Classes Registration Required Nature, Mom and Me Hands-on activities, stories, crafts and hikes. Dress for the weather, including sturdy shoes. Ages 3 to 6 with adult. Wednesdays, Sept. 14 to Nov. 9, 10:30 a.m. Reservations required. $15, members; $20, non-members for all 6 sessions. Willow Grove Nature Education Center, Cromwell Valley Park. Fall Into Science [...]
Archive for August, 2011
Classes and support groups in September
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011Events, parent groups and story times in September
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011For additional events click here. AA Anne Arundel County B Baltimore City BC Baltimore County CC Carroll County FC Frederick County HR Harford County HC Howard County MC Montgomery County PG Prince George’s County (for library locations and information see Story Times) Events 1 Thursday HC | Family Movie Showing of “Gnomeo and Juliet,” rated [...]
Grand Prix Animal Challenge at the Maryland Zoo
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011While the Grand Prix zooms through the streets of Baltimore, families can participate in some racing of their own at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore this weekend. Take the Straightaway Speed challenge or try the Hairpin Turn and Restrictor Plate Obstacle Course. There will be special games and activities for all based on animal speed [...]
Preview
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011Today’s guest blogger is freelance writer and calendar editor Laura Barnhardt Cech I’m generally lazy about “previewing” material. I mean it’s one thing to read “Nate the Great” to my 7-year-old. It’s another thing to read it when I could be reading, well, anything else. If there’s a question about a movie being too scary, [...]
Inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix to tear through town Labor Day weekend
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011This September families can thrill in the excitement of racecars whizzing past at 180 miles per hour through the streets of downtown Baltimore at the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix. The Grand Prix will take place Labor Day weekend, Sept. 2-4, and will consist of a 2.4-mile IZOD IndyCar street track right around the Inner Harbor [...]
Parental guidance suggested: From horror to family-friendly films, local screenwriter earns credits
Monday, August 29th, 2011You might think that Jamie Nash — computer science major in college, devoted husband and father living in an Ellicott City townhouse, former actor in church musicals — has nothing in common with the man who has written horror films like “Altered,” a 2006 effort described by one reviewer as “a genuinely creepy little horror [...]
Riding out Irene in an evecuation zone in Rhode Island
Monday, August 29th, 2011I’m writing this blog from our home in Weekapaug RI as Hurricane Irene (now a tropical storm, or some I’m told) blows outside. We are inside the Mandatory Evacuation Zone but high enough from the water that we felt it was safe enough to stay. The kids woke up bouncing off the walls so after [...]
Maryland Family Readers’ Choice 2011 Ballot
Monday, August 29th, 2011The poll has closed for the annual Maryland Family Readers’ Choice Awards. Look for the results in the December issue. Thank you for voting!
Tips to keep kids and pets safe and secure during and after the storm
Saturday, August 27th, 2011With the wrath of nature hitting a second time in less than a week, it’s not out of the question that the kids and pets might be a bit on edge. Here are some tips from the American Humane Association on how to handle matters during and after the storm. During the storm….if you cannot [...]
Search for Fairies & Elves at Oregon Ridge
Friday, August 26th, 2011Learn all about these mysterious inhabitants of the forest and search for their presence at Oregon Ridge Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. Enjoy crafting houses for the fairies and elves and make a craft to take home. The event will begin at Oregon Ridge Nature Center and is for children 4 and older. Cost [...]