Kids VT, March 2015
Think Spring: Stylish Duds for Kids; Summer Camp Guide; Moms Read to Kids From Prison
Burlington-based Website Caters to Modern Parents
Believe it or not, moms and dads have interests besides raising their kids. Many online parenting communities rarely acknowledge this fact, but parent.co wants to…
PBS Kids Writers Contest Welcomes Young Authors’ Submissions
“When I am blushful I feel pink like a pig.” That’s a line from The Colors I Feel, one of the winning Vermont stories in…
UVM Study Links Music Lessons and Brain Development
Piano lessons may really pay off, according to a new University of Vermont College of Medicine study. A child psychiatry team led by Dr. James…
Mealtime: Overnight Vermont Cheddar Crackers
I remember the moment I realized how capable kids can be in the kitchen. It was a late summer afternoon when my son Cal was…
Daddy Down: What an Older Dad Learned After a Playground Accident
I’ve never thought of myself as an older dad, though if there’s a clinical definition, I certainly qualify. Unlike the average American male, who becomes…
Workshop Turns Middle School Girls Into Makers
Harper Oliver and Sydney Sears had almost finished their origami boxes. All that remained were the finishing touches: LED lights and batteries. The 10-year-old best…
Coloring Contest Winners
“Sealed with a kiss”: That pun-tastic title appeared on several of the 156 coloring contest entries we received in February. We must admit, it’s a…
How Should Parents React to Play Fighting?
Kids love to play games that mimic shooting, fighting and killing, and that makes many parents very nervous. But Dr. Mary Ann Donnelly-DeBay, a clinical…
Books Behind Bars: Helping Moms Read to their Kids — from Prison
The mothers incarcerated at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington can’t tuck their children in or kiss them goodnight. But sometimes, they get…
Book Review Winners: Write-Your-Own Contest Winners
Congratulations to these enthusiastic young writers who submitted their stories about kindness inspired by E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web. Each wins a $25 gift certificate from…
Bookworms: Sibling Stories
The Chicken of the Family by Mary Amato, illustrated by Delphine Durand, Ages 4-8 Henrietta’s two big sisters love to poke fun at her. When…
Springing Forward at Spare Time
For my son Graham’s ninth birthday last month, my partner, Ann-Elise, and I took him to Spare Time in Colchester for bowling, pizza and laser…
Camp Directory, Part 2
It’s time to start planning for summer — school will be out before you know it, and your kids will be looking for something to…
Local Color: Spring Fashion for Kids
Visit a neighborhood like Brooklyn’s Park Slope or Noe Valley in San Francisco, and you can’t walk a block without hitting a children’s clothing store….
Superhero Gymnastics for Preschool Boys
Coach Jarrett Bergeron teaches classes for boys at Regal Gymnastics Academy in Essex. But his 3- to 5-year-old students aren’t enrolled in a gymnastics class…
How Do You Express Affection With Your Kids?
George Leal, Burlington Teacher, Integrated Arts Academy at H.O. Wheeler, Daughter, Tatiana, 17 My parents expressed affection by hugging and sometimes kissing when I was…
Black-Box Theater
The Fox family is really into theater. Hang around their Charlotte home long enough, and somebody’s bound to start singing show tunes — stage, curtain,…
One to Watch: Gavin Shamis
Age: 12 Town: South Burlington Gavin Shamis is super excited about luge. The enthusiastic sixth grader came to an interview at Frederick H. Tuttle Middle…
