You know you’re doing something right when your 13-year-old daughter says family prayer is keeping her on the right path. That’s the case with the Ritter family of Fallston — Nick and Cindi and their three children, Nicholas, Jr., 19, Jake, 18, and Annie, 13. Their Roman Catholic faith is a “huge” part of their [...]
Archive for June, 2005
Say a little prayer
Monday, June 6th, 2005From Baltimore to Madagascar
Monday, June 6th, 2005Jada Pinkett Smith doesn’t like zoos. “I don’t like to see animals caged up that way. It’s not natural,” said the actress, author, mother of three and Baltimore native. It’s particularly poignant then, that she is the voice of Gloria the Hippo in DreamWorks new animated movie “Madagascar.” The movie is about a lion (voiced [...]
Take ‘em out to the ball game!
Monday, June 6th, 2005Ah, summer. Long days, lazy nights and quality time with the kids at the ballpark. But with major league tickets averaging nearly $20 a pop – and box seats going for $40 or more – who can afford to take ’em out to the ball game, let alone buy ’em some peanuts and Cracker Jack? [...]
Live in the pages of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ at Port Discovery
Monday, June 6th, 2005Kids can follow the white rabbit into the rabbit hole and “fall” through the earth into “Alice’s Wonderland,” now at Port Discovery, the Children’s Museum in Baltimore. The new exhibit “Alice’s Wonderland” opened May 28 and is an interactive exhibit based on Lewis Carroll’s classic “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” Visitors enter the museum’s Wonderland at [...]
Speed up a car trip without speeding
Monday, June 6th, 2005“Are we there yet?” You can avoid being asked that question over and over while on your way to and from this summer’s vacation destination with a few innovative toys, CDs and books. For fun and distraction for the whole family, books-on-tape are hard to beat. Everything from children’s classics like “Winnie the Pooh” to [...]
The Red Reader helps viewers hit the books
Monday, June 6th, 2005Move over Superman, make way Mr. Incredible, there’s a new superhero in town. Clad in red tights and goggles, The Red Reader can be found daily on The Education Channel (Comcast cable channel 73) of Baltimore County Public Schools. By day, the Red Reader is a school media specialist, but when it’s time for a [...]
Family prayer time is far from pious at our house
Monday, June 6th, 2005I always loved those cute paintings of children serenely kneeling next to their bed, hands folded and heads bowed in earnest prayer. But, somehow that’s not how it works at our house. As soon as our kids could talk, we started saying grace and bedtime prayers as a family — but even these simple tasks [...]
Hands-on history
Monday, June 6th, 2005At the reconstructed “Smith’s Ordinary” in Historic St. Mary’s City, supervisor Kurt Masdea, dressed in colonial garb, urges kids to test out the bed – a lumpy, uncomfortable feather-stuffed mattress on the floor. He explains that an “ordinary” was the 17th-century equivalent of a hotel. Back when the original Smith’s Ordinary was built sometime around [...]
Getting Attention
Monday, June 6th, 2005For the longest time, Andrew Marchman, 13, drove his parents crazy. Andrew was obviously smart – tests revealed he had a very high IQ – but he had trouble with the simplest tasks. Figuring out how to clean his room, remembering his lunch in the morning – these seemed beyond Andrew’s capabilities, and parents Mark [...]
Get Up & Go – Howard County
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005story times Note: Story times are free and require registration one week in advance unless noted. > Barnes & Noble Thursdays, 10 a.m. and Saturdays, 11 a.m. 300 Montgomery Road, Ellicott City. Themes vary. 410 -203-9001. > Port Discovery June 25, 11 a.m., 12 and 1 p.m. Pancake Pig. Ages up to 4. 35 Market [...]