Archive for the ‘For Kids’ Category

One of the great things about having this website, and the Social Media presence that goes along with it is that people find us. Funny how this Interweb thing works. Guess the people at Google are onto something. Last week while going through the never ending emails, I came across one asking to see if [...]

New England Air Museum Windsor Locks

Posted by Edwin Bartlett On September - 9 - 2011

One of the top ten most significant advances in technology that we have discovered is powered flight. The ability to fly has done as much to create this global society as anything else we have discovered. Only modern day communications moves faster than powered flight. Only problem is you can’t move 50 tons of emergency [...]

Audubon Arts On The Edge

Posted by Edwin Bartlett On May - 31 - 2011

  On Saturday, June 4, from 12-5pm, families with children of all ages will descend on Audubon Street (between Whitney Avenue and Orange Street) for Audubon Arts on the Edge, an afternoon of free, family-oriented music and dance performances, hands-on arts-and-crafts activities, and interactive educational programs, rain or shine.   For the 16th consecutive year, [...]

Puppet Speak At The Art Center In Killingworth.

Posted by Edwin Bartlett On April - 28 - 2011

Arts Center at Killingworth hosts PuppetSpeak! Saturday, April 30th. A day of mime, mask, puppetry performances, interactive workshops and film for All Ages at the Old Town Hall, 273 Route 81, Killingworth, CT. Don’t be fooled into thinking puppetry is “just for kids.” Provoking and experimental, puppetry asks questions and offers insights for all ages! [...]

Stepping Stones Museum for Children

Posted by Edwin Bartlett On February - 24 - 2011

Things have changed so much since my kids were young, even more since I was a kid. Even ten years ago, museums were for looking and not touching. Now, interactivity is the name of the game.   Norwalk is home to Stepping Stones Museum for Kids. The…

Lego Kidfest Hartford

Posted by Edwin Bartlett On December - 2 - 2010

When my kids were growing up, one the coolest things was trying all the toys out under the premise that I was making sure they were “safe”. Now, having two daughters, I had to be creative. The “Barbies” were an automatic, as all…