Category: sports

Kids eat free at McCoy Stadium

Kids eat free at McCoy Stadium

[ 0 ] 4.2.2009 |

Now you can take your kids out to the ball game without spending as much at the concession stand. Great news these days as families are looking for ways to save pennies every chance they get. The Pawtucket Red Sox have just announced a Kids Eat Free at McCoy Stadium initiative that will provide youngsters [...]

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The Kids are Climbing the Walls

The Kids are Climbing the Walls

[ 0 ] 10.21.2008 |

Paul Janaway is a Physical Education Teacher at the Henry Barnard School in Providence. Today he shares his story about how a rock climbing wall is more than just a place for the kids to exercise but an opportunity for children to challenge themselves, and become leaders, teachers, and team players. One of my commitments [...]

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Run Like the Wind!

Run Like the Wind!

[ 3 ] 8.28.2008 |

She ran one lap around (400 meters) and we just stopped and watched her. Whaaaa? Look at her—-she looks like some kind of…runner. Wow, Stretch—good job! You ran all the way around the track! Whoa, what is she doing? She’s going around a second time? Nah, don’t worry—she’s wearing a dress and sandals–her feet are [...]

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Bring Your Allowance: Allsport Collectibles

Bring Your Allowance: Allsport Collectibles

[ 3 ] 8.19.2008 |

By Katy Killilea This store is a vacuum whose hose is attached directly to my son’s piggybank. With baseball, football, and basketball cards, Wacky Packs, and Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Naruto, and Magic cards, Allsport Collectibles is a card-obsessed child’s heaven. Ken Souza—a father of three young children (4, 3, and 7 months)—recently opened the shop along [...]

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El Joga Bonito

El Joga Bonito

[ 3 ] 8.11.2008 |

Home Plate: Reflections of a Sports Parent When SportsDad calls home from work with a certain sheepish (but excited) tone, I can tell that he has some kind of sports bee in his bonnet. I call it a Joga Bonito Call (like a booty call, but for sports), after the Brazilian term (literally, “the beautiful [...]

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Take a ride

Take a ride

[ 4 ] 7.3.2008 |

After a night of fireworks, why not spend a day on the East Bay bike path? If your kids have outgrown their bikes, co-pilot seats, enclosed trailers, or trail-a-bikes, good used equipment can be found at tag sales, Craigslist, or with friends who have slightly older kids. Everyone seems to be shedding equipment at this [...]

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Free Summer Lunch Program in Providence

Free Summer Lunch Program in Providence

[ 0 ] 6.27.2008 |

The Parks Department will run the 2008 summer lunch program, which provides free lunches to children at pools, parks and recreation centers in Providence. The program will begin on Monday, June 30 and run five days a week until Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. Lunches include a sandwich or pizza, fruit, milk and juice. Any child [...]

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Sports Camp Confidential

Sports Camp Confidential

[ 7 ] 5.23.2008 |

Today I welcome Melissa Brusso, a mom from Pawtucket, as a new contributing writer for Kidoinfo. In her column, Home Plate: Reflections of a Sportsparent, she shares her wit, wisdom, and experience regarding the world of sports with her husband, “SportsDad”, their daughter “Stretch”, age 10 and their son, “LittleMan”, age 7. As the weather [...]

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Sledding in Rhode Island

Sledding in Rhode Island

[ 13 ] 1.14.2008 |

When it snows, chances are – assuming your kids are old enough to talk – they will want to build a snowman and go sledding. You can build snowmen anywhere, but finding hills for serious sledding requires finding a hill. How big a hill depends on the sledders. If your baby or toddler is barely [...]

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City Center Ice Skating – Opening Day 2007

City Center Ice Skating – Opening Day 2007

[ 3 ] 11.19.2007 |

What kid doesn’t like skating outside (with some hot chocolate)? Skating starts now. In Providence, RI, the opening day for the Bank of America Skating Center ice-skating 2007-08 season is November 19 at 4pm. Take your kids ice skating, watch the Zamboni machine at work, then enjoy some yummy hot chocolate at the rink or [...]

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