Collierville Water Spray Park You looking for somewhere exciting to go this summer and can’t afford to go to beach this year? No fear the Water Spray Park is here and it’s free free free! Bring your kids out the Water Spray Park at W.C. Johnson Park. I guarantee they will have just as much [...]
The Memphis community offers some fabulous opportunities for families, and Voices of the South’s annual Children’s Theatre Festival at the Rhodes College McCoy Theatre ranks at the top of my list. The 2010 CTF offers the premiere of THE KALLAHONEY KIDS VS. THE SHADOW MONSTERS, an original play by Memphis’ own Geoff Wood. A milk [...]
We’ve been Memphis Zoo members for quite a while- after all, for $99 per year we can spend any given day meandering through the animals and exhibits, or can simply stop by for an hour when Flannery feels like seeing the pandas and riding the carousel. It’s a deal we can’t refuse, especially at Trip [...]
Please note that this event has been postponed due to weather and will now be on May 8: Gather up your friends and family and come down to Spring Fest at Peabody Park near the corner of Cooper and Central in Midtown on May 1 from 10-3. There will be a giant moon bounce and [...]
Our family’s official out-of-town vacation won’t come until fall, but with recent gorgeous weather we decided that we should take a vacation day to play downtown tourist for a day. You know, to check out the places that visitors adore but that we tend to take for granted. First on the agenda was-where else?-the Peabody [...]
Four adventures. One amazing show. Nickelodeon presents their newest, biggest, most exciting live show ever – STORYTIME LIVE! Come play along with your favorite preschool pals live on stage. Leap into Fairytale Land with “Dora the Explorer,” journey through Filthingham with “The Backyardigans,” hop into Wonderland with “Wonder Pets!,” and join the Monkey King’s celebration [...]
The Winter Olympics contained sports unfamiliar to many people. So the idea of coming up with a back story for the athletes was remarkable. These stories draw the viewer in and establish a human connection to athletes from all over the world. As I prepare to leave the house for a visit to the Greenlaw [...]
Earlier this month, area children gathered at Shelby Farms to break ground on the Woodland Discovery Playground. As Deputy Director Laura Adams explains in the video, the playground is the culmination of worldwide research and will bring children closer to nature while giving them a chance to exercise. Here’s to another jewel in an emerging [...]
Have you ever wondered if you could taking pictures like those cute puppies, menacing storms or picturesque cityscapes that fill your wall calendars? Now you can, courtesy of the Memphis Zoo. The #1 Zoo in America, as named by international travel website TripAdvisor , has announced that it will hold a photo contest for zoo-goers [...]
Le Bonheur Children’s recently launched two new blogs just for parents: The Safety Blog and More than Medicine. The Safety Blog The Safety Blog is written by Susan A. Helms. Susan is Le Bonheur’s director of Injury Prevention and the director of Safe Kids Mid-South, and prior to this role, she was a nurse in [...]
