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say cheese! LOCAL KIDS

Cincy kids have been having lots of fun in the sun! Here are just some of the photos we received that make us glad for this hot summer weather!

Ahmira (5) and Elizabeth (2)

Emily (7) Tavisha (7)

Parker (2) Tristan (8) and Eliza (5)

Ryan (4) and Mindy (4)

WANT TO SEE YOUR CUTE KIDS ON THIS PAGE?

To celebrate National Grandparents Day on September 13, we want to see photos of grandkids with their grandparents! Email your cutest photos (with first name and age of the child, and the name that the child calls their grandparent) to editor@cincinnatiparent.com, and your photo may appear here!

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DID YOUKNOW?

Parents of kids in elementary through high school are projected to spend $789.49 per family on back-to-school shopping, topping a previous record of $696.70 according to an annual survey by the National Retail Federation.

57 million

THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS EXPECTED TO ATTEND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS THIS YEAR ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

Source: Digest of Education Statistics

immerse yourself in Mayan culture

We are so lucky to live near the eponymous Museum Center. This Ohio museum truly puts you there, whether it’s beside Neil Armstrong on the Moon, in the rainforests harvesting cacao beans or deep underground exploring the Earth’s cavernous underworld. This summer, the Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) invites you to explore ancient Mayan culture in Maya: The Exhibition. Featuring over 300 artifacts, this exhibit shows how Mayan culture lives on today. Maya: The Exhibition was originally set to open this spring, but was postponed due to COVID-19. After a nearly four-month closure, CMC reopened to the public July 17. Among the steps CMC is taking to keep its guests and staff safe is instituting timed tickets for both general museum admission and featured exhibitions, extensive cleaning protocol, and requiring all guests and staff members to wear masks. Maya: The Exhibition shows just how much this ancient culture has contributed to modern life, and is a wonderful way to sneak in a little history lesson this summer.

cincymuseum.org/maya

Ohio’s TAX FREE weekend

It’s back to school season, and whether your kids are returning full time or resuming remote learning, they’re going to need school supplies. Enter: Ohio’s Tax Free Weekend. For a sixth year in a row, Ohio is offering a weekend-long sales tax holiday in August to help back-to-school shoppers reduce the cost of clothing and school supplies. (In fact, in 2019, a bill was passed to make Ohio’s Tax Holiday a permanent event the first weekend in August each year.) For 2020, the sales tax holiday runs Friday, August 7 at 12 a.m. through Sunday, August 9 at 11:59 p.m. The tax exemption applies to clothing and footwear items that cost $75 or less and to supplies and instructional materials that cost $20 or less. Be sure to check with your favorite retailers (like Once Upon a Child) for special sales and promotions — for example, last year, many retailers offered sales on school supplies to break below the $20 price point.

tax.ohio.gov/sales_and_use/salestaxholiday/ holidayfaq.aspx