Back in 2001 I was working on the event staff at the McKay Events Center. One of my shifts was during the Dalai Lama’s visit to the university. I was in such awe of him, his beautiful teachings and his love for humankind. I was also terribly disappointed, as I looked around not even 1/2 of the […]
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg (most known for Jumanji) It starts out with a fictional editors note telling of an encounter with an author/illustrator named Harris Burdick, who provided the images and captions as samples, each from a different picture book he had written. He left with a promise to deliver […]
Singing With Your Children My daughter sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star for the first time this week with no help. It almost made me cry, Ok you got me…maybe it did, but just a little 🙂 It is definitely going down in her baby book. She loves to sing, usually we sing while we make […]
Go to your favorite search engine… Type in art galleries or children art galleries and your city… You might be surprised to see how many there are around you! My children are not old enough to go to a fine art museum yet…I am to afraid BUT I do take them to our local universities […]
One of my local university’s museums is the Life & Science Bean Museum. I am sure this is a very incorrect description, but it is a museum full of stuffed dead animals or dried insects 🙂 Here is a link for a more accurate description… http://mlbean.byu.edu/home/ and their own blog http://beanlifesciencemuseum.blogspot.com/ The best part of […]
Thursday: Importance of The Arts Jack Johnson‘s Curious George Soundtrack Don’t you love when you find new artists? If you have discovered them a later in their career you get to run to the store and get a few of their albums. Jack Johnson is my new favorite artist, has been for about 2 years. Through […]
Check back every day to read a new review/blog. Here is a list of weekly subjects. Please feel free to send in suggestions of what you would like to see reviewed or be given tips on! Sunday: Entertainment Review Monday: Family Activity Tuesday: Book Review Wednesday: Mid Week Ramblings Thursday: Importance of The Arts Friday: Play! […]
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