by Renee Tratch | Feb 9, 2015 | Art, Birthday Parties, Kids Programs
Science + Art. This may be the best combo to describe our family. So when Action Potential Lab – Toronto’s first lab dedicated to merging science concepts with crafty creativeness – we couldn’t wait to stop by. Our first experiment came when we were invited to a...
by Renee Tratch | Jan 30, 2015 | Kids Programs, Music
Your child turns five and <gasp> you have yet to choose the instrument that they’ll spend the next 12-plus years mastering. Like many parents, we’ve arrived at that music lesson moment. Yes, my kids have strummed along with dad and pounded the keys around TOwn...
by Renee Tratch | Jan 16, 2015 | Family Attraction, Indoor Play, Kids Programs
Fact 1: The human brain contains 100 billion neurons with at least 100 trillion connections in all. (I question the number – or lack – of neurons firing in my brain since I became a parent.) Fact 2: brain function peaks in your 20s, then the number of...
by Renee Tratch | Jan 8, 2015 | Café, Indoor Play, Indoor Playground, Kids Programs
Oaks ‘n Acorns was Kids in TO’s first review. We love when we find a great go-to spot and then it just gets better. This bright, colourful and clean café and kids activity studio on Danforth East has expanded in both space and classes that we had to update and repost....
by Renee Tratch | Nov 9, 2014 | Kids Programs, Music
Our family’s classical music consumption usually happens on weekend mornings. Up too early. Kids too noisy. We turn on a classical music station. Its soothing sounds keep us sane when it feels like the rest of Toronto is sleeping. I secretly hoped for the same calming...
by Renee Tratch | Nov 3, 2014 | Family Attraction, Kids Programs, Screen Time
A trip to the moon has been our latest adventure. Our blast off point – the Planetarium, a small domed theatre in the Ontario Science Centre, where Toronto skies are always filled with stars. Our five-year-old has recently become a bit planet-obsessed but you...
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