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Jun272018 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Kids Summer Activities Near Salt Lake City In Utah

The state of Utah has no shortage of fun family activities. Utah is home to many indoor and outdoor attractions that are child-friendly. Three summer-time activities are featured here. Tracy Aviary is an educational indoor experience. Raging Waters is entirely outdoors. Finally, Wheeler Farm is mostly outdoors, but some events and exhibits are inside the various buildings. Fun for Children: Indoor Activities at Tracy Aviary Tracy Aviary is a local and exotic bird habitat in Liberty Park, on 1100 South 900 East, near the center of Salt Lake City, Utah. They host bird shows twice daily at scheduled times and three times on Saturdays. Activities in the Avian Alcove are scheduled between the bird shows. These can be anything from arts and crafts to story time. Those are included i...

May182018 by Ruchi Gupta1 Comment

Playground Safety and Parental Supervision

General, Lifestyle

Going to the playground or play park is a big part of a young child’s life. It is through play at the park that kids pick up more motor skills and make new friends. It is also where their parents regularly meet up and have playgroups. However, a trip to the playground can easily turn tragic if the playground equipment is faulty or there is a lack of parental supervision. National Safety Council data reveals each year over 200,000 children end up in hospital emergency rooms because of playground injuries. These injuries are preventable if playground safety is observed. Here’s what parents can do to prevent playground injuries. Check Playground Equipment Before letting a child play in a playground, check that the playground equipment are safe for use. Playground safety surface - Falls to...

May72018 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Things to Do with Kids at Old Tucson Studios

Travel

Set in the Sonoran Desert against the backdrop of the Tucson Mountains, Old Tucson Studios was the perfect location for a host of cowboy classics from Rio Bravo to Gunsmoke. And while it's still used today for movies, TV productions, commercials and photo shoots, it's also one of the best attractions in Tucson and all of Arizona for family fun and entertainment. Lined with wooden boardwalks and arcades, the dusty streets of Old Tucson Studios are like a step back in time to the days of the wild frontier. Explore the old schoolhouse, the town jail, the mission church and other buildings for a glimpse of what pioneer life was like. Panning for gold is a favorite activity for kids. With patience - and a little help from dad or mom - they can take away a sparkly fortune in a small vi...

Apr282018 by David KollerNo Comments

Planning A Unique Family Vacation

Travel

As a parent nothing beats watching your child learn something new and seeing them light up with the joy of discovery. You want to follow them around and live through their eyes! Whether you’re planning a day trip, vacation, or extended getaway for your family fostering discovery is definitely on the to-do list. After all only so much can be learned in the classroom. At some point your children have to go out and experience things in order to truly learn about them. Why not during a family outing? Ecotourism is a great way to experience the joys of vacationing, while broadening you and your family’s horizons. Here we’ll talk about all the amazing ways you and your family vacation can enjoy this incredible, relatively new, and ever expanding method of tourism. Many popular standard touris...

Dec92017 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Why Kids’ Scooter Is A Meaningful Gift To Your Children

Automobiles, General, Sports

One of the best ways to teach your kids how to balance them is by gifting a kids’ scooter. It is a well known fact that they learn art of balancing when they learn to stand on their feet. However, here we are talking about the art of balancing on wheels and this may be little tricky and difficult at times. Kids’ scooters or mini micro scooters help kids learn such art. What really helps them is a better understanding of their own center of gravity when they ride these. The way the center of gravity changes when they take a turn or stand on it make them understand the functioning of reflexes. They learn to co-ordinate between their body movements and grow more confident about their body and its capacity. Take note that learning to ride a bike is comparatively more difficult than l...

Oct152017 by David KollerNo Comments

How To Keep Kids Away From Overuse Habit Of Smartphone

Technology

Parents in this tech world are highly concerned about the health of their kids due to excessive use of smartphone or other similar devices and due to more time spend on social media instead of physical activities. However, the big question here is what qualifies as "excessive" and there is no evidence-based guideline, but there are some advice from scientists and public health officials to follow. Below are some precautions to be followed at home to discourage kids to be overly inclined towards electronic devices: Don't keep smartphone in kid's bedrooms There's sleep loss cases across the world due to bedroom screen time apart from variety of risks and so it is strongly recommended the parents should keep the electronic devices out of their kid's bedrooms. The same is applied to adults t...