by Renee Tratch | Jun 22, 2015 | Free, Indoor Play, Kids Programs, Storytime & Books
Welcome #100. Last month the Toronto Public Library unveiled the new Scarborough Civic Centre Library, the newest place to read, study, surf the net and 3D print (it’s the third after Toronto Reference Library and Fort York Library to have a Digital Innovation Hub.)...
by Renee Tratch | Mar 20, 2015 | Annual, Kids Programs, Movie, Screen Time
Whether you’re francophone, francophile, have kids in French Immersion or parle un peu, chances are you’ve come across French in city. Ontario makes up the biggest French language community in Canada (outside of Quebec) with more than 600,000 francophones. Almost 10...
by Renee Tratch | Mar 12, 2015 | Birthday Parties, Indoor Play, Kids Programs
Earlier this winter, a group of ‘youngsters’ – an adventurous gang of 30-something moms – jumped at the chance to try out The Monkey Vault Movement Training Centre, Canada’s only parkour gym. Parkour, sometimes referred to as freerunning, often conjures up images of...
by Renee Tratch | Mar 5, 2015 | Art, Kids Programs, Museum
Kids and contemporary art. I usually like to keep them separate, saving gallery-going for me-time moments. But I was more than happy to have these two worlds meet during the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art’s newest program mini MOCCA, a series of hands-on...
by Renee Tratch | Feb 27, 2015 | Animals, Birthday Parties, Kids Programs
Can we have a dog? I get this question from time to time. While the answer continues to be no (reasons I’ll save for another post), I want my kids to have a chance to nuture their love for animals, even if we don’t have a live-in pet. I turned to Pawsitively...
by Renee Tratch | Feb 13, 2015 | Art, Fresh Air, Kids Programs, Road Trip
There are very few places that I’ve felt pure Canadian-ness. This is one of them. In less than an hour’s drive from downtown Toronto, my family arrived at The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, a picturesque gallery nestled in 100 acres of wilderness in the...
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