Want to teach your kids about nutrition while having fun? You’ll love the new CD, Get Fruity, from Apple Brains (a/k/a Allen Bleyle). The Vermont native wrote most of the nusic while working as a “Nutrition Musician” for the Network for a Healthy California and at the Farm & Wilderness Camps in Plymouth. Nine of [...]
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green start™ children’s books, toys, puzzles, and games are all natural, made from 98% recycled materials and printed using only eco-friendly inks. Designed to help give kids an awareness of the natural world and an understanding of how we are interconnected with everything around us, the green start series makes it easy for families to [...]
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My Tot Clock is an all-in-one sleep aid, alarm clock, nightlight, and timer for young children ages 2 - 5 that uses a series of lights to teach your child when it’s time to sleep (blue light) and when it’s okay to get out of bed (yellow light). It also plays bedtime stories, lullabies, fun [...]
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Vermonters who are looking for something green, sustainable, unique, and just plain beautiful have a new shopping option in Burlington. Creative Women, a Vermont-based importer and wholesaler of hand-woven Ethiopian and Swazi textiles, welcomes everyone to shop at their studio on Wednesday afternoons, from 12 noon to 5:15PM. Plan to find an array of pillows, [...]
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Vermont duo Matthew Witten and John Hadden, aka the Swing Peepers have just released their third CD, Wiggle Room. They’ve been performing at libraries, parks and festivals around Vermont for about 15 years. The music is all original - and a few tracks on the new CD involve local kids (from Ferrisburg, Wallingford and Huntington). [...]
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If you’re planning to travel by plane, bringing the kids along just got easier, thanks to a Burlington grandma. When her pregnant daughter came to visit with her toddler and the diaper bag and the car seat and the stroller, Louise Stall took one look at her as they came off the plane and knew [...]
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Are you trying to figure out how to keep your children’s feet from growing just so you can stop buying new ski boots every year? The first-ever children’s adjustable ski boot is being introduced in the United States this ski season. The IDEA 6-in-1 Kids Adjustable Ski Boot, manufactured by Italy-based Roces, is now available [...]
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Planning a long drive? Worried about the kids’ bladders holding out? You might find this new product, called, Pottyflip, useful! It’s the first portable, full size, disposable child potty. It’s sold in packs of 12 ($24), and each one is only the size of a deck of cards. Well, okay… maybe a little bigger. Unfold [...]
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Here’s some advice from Kristen, a PA mom who had such crispy kids in cold weather she invented her own line of children’s skin care products!
1. Minimize the time spent in the bath or shower. Strange as it may seem, being in water actually sucks moisture out of the skin.
2. Also, try to use cooler [...]
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There’s nothing young children like more than music. Except maybe hearing their own name. Name Your Tune has combined these two favorites in a personalized CD that mentions your child’s name more than 80 times in 14 songs. And it’s digital! You simply order the CD from their website. A CD costs $20 and there’s [...]
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The kids have settled back in at school. But that doesn’t mean the fun has to stop! There’s a new handheld electronic game based on the TV Quiz Show “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?”. Completely portable, the game features 13 subjects with more than 2,500 questions. Kids can brush up on their knowledge [...]
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We are all hearing so much about everything being (or needing to be) green that sometimes we forget the little things matter. That’s where Organic Crafts by Kimberly Monaghan fits in. It’s brimming with 75 earth-friendly art activities for ages 3-9 that use nature for raw materials and inspiration. The projects are designed to entertain [...]
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Ask kids and parents which school subjects they struggle with the most, and the answer is likely to be math and science. When kids have trouble understanding Aquatic Ecosystems or are stuck on a homework question about Division Equations, where do they turn? Now they can get help finding the answers with Scholastic StudyJams!™ at [...]
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Wee Generation, a collaborative effort that includes Vermont’s Seventh Generation and Healthy Child Healthy World, has just introduced the Eco Diaper Bag, a PVC-free diaper bag created from fabric made from recycled beverage bottles. It’s filled with $100 worth of eco-friendly Seventh Generation baby product vouchers, a copy of the book Naturally Clean, The [...]
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Silver Dolphin books is expanding its line of 3-D books. New titles include The Field Guide to Safari Animals and Explore Within a Medieval Castle. Safari ($15.95) gives detailed descriptions of exotic African animals and includes small puzzles of 8 animals and a removable diorama. Castle ($21.95) allows the reader to tour a castle with [...]
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