Snowmageddon
Cheryl Clemens | 02/08/10
Well, here in Ellicott City/Elkridge, the Clemens family recorded 32 inches of snow. We’ve been spending our days sledding, climbing through the maze of snow tunnels in front of our house and and shoveling. How much snow did you get at your house and how are you and your kids passing the time? Any good ideas ... (read full story)
Curious George: Let’s Get Curious!
Kids can explore Curious George’s neighborhood where the monkey lives with his friend, The Man with the Yellow Hat, in a new visiting exhibit at Port Discovery Children’s Museum opening Feb. 6. Children can explore Curious George’s world on a fun, interactive adventure. Visitors will recognize familiar characters and places featured in the classic stories ... (read full story)
He loves me, he loves me not
Helen Mercer and the teachers at Manor Woods Elementary School, in Ellicott City, don’t need robins or daffodils to know when spring has arrived. Spring has sprung, they know, when some of their older, mostly female students begin to giggle and gossip about who likes whom. “We see sprinkles of it throughout the year, but in ... (read full story)
Become a big brother or big sister
Did you always want a little sister or a little brother? Well now’s your chance. In recognition of National Mentoring Month, Jewish Big Brother Big Sister is calling for volunteers to provide support for children who need mentors. Each Big Brother or Big Sister is matched with a child from a single-parent home or a teen ... (read full story)
Terra Cotta Warriors on Display at NatGeo Museum
Stand face to face with Chinese soldiers molded more than 2,000 years ago to accompany China’s first emperor into the afterlife in the National Georgraphic Museum’s exhibition “Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor.” The Washington museum is the last scheduled stop in the United States for the exhibition, which is great for families ... (read full story)