EarthPLAY’s POP UP Adventure Playground

EarthPLAY’s POP UP Adventure Playground

There has been a new kind of playground popping up in green spaces across Toronto. For past two summers, PLAYbynature has been putting unstructured play back into the lives of kids through a series of POP UP Adventure Playgrounds. Partnering with local organizations,...
Weekly Wagon (August 17-23)

Weekly Wagon (August 17-23)

So much is happening this week. Here are a few of our top picks – and most of ’em are free. The Theatre: Shakespeare in the Ruff is an annual outdoor theatre production in Withrow Park. This year they merge Macbeth and puppets. Before two performances (at...
Petite Care

Petite Care

We usually save our indoor playing for rainy days and cold weeks of winter. But on a recent summery morning we walked into Petite Care, a new family centre on Gerrard St. East. The bright and sunny play space took over a storefront in Little India/Leslieville in July....
Weekly Wagon (August 10-16)

Weekly Wagon (August 10-16)

For the bug-lovers: Hand over the camera phones. Ontario Nature is asking kids 12 and under to enter their summer insect photo contest. (Got more of an artist, you can also have them print and colour one of their insect photos online.) Get outside – contest ends...
Glen Stewart Ravine

Glen Stewart Ravine

Finding the great outdoors in the city is always top of our list. And it’s often a quick sell – promise of adventure, space to run and lots of fresh air. Toronto has tons of trails that you can hop on right from downtown and so many are accessible for little hikers in...