Indulge Mom’s creative interests, give her some time to relax and help her remember who she is beyond her definition as mother. Here are some Mothers Day gift ideas we’ve run across. What would make your Mothers Day memorable? Share your comments below. Think local! Local First Arizona has compiled a long list of local [...]
Is it GER? Or is it GERD? In a recent clinical report, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) emphasized the importance of distinguishing between young patients with physiologic gastroesophageal reflux, or (GER) from those with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). GER is defined as the normal passage of gastric contents into the esophagus. GERD includes the [...]
Congratulations to Patience Monroe of Chandler. She has won two complimentary VIP tickets to the Building Bridges Family Concert featuring folk singer Tom Chapin. The performance begins at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12. at Higley Center for the Performing Arts. Learn more about Chapin’s music, his outreach to local schools and the Saturday concert.
Tom Chapin returns to Higley Center for the Performing Arts (HCPA) this month as part of the Building Bridges classroom program, which incorporates the three-time Grammy Award winner’s music into lessons about diversity, bullying, healthy choices, tolerance, respect and environmental responsibility. He’ll perform for the public at HCPA at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 12, [...]
It was 1936 and the Great Depression was in full swing. Jim Hallock, a sharecropper in Oklahoma’s dust bowl, packed up his family and headed west to Arizona. With only $50 in his pocket, he settled in Gilbert and went to work at a local cotton gin. Hallock’s son, Dale, was just a baby when [...]
Kim Burleson-Hansen’s spacious Gilbert home is usually bustling with activity, but for a few hours in the afternoon it is quiet. Family pictures adorn the walls. Laundry is piled on the couch, waiting to be folded. Toys are scattered around the family room. The house once was filled with 13 children. Burleson-Hansen’s four biological daughters [...]
Meg Kirby teaches second through sixth grades, but not all at once, and her students aren’t in a classroom, at least not the physical kind with plastic chairs, bulletin boards and rows of uncomfortable desks. She teaches for online charter school Arizona Connections Academy (ACA) from the upstairs office in her Gilbert home, her dog [...]
This week, a visit from a Holocaust survivor, cultural differences in education, three Arizona districts make the honor roll and online classes for the 2-5 year olds. Holocaust survivor Gerda Klein shared her life experiences with middle school students at New Way Academy in Scottsdale on Oct. 29. She described the hope, strength and willpower she [...]
A few years ago, Chandler mother Ophelia Bachini watched her 9-year-old daughter and 13-year-old niece as they sat in the living room, flipping through the pages of an electronics catalog and talking about the things they wanted to buy. Both girls received plenty of Christmas goodies a couple of months earlier, but they longed for [...]
I spent 10 years teaching kids in public school. When I could get them to come in for a few minutes of extra help, it really made a difference. It’s amazing how much can be accomplished in a 10-minute, one-on-one session during lunch, and teachers generally will make themselves available to students who need it. [...]
MAY 2013
$6.00Our 2013 directory of Valley aquatics programs — everything from learn-to-swim programs to diving, racing and synchronized swimming!
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April 2013
$6.00Our April 2013 issue features the 2013 Summer Solutions directory — more than 500 day camps in Maricopa County!
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March 2013
$6.00Our March 2013 issue features the 2013 directory of Overnight Camps in Arizona and the Southwest!
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February 2013
$6.00Our February 2013 issue is all about babies! Learn how to begin building your baby’s bookshelf, make your own baby food, find parent/tot classes and Daddy Boot Camps around the Valley. Plus: gifts, gadgets and great new looks for baby.
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January 2013
$6.00It’s our annual pregnancy issue! Learn about the latest trend among expectant parents: “gender-reveal” parties. Plus: Should you bank your baby’s umbilical cord blood?
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December 2012
$6.00Ice hockey in the desert? Our December issue tells you how to get your kids started. Plus, an insider’s tour of the Arizona Doll and Toy Museum. And two terrific holiday crafts your kids will love!
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