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In a season of pumpkin spice everything, the apple often plays second fiddle to everyone’s favorite gourd.

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St. Louis Mom Creates Sweet Celebrations for Homeless Kids

For most children, blowing out candles on a birthday cake is an annual rite of passage.

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4 'Stress Less' Strategies for Getting Dinner on the Table

Getting a healthy, home-cooked meal on the table for dinner every evening can sometimes feel like a monumental task.

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Strange is the Rage at This Family-Friendly Arts Festival

Browsing the aisles at most craft shows, flea markets or art festivals with little ones in tow can be traumatic for everyone involved.

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New Sherlock Holmes Exhibit Turns Your Child into Literature’s Most Famous Detective

Long before CSI, Psych and True Detective hit the airwaves, Sherlock Holmes staked his claim as pop culture’s most famous detective, investigating crimes from the pages of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s acclaimed novels.

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Ready for Pumpkins and Hayrides? Here's Your St. Louis Fall Family Bucket List

Pumpkin beer has hit the shelves and pumpkin lattes are on the menu at your favorite local coffee shop, which means that – ready or not – fall is unofficially here to stay.

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Back-to-School Apps that Make the Grade

Despite owning a smartphone and doing much of my work in the online world, I’ve never been what you might call tech-savvy. I still keep a paper calendar, and I write my to-do lists the old-fashioned way – with good old pen and paper.

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6 Simple Ways to Keep Your Kids (and Yourself) More Organized

For many parents, keeping your home and your children organized can feel like a full-time job.

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Ready, Set, Kindergarten! 17 Tips for Not-So-Ready Parents

Sending your baby off to kindergarten, whether it’s your first or fifth, is a momentous occasion for any parent. For many of us, it is also a nerve wracking one. Parents – and let’s be honest, usually moms – worry A LOT.

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Preparing Now for the Big Talk Later

Recently, with an unexpected hour to spare, I took my seven-year-old to the art museum for a little cultural immersion and 60 minutes of free entertainment.

When we came home, my husband asked her about her first museum experience.

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Live, Love, Latch: Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week in St. Louis

For more than 20 years, countries around the world have been celebrating World Breastfeeding Week as a way to protect, promote and support breastfeeding and its 

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See Dinosaurs Roar and Lemurs Dance at the Saint Louis Science Center This Summer

It’s no secret that kids learn best by doing – by using all of their senses to explore and discover through exciting, hands-on activities that truly engage them with the material at hand.

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Where St. Louis Families Can See Summer Movies under the Stars

It doesn’t truly feel like summer until you’ve seen a movie under the stars. So it should come as no surprise that the free outdoor film series which have become a routine part of the St. Louis summer landscape are a delight to local families.

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Meet LEGO Artist Sean Kenney at MOBOT on July 12

Playing with LEGOs all day doesn’t exactly sound like work.

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Kids Get a Taste for Culture at Let Them Eat Art

On July 11, the streets of historic downtown Maplewood will turn into a theater stage and art gallery as the city spotlights the region’s most ingenious artists and celebrates its own version of Bastille Day with the ninth annual

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12 St. Louis Summer Concert Series Perfect for Kids and Families

There’s a lot to love about summer in St. Louis, but our area’s many family-friendly concert series are near the top of the list.

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Family Classes at Missouri Botanical Garden Grow Your Child's Love of Learning

Just like the variety of plants and flowers that blanket the grounds of the Missouri Botanical Garden, the kids that walk through the Garden’s gates need sunshine and fresh air to blo

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Get Muddy, Sandy and Covered in Paint at the Endangered Wolf Center's Messy Play Day

Kids love to get messy when they play, and the Endangered Wolf Center is holding an event on Sunday, June 29 that will let kids do just that. Messy Play Day promises to be messy fun.

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Light Up Some Fun at These St. Louis Fourth of July Festivals

Nothing says 4th of July quite like fireworks exploding high in the sky.

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'I'm Able to Celebrate More Birthdays'

For Denise Thibault, a two-time cancer survivor and mother of two from Edwardsvi

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Explore songs, finger plays, music and more during this Music & Movement class for ages 0-6. Some sessions are held in person at various branches of the St. Louis County Library. Some sessions are virtual. 

 

 

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10 Sweet Ways for Kids to Celebrate Valentine's Day

Feel the love and have lots of fun at these Valentine's Day-themed events just for kids and families.

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Spring Break Camps Offer a Variety of Activities for Kids and Teens in St. Louis

Excitement is building for summer and the wide variety of summer camp experiences available for kids in the St. Louis metro area. But first! Spring break is around the corner, and there are plenty of Spring Break camps enrolling now. 

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Single-Day Camps & Fun for Your Kids on President's Day

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Ninja Central is for Kids of All Ages and Abilities

From the moment they step onto a ninja training course, kids snap into activation mode – using their athletic skills to jump, climb, and balance their way through physical challenges and activating their minds to out-maneuver the puzzle of obstacles that stand in their way of victory. That combination is a powerful one and equips kids with the confidence, persistence, self-esteem, and creative thinking skills they need throughout their lives. And now, with the opening of Ninja Central, a top-tier ninja training facility in Maryland Heights, even more young athletes will get the chance to reach their full potential.

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Miriam Celebrates Neurodiversity, Supports Unique Learners

At Miriam School, students with complex learning differences are supported and celebrated as they grow academically, socially and emotionally. Miriam provides a tailored educational experience for learners in grades K-12 who have not found success in traditional classroom settings. Students’ challenges may stem from specific learning disabilities (i.e. dyslexia or dysgraphia), ADHD, level 1 autism, sensory processing disorder, anxiety, or speech and language disorders.

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