Before I went to the play I was eager to know what would happen to Annie Oakley. On the way to the play,my mom told me about it, because it’s her favorite play. Annie Get your Gun is a story about Annie who is a cowgirl and she shows off her gun shooting in [...]
You wouldn’t know from the plain stage set for this production that you were about to be dazzled. This small cast of seven seamlessly does the work of many more while letting us glimpse into four seasons of friendship. Whether it’s their love of this particular show or they are simply well-practiced professionals, they wear [...]
Rox in Sox Debuts FREE Family Festival in Lake Oswego, Celebrating Music and Literacy for All Ages Saturday, August 3, 2013. 10 am to 7 pm Lake Oswego, OR – Aaron Nigel Smith, the PBS Kids TV personality and director of the International One World Chorus, announces the first-ever free family festival celebrating music and [...]
Here is a list of kids book reviews for May 2013, by our friends at Green Bean Books in Portland, OR. We’d love to hear your thoughts! Please comment with YOUR favorite books for May 2013! Mommy! Mommy! by Taro Gomi (BB, $6.99) We’ve long cherished Bus Stop, My Friends, and the world’s all-time [...]
Programs to stop bullying proliferate, yet most fail. Why? Parents hear of bullying but lack effective means of responding to it. What can be done? Do watch the body language of your children carefully. Bullied children often exhibit somatic complaints such as headaches and stomachaches. Slumped posture and a dejected countenance may well appear [...]
The Buckman Art Show & Sell is an annual tradition in Portland. In its 23rd year, the festival features paintings, ceramics, sculptures, photography, prints, collage, mosaics, fabric and paper arts. Plus, textiles, fashion accessories, jewelry, and toys created by 150 established veterans and emerging talents in the Northwest art world. A separate gallery showcases the [...]
The Portland School of Experiential Education (pdXed school) is a preschool for children ages 2.5-6 years old located in NE Portland. I sat down with the school’s founders and teachers Val Smith and Jamie Melchert who spoke enthusiastically about experiential education and their vision for a progressive learning community.—KSL Upon entering pdXed I was amazed by the open [...]
By Brooke Preston This academic year, the Portland Jewish Academy (www.pjaproud.com) celebrates 50 years of educating students. From the time it opened its doors as Hillel Academy in the fall of 1961, the school has connected students with history and tradition, while earning a well-deserved reputation as a trailblazer. Hillel Academy began in the basement [...]
RLP Studios www.rlportraits.com what is your specialty? We primarily photograph families and children. Will and I had both always been passionate about art photography for years and then, in the classic story, fell in love with photographing our own baby when she was born. That quickly progressed to capturing her life and the friends [...]
truFocus Photography http://www.trufocusphotography.com/ what is your specialty? We are two photographers specializing in Maternity, Newborn and Baby photos. Randy is a master of the “Soft Focus” portrait and Karen specializes in casual portraiture. We often work together on a shoot so you get a variety of styles and two points of view for your images. [...]
Jennie Borello Photography http://www.jennieborello.com/ what is your specialty? Children, babies and family. where do you photograph? I always photograph on location. Whether it is at their home or at a park, it’s a place where the kids feel comfortable and feel free to roam around and have fun. what do you love about photographing children [...]
Posy Quarterman Photography http://www.photoposy.com/ what is your specialty? I specialize in what photographers refer to these days as “lifestyle photography.” That is, documentary style portraits of families, children and creative people. I love working with people to create fun, honest, un-posed, natural photos of their children, family and selves. where do you photograph? [...]
Awakening Your Imagination: Building Fairy Houses with Your Child It’s a bright, spring day- a Northwest drizzle is falling softly while the sun peeks its head out from behind a nearby maple. The light is magical and you almost see little winged creatures flying from bush to bush, dodging sparkling raindrops. What could they [...]
All Oregon Students Encouraged to Enter – Deadline is March 22, 2013 2012 Grand Prize Poster by Annie Parham, 11th Grade, Cleveland High School, Portland Portland, OR – The Oregon Humane Society’s Education Department is seeking young artists and writers with a humane vision to enter the 2013 Be Kind to Animals Poster and Photo/Story Contest. Last [...]
Easy-to-fix recipes and silly games the whole family will enjoy. Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! It’s time to dig out your fake teeth, big glasses, masks, wigs and face makeup, and celebrate the magic and silliness of the season. Here are a few great ideas to liven up any halloween party or to try with your family [...]
by Caroline Lewis of Verdura Gardens Are you one of those people who meant to start a vegetable garden this year, but ran out of time? If so, you are not alone. Despite great intentions to get the kids outdoors in the summer, not to mention growing our own food, our lives seem to get particularly busy in early [...]
Here is a list of kids book reviews for May 2013, by our friends at Green Bean Books in Portland, OR. We’d love to hear your thoughts! Please comment with YOUR favorite books for May 2013! Mommy! Mommy! by Taro Gomi (BB, $6.99) We’ve long cherished Bus Stop, My Friends, and the world’s all-time [...]
Here is a list of kids book reviews for for Spring, by our friends at Green Bean Books in Portland, OR. We’d love to hear your thoughts! Please comment with YOUR favorite books for Spring 2013! Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit by Il Sung Na (BB $6.99) Il Sung Na’s hippity-hoppity, migrating-goosey, snoozy-bearish Snow Rabbit, Spring [...]
SNOW by Uri Shulevitz (BB, $7.99) The skies are gray, the rooftops are gray, the whole City is gray, and curmudgeonly grown-ups with elevated noses discourage one eager little boy from counting his chickens and indulging winter wishes for a big snow! “It’ll melt,” they say as flurries fall and they hurry off in [...]
Sniff by Matthew Van Fleet (Board Book $9.99)We’ve utterly adored Matthew Van Fleet’s other heavy-duty interactive books for babies and toddlers–modern classics like Tails and Alphabet. Now, just in time for the sniffling season, Van Fleet has graced us with another adorable animal pop-up–SNIFF! Touch toucan’s smooth beak nose and koala’s leathery one! Pull tabs waggle elephant’s trunk and [...]
Sibling rivalry is not natural. We are not born with preprogrammed circuitry that says “Thou shall be rivals with your sibling.” It is neither inevitable nor something that we have to live with. Unfortunately sibling rivalry arises in many families. How does this happen and what can we do about it? Rivalry occurs when there [...]
Programs to stop bullying proliferate, yet most fail. Why? Parents hear of bullying but lack effective means of responding to it. What can be done? Do watch the body language of your children carefully. Bullied children often exhibit somatic complaints such as headaches and stomachaches. Slumped posture and a dejected countenance may well appear [...]
As an orthodontist and a mother of three, I understand the importance of seeing your children with a big, warm and healthy smile! Keeping a beautiful smile lifelong requires dental care that should start early in life. The American Association of Orthodontics recommends that all kids should get an orthodontic check-up no later than [...]
Have you ever looked at your kid(s) and thought, “Wish they came with a guidebook!”? They don’t, unfortunately, but sometimes that’s exactly what would help. Although parents are certainly the experts on their own kids – more so than any professional – oftentimes they feel stuck, especially when they’ve already tried all of the tools [...]
Awakening Your Imagination: Building Fairy Houses with Your Child It’s a bright, spring day- a Northwest drizzle is falling softly while the sun peeks its head out from behind a nearby maple. The light is magical and you almost see little winged creatures flying from bush to bush, dodging sparkling raindrops. What could they [...]
By Kristie Reddick and Jessica Honaker It can be tough to get a young person to focus on the beauty of nature when you’re competing with HD moving images and games on computers, tablets and phones. Lately, we’ve been teaching outdoor workshops with live insects where we’ve had to say to a kid, “Look with [...]
by Caroline Lewis of Verdura Gardens Are you one of those people who meant to start a vegetable garden this year, but ran out of time? If so, you are not alone. Despite great intentions to get the kids outdoors in the summer, not to mention growing our own food, our lives seem to get particularly busy in early [...]
By Caroline Lewis of Verdura Culinary Gardens Admittedly, some of us are squeamish about bugs. I’m a professional vegetable gardener, and I can’t say I like sticking my hand into a tomato plant if I see a spider. Yet I know spiders eat a lot of the insects that threaten our edibles. So I leave [...]
Celebrate With Dad This Weekend This Sunday is Father’s Day and there are tons of fun ways to get out and have some fun with him. Dads can eat strawberries, drink beer, take a cruise, head to the mountains or check out the Pride Parade in downtown Portland. Here’s the where and when: Kruger’s Berry Jam [...]
Before I went to the play I was eager to know what would happen to Annie Oakley. On the way to the play,my mom told me about it, because it’s her favorite play. Annie Get your Gun is a story about Annie who is a cowgirl and she shows off her gun shooting in [...]
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Things to do in Portland: Celebrate with Dad This Weekend
Celebrate With Dad This Weekend This Sunday is Father’s Day and there are tons of fun ways to get out and have some fun with him. Dads can eat strawberries, drink beer, take a cruise, head to the mountains or check out the Pride Parade in downtown Portland. Here’s the where and when: Kruger’s Berry Jam [...]
Things to do in Portland: Annie Get Your Gun – A Review by Ella, Age 9
Before I went to the play I was eager to know what would happen to Annie Oakley. On the way to the play,my mom told me about it, because it’s her favorite play. Annie Get your Gun is a story about Annie who is a cowgirl and she shows off her gun shooting in [...]
