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End of Summer… Labor Day Weekend Bucket List

So it’s really the end of the summer for any of us whose lives revolve around the school year.  But there’s still one last hurrah of a long weekend to make sure you packed all those childhood favorites...

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Great Snow (or ice) Day idea from Bredenbeck’s!

Bredenbeck’s Bakery (yum!) in Chestnut Hill was kind enough to pass along this wintry idea to share with GAP readers: Snowman Cupcakes: Bredenbeck’s Bakery Shares Tips For Making Sweet Winter Treats...

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Tiny toads? Frogs? Yeah, frogs.

Whatever they are, they’re in abundance at Pastorius Park!  (And yes, THAT park… we found that if we stay on the FAR side of the pond by the ampitheater, the off-leash dogs don’t hang out there.  I’ll...

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Summer "Bucket List"- what’s on yours?

BEACH “bucket list” This year, we made it official.  Each kid brainstormed a few places they wanted to go, things they wanted to do, and what they wanted to learn more about this summer.  They all...

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guerilla art for kids

  I admit. I love street art. It’s illegal, I know. But a positive message here and there chalked on a sidewalk won’t hurt anybody, right? I now have accomplices for bringing little cheerful surprises...

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how to eat. with kids!

For many, eating as a family is slipping through their fingers, like time. Have we somehow become products our own modern conditioning and reversed our priorities? Why are we rushing past one of the...

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a kinder, gentler bombing

In honor of FiberPhiladelphia 2012 (a regional festival celebrating fiber and textile arts), we have books to teach your kids about this special branch of the art tree: “Yarn Bombing: The Art of...

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what to do in a park?

Access to an open yard is limited to many kids in Philadelphia. If houses do have yards, they tend to be small patches We frequent a small “secret” park a few blocks down from us in Germantown, secret...

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top ten elf on the shelf ideas… and apologies

By now you’ve probably realized that you too have a defective elf. It’s only December 10, and your elf has failed at least once to fly back to the North Pole in order to make a report to Santa while...

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our snow day sanity secret

I’m sure you’re not surprised to know that we’ve had exactly 4, 322 snow days this school year.  Or maybe you’re correcting my math, arguing that it’s really 4,323.  I guess it depends on which school...

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