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Contest: Vancouver International Children’s Festival
Filed Under Contests | March 14, 2011
The Kids’ Fest is coming up from May 30th to June 5th and this year they’re moving to Granville Island and they need your help naming the new activity zone for preschoolers! For the past 34 years the festival’s youngest guests have delighted in their own special play zone filled with imaginative and educational toys, so fire up your creative juices and let us know your ideas. The winning entry gets not only bragging rights, but four tickets to the wonderful preschool show Scenes From A Tree.
chew toys
Filed Under Going Green, Stuff | March 14, 2011
When you’re looking for toys for a wee babe who tends to chew and gum everything, you’re as interested in safety as you are developmental appropriateness. When everything they pick up or find on the floor ends up in their mouth, you shudder and put it down to the peck of dirt you know they’ll ingest in their lifetime, but at least you can maintain a modicum of control and pick toys for them that don’t contain BPA, phthalates, PVC or lead.
mamas rock: sara winter
Filed Under Mamas Rock | March 11, 2011
This month in mamas rock we’re featuring Sara Winter, founder of the newly launched Squag.com, a website for parents of kids with ASD (autism spectrum disorders). The site hosts an application that helps ASD kids self-reflect and communicate with one another.
vancouver: what to do, what to do?
Filed Under Events | March 10, 2011
Way back in the day when we launched yoyomama we promised you to always let you know when Community Centre registration time was approaching. Mainly because we usually miss it ourselves. And in the intervening years we’ve not fully lived up to our promise – as a reader pointed out during our recent survey – so we’re here to rectify that and let you know that registration’s happening at a community centre near you starting this week.
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toronto: what to do, what to do?
Filed Under Events | March 10, 2011
With schools out next week throughout the GTA for March Break, this weekend is packed full of events and activities to keep kids busy and parents sane. And luckily the fun continues throughout the week for many of the events listed in this weekend’s city guide. Wishing your family a fun-filled, happy, and safe March Break! And don’t forget the clocks go ahead an hour this Saturday night.
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ribbit
Filed Under Stuff | March 9, 2011
Despite the rumour that spring is coming, the weather still has us on the lookout for indoor fun to keep our tots entertained. Board games are a fun, interactive ways to while away some time and our newest whole-family fave is Sevi’s Froggy.
baby body specialist
Filed Under Places | March 8, 2011
Some ideas seem so obvious you wonder why someone didn’t think of them sooner. Like a kid-centric physiotherapy clinic. Kids need physiotherapy for everything from developmental delays to cerebral palsy, and Laura Patrick, who specializes in pediatric physiotherapy, has created a clinic just for them.
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a cookie custom
Filed Under Places | March 8, 2011
Remember the childhood joy and sweet anticipation of freshly baked cookies straight from the oven? Now with your own little cookie monsters underfoot, we understand that baking is probably more about mess control than anything else. But a trip to Sweet Flour Bake Shop will bring that childhood cookie joy back and keep your kitchen spotless.
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are you sitting comfortably?
Filed Under Favourites, Tips & Tricks | March 7, 2011
Deciding which car seat will be best for your precious cargo is a stressful decision for many parents. There’s a lot to consider, like safety ratings, finding the right size of seat for your vehicle, ease of use and installation, and comfort features, such as padding and fabric choice. And now there’s something else parents need to think about: Transport Canada’s new car seat safety regulations, which come into effect January 1, 2012.
setting sail
Filed Under Events, Tips & Tricks | March 4, 2011
When we say family vacations what springs to mind? Usually a lot of work for a lot of (tiring) fun and you come home ready to take another holiday. All by yourself. So when we got a chance to cruise on the Disney Wonder* from LA to Mexico – this is the same ship (not boat!) that will soon by plying the waters from Vancouver to Alaska – we weren’t about to say no.
