Archive for Category: "reviews"
how we survived our lego party
Surprise, suprise! My newly minted six year old and his best buddy next door are into legos. With birthdays just three weeks apart, we decided to join forces and host a lego party at home. Seemed like such an innocent idea. Until the evil Pinterest came along. How is Pinterest evil? Well, you think you [...]
nikki giovanni tops our list
April is National Poetry Month, and while my adult poets and I struggle to produce a poem a day, children in and out of school are naturally writing and enjoying poetry in all senses of the word. Poetry can have a beat, it can be spoken aloud or savored in silence on the page, and [...]
comic book spurs food fight!
Amid the variety of foods, crafts and flowers that makes Reading Terminal a sought after experience in Philly, there is a spot, Miscellanea Libri, which satisfies appetites with the rarest titles, hard to find and never heard of new and used books. My visit to the Reading Terminal seven years ago, led me to one [...]
class trip review: the philadelphia art museum
Project P.L.A.Y. School recently visited the Philadelphia Museum of Art for the “Looks and Picture Books” program. Our class has children ranging in age from 2 and 1/2 through 5 years old. Prior to the trip, the museum mailed us a story book relating to the topic of our trip, coloring books about the Museum [...]
showing all kinds of love through children’s books
Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be about chocolate overload or mylar balloons or Hallmark’s version of what true love is. Classic children’s books celebrating love are wonderful, but there is more than enough love to go around. Here’s a list of five books to share with children that present a wider perspective of what love [...]
kids book review: 11 Experiments that Failed
11 Experiments That Failed by Jenny Offill and Nancy Carpenter. (Schwartz & Wade, $16.99) Reviewer: Maleka Fruean Here’s another sassy picture book by Jenny Offill and Nancy Carpenter, who also created 17 Things I’m Not Allowed to Do Anymore. The main character, a highly mischievous and utterly curious little girl, becomes a home scientist and [...]
the arden’s charlotte’s web: rave reviews
Last weekend, our family had the enormous pleasure of attending opening night at the Arden Theatre’s production of Charlotte’s Web. It was fantastic. I’ve always been a big fan of this sweet story (aside from the central murder plot), seeing it come to life Arden-style was a treat. We love The Arden! It’s kid-friendly without [...]
philadelphia dance theatre nutcracker review
I grew up in the Philadelphia area, and when I was young, the big treat each holiday season was my trip to Wannamaker’s (yes, I’m that old) light show and then to see the Nutracker. You know, THE Nutcracker. Downtown. Pennsylvania Ballet. Ballanchine. That little intro. is to let you know that I have high [...]
mt. airy night market photos
I’m pretty sure the organizers can count the first ever Mt. Airy Night Market as a resounding success. We walked over at about 7pm and could not believe the crowd! There was music on two different stages and many food vendors… everything from Food for All to the Geechee Girl to a VERY fancy [...]
Pastorius Concert Review- West Philly Orchestra
What fun music! Although we only caught the first set of the West Philadelphia Orchestra at last night’s Pastorius Park concert, we all really enjoyed hearing them. The band’s cast of characters were all casually dressed, looking like they could have jumped out of the audience, but they were definitely ON once they started playing. [...]
