Kids VT, November 2018
A Supportive Program Connects Parents of Kids With Special Needs; Learning Through Nature Immersion; Creating a Family Cookbook; Good Citizens Finish the Challenge
Season of Song
Last November, Vermont PBS released the pilot episode of Mr. Chris and Friends, an original children’s television program geared to 3- to 6-year-olds starring local…
Autumnal Vegetable Mash: An Alternative to Plain Potatoes for Your Thanksgiving Table
Thanksgiving has always been a favorite holiday in our family. We grew up with all the traditional staples: turkey and gravy, cranberry sauce, fresh warm…
A Force for Change: Montpelier Student Advocates for Social and Environmental Justice
Name: Hope Petraro Age: 16 Town: Montpelier At 16, Hope Petraro isn’t old enough to vote. But she’s still registering others. The Montpelier High School…
Anna Marie, Autumn & Julianna
You recently relocated from New Jersey with your husband, Michael, and two young kids and started a new job. How is it going? Anna Marie:…
A Bounty of Books: What a Literary Gift Means to a Rural Library — and Its Librarian
Driving along a dirt road in Waterbury Center, I was sure I was lost. On my way home from work at Kids VT, I was…
Better Citizens
When I feel overwhelmed by the national news — the tribalism, the incivility, the intractable problems facing our democracy — I think about Grace Heller….
The Art of… Creating a Family Cookbook
In her first cookbook, From the Cook’s Garden, Vermont food and garden writer Ellen Ecker Ogden included a recipe for apple crisp along with sweet…
Why Is Empathy Important, and How Can I Raise Empathetic Kids?
The cafeteria is a notoriously stressful environment for kids. In rural Vermont, where I attended high school, any given lunchtime was a crapshoot. One day…
History Lesson
Daphne Kalmar brings along a taxidermy mouse named Bob when she shares her middle-grade historical fiction novel, A Stitch in Time, with kids at schools…
What Should Parents Know About Eye Exams, Bilateral Vision and the Proverbial ‘Lazy Eye’?
Pediatric ophthalmologists have to be specialists in the art of the nonverbal eye exam. Their patients may be just a couple of days old, and…
Robin’s Nest Nature Playgroup
I love being outdoors with my 2-year-old, Virginia, particularly when it’s 80 degrees and sunny. Cold, rainy days are a bit harder to navigate. A…
A Perfect Match: A Supportive Program Connects Parents of Kids With Special Needs
In 1895, the American poet, preacher and suffragist Mary Torrans Lathrap published a poem called “Judge Softly,” which begins: Pray, don’t find fault with the…
Congratulations, Good Citizens!
These Vermont students finished Kids VT’s first Good Citizen Challenge, underwritten by the Vermont Community Foundation. They will each receive a Good Citizen sticker, medal…
Habitat: Sapling Woods
This summer, a neighbor offered Sarah and Sean Prentiss a free plastic child’s swing for their almost-2-year-old daughter, Winter. Project-oriented Sean, who didn’t want their…
Green Mountain Pride
Looking to buy a gift that says “Vermont” for a little one in your life this holiday season? Look no further than Vermont Tribe. Started…
Making the Grade
All people are math people, according to the Winooski High School math teacher recently named 2019 Vermont Teacher of the Year. Tom Payeur received the…
The Third Space: Afterschool Programs Provide Community, Structure and Enrichment for Kids and Teens
Kids spend most of their waking hours at school or at home. When they’re not at one of those two places, many Vermont children and…
