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Local Event: Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

If you’re looking for a fun local event to delight and surprise your kiddos (and let’s face it, you’re always going to be looking for something that your kids find joy in but also enriches their lives), then look no further than the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium!  The Zoo is a great place to spend your weekend.  Take a stroll around the zoo, or plan out each exhibit and the best path by using a map. Different Attractions There are dozens of exhibits and hundreds of animals to see.  Visit the nurse, sandbar, and blacktip reef sharks, just to name a few, in the Outer Reef.  Let your kids run their hands along the backs of different stingrays in Stingray Cove.  Check out tigers feeding, elephants being bathed, and clouded leopards climbing the trees in the Asian Forest Sanctuary.   In the Red Wolf Woods look for a species that were on the brink of … Keep Reading…

Local Events: The Washington State Fair

Local Fun Are you looking for a local family outing this summer that can fill up a whole day, or even an entire weekend? It also showcases events that are just for kids.  ? ? Even better, you can use every single moment to entertain as well as develop your kiddo’s language skills through functional and fun activities. Look no further than the Washington State Fair!   ?   What to Expect Everything from petting exotic animals to eating yummy food to watching horses perform stunts, the fair has it all. With all there is to see and do, he won’t even realize he’s learning! All you have to do is look under Kid’s Fun on the Washington State Fair website and you’ll see all the fair has to offer. What a great sensory-rich environment! Speech Activities Practice commenting (having your child talk about what he sees). You can start off by saying  “I see a … Keep Reading…

Cat in the Hat

Summer Reading Series: Cat in the Hat Two bored kids sit in a house on a rainy day.  And then a stranger comes, a curious cat…in a hat. This is how the book “Cat in the Hat,” by Theodore Geisel, starts out.  If the name doesn’t mean anything to you, don’t worry.  He was better known as the one and only Dr. Seuss! The book talks about the Cat in the Hat, and everything he does to try to entertain the two bored kids while they are stuck in the house.  Cat starts with juggling a fish in a fishbowl, a rake, an umbrella and a dozen other things.  Then when that fails, he uses “Thing One” and “Thing Two” to start some more mischief!  In a whimsical sing-song way and in perfect rhyme, Dr. Seuss tells a story that is sure to delight the little ones, especially kids from 3 to 5 years of … Keep Reading…