by Renee Tratch | Jul 29, 2015 | Animals, Art, Beach, Café, Family Attraction, Farm, Farmers' Market, Free, Fresh Air, Indoor Play, Kids Programs, Museum, Music, Nature, Park & Playground, Pools, Restaurant, Sports, Storytime & Books, Trails
Small town vs. big city, suburbia vs. downtown, the list of pros and cons is long in the never-ending discussion of where is the best place to raise a family. As parents we often look at our own childhood experience to guide us in how we’d like our children to grow...
by Renee Tratch | Jun 1, 2015 | Annual, Fresh Air, Music
For Toronto concert-loving parents, seeing live music is not always a family affair. But when a music fest makes it this easy to enjoy with Kids in TOw, you just have to make the trip. Field Trip, Toronto’s downtown community music and arts festival, turns 3 on June 6...
by Renee Tratch | May 2, 2015 | Beach, Fresh Air, Music, Nature, Road Trip
Outdoor music festival time is around the corner. Remember those chilled out weekends of non-stop music, hopping from stage to stage, discovering new bands, dancing under the stars, staying up late and even camping? It doesn’t have to end when you have Kids in TOw....
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 24, 2015 | Annual, Music
Totsapalooza was going strong well before I had my own tot to party with. The 7th installation of this kid-friendly book-fest-meets-concert-with-crafts hits the Revival on College St. on Saturday, February 7th from 1 to 3 pm. My five-year-old date and I may be newbies...
by Renee Tratch | Nov 30, 2014 | Annual, Music, Theatre
For 19 years Ross Petty Productions has been bringing families together at its annual holiday season theatrical event (on now until January 4, 2015). For us, it was year one and I had a hunch that for my son’s first musical experience, this year’s show –...
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