Create a Kids' Tasting Menu: Growing an Adventurous Eater, Part 2

This is the second article in a series; see also: Cooking with Kids, Get Out and Explore and Get Into Ethnic Food. Want your kids to try some new foods? Consider creating a tasting menu: presenting kids with an assortment of a particular food and get them to take a taste of each thing and rate it a

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Classical Kids, Part 2: Musical Adventures Beyond Benaroya

Editor's note: See also Part 1 of this series: A child's guide to Benaroya Hall The offerings at Benaroya Hall are wonderful, but there are many other opportunities to expose your kids to the wonders of classical music. Here is a sampling. - The Federal Way Symphony at St. Luke’s Church. Orchestra

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Classical Kids Part 1: A Child's Guide to Benaroya Hall

Editor's note: See also Part 2 of this series: "Musical Adventures Beyond Benaroya" You want your child to be emotionally intelligent? To work toward a goal, take turns, be patient, physically strong? The music called “classical” has been nurturing these skills in both players and audiences for man

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Eight Train Adventures for Seattle Kids and Families

1. The Seattle Center Monorail Want to make your little train lover shake with excitement? Take them on one (or seven) of these eight train mini-adventures this fall, starting with the Monorail from Seattle Center to Westlake Center. Kids will get a kick out of riding above the city streets; be sur

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Get Your Kids Cooking: How to Grow an Adventurous Eater, Part 1

This is the first of a series. See also: Create a Kids’ Tasting Menu, Get Out and Explore and Get Into Ethnic Food. If you are anything like most parents, you have probably spent the preschool years on a culinary tour of Blandland, the place where the wonderful flavor and diversity of food go to di

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South Sound Salmon-Watching Locations

What can your children learn from a fish? Plenty — about determination, perseverance, and the weird and fascinating drama of nature. Every year, Pacific salmon travel hundreds of miles through the ocean, navigating storms and slipping past predators and fishermen’s nets, focused relentlessly on arri

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20-plus Places to Get your Fill of Harvest Fun

We city dwellers may have strayed far from our agrarian roots, but every year when the leaves start to turn we find ourselves wanting to make a farm pilgrimage with the kids to mark the harvest. And during October, farmers all over the region oblige the public by carving intricate mazes into their c

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10 of the Neatest Recycled Halloween Costumes for Kids

Looking to 'go green' this year for Halloween? We have found some excellent Halloween costumes, all made from recycled materials that we couldn't help but share! So if you've got a child who would give anything to be a real-life transformer or a Star Wars enthusiast that is dying to fight the forces

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