Posts Tagged ‘Children’
Building Your Child’s Language Skills
Building Your Child’s Language Skills By Karen A. Francioso-Howe, MS CCC Communication is so important in a toddler’s life. The child can now use language to express her wants and needs. She can use language to regulate her environment. By age two years, some children can use two- to three-word sentences, ask questions and…
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Healthy Winter Living for the Whole Family Part 1: Eating Right
This winter, don’t let the cold freeze your healthy way of living! There are many simple ways to keep you and your family healthy through this chilly season. One of the best ways to save your money and improve your health is through home cooked meals. While going out to…
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Super-Duo visit the Museum!
People and dogs have had a close association for thousands of years. They provide companionship, affection, and protection for their owners. Dogs have a variety of different titles; companions, playmates, and even partners working together. “Dog’s are a man’s best friend” is a saying that tends to be used a great deal, and for Officer…
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Life is a Challenge
Several years ago my children were really into the Fetch with Ruff Ruffman show on PBS. The host, Ruff, would give the contestants “science challenges” to complete. It was always entertaining to watch how the contestants went about completing their challenge. At home we would often complete our own science challenges downloaded from the PBS…
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Jeremy the Juggler
We’ve hosted plenty of circus themed events in the past and one of the most popular circus activities is juggling! On July 18, Jeremy the Juggler came to the Children’s Museum in Easton to perform a spectacular juggling show and he was lovely enough to speak to us more about juggling! Jeremy learned to juggle…
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STEM
When you hear the word “stem” you usually think of various types of plants. However, when we think of STEM we are really focusing on something different. We at the Children’s Museum in Easton spoke with our outreach educators Krissy Cannizzo and Michelle VanVoorhis about what STEM really means and how we’re using it to…
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Benefits of Pets for Kids
Are you debating whether or not you should get that new puppy? Or that kitten? Or any pet for that matter? Obviously this decision is difficult and based on many factors, and pets aren’t for every family. One of the main questions on every parent’s mind is, “will getting a pet be good for my…
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Ollie and Bianca!
Ollie Luey and Bianca Mase aren’t your typical 17 year olds. After being friends forever, these two decided to take their talents to the streets! For the past four years, Ollie & Bianca have been performing street shows and touring on their talents. We had the pleasure to host one of their shows on July…
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Rolie Polie Guacamole!
Rolie Polie Guacamole performed an awesome show on Thursday, July 25 at the Children’s Museum in Easton! In case you missed it, or you just really enjoyed it, we spoke with lead singer and guitarist Frank Gallo to learn more about the band RPG consists of Frank Gallo along with Andrew Tuzchilin on the bass…
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Encouraging Science Exploration
There’s a lot in the world that is unknown to kids, nature, space and more importantly the sciences. This doesn’t keep them from imagining, exploring, observing and asking questions. Explaining science to kids seems intimidating but it doesn’t need to be. Teaching your kid about science can be done in small tasks and they can…
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