Kids + Swimming – For Parents
The author recalls the shock of learning his ten-year-old son couldn’t swim!
Continue ReadingThe author recalls the shock of learning his ten-year-old son couldn’t swim!
Continue ReadingThere’s a bit of an unwritten law among Lego geeks that gluing a kit together is taboo —unless you’re creating something for use in Legoland, where presumably, large scale models that could be pulled apart would pose a danger to …
Continue ReadingEvery summer I run a History through the Creative Arts camp for homeschoolers in my area. It started as a way to do history with my own children that was based on something other than war and politics. I find …
Continue ReadingThis amazing Lego wall is the work of Denmark-based Lene Rønsholt Wille. The circular wall, called “Metaphorical Horizons,” took six weeks and 270,000 white LEGO blocks. It is located in the central hall of the World Trade Center in Amsterdam. …
Continue ReadingWith three kids in their prime Lego years, we have amassed a considerable collection of bricks. However, while we do have some motorized components, we don’t have any illuminated gear. I know Lego does sell an LED kit, but we …
Continue ReadingHave you heard of Gogo’s Crazy Bones? If not, and you have school-aged kids, I suspect you’ll know all about Mosh, Hiraku, B-Boy and hundreds of other characters before too long. Although they’ve been around since the ’90s (310 million …
Continue ReadingGeocaching tends to have quite a few electronic helpers, based on the fact that it’s an electronic sport. Letterboxing, however, the old fashioned analog version of geocaching, has usually been a pen-and-paper kind of activity. I recently reviewed BoxFinder, an …
Continue ReadingMy wife and I took the kids to Canada’s Wonderland last weekend to kickstart the summer vacation season. I was a little worried about how this was going to turn out. Wonderland is located just a few minutes north of …
Continue ReadingSummer is fast approaching, and it’s a great time for hiking. Whether it’s a quick trip of a few miles with your whole family (and peanut M&Ms, of course), a day trip with three square meals and plenty of water …
Continue ReadingImage by mikebaird via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License We’re still in the middle of spring, but summer is approaching fast, and summer break from school even faster. Even though we homeschool, we still take a nice long break in …
Continue ReadingAccording to the National Post, a Toronto man who happens to be a big LEGO fan, was working in a downtown office on Friday when the replica gun made from LEGO that he’d ordered from online retailer BrickGun arrived. He assembled …
Continue ReadingJust a quick note to let readers in the Toronto, Ontario area know that the city is offering free admission for kids 12 and under to the city’s numerous historic sites. This includes Fort York, Gibson House, Spadina Museum and …
Continue ReadingWe just wrapped up the 2009 camping season after taking the kids out of school for a few days and booting it up to Bon Echo. One thing we learned about camping during the week in September is that this …
Continue ReadingFall is almost here (officially, at least, although it’s felt fall-ish for much of the summer where I live) and that means fall fair season is in full swing. London, Ontario’s Western Fair has been going strong since 1868. This …
Continue ReadingWhen I was a kid, we played outside with the other kids in the neighborhood with most of our free time. We also made the most of recess at school. We kept ourselves quite occupied without any of today’s modern …
Continue ReadingI’m just back from a few weeks off camping in Canada’s smallest province, Prince Edward Island (or PEI for the acronym crowd). It was a long drive, but completely worth it. I’ll post something about the experience in the next …
Continue ReadingThis summer, over 100 of our national parks that usually charge an entrance (or commercial tours) fee will offer several weekends during which the fees are waived. Specifically, these three weekends will be fee-free: * June 20-21, 2009 (Father’s Day …
Continue ReadingLooking for a summer camp for your teen that offers something a little different? How about an immersive two-week program where students work with noted authors to create a detailed world, then use their shared creation as a basis for …
Continue ReadingIt may not have been a Night At The Museum, but my daughter, Natasha, and her Brownie troop experienced the next best thing when they had a sleepover at the Ontario Science Centre. Besides having a day to explore the …
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