group of volunteers can turn a park into a true hub of cultural and community activity. Since 1975, they have been creating events for… Read More »Events at Carroll Park Tomorrow and All Summer
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 that I needed to get the word out for… Read More »Nice Option: 2nd Grade Seats Available at P.S. 295
Tomorrow lots of little flags will be waving all around the country in celebration of Flag Day. Locally, there will be a celebration in Brooklyn Heights at Downstate Long Island College Hospital and if you… Read More »Local Flag Day Celebration with Neil Armstrong Flag
Sesame Place is often sited by parents as a great day or weekend trip from Brooklyn. I’ve always wondered if it was really worth the effort: bathing suits, towels, long car trip, amusement park food…it’s… Read More »Tips and Tricks for Visiting Sesame Place
Kudos to Town Square for upping their family programming every year. We’ve been watching them grow for the last six years- and are really impressed. Town Square is a volunteer community-based organization in Greenpoint and Williamsburg… Read More »Why a DJ + Ice Age Go Together: Free Music and Movies in Williamsburg
Do you have an advanced learner? Maybe you have seen the signs of it but don’t recognize it or maybe you have a child in the G & T program. Is your child is an… Read More »Got a Talented Kid? Workshop Has Recommendations
If you have yet to start camp like us, then you are busy labeling and wondering how to cram all your kids’ stuff into one backpack: including a nutritious lunch that’s supposed to stay cold… Read More »New iphone App Makes Lunch Planning Deliciously Easy
Our book club just finished reading “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan and it touched off a lot of debate about what is truly “organic” and what isn’t. I wanted to learn more. The Cornucopia… Read More »What are some “true” organic dairy products?