Kids On the Go! – Exploring the Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, MI
It’s me, PlayDrMom, and I’m back to share another one of our favorite places to visit. This time it’s a wonderful place that I’ve been visiting since I was a child … Cranbrook Institute of Science which is located in Bloomfield Hills, MI. The science institute is part of (and located within) the campus of Cranbrook, which includes the Cranbrook schools (one of the largest private schools in the U.S … PK-12), Cranbrook Academy of Art (only … Read entire article »
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Kids on the Go! – Westview Orchard, Washington Township, Michigan
In Michigan fall is a fabulous time of year! The colors are vibrant and the air is crisp. It is also a time for the orchards and cider mills to open their doors for all to enjoy their harvest. I have made it a tradition to bring the kids each year to Westview Orchard. Westview Orchard is located at 6507 Van Dyke in Washington Township, Michigan. Their telephone number is 866-WVO-FUN. The Orchard is open from … Read entire article »
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Kids on the Go – Hess-Hathaway Park, Waterford Township, MI
YAY! it’s me again, PlayDrMom. And this time I get to share one of our favorite parks to visit. My kids lovingly refer to this park as the “Farm Park” because not only can they enjoy an awesome playground area there, but it also has a FARM! Hess-Hathaway Park 825 S. Williams Lake Road Waterford, Mi 48327 Park is FREE OF CHARGE Summer Hours (April 16 – October 14): 10am-8pm, 7 days a week Winter Hours (October 15 – April 15): … Read entire article »
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“Matching Shadows” farm game
You probably have seen the zoo bingo from The Iowa Farmer’s Wife? This is where I got my inspiration for this game. The zoo here is huge for a toddler and we never can make it around in one visit. Plus in late April it’s closed and I really wanted to try this game, so I made the game for our “local” farm/butterfly house. At first ,I wanted to do the same with the animals … Read entire article »
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Kids on the Go – Ferme Guyon, Chambly, Quebec
Ferme Guyon is a certified pedagogic farm in Chambly, Quebec, just about 20 minutes west of Montreal. It is comprised of a big store part, a butterfly house, the farm itself, a tree nursery and flowers, so it is both interesting in terms of education and also shopping. The farm is located directly off Highway 10 east from Montreal towards Sherbrooke, exit 22, so it is very easy to find, it has a big parking lot, … Read entire article »
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Kids on the Go series
“Glittering Muffins” is proud to announce “Kids on the Go!”, an upcoming new series where we will feature zoos and other kid-friendly outings! This series is for anyone looking into new and exciting places to go and explore, close to home or out traveling, giving practical advice instead of marketing phrases. Together with other amazing bloggers we will introduce you to zoos, parks, museums and more, trying to cover all of the common questions and more, … Read entire article »
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A day at the zoo (a Papa’s view)
After Valerie had posted her view of our latest visit to the zoo here, here is my view, which to some parts is the same, but at the same time isn’t, so here goes! Nico loves the zoo (and so do we), so more by coincidence than anything else we had found out that you could exchange Air Miles for tickets to the Granby Zoo, so we would exchange some for Valerie’s and mine an pay … Read entire article »
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Granby Zoo – his 3rd first real visit (a Maman’s view)
Today (March 11, 2012) we went to the zoo, we had been trying to go all winter (it’s open on the weekend) but the weather was always either too cold, windy or snowy. it was Nico’s 3rd visit to this zoo (he’s also been to the Calgary one when he was 6 months, which he of course doesn’t remember). I had told him all week be good and we’ll go to the zoo (I had … Read entire article »
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Tall Ships At the Quay
While looking around on the internet, I found something that looked interesting: the “Tall Ships At The Quay” at the Old Port of Montreal. What it is is basically six tall (who would have thought?) ships (wow!) at the…eh… it is six sail ships that are either restored originals or reproduction of vessels from the 19th and 20th century at Montreal’s Old Port for people to visit, with a whole maritime village attached to it, … Read entire article »
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Off to the farm…
So after visiting the butterfly house for a good 45 minutes, we went to see the little farm on the same propriety.It’s an educational farm, where they offer tours and activities for school group, of course on a Sunday (the day we went) they don’t do those but you still can do around and look/pet the animals. So we went in and looked at the informative stations first. They had a wheat to bread, a cow … Read entire article »
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