Oh, do we have some good ones for you this month! Gather the children, it’s time for OWTK’s September music picks! But first a quick aside regarding last month’s suggestions. In August I recommended Alexi Murdoch’s “Orange Sky” and provided a link to the kexp.org live version. I have since […]
OWTK is seeking tips, advice, and guidance for handling jetlag with a toddler. We leave for a seven hour, overnight journey to Paris next week with our 2 1/2 year old and welcome post-flight tips for fighting through the jetlag and assisting with her six-hour-time-difference-recuperation period.If you and your family […]
Some people may think that because they have children, performing acts of volunteerism is out of their reach. That is far from the truth. We also used that excuse at one point to keep us from lending a hand but the fact is many charitable events and volunteer opportunities are […]
Writing letters is a simple activity that can assist your kids with vocabulary, handwriting, and spelling as well as provide for some old fashioned fun. Encourage your kids to write letters (not email!) to their cousins, grandparents, friends, etc. Putting pen, pencil, marker, or crayon to paper is a very […]
All kids love phones, it is written in stone somewhere. Most children these days, having been raised in a digital world, are no longer impressed (or impressed for very long) with big bulky plastic pretend phones – they just don’t cut it anymore! Combine that fact with our own insatiable […]
A wonderful and educational way to pass some time during a road trip (be it to the grocery store or a far away state) is to use your surroundings as a fun teaching tool. Just look around at all the letters, numbers, and symbols on the roadways! There are traffic […]
Maine Recap coming over the next few days… Itching for some new music to share with your kids? We hope so, because we have 6 outstanding selections pulled directly from our vaults (ok, half the songs are from kexp.org’s massive collection of in-studio live performances). Without further delay…the OWTK Monthly […]
GeoCaching is a tremendously unique and fun global positioning system (GPS) game that involves travel, the great outdoors, creativety, geography, and a sense of adventure. This game is played in two ways: You can use your GPS device to locate containers/capsules (called Caches) and/or you can put caches together, hide, […]
