Category: activities: outdoor

Winter Fun: Make an Icy Suncatcher

Winter Fun: Make an Icy Suncatcher

[ 0 ] January 7, 2024 |

As the temperatures drop, try your hand at making some nature-inspired sun catchers to decorate your windows. Using a tub, box of any kind, collect some nature bits, pop in tub and fill with water (which could also include food coloring if you wish). You can also include some string or yarn to be used […]

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Winter Solstice Celebrations

[ 1 ] December 20, 2023 |

The Winter Solstice beckons this coming Sunday, December 21st, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year. ‘Midwinter’ is a wonderful time to look deeply at small things, retune to natural cycles and to welcome light into your home and family. There is a reason it occurs close to other seasonal celebrations. It is […]

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Just Add Water

[ 0 ] November 3, 2023 |

By Robin Meisner, Director of Exhibits, Providence Children’s Museum Splashing in puddles and bathtubs, floating sticks in rivers, building fountains at the Children’s Museum, water motivates engagement and learning for children of all ages. With no one right way to interact with it, water affords a variety of options for purposeful play – play that […]

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Bring the kids: See Providence through a Polaroid lens…

[ 0 ] July 28, 2024 |

Let’s make Providence an Instant City. Looking forward to bringing my kids to check out the The Providence Polaroid Project, an interactive gallery space and Polaroid Camera Shop that has popped in downtown Providence this summer. One of this years PopUp Providence 2014 projects, The Providence Polaroid Project creators Devan Durante and Brandon Lane designed […]

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Teaching children to manage boredom will serve as life skill

Teaching children to manage boredom will serve as life skill

[ 0 ] July 14, 2024 |

There are plenty of ways to teach kids to conquer boredom but first we need to provide an opportunity for them to get bored. Many of today’s kids are over scheduled and have access to digital devices from morning til night–phones are not just phones but provide hours of entertainment, electronic reading tables often have […]

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Updated for 2014! Kidoinfo Guide: 100+ Things To Do with Kids in Rhode Island

Updated for 2014! Kidoinfo Guide: 100+ Things To Do with Kids in Rhode Island

[ 1 ] June 18, 2024 |

100+ Things To Do with Kids in Rhode Island: Kidoinfo’s Bucket List, filled with things to do with your children before they grow up! Fun, food, culture, and history–all unique to our area: these are things we believe every young Rhode Islander should see and do.

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Pop-Up PLAY Day!

[ 0 ] June 9, 2024 |

Saturday, June 21 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Roger Williams Park. FREE and open to the public. Providence’s second annual Pop-Up Play Day takes place at Roger Williams Park on Saturday, June 21, presented by the Partnership for Providence Parks, Providence Children’s Museum, the City of Providence, East Side/Mt. Hope YMCA, Kidoinfo and […]

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Home Work: Jeanine Silversmith

Home Work: Jeanine Silversmith

[ 0 ] May 20, 2024 |

Today we invite you to pop on your hiking boots and load up your backpack as we introduce a wonderful local Mama.

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The 2014 RI Great Outdoors Pursuit

[ 0 ] May 13, 2024 |

Discover Rhode Island parks and enjoy free and low-cost summer activities. Rock climb, fish, hike, bike, kayak, and win great prizes! Participate in the RI Great Outdoors Pursuit, a wonderful program designed to help families enjoy the Ocean State’s recreational parks. Each “pursuit” or event involves fun outdoor activities, challenges, and children’s games, as well […]

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Family Hiking: Fisherville Brook

[ 0 ] May 7, 2024 |

Go it alone, or join RI Families in Nature on Sunday, May 11, as we explore this area together.

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