Home and Family in Rhode Island
Finding Your “Fit”
Tools to help you find the right music program for your budding Mozart (or Britney)
By Heidi Vass, B.M. M.M.
Looking for your child’s first music program is often a challenge. Music study can be taxing on your schedule as well as your wallet. The following tips will help you make the most of your investment.
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Led Around The Campus
URI Tour Guides know their way around
By Jan Wenzel
Three times daily you can see them walking across the quadrangle backwards or waving their arms while standing on benches in front of a swarm of visitors. They’re tour guides, the University of Rhode Island’s enthusiastic ambassadors who possess a wealth of Kingston campus knowledge...
Bowen’s Wharf In Bloom:
Planting the Seed for a Bright New Season!
Historic Bowen’s Wharf is hard at work setting up a brand new event to celebrate the beauty of spring. Before long, planters, window boxes, and containers surrounding the one-of-a-kind shops and restaurants will spill over with vibrant floral arrangements. On the day before Mother's Day, Saturday, May 7, the wharf will host the first of what is planned to be an annual Bowen’s Wharf In Bloom: a flower and plant sale to benefit Newport In Bloom and Aquidneck Growers’ Market...
The Bugs Outside
Uncovering some of nature's creatures in your back yard
By Jay Higgins
As the days get longer and the sun brighter take time to get outside and investigate the science of nature. All around us are tiny critters that live, eat and lay eggs without our notice. Children are fascinated with these small critters that live in the grass and under rocks. To encourage the excitement and observation skills of your budding scientist grab some basic tools and start a search for tiny critters right in your own backyard...
Show Business
Great Spring Vacation Activities At The Providence Children's Museum
By Louisa J. Kile
“I want to be a ‘singer-mommy’ when I grow up.” I had visions of four-year-old Nia at 30, singing a sultry rendition of The Little Mermaid, a diaper bag over her shoulder, holding a baby with one hand and a microphone with the other!
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