If your child is starting Kindergarten soon and you'd like to learn valuable tips and strategies for helping your child transition to school and enjoy [...]
Portland Chamber Music presents Music and Illustration: Bringing Stories to Life on April 7 at 3:00 pm. Enjoy the unique connection between music and stories [...]
We had fun with balloons this week, discussing what a balloon needs to float. We showed kids how to blow up a balloon with air [...]
This week we focused on sizes (small, medium, large) and shark and ocean-themed stories. We talked about how fish breathe, what they eat, etc. We [...]
Welcome to Preschool Power and our STEM Storytime topic: Weather! Today we read stories about weather and sorted objects that we use in cold and [...]
Welcome to Preschool Power and our STEM storytime topic: Building! Today we read stories about building and identified different kinds of tools (hammer, wrench, measuring tape, rolling [...]
Welcome to Preschool Power and our STEM storytime topic: Your Five Senses! Children are multi-sensory learners- they naturally learn about their environment and process [...]
My kids enjoyed generous amounts of screen time this summer. Between summer vacation, short and long road trips, and getting their own tablets, they've had [...]
Aaron Nigel Smith is an educator, songwriter and entertainer, working with kids all over the world, from Oregon and Washington to New York, Kenya, Jamaica [...]
"Books that make me laugh" was the top response from 6-17 year olds (70%) when asked "What do you look for when picking out a [...]
