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This weekend catch a baseball game, go on a scavenger hunt or take a train ride! If you have leftover time (and more importantly energy!) the events below will quickly make a full, summer weekend. San Francisco StoryWalk in Presidio Pages of a children’s book are put on signs and placed along the trail and families can walk and read the story, step-by-step and page-by-page in three different Presidio locations. Fri.-Sun. Event details.  S.F. Giants are in town! If you haven’t yet this summer, head to the Oracle for some baseball fun, hot dogs and sunshine! Fri. and Sun. Event...

Image via Amazon Amazon has announced a new feature that turns Alexa into a reading companion for kids, as well as new voice profiles, personalizing your child’s Alexa experience across all Echo devices at home. The Voice Profile will enable Alexa to identify who’s speaking, so that it can respond to a child’s request for a reading companion. The new reading feature, aptly named ‘Reading Sidekick’, requires an Amazon Kids+ subscription to run. The subscription costs US$2.99 a month, and provides access to thousands of child-friendly books, television shows, movies, and educational games. It also includes premium content for Echo...

Disclosure: I received this complimentary product through the Homeschool Review Crew      For the last few weeks, Members of the Homeschool Review Crew have been reviewing one of three programs offered by Austrailian based company EdAlive.  Out of the three options given, our family opted to review Baggin' the Dragon Maths Online, an adaptive online math learning program.  For this review, we were given 12 months access to the browser based program to use with our family.  About EdAlive Basing their adaptive learning programs on research to design programs that work, EdAlive has launched a series of online learning games...

For the last 23 years, Dmae Roberts has featured both Northwest Children’s Theater and Oregon Children’s Theatre and their various productions. This time, the artistic directors of both companies are sharing the podcast stage. It’s rare to have two successful youth theaters located in one city. Sarah Jane Hardy of Northwest Children’s Theater  and Marcella Crowson of Oregon Children’s Theatre join Dmae in a frank conversation about their companies, their challenges from live to virtual productions, their commitment to youth theater and changing the power structure of both their organizations to include youth leadership. Sarah Jane Hardy and Marcella Crowson...

Once you find out you’re pregnant, one of the first things you think about when it comes to your home is creating that gorgeous nursery. What colour scheme will you follow? What items will you get? Should you re-paint or use wallpaper? Should you go with furniture in espresso wood or crisp white? There are so many questions when it comes to selecting the perfect nursery furnishing and décor. And while it sounds pretty overwhelming, it’s actually a really exciting and fun experience. One thing that’s often overlooked, however, amidst the colours, patterns, and designs, is seeking out items that...