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Camp-Tastic

July 3, 2013 by Amy, Using Our Words Leave a Comment

What happens when you have two kids who are slow to warm, suffer from varying degrees of separation anxiety, and just want to play sports all day? You stick ’em in a science and art camp for 6 hours every day for a week. Wait, huh? I’ll admit, though I was thrilled with the idea […]

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“Mom, Can We Do a Project?”

May 16, 2013 by Amy, Using Our Words 8 Comments

I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Those simple little words, “Mom, can we do a project?” send me into a complete panic. (Which, with a kid like Big, means I panic a lot.) I’m not a project mom. As my neighbors know, I’ll play baseball or basketball by the hour (ok, […]

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A’ Camp Galileo-ing They Will Go

April 8, 2013 by Amy, Using Our Words 2 Comments

This summer my boys are going to camp to fail. Yes, you read that right. I don’t mean it in a discouraging way. Quite the opposite, really. You see, at Camp Galileo, part of their mission is to teach kids to dive in — to take risks and solve problems. Because when you do that, […]

Filed Under: featured, Tips & Ideas Tagged With: art, Camp Galileo, creativity, innovation, life lessons, science, summer camp

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