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Toys Handcrafted by Children From Around the World at Providence Children’s Museum

Toys Handcrafted by Children From Around the World at Providence Children’s Museum

[ 2 ] 11.2.2011 |

The Power to Play: From Trash to Treasure now on exhibit through January 2012

We love this show and how it demonstrates how you can make toys from just about anything—reuse what we already own and inspire our kids to use their imagination to create their own play toys. Who knows, maybe some of the kids who craft their own toys will be our future product deisgners or engineers? Proves Cathy’s point that learning can be joyful!

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Deal with candy overload: Local Child Care Company to Collect Candy for Troops Overseas!

Deal with candy overload: Local Child Care Company to Collect Candy for Troops Overseas!

[ 0 ] 11.1.2011 |

So what do we do will all the candy collected? Over the year’s we have gathered numerous ideas from other parent’s on how they handle the candy overload. I want to remind you of all their great ideas here and suggest another option this year: Operation Gratitude. Donate unwanted candy to the military troops.

The Children’s Workshop, a local child care and early education provider, is encouraging children from it’s sixteen Massachusetts and Rhode Island schools, and the community, to donate a portion of their Halloween candy to send to the troops.

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Thanks to ecoRI, we can recycle our jack-o-lanterns!

Thanks to ecoRI, we can recycle our jack-o-lanterns!

[ 1 ] 10.31.2011 |

We love carving up pumpkins and seeing them aglow on Halloween Night. But by the next day, we are quick to pack up the decorations, trying to manage candy overload and ready to discard the decaying pumpkins. I am pleased to hear that this year we can give our used pumpkins new life thanks to [...]

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Enter to Win! A chance to see Caravanserai on Sunday, November 6th

Enter to Win! A chance to see Caravanserai on Sunday, November 6th

[ 62 ] 10.31.2011 |

7,000 miles away from home…
A 700 year old tradition…
Powerhouse Drumming and Voices from Lahore & Karachi

Don’t miss a beat! Join the Caravanserai – a place where cultures meet.
Sunday, November 6, 4pm at RISD Auditorium

Enter for a chance to win 4 tickets to see Caravanserai!

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We already live here Mom, so what does “Occupy” mean?

We already live here Mom, so what does “Occupy” mean?

[ 4 ] 10.28.2011 |

Hard to ignore the news media around Occupy Wall Street or miss the tents pitched in Burnside Park. Teaching children what’s happening locally and the greater world beyond is important and helps kids to develop their sense of place and responisbility to our community. But politics are complicated, even for adults. How do we help children understand what it is and why things happen? Make it relevant to them and share your values and opinions around the current event. At Kidoinfo, we share many voices and opinions of parents. Today, contributing writer, Jessica Holden Sherwood explains what Occupy means in a simple way for kids to understand. – Anisa

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