Send us your best snap shot For May we are looking for photos of kids holding, playing with or surrounded by flowers. Send us your best shot (just one per family, please). To enter, send your color photo by March 23 to Maryland Family Snap Shot, 10750 Little Patuxent Pkwy., Columbia, MD 21044-3106. Digital images [...]
Archive for February, 2006
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Friday, February 24th, 2006Family Fitness
Friday, February 24th, 2006It’s 9:45 on a Friday morning and Brigid Linsenmeyer of Columbia is ready for her morning workout. But first she drops her son, Jimmy, 2, at KidSpace, the child-care facility in Supreme Sports Club in Columbia. Though she has two older children as well, Linsenmeyer makes sure she finds time to exercise. “It’s my mental [...]
Instrumental Achievement
Friday, February 24th, 2006Lee Jeon was born with a gift for music. At age 2, she sat at her family’s piano in Taejeon, South Korea, and effortlessly keyed the notes to a tune she had just listened to on a children’s program. By age 6, she performed a violin solo before the Taejeon Philharmonic Orchestra. Since emigrating to [...]
Hot Dates in March
Friday, February 24th, 2006Little MermaidThe Pumpkin Theatre of Baltimore will present The Little Mermaid, a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Anderson classic about a mermaid who longs to be human. The production will run March 18, 19, 24 and 25 at 1 and 3 p.m. at the Hannah More Arts Center at St. Timothy’s School in Stevenson. [...]
Ten tips for giving out allowance
Friday, February 24th, 2006Experts disagree on many aspects of allowances, including whether to give them, but most agree on the following guidelines: 1. Whether you tie the money to chores or not, pay extra money for extra chores (such as shoveling snow). 2. Be consistent; pay the allowance on the same day every week. 3. Start off small [...]
To Give or Not To Give
Friday, February 24th, 2006To give or not to give? When it comes to allowances, that is the question for parents. Books have been written on the pros and cons of giving allowances to children. On one side are those who say allowances are wrong. On the other, those who say they are right. And in the middle, are [...]
Come Design It Yourself at MICA
Friday, February 24th, 2006Now the designer in all of us can emerge. Children and adults are invited to the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) March 4 from noon to 4 p.m. to discover the fun of graphic design. In conjunction with the D.I.Y. Design It Yourself exhibit, families can make their own books, buttons, stickers and more [...]
Cabin fever at Jewish museum
Friday, February 24th, 2006When Deborah Cardin, education director at the Jewish Museum of Maryland, began researching summer camp for an upcoming exhibit, she was startled by how eager people were to share their stories. “We couldn’t believe how passionate people were about it,” she recalls. “It took a while for us to understand what all the fuss was [...]
Animal-loving kids eligible for award
Friday, February 24th, 2006Has your son gone out of his way to nurse a wounded bird back to health? Has your daughter taken in a stray cat, saved money to neuter it and found it a loving home? Did your children raise money to help the pets in New Orleans? If so, you might think about entering them [...]
Online cultural resource guide helps you paint the town
Friday, February 24th, 2006Did you know the SPCA has classes in pet care? Or that the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra has family concerts followed by “Meet the Musician and His Instrument” sessions? This information and much more can be found in Baltimore’s Cultural Resource Guide, which is now available online at the Baltimore Office of Promotion and The Arts’ [...]