Kids VT, August 2012
Habitat: Living Spaces We Love; Helping Families Make Homes Handicapped Accessible; Career-Friendly Balance: Cheryl Hanna Sounds Off
The Art Of… African Drumming
When Chimie Bangoura moved to Vermont in 2007, he knew plenty of languages, but English was not one of them. Growing up in West Africa, he spoke French at school and learned the six native languages spoken in his home country of Guinea. In the U.S., Bangoura teaches people to communicate in an entirely different…
Don’t Scratch That! Ticks, Bee Stings and Mosquito Bites
Summer is the ideal season for enjoying the great outdoors. Unfortunately, it’s also a time when Vermont is teeming with stinging and biting insects. Mosquitoes, bees, ticks, ants and blackflies can all turn a sensational day’s outing into a miserable night of itchiness and tears. This month, Dr. Lewis First, chief of pediatrics for Vermont…
We’re Jammin’
My family moved to Vermont last August — just in time for blueberry season. I immediately bought canning supplies and taught myself — and my twins — how to make jam. We canned so much and so successfully that we now receive regular requests for more blueberry jam from friends and family back in California. I use the…
Feeling Right at Home
Recently, our neighbor across the street caught sight of my 4-year-old son, Oliver, in his birthday suit. He was stretching on the top step of our front porch, taking in the early-morning summer sunshine. Oops. He’s never been shy about his nakedness, but we try to keep it indoors. This particular jaybird moment likely occurred…
Trailblazers
Biking is one of the only fitness activities that makes my whole family happy. My 10-year-old son, Kieran, is an athletic kid who loves any game with clearly defined rules, some significant physical challenge and a good chance at winning. Wylie, who’s 6, much prefers imaginative play with inventive, flexible rules. It’s structure and competition…
Book Review: Move Over, Rover!
Librarian: Meg Paquette, children’s librarian, South Burlington Book: Move Over, Rover! by Karen Beaumont Age range: 3 to 7 Paquette’s summary: It’s a stormy day, and Rover’s in his doghouse taking a nap. When it starts to rain, Rover’s friends look for a warm, dry place to wait out the storm. They squish and squeeze…
Sittin’ in a Tree
Harold and Juliet Moran live in a two-story house on a compact, 50-by-100-foot lot in Burlington’s Old North End. But with a little craftiness and creativity, they’ve turned their small yard into an adventure land. The crown jewel of their outdoor space is an eye-catching elevated play structure that has provided their boys, Jake and…
How did you teach your kids to ride a two-wheeler?
Michael Wood-Lewis, Burlington, owner, Front Porch Forum Sons Ben, 12, Henry, 8, and Isaac, 6; daughter Madeline, 9 Well, my wife, Valerie, gets a lot of the credit. And we have a cycling lifestyle; we bike where we need to go. At some point, the numbers were such that we needed the kids to pull…
The Because Project: Miro Weinberger
“I was inspired to pursue public service because of an internship in Senator Leahy’s office.”
Beyond “Handicapped Accessible”
Architect Christian Brown redefines home design for kids with disabilities
Vermont Day-cations: The Great Escape & the Burlington Waterfront
If you live in Vermont, you don’t have to travel far to find family-friendly summer fun — but sometimes you want to. This summer, we asked our Kids VT contributors to visit some of their favorite destinations, both in state and around the region. We shared their adventures in our June, July — and this month,…
