My kids went off to school today, and I won’t lie: on Thursday night, faced with only a few precious days of summer left, I seriously considered telling them […]
Archives for August 2015
Delaware Humane’s Rubber Duck Race
I missed this the first time around, so I’m excited to have it come around again! “Adopt” a rubber duck to place in the 2nd Annual Rubber Duck Race to […]
Plant One Million to Plant Its 500,000th Tree
Plant One Million is the largest multi-state tree-planting effort in the nation: a regional partnership to plant one million trees throughout 13 counties in southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New […]
Delaware’s Green Team Goes to the Red Bull Soapbox Race
This looks like a ton of fun and for the first time ever in my life I thought: I wish I was in Ohio this weekend. Thanks to Beverly […]
Every Kid in a Park: Free Access to National Parks for 4th Graders
Photo credit: Depositphoto What national parks have you had the chance to visit? Starting September 1st, 2015 and running through the 2015-2016 school year until August 31, 2016, every […]
Pixar in a Box Free Online Curriculum
So this is pretty cool: Khan Academy has launched Pixar in a Box, a behind-the-scenes look at Pixar Animation Studios’ creative process. The free online curriculum shows how Pixar filmmakers use […]
Where, When and Why to Watch the Perseid Meteor Showers
From mid-July until late August, the Earth passes through the debris of the Swift-Tuttle comet. The Perseid meteor shower starts to peak around the 10th, and the overnight hours into […]
Delaware Children’s Museum/Riverfront Mini Golf Combo
Putt and play for less: now through September, purchase a combo ticket to the Delaware Children’s Museum & Riverwalk Mini Golf together for just $13 per person (ages 4 […]