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Family Matters: Planning for Summer Camps + Childcare

Family Matters: Planning for Summer Camps + Childcare

[ 1 ] 5.4.2012 |

Whether it’s a fun summer camp at a farm or increasing childcare, now’s the time to make plans for long days of no school.

Have you finalized what you will do with the kids this summer or are you still making plans?

Summer options for children include: go to summer camp; continue the year-round childcare/daycare they already have; hire a nanny, au pair or babysitter; join a swim club with a babysitter; spend time with grandparents; or swap childcare with friends.

Which one of these ideas or combination works best for your family will depend on your child’s personality, your work schedule, and your budget. Here is a list of helpful suggestions to make this process a bit easier:

Play With Your Food

Play With Your Food

[ 3 ] 6.21.2011 |

From observing her cooking class, you might assume Leah Cherry is some kind of children’s cooking fairy. Pretty as a princess (a princess in a ponytail, apron, and clogs) and able to hold the attention of many children at once, she is, in fact, human. For most of her adult life, Leah has worked in [...]

Warren Art Spot: Classes for kids and adults!

Warren Art Spot: Classes for kids and adults!

[ 1 ] 1.30.2011 |

After a year in business, the Warren Art Spot is still going strong.  The doors opened in the Fall of 2009 and since then the Art Spot has been offering a variety of classes, workshops, open studios and camps for kids. Word of mouth has been spreading and the Art Spot is attracting kids from [...]

Rock-a-Baby Rolls into Providence this Fall!

Rock-a-Baby Rolls into Providence this Fall!

[ 0 ] 8.24.2010 |

New York City’s interactive, educational music experience for parents and children debuts in Providence this fall! Rock-a-Baby, founded by Pawtucket native Marc Trachtenberg in 2007 at the JCC on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, is an interactive, educational music experience for infants and toddlers ages 4 months to 4 years. Marc recently relocated back to the [...]

Children and the Cinema: Watching and Making Local Films

Children and the Cinema: Watching and Making Local Films

[ 0 ] 2.1.2010 |

By Michelle Meek Remember when there were only three television channels (four if you counted Fox, although back then no one did), no cable, no DVD, no Internet?  When I talk to kids now, they think I grew up in the Dark Ages. But seriously, if your kids are fascinated by film, television, or animation, [...]

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