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SpongeBob Debuts at Madame Tussauds
In honor of his 10th Anniversary, SpongeBob SquarePants will be immortalized at the famed Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in New York City, becoming the first cartoon character to receive a statue made entirely out of wax.
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Toy Hall of Fame honors the stick
The National Toy Hall of Fame is a repository of great toys that generations of children have enjoyed. Since 1998, the best of the best as selected by historians, educators and others have been proudly displayed at the Strong National Museum of Play ...
Newsflash: coloring books not just for kids!
Do you color? Did you as a child? I certainly did. In fact, I colored up until I hit college. And I color now. Well, not so much now. I can barely find the time to locate my sanity let alone turn up a decent coloring book, my requisite 96-pack of ...
Biblically Correct Tours
What do you do if you are homeschooling your children (or even, I suppose, if you're not) and want to take a field trip to the natural history museum, but don't want your kids indoctrinated by all that made-up fantasy nonsense they call science? ...
Visiting the railroad museum
One of the things we did while in the Lake Tahoe area was visit the Nevada State Railroad museum. Given Jared's chosen career path, I'm ashamed to say that this is the first time we've been to a railroad museum. We haven't even been to the California ...
Taking a baby to a wedding
I'm so very excited. Earlier this year I received an invitation to a friend's wedding, and now that day is upon us. A week from now me, my husband, and, yes, my son, will all be piling into a rental car and heading somewhere in upstate New York to ...
The vacuum cleaner savant
Have you heard of Kyle Krichbaum? You have if you're into vacuum cleaners. On the other hand, you might not, seeing as how he's only twelve years old. Despite his tender years, however, Kyle has one of the best collections of vacuum cleaners in the ...
How to make a cool "grocery store" at home
It seems as if my family makes the trek down to the Children's Museum about twice a year. This time, we had a breakthrough: My daughter, who is 2.5, left the baby/toddler room and headed out into the actual museum. I was pretty inspired by the ...
Kids spend the night with dinosaurs at museum sleepover
A new program at NYC's Museum of Natural History lets kids and their parents spend the night. For $79 each, participants get cots, light snacks, and guided flashlight tours of the dinosaur exhibits. "It provides a wonderful experience for would-be ...
Teacher ties students to rope at museum
An important part of disciplining a child is following up when you say you will do something. For example, if you tell your child she will go to time out, you should put her there. One teacher made threats to her fourth-grade class that she really ...











