ARTplay is a new monthly column written by Marianne Ruggiero, Coordinator of Family Programs at The RISD Museum. Various themes and activities will introduce kids and parents to the museum’s collection both online and off. Each month Kidoinfo will help spark your children’s interest in art – they can learn about different works at [...]
A list of inexpensive and old-fashioned ways to entertain kids was recently posted on Lifehacker. In our house, my kids and I enjoy coming up with projects to make. I am often a make-it-yourself kind of mom when I have the time, but I also seek out fresh ideas and new venues. Reading the online [...]
by Janice O’Donnell, Executive Director, Providence Children’s Museum I couldn’t have been more than five or six, yet I remember vividly the night my mother roused me from bed to see the kittens being born. Crouching in that dark closet, whispering, we watched mama cat lick clean those tiny bundles of fur and marveled at [...]
Life with a toddler means no matter how much you try to predict when the next meltdown will happen, you’re rarely right. You just have to deal with the emergency whether you’re at home or in public. We all wish to avoid our kids’ public tantrums that seem to come out of nowhere – too [...]
This game is a favorite in our family. (Even though no one in our family can sing in key, it’s still fun.) We have modified the rules from the original show, Name that Tune so we can play almost anywhere with two or more people. We play early in the morning, before dinner, in the [...]
