I know for some of you the first thing you picture when you think of cooking with your children or letting them cook is this: And yes this is an actual picture of after I let my child help me make dinner. But you know what? Even though she is only two I could see […]
Nature at Night I grew up with a planetarium in my Elementary School (I know how cool is that) and grew to love star gazing, planets, constellations and the stories that went along with them. Nature at Night, what a beautiful form of art. My two kids are to young right now to stay […]
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 […]
Raising Cultured Children By Kathy Bishop & Julia Whitehead, authors of The City Parent Handbook Early grade school is the sweet spot for broadening your kids’ cultural horizons. Why? Well, kids of this age are often as much into learning as they’ll ever be. Their attention spans have lengthened, so slightly more sophisticated fare isn’t […]
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 […]
Creativity with Crafts I was disappointed to find out that Martha Stewart’s kids magazine is not longer in publication. While in the grocery store, I saw a special issue, and it is full of great ideas for crafts These caught my eye and I knew my 2 year old would really enjoy doing this with […]
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 […]
love of local in Utah
