Summer months give parents extra opportunities to help kids explore favorite activities or try new things, including various types of visual arts from painting to sculpting. Families eager to find art classes for children and teens have plenty of options — including local art studios, libraries, museums, art schools, parks and recreation programs, art centers, [...]
Esophageal endoscopy. Lumbar puncture. Cardiac ablation. For pediatric patients, medical jargon can be confusing, complicated and sometimes downright scary. But now, there’s an app for that. Simply Sayin‘ was developed by Brian Bogert, a former Phoenix Children’s Hospital patient, to help hospital staff, child life specialists and families to explain medical terms in kid-friendly, age-appropriate language. [...]
Drugs and music: How to talk to kids about the lyrics they hear
Ever squirm when you overhear your child singing along to the lyrics in today’s popular music? Ever wonder what, if anything, to say? DrugFreeAZ.org can help. And the timlieness of this week’s broadcast of the 2013 Billboard Music Awards offers a “teachable moment” you can seize to talk with your children about the meaning behind [...]
The Children’s Museum of Phoenix celebrates Companion Animals Month with a craft that makes animal shapes by using a rubbing plate. Art Studio Manager John Bomhoff shares instructions. Ages: preschool (with assistance) and above. Materials: 6” x 9” piece of colored copy paper Crayons Rubbing plate (Make a rubbing plate by gluing a wooden oval [...]
A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help, facing uncharted terrain, evolved animal species that now rule the planet, and an [...]