For many busy families, Saturdays and Sundays represent days of
rest and relaxation. It’s a time to re-charge energy levels to meet the start
of the work and school week. In fact, in many cities, communities and
organizations stage special weekend events designed for children and their
parents, which encourages families to have some fun together.

In the Greater Toronto Area, for example, the Art Gallery of
Ontario offers Family Sundays through to the end of March in the new Weston
Family Learning Centre.  . With [...]

People who know me, know that I get stir-crazy and I’m always on the lookout for great ideas for kids activities in Montreal.  Now, don’t get me wrong – I enjoy a full day in my p.j’s doing nothing particularly productive… if I’m ALONE.  But with kids in the mix, the screaming, fighting, whining, and overall excessive energy in the house is enough to make me scream: “Get me outta here!” by noon guaranteed.  I’m therefore a self-proclaimed Outings [...]

Parents face difficult decisions at this time of year when it comes to buying children’s toys for the holiday season: do you go along with this year’s ‘cool’ toy on your child’s list for Santa, or do you ignore all the background noise and select toys that have an educational value?

The answer is that it is possible to find toys that meet both your child’s criteria (popular and hot this year) and your goal to promote learning experiences while [...]

Are we having fun yet?

It may be pure folly on my part, but I decreed that our family’s holiday celebrations this year would be “old-fashioned”, which means we chop down an honest-to-goodness evergreen tree that does not have snap-on branches and blinking mini-lights already attached.

My two youngest children bought in to the real-tree concept from ‘go’: the lure of a horse-drawn sleigh or wagon ride through a tree farm was too much to resist. My husband heard the [...]

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