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28 February 2019
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Do your kids love to make art work? Or do you want to introduce your little one to the magical world of art and creativity? Art provides so many wonderful benefits for the artist and audience alike. Doing art helps enhance a child’s physical, social, cognitive, emotional, and imaginative and innovative development. Learning to channel
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22 February 2019
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Cities across the US have been hit with extreme weather this year, some of it bringing big cities to a standstill with snow volume that the city’s infrastructure just isn’t prepared to handle. While many extreme weather and other disruptive or emergency events come with at least some advance warning, it’s very important to make
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31 January 2019
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February is here and there’s a whole new month of fun to have with the kids! Pick your way around the Chicago area and check out these options for family fun this February: 1. Enjoy a Composting Demo, Sweet Saturday treat, or a Tree ID Walk at the Garfield Park Conservatory The Garfield Park Conservatory
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18 January 2019
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Some of the greatest gifts we can give children are awareness and empathy. And reading, of course! This edition of additions to your Little Reader’s Library will help give all of those gifts! All families, neighborhoods, daycares, classrooms, and social groups are diverse mixes of personalities, backgrounds, ethnicities, and abilities. Every person has things in
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31 December 2018
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Happy New Year! 2018 was a busy year and the holiday season is always a little crazy for everyone. Did you and your family get to make your own Frosty the Snowman? Now that we’re heading into the new calendar year, Spring and warm weather will be around the corner before you know it! Grab
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19 December 2018
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Christmas is almost here, what does your family have planned for the holidays? The last few weeks in December are some of the greatest of the year – cold weather, snowflakes and snowmen, scarves and hats, fireplaces and hot cocoa. And of course all of the Christmas and New Year’s celebrations! The kids will want
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30 November 2018
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Happy December, winter is on its way! Here are a few great family-friendly things to take the kids to enjoy in Chicago this month. 1. Take the kids to their first Chicago Blackhawks Game What better way to celebrate winter and cold with your little budding sports fan than with ice and rubber and steel!
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15 November 2018
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Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of year to spend some extra special quality time with the family. Gather the grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins if possible and plan something fun in the city, or enjoy some time with just yourself and the kids with these fun ideas for celebrating Thanksgiving weekend in Chicago. 1. Do
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29 October 2018
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Trick or Treat! It’s almost Halloween, the big day for trick-or-treating and for all the cutest little costumed ones to go out for the traditional neighborhood door-to-door parade! We covered previously how being mindful of allergies is a big way your family can help watch out for the children that others may not think about
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19 October 2018
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Halloween is almost here! There’s a lot to celebrate about this time of year – cooling temps, changing colors of leaves, jack o’lanterns, ghosts, goblins and witches, and many kids’ and parents’ favorite part: Halloween parties, getting dressed up, and going trick-or-treating! Of course, Halloween isn’t a completely laidback time for all kids or their
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