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Just Between Us… In case you haven’t yet heard the news, the editor-in-chief of this publication is suspected of being the Meanest Mom in the World, at least for today. This comes from reliable sources very close to the MMitW herself. These sources claim that said mom required them, nay, forced them to clean their rooms, put away the dishes and pick up the playroom before taking them for a bike ride. It has even been claimed that she bought them whole-grain bread for their sandwiches rather than the gooey white bread they have clearly expressed a preference for. When questioned about the allegations, a source even closer to the mom in question would only mutter, “Why the heck would we need a lawn service when there are six able-bodied humans living here?” (It is suspected that this source and the mom are romantically involved.)

It is not clear what motivates such tyranny — though it is certainly not her desire for efficiency, made evident by how the MMitW is right there coaching the forced labor along and polishing up the final effort. We have heard mutterings of “develop character,” “teach life skills” or “build self-confidence.” We have observed the oldest child in this house of horrors preparing a meal herself for the entire family when requested to do so. Witnesses have seen her younger sibling laundering her own

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Jennifer Bryerton CREATIVE DIRECTOR Robin Johnson Bethke EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jennifer Bryerton TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Peter D. Bethke EDITOR Jennifer Conrad Seidel EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Jennifer Slate INTERNS Celia Dentz, Nicole Perrier GRAPHIC DESIGN

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dance clothes when the MMitW wasn’t able to get to it that day. We even got hold of a document in which the two youngest males in the household advertised to the neighborhood their proficiency in performing odd jobs, playing piano, reading aloud and completing math problems in exchange for much-needed cash, which they will use to buy a critically needed Wii U gaming system.

So is there some validity to these excuses of character building, self-confidence, life skills? Nah, she’s just mean, but I hear that no matter how tough it gets, she wouldn’t trade all the subjects of her tyranny for the world and couldn’t be prouder of the great people they’re becoming.

To all the MMitW’s out there, “Stay strong!”

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TABLE OF

Contents LIVING WELL

Cool Stuff 20 Great Toys, Gadgets, Books and More

OUR TOWN

Dear Bob 22 Your Parenting Questions Answered

News 6

The Buzz Around Town 8

Do let your child consume

Our Schools 9

Editor’s Pick!

Snapshot 10 Mary E. Lyons

The rich variety of camps available to families these days makes me wish I were a kid again! Find our summer camp guide on page 53.

Bravo! 13 Buddies Make Stronger Readers: Kristen Perkins

Your Family

Baltimore Daytrip 44 Great Ideas for a Day or

More in Charm City

Life Unplugged 50 Cultivating Camp’s Tech-Free Traditions

Real Junior Scientists 70 Today’s Amazing Science Fairs

Out & About Calendar 14

Ready for a Pet? 36

Choosing the Best One For

Covenant Second in National Contest

INSPIRATION

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March Activities & Events for Families

RESOURCES New Mom 24 Must-Have Books

Buy Local Pet Guide 40 Resources for Your Precious Pets

Family Tree 26 Lost in the Cloud

Tips & Trends 30 Fabulous Finds and Ideas

Home & Garden 32 Vintage and Eclectic

17th Annual Camp Guide 53 Residential Camps, Day Camps and Summer Programs Local Resources

UNTIL NEXT TIME

The Game of Life 78 Daughters, Dating and Discernment

30 So Love This!

I think every family should have a pet (see page 36). My cat is with me when I work in my studio or on my computer (on the keyboard, of course!) and is by my side when I’m sick.

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Ivy Publications Presents StoryFest at Virginia of the Book Various Locations March 21 Laurie Berkner Paramount Theater March 29 Find more details on page 14!

Albemarle School Choirs Raise Money for SHE For the first time, award-winning young women’s choirs from Burley, Henley and Jouett Middle Schools and Albemarle and Monticello High Schools performed together at Winter Songs, a fund-raising event for the Shelter for Help in Emergency (SHE) at MHS. The shelter has provided temporary residences and assistance for local battered women and children for over 30 years. The event — which was organized by Burley music teacher Craig Jennings with help from other music teachers in the district and promoted as “concert of sisterhood, song and healing” — featured more than 200 performers and raised more than $3,000. Given its success, organizers hope it

Tibetan Monks Share Wisdom with Waldorf Several Tibetan monks from Gaden Shartse

will become an annual event.

Federal Grant Inspires Innovation

Monastic College, located in southern India,

A consortium made up of three local Central Virginia school divisions

took time during their Sacred Arts of Tibet tour

—Albemarle County, Charlottesville City and Fluvanna County — in

of the US to come to the Charlottesville Waldorf

partnership with the University of Virginia and the Smithsonian

School. This visit was made possible by Michael

Institute won a $3 million Investing in Innovation grant from the U.S.

Schuman, father of two Waldorf students: Tenzin

Department of Education. The consortium will also raise $450,000

and Yeshe Nyima. Students in the fifth through

in matching donations and in-kind services from other private and

eighth grades learned about sand mandalas and

public donors. Funds will be used to expand the Laboratory Schools

calligraphy and created their own original work while learning about the Tibetan monk culture and their methods to find inner peace and compassion. Funds raised by the tour are used to improve the facilities in India and to help cover medical expenses, salaries and operating costs.

for Advanced Manufacturing program begun in 2014 in Albemarle and Charlottesville that led to high-tech labs being built at Sutherland and Buford Middle Schools and Charlottesville and Albemarle High Schools in conjunction with UVA’s Curry School of Education and School of Engineering and Applied Science. Also expanding is the collaboration that the two divisions established with the Smithsonian, in which students use 3D printers to re-create artifacts, like an early telegraph machine, from original drawings in the Smithsonian archives.

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CHS Robotics #2 in World Charlottesville High School’s robotics team (part of the school’s science club, BACON, or Best AllSound Club of Nerds) competed and won second place at the Zero Robotics High School Tournament Finals, a worldwide programming competition hosted by MIT and NASA. Students compete in a computer simulation in the first rounds of the competition. In the final rounds, robots on the International Space Station, operating in zero gravity, navigate through virtual debris and solar flares by running the computer code written by the students.

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Award-Winning Agriculture Studies at WAHS Virginia’s Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher of the Year program recognized Dr. Oluwole Adesina, instructor at Western Albemarle High School, for his successful efforts to incorporate agriculture practices in his curriculum. Adesina and his students grew different species of tomatoes and watermelons and learned about genetically modified foods by growing “squared tomatoes” in this grant-funded garden project. As one of five finalists, Adesina is invited to attend the National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. He says his goal is “to continue to provide real-life enrichment activities to enhance my students’ learning experience.”

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Covenant Second in National Contest A team of fifth graders at the Covenant School achieved honors in the WordMasters Challenge — a national vocabulary competition involving 150,000 students. The team scored an impressive 188 points out

of a possible 200, placing second in the nation.

Competing in the difficult Blue Division, fifth graders Brady Jackson and Matthew Knowles each earned a perfect score of 20. Nationally, only 16 fifth graders achieved this result. Other Covenant students who had outstanding results include Mary Lawson, Henry Meulenberg, Neera Naran and Hailey Taggart.

The students were prepared and coached by teacher Karen Zimmerman.

The WordMasters Challenge — created by a high school English teacher who sought a language arts competition akin to the mathematics competitions — is an exercise in critical thinking that asks students to become familiar with a set of interesting new words (considerably harder than grade level) and then asks them to complete analogies. Working to solve the analogies helps students learn to think both analytically and metaphorically. Although most similar programs are designed for high school, WordMasters Challenge materials were created for students in grades three through eight.

Three meets are conducted each year, in December, February and April. In May, WordMasters conducts final calculations of that academic year’s cumulative statistics and names the top 100 participating schools and the best-performing 200 individual students.

“I am proud of my students for their hard work and determination not only to learn the words, but to stretch themselves in preparing to take difficult analogies tests,” says Zimmerman.

Molly is the Covenant School’s marketing and communications manager.

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{our town interview}

SNAPSHOT written & photographed by Laura Merricks

Mary E. Lyons Local author Mary E. Lyons stumbled into writing while teaching middle school reading in 1980. When none of her teaching materials featured female writers, she filled the gap, creating a unit based on literature by women. Lyons says Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston’s collected folklore became a favorite with the students, but “when they asked to read her biography — music to a reading teacher’s ears! — nothing was available for their age or reading level. I ended up writing the biography myself: ‘Sorrow’s Kitchen: The Life and Folklore of Zora Neale Hurston.’” Lyons soon received a National Endowment for the Humanities Teacher-Scholar Award, which launched a 25-year career writing for children, adolescents and, most recently, adults.

Lyons’s books include “Roy Makes a Car,” a picture book she “expanded from a humorous two-paragraph folktale that Zora Neale Hurston collected in the 1930s”; easy reader chapter books like “The Butter Tree: Tales of Bruh Rabbit”; the African-American Artists and Artisans series for fourth and fifth graders; and young adult nonfiction, such as “Ancient American World,” a book about ancient Mesoamerican and Andean civilizations. Many of Lyons’s books are award winners.

“Letters from a Slave Girl,” middle school historical fiction, has been translated into three languages.

Lyons lives in Charlottesville with her husband, Paul Collinge, owner of Heartwood Books.

Can you tell us about current writing projects?

At least three of my books for young readers are crossover books — that is, adults also read them. It was an easy transition, then, to begin writing for adults. I’m thankful that as a writer for young readers I could work with superb editors at top publishing houses. Now I find it equally rewarding to write books and articles for adults about the

What one piece of advice would you give to parents choosing books for their children?

Don’t forget nonfiction. It’s as important in a child’s intellectual development as novels.

What is one practice you’ve put in place to get quality time with your family?

Most recently, this has been taking walks together. My husband and I enjoy the fresh air and change of environment.

What’s your favorite time of the day or week with your family?

Cuddled under the duvet on a cold winter morning.

What is something your parents did well?

My father encouraged my interests and curiosity. He bought a sewing machine for me and helped me make my first dress, purchased a bow and arrows when I became interested in archery, and gave me a drawing kit. I learned to feel adventuresome when trying something new. That let’s-see-what-happens spirit was very much with me when I began writing books.

laborers who built the Blue Ridge Tunnel at Rockfish Gap. My first published book on the subject is “The Blue Ridge Tunnel: A Remarkable

Laura still buys and reads children’s books (including Ms.

Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia” (The History Press, 2014). A

Lyons’s!), though her children are outgrowing them.

second book is in the works.

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Crème de la Crème has closed its Barracks Road store and moved to Richmond.

Sun Bow Trading on the Downtown Mall is closing its store

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Announcements Poe’s Public House on the Corner has been renamed Eddy’s Tavern.

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Tucker Griffin Barnes, which has offices in Charlottesville and Lake Monticello, has opened a third office in Harrisonburg.

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Buddies Make Stronger Readers

First- and second-grade students who struggle with reading in Charlottesville City Schools benefit from having Book Buddy volunteers paired with them for an entire school year.

Kristen Perkins, a Book Buddy at Jackson-Via elementary school for three years, was attracted by the idea of sharing her love of reading and forming a relationship with one child. “You can see the gains they are making from session to session,” Perkins says. “You can experience the direct impact.”

Perkins, who has her own children at the school, points out that teachers simply don’t have the time to have in-depth, one-on-one time with struggling students. That is where

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around kids can be a Book Buddy because the program provides step-by-step instructions for each session.

“There is something so special about it being between two people,” Perkins says. The trust builds up over the year, and for the children, it takes away the anxiety and being afraid

Charlottesville City Schools, contact program coordinator Jeannette Rosenberg at 245-2415.

to fail. Her first Book Buddy was very timid and hard on herself and would end up in tears each session. By mid-year, she was reading a poem out loud. “She was so proud of herself and happy. I could see the confidence. By the end of the year, she was reading at or above grade level.”

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FESTIVALS & FAIRS

Win 4 tickets to see Thomas the Tank Engine in Baltimore on April 24 or May 1!

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Art Connections 2015: CCS Showcase

March 16-25 at Charlottesville High School Student art exhibit including a celebration on March 21 from 10am-2pm and open house 4-8pm on March 25. ccs.k12.va.us

Launching Lifelong Learners

March 20-21 at the Cultural Arts Center, Glen Allen The Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers conference and resource fair features keynote speakers, workshops, vendors and family activities. Limited and full registration available. conference.vahomeschoolers.org

NanoDays at UVA

March 21, 9am-3pm at UVA’s Wilsdorf Hall A day full of fun, informative and engaging demos on the wild world of the very small.

Fun for the whole family. nanostar.virginia.edu

down the rails includes face painting, singing and general merriment. 866-651-4296 mtn-rail.com

STAGE & SCREEN “Beauty & the Beast”

March 5-8 at Western Albemarle High School WAHS Theatre Ensemble presents Belle and friends in their annual musical. 823-8700 k12albemarle.org

Sips & Cinema: “Grease” Home & Garden Show

March 28 & 29, 9am-5pm at JPJ Arena Over 100 indoor and outdoor home specialists plus seminars, giveaways and more. 973-8652, brhba.org

Cottontail Express

April 4, 11am and 1pm, Elkins, WV Bring the kids dressed in their Easter best to meet Peter Cottontail on the train. This hop

March 26, 7:30pm at Early Mountain Vineyards Break out your picnic blankets and lawn chairs for an outdoor movie. 540-948-9005 earlymountain.com

“Hairspray”

March 27-29 at Charlottesville High School CHS Theater presents the story of Tracy Turnblad and friends revolutionizing the dance world and their community. 245-2725 theatrechs.org

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PRIVACY IN THE MURRAY DISTRICT

Kids’ Concert!

Laurie Berkner March 29, 3pm at the Paramount Theater Sponsored by CharlottesvilleFamily. See this page.

Laurie Berkner

March 29, 3pm at The Paramount Theater Children’s favorite brings songs like “We Are the Dinosaurs” and “Bumblebee (Buzz Buzz)” to town. CharlottesvilleFamily is a proud sponsor. 979-1333, theparamount.net

LEARNING FUN PBS Kids Go! Writing Contest

Now-March 20 This contest is open to kids in grades K-3 in Central Virginia who want to write and illustrate their own stories. ideastations.org/writerscontest

Color-bration: A Celebration of Science & Color

March 7, 11-12am at Gordon Library Kids sing, talk, read, play on and write their way through activity stations to develop literacy and language skills while exploring science and color. 296-5544, jmrl.org

Fun for the Young

March 11, 10am at UVA’s Fralin Museum Gordon Avenue Library’s children’s librarian will share stories, engaging the museum’s youngest art patrons. 243-2050, jmrl.org

Asian Animal Safari

March 11, 3:30pm at Crozet Library Ginny Sieminski of Expressions Face Painting and Body Art will take you on an adventure through the continent of Asia. Registration required. For grades K-5. 823-4050, jmrl.org

Hands-On Color

March 18, 10-11am at Central Library Drop-in for perfectly pretty petal painting and celebrate the Holi Festival of Colors with a flowery flourish. 979-7151, jmrl.org

Wide World of Sports: Fact, Fiction & Poetry

March 19, 2-3pm at Central Library Authors Fred Bowen, Ran Henry and Neal Sagebeil discuss sports and sportswriting as part of the Festival of the Book. vabook.org

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Stories Connect Us: An Evening with Kate DiCamillo

March 19, 7-8pm at UVA Culbreth Theater Author, Newbery medal recipient and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature shares her stories with readers.

Tickets available at vabook.org

Kids in the Kitchen

March 21, 9am-1pm at Boys and Girls Club on Cherry Avenue This healthy lifestyle expo for kids of all ages includes cooking, activities, fitness demonstrations and more. jlcville.org

Bollywood Dance

1504 RUTLEDGE AVE • $499,000 Believed to be one of Milton Grigg’s first design projects, this darling 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom home is not to be missed. The kitchen was just renovated and a spacious master suite was added recently too. Situated on a quiet street walking distance to The University and Downtown. The lower level has a kitchen, bath and living space with fireplace and could be a legal rental once again.

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March 21, 10:30am at Northside Library Join UVA’s Aaja Nachle, the Bollywood Dance Club, to learn some dance moves.

Registration required. 973-7893, jmrl.org

Make It & Take It: Scent-sational Clay Rangoli

March 25, 3-5pm at Gordon Library Use scented clay and beads, seeds, flowers and other beautiful things to make fabulous and fragrant rangoli designs. 296-5544 jmrl.org

Homeschool Day at Montpelier

April 6, 9am-5pm at Montpelier, Orange Guided tours, games, exhibits, nature trails and additional programs for homeschooling families or any family seeking a fun day out.

540-672-2728, montpelier.org

3611 STONY POINT ROAD • $779,000 This quintessential 4 bedroom farmhouse has been expanded and built anew around the original 1900 home using both new and reclaimed materials.

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{our town calendar} Annual StoryFest for Families at Virginia Festival of the Book Saturday, March 21, at various locations and times This free, day-long celebration of books and reading is sponsored in part by CharlottesvilleFamily.

More events listed at vabook.org Daniel Tiger Visits Charlottesville

9:30-10:30am at Paramount Theater WVPT PBS brings Daniel Tiger and Cubby the Bear to Charlottesville. Free books for the first 200 families.

FAMILY ART JAMs: Apr. 18 & May 10

Age-appropriate tours with hands-on art activities— an enriching experience for the whole family!

Mrs. Wishy Washy Fun!

10-11am at C’ville Coffee Songs and activities based on the book “Mrs. Wishy Washy” by Joy Cowley.

FUN FOR THE YOUNG: Mar. 11, Apr. 8 & May 13

Gordon Avenue Children’s Librarian, Glynis Welte, will share stories, engaging our youngest art patrons.

Goodnight Songs with Poetry by Margaret Wise Brown

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museumoutreach@virginia.edu or 434.243.2050

Don’t Miss It! Online April 9th - 21st

10-11am at Omni Hotel-Preston Room Singers/songwriters Tom Proutt and Emily Gary perform songs from Margaret Wise Brown.

Wild About Reading

10:30-11:30am at Virginia Discovery Museum Learn about Virginia’s wildlife through an enlightening program which includes upclose experiences with live animals.

WVPT SPRING

Comics: History and Heroes

12-1pm at Omni Hotel-Preston Room Meet Bently Boyd, author of “Vital Virginians” and dozens of other comics in the Chester Comix series.

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2-3pm at Central JMRL Library Authors talk about their experience with picture books as both writers and illustrators.

Paramount Theater Charlottesville

Historic Event Through Children’s and YA Literature

Saturday, March 21st at 9:30 am

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Free book for first 200 families!

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Authors and Illustrators and Picture Books, Oh My!

4-5pm at Village School Event with Jennifer Elvgren, author of “The Whispering Town,” a picture book about the Holocaust, Winifred Conkling, author of “Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson’s Flight from Slavery” and Allan Wolf, author of “The Watch That Ends the Night,” a novel in verse about the Titanic.

Win tickets to see The Harlem Globetrotters at the John Paul Jones Arena!

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SPORTS The Harlem Globetrotters

March 12, 7pm at JPJ Arena Ball handling wizardry, rim-rattling dunks and trick shots, comedy and on-court fan interaction. Follow us on facebook to win tickets! johnpauljonesarena.com

2015 Charlottesville Ten Miler

March 21, 7:15am at University Hall Run, walk or cheer at this popular annual hometown race. cvilletenmiler.com

Fix a Leak Family 5k

March 22, 10am at Pen Park Participants at this family-friendly event will chase a running toilet (really) on the Pen Park natural trail and along the Rivanna River.

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SHOP FOR A CAUSE Here Wee Grow Again!

March 7-14 at Aldersgate UMC This semi-annual kids’ consignment sale offers gently used clothes, toys and gear. The “Choose Your Charity” event is on March 4.

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Cinderella’s Closet

March 20, 4-8:30pm at Monticello High School Choose from over 300 new & gently loved designer dresses priced at $25 in time for prom. facebook.com/pages/CinderellasCloset-MHS/192423787443153

Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale

March 21-29, 10am-7pm at Gordon Avenue Library Thousands of good-quality books and media at great prices. 977-8467, jmrlfriends.org

WVPT Spring Auction

April 9-21 at WVPT website Find amazing deals on hundreds of items. Bid online for the pieces you like best.

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Homeschool Day Monday, April 6, 2015 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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{our town calendar} JUST FOR TEENS YA Books for Any Age: From Romantic Suspense to Steampunk

APRIL 9-11 CharloTTesville Three Days of Celebrating the Best of Central Virginia Wines

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The Art of Mehndi

March 26, 4:30pm at Central Library Experience the ancient art of mehndi in this hands-on workshop. Leave with your own temporary henna design. Registration required. For grades 5-12. 979-7151, jmrl.org

Casual attire wine tasting & awards ceremony.

Limited tickets available.

Fave Fandoms: “Divergent”

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Easter Egg Hunt

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March 19, 7pm at Crozet Library Wonder why YA books make up the fastest growing market? Come hear from YA authors. for ages 14+. 823-4050, jmrl.org

friday, april 10Th Winemaker dinners.

Wine TasTing evenT • saTurday, april 11Th nTelos Wireless Pavilion Over 30 Wineries. VIP tickets available.

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March 26, All Day at Northside Library Celebrate your favorite fandoms with trivia, crafts and themed snacks. 973-7893, jmrl.org

March 28, 2-4pm at Central Library Drop by the library for an Easter egg-themed scavenger hunt. For grades 6-12. 979-7151 jmrl.org

ESPECIALLY FOR PARENTS North Branch School Open House

March 3, 9-11:30am and March 5, 6:30-8pm 540-456-8450, north-branch-school.org

Charlottesville City School Board Meeting March 5, 5pm at Charlottesville High School 245-2400, ccs.k12.va.us

Albemarle County School Board Meeting LAURIE BERKNER MARCH 29 • 3PM

THE GREAT GATSBY APRIL 16 • 7:30PM

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March 12, 6:30pm at Albemarle County Office Building 972-4055, k12albemarle.org

Q&A with Daniel Willingham

March 21, 2-3pm at Omni’s Preston Room Author of “Raising Kids Who Read: What Parents and Teachers Can Do” will answer questions on how parents and educators can teach kids to love reading in the digital age. vabook.org

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March 21, 8pm at the Paramount Theater Tim Reid hosts this discussion of stories, biographies, memoirs and lives with Blake Bailey, Maureen Corrigan, Edwidge Danticat and Katherine Patterson. vabook.org

Taste of Monticello Wine Trail Festival

April 11, 1-5pm at nTelos Wireless Pavilion Celebrate the best of Central Virginia wines. monticellowinetrailfestival.com Submit your local events online at CharlottesvilleFamily.com or email them to Calendar@IvyPublications.com.

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Grease Thursday, March 26 @ 7:30pm

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark Thursday, July 30 @ 8:30pm

Finding Nemo Thursday, April 30 @ 8:00pm

Night at the Museum Thursday, August 27 @ 8:00pm

Jurassic Park Thursday, May 28 @ 8:00pm

Ferris Bueller's Day Off Thursday, September 24 @ 7:00pm

Dirty Dancing Thursday, June 25 @ 8:30pm

Monsters Inc. Thursday, October 29 @ 6:30pm

DOORS OPEN ONE HOUR BEFORE SHOWTIME

GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS: $6 Season Pass: $30 I Children 3 & Under are free

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{living well cool stuff}

Goin’ on a Spring Safari Children 3 and up will be delighted to decorate

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with, learn from and share the seemingly endless

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Everything” by Maira Kalman, told from a child’s point

of the World Sticker Roll.

of view, has been praised for both its playfulness and its

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unflinching exploration of Jefferson’s complex life — from his groundbreaking achievements to his slaves. For grades 1–4. $17.99 at Shenanigans

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From the Basement to the Backyard Spring sports are underway, so it’s time to bring home new gear. For added pizazz, Brine’s Mini Clutch lacrosse stick glows in the dark. $20.99 at Downtown Athletic Store

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{living well dear bob}

Expert Advice Your Parenting Questions Answered

My preschooler bites. He is “that kid” at

it, that’s the cue for him to stop what he is

school, and I’m so embarrassed. We’ve tried

doing and take a 3-minute time-out to calm

reward charts, time-outs and taking away

down. Obviously, praise him every time he is

favorite toys. What else can I do?

able to do this.

Share your experiences with the teacher

Please don’t be embarrassed. This is not

and see about applying the same techniques

uncommon for preschoolers. Actually my

at school. This is all about practice, not

grandson was notorious for biting when he

punishment. Rest assured — he’ll outgrow it.

Dear Bob

was in preschool. Some children bite at this

by Bob Taibbi

age because they get frustrated but don’t

Our 17-year-old son doesn’t know what

yet have the skills to express their feelings

he wants to do after high school. His grades

verbally. Your child isn’t deliberately trying to

are good and he could go to college, which has

be hurtful, but he doesn’t know what else to

always been our plan. How can we help him

do when he gets so upset.

focus in on some goals?

Your child does need to understand that biting is not acceptable. The underlying

College is a difficult decision for a lot of

problem is his frustration and his going from

young adults. There are different routes open

zero to 60 quickly. He needs help with self-

to your son, whether it is enrolling full-time

regulation, with learning to recognize when

in college, enrolling at a community college

he is starting to get upset and with having

part time and working on the side or taking

ways of calming himself down before he

a gap year to travel or work full-time before

reaches the biting point.

resuming education. He is not alone in his

Start by talking with him

uncertainty. Even those who go straight

WANT TO ASK BOB A QUESTION?

about how you want to

to college have no idea what they want to

help him learn to calm

major in, so their first two years of college

Email your parenting concerns and queries to editor@IvyPublications.com.

Yours might be included in an upcoming issue!

feels upset. Notice when

It’s hard to figure out what you want to

he is beginning to get

do with your life while sitting on a couch,

himself down when he

are essentially about exploring.

frustrated — it may be

though, so I suggest he explore whatever

when he is playing with

brainstorm, interest or idea he has — a job,

a toy or even interacting

tech schools, visiting more college campuses.

with you. As soon as you can

He could also get some vocational counseling

tell he is starting to get upset,

to explore his aptitudes. If you sense that it

intervene: Walk over, talk to him

is a motivational issue — he is self-critical

quietly and explain that this is what you

or anxious or he has trouble envisioning

were both talking about and that you want to

a positive future — then there may be

help him. Ask him to stop playing, to take a

underlying depression or self-esteem issues.

couple of deep breaths and to tell you how he

Some counseling may be helpful. Start by

feels. After doing this a few times, you both

having conversations about these things and

can agree on a code word — “banana,” for

support him in some next steps, regardless

example (let him pick it) — and when you say

how small they seem.

Author of five books and more than 300 articles — including the regular “Ask Bob” column in this magazine — Bob has 39 years of experience in couple and family work and is in private practice in Charlottesville (bobtaibbi.com).

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{living well new mom}

Must-Have Books The Best Resources for Moms with Newborns One of the reasons a new baby can be so overwhelming for first-time parents is that we all fear the unknown: What if my baby won’t nurse? Will I know what to do if he has an allergic reaction to something? Why the heck is his poop green?

Fortunately, many of these questions can be answered quickly and easily by the right reference guide or parenting manual. And chances are, with a handful of the best books on your shelf, much of your anxiety and fear will dissipate. If you’re looking to add to your own library or to give a great baby shower gift, consider the books on this list, which are among the best parenting guides out there.

But with that endorsement I want to say this: Don’t get too hung up on the “rules” from the “experts.” You will probably find that each author has slightly different advice, and

by Blair Lonergan

what works for some parents and babies does not work for others. Trust your instincts, and ultimately do what’s best for you and your baby!

“What to Expect the First Year” and “What to Expect the Toddler Years” by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel. These best-selling, easy-to-read guides answer all of your burning questions and help you track your child’s development. Their month-by-month format makes all of that information less overwhelming.

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“Baby 411: Clear Answers and Smart Advice for Your Baby’s First Year” by Ari Brown and Denise Fields. A more experienced mom friend gave me this book when I had my first son. The fun-to-read quick answers are like having a conversation with your girlfriend — or maybe with your child’s doctor. Let’s just say that it saved me many panicked phone calls and visits to the pediatrician!

“Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5” by the American Academy of Pediatrics. This is one reference manual that every parent should own — written by the true experts.

“The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer” and “The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep: Simple Solutions for Kids from Birth to 5 Years”

Did you know?

by Harvey Karp, M.D. There’s an automatic “off switch” to stop baby’s

Sleepless nights? Weird rash? Many great reference guides can help ease your anxiety and answer your most perplexing parenting questions!

crying? Tell me all about it! The hospital where I had my sons actually showed all new moms the DVD version of this book before we went home with our newborns. That’s a great endorsement.

“Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect and Communicate with Your Baby” by Tracy Hogg. This book contains reassuring, down-to-earth advice to help new parents understand their

infants and more easily communicate with their newborns.

“Becoming a Calm Mom: How to Manage Stress and Enjoy the First Year of Motherhood” by Deborah Roth Ledley. Created by a clinical psychologist and mother of two, these six simple strategies help new moms manage stress and anxiety. If you’re feeling overwhelmed or unsure, this is a must-read.

By building your home library, you’ll be able to get answers when you’re multi-tasking mommy brain forgets when to expect growth spurts or whether a food can be introduced at a certain age. And knowing which rashes are cause for worry is worth the small investment you’ll make at the bookstore. Many are available in digital formats as well!

Blair lives in Madison, where she keeps her three sons busy with simple activities and family-friendly recipes, which she shares on her blog at theseasonedmom.com.

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LOST IN THE CLOUD

Grandparents Find Their Way through Cyberspace

This past Christmas was disappointing for Susan Bremer.

new gadgets. “People are afraid of making a mistake that might

Weather conditions made it impossible for her to get to Maine to

cause something to go wrong with the device,” Sisk says. “The

see her granddaughter. The holidays brightened, however, when

good news is there’s not much you can do that can’t be fixed.”

Bremer received an email from her granddaughter containing

Sisk, who has led the group for the last three years, structures

a video attachment of the 10-year-old performing her favorite

this popular, hands-on class around the participants’ questions:

songs karaoke-style.

managing emails, for example, or how to download and view

“She was dressed up in costume and dancing,” Bremer says.

“It was amazing.”

cyber space, Sisk takes folks inside the guts of their machine and

Bremer has become fluent with email and watching videos on

its apps to make devices do what users want them to do.

her iPad, and she’s recently started texting with her iPhone. But

With their own laptops, iPads and iPhones in hand, folks learn

she’s hesitant about starting Facebook. “It feels like a challenge,”

how to configure the device to avoid problems such as phishing

she says.

scams and spam, what to do if the application freezes and more.

Helping

seniors

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sorts

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Often the most helpful advice Sisk gives is how to configure

challenges is what Clay Sisk’s Apple/Mac Users Group is all

preferences for those with disabilities, such and hearing and

about. The weekly gathering is one of several tech-type classes

vision impairment.

offered at Charlottesville’s Senior Center.

“It’s often the grandchildren who get older folks to pick

Bremer has been part of this group for some time now. “I keep coming back, because I learn something new every time.”

up their first mobile device,” says Sisk, a retired pharmacist

Recently Sisk talked about external backup devices that can

for the National Institutes of Health and the Federal Drug

save the day when a system gets locked up or an app fails and

Administration. “Technology is every day for kids, and they

data is lost.

want to use it to share photos or exchange emails with their grandparents.”

Still, it’s not unusual for older folks to be on guard with these

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“I could have used that last month,” Bremer says. “I lost all the artistic images I was working on. I could have gotten them back if I’d had a backup.”

{living well family tree} READ TO ME! Storybook characters and children’s authors gather on Saturday, March 21, for StoryFest — the Virginia Festival of the Book’s annual celebration of

“Just say thank you.”

— That’s what Stephanie S.’s mom advised when someone complimented her sons’ behavior. “No need to go on about how challenging they really are.”

reading fun for kids. vabook.org

Family Tree

by Linda Kobert

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{living well family tree} SAVING PHONE PHOTOS Is your phone full of photos that you’d hate to lose?

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{living well tips & trends} The Language of Flowers: A Novel When Victoria Jones is emancipated from the foster care system at 18, she finds herself isolated and homeless, unable to connect with people. Her only passion is the Victorian language of flowers she learned from Elizabeth, the woman who almost became her mother. Vanessa Diffenbaugh’s compelling novel illuminates the complexity and ferocity of a mother’s love. $15 at UVA Bookstore

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3. Accessories go out of style fast. When in doubt about a scarf, earrings or handbag, let it go.

2. Would a garment ever be your first choice for what to wear? If not, pass it on.

4. If an item is still in good shape, don’t throw it away. Local charities are happy to take gently used items off your hands.

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Finding New Uses for Old Things

Matchy matchy is out. Well-loved, nicked and distressed is in — which is good news for parents everywhere.

Because Virginia was settled hundreds of years ago, antiques and vintage treasures are plentiful and easy to find. So whether you’re interested in something from the Williamsburg era or the Beatles era, be on the lookout for pieces with character (faded croquet balls), a personal connection (a Pac-Man lunchbox like the one you carried on the school bus) or a purpose (a milk bottle to hold pocket change). Here are a few examples of treasures I’ve put to use at home.

After spending months looking for a coat rack that captured my heart, I gave up and poked around in my basement, where I found several wooden sawn balusters that I got when friends restored the wrap-around porch at their bed and breakfast in Sperryville. My husband painted the balusters with homemade chalk paint (made by mixing accent-colored paints we already had with plaster of paris), mounted them on the entry wall and then added hooks I found at Anthropologie. They have sass and a history, too.

As a bibliophile, I’ve collected a few hundred pieces of lead and wood type from eBay and antique stores. Some are displayed in an actual Hamilton printer’s tray that’s propped up on a side table. We employ plenty of bookends, my favorite being heavy antique irons. In keeping with the book-nerd theme, an old card catalog on a stainless steel wheeled cart in my kitchen holds alphabetized spices.

With just a little imagination, you can transform one side of an old crib into a drying rack in the laundry room or a ladder hung from the kitchen ceiling into a pot rack. (If you have small children, avoid items that might have lead paint.) Learn to see past an item’s original purpose and bring it to new life in your house. Have fun with it!

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Vintage Postcards I wanted a way to remember the places we’d lived before coming to Charlottesville, so I collected colorful vintage linen postcards of our hometowns and colleges. I’ve since given away dozens of vintage postcards as presents: a Main Street (downtown mall) one for friends moving away, a Shenandoah National Park one for friends who got engaged in the park, even one of the old Martha Jefferson hospital for a friend who had her children there.

They’re great to prop up on bookshelves, place in a photo-collage tray for the coffee table or frame in a group. Start your search on eBay and Etsy.

Black Bean & Sweet Potato Burritos

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2. Boil sweet potatoes in enough water to cover until tender (15 to 20 minutes). Drain and set aside in large oven-safe bowl.

3. Preheat oven to 300°F. Add black beans and lemon juice to sweet potatoes. Mash by hand or with an immersion blender. Cover with foil and place in warm oven.

4. While rice and potatoes are cooking, heat oil in a saucepan and sauté onions, garlic and salt over low heat. Cover and stir occasionally, until soft (10 to 15 minutes). Stir in spices and cook for another 1 to 2 minutes. Set aside.

5. Wrap stack of tortillas in foil, making sure there are no gaps.

Place on rack in warm oven for 10 to 15 minutes, until warmed through.

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{inspiration pets} “ Can we get a puppy?

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“Can we get a puppy? Can we get a kitty? A rabbit? Please!” If you’re a parent, you have probably heard these questions on several occasions. Surrounded by media, visiting friends who have pets and even meeting pets in the neighborhood, your child will more than likely fall head over heels and want one of her own. But how do you decide which pet is best for your family and lifestyle? Should you get the talkative Siamese cat, adopt a happy-go-lucky Golden Retriever or take an entirely different route and go with exotic fish? Here are some simple tips to help you choose the perfect addition to your family.

When deciding to add a pet to the family, one of the first things you should do is sit down and talk about it as a family. What sort of pet are you each looking for? Are you looking for a hiking buddy or a couch potato? Look at what your life could be like in a month, in a year. Do you still think having a pet could fit in well with your schedules and needs then?

“Adding a pet to the family can be overwhelming,” says Lisa Lane, marketing director at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). “It helps to sit down and look at both your current and future lifestyle and plans and then decide on guidelines to keep from getting overwhelmed.”

Another thing to consider, especially with young children, is who will be responsible for taking care of the animal.

Will your children participate in the animal’s care — such as brushing, walks, feeding and playtime — or will it mostly fall on the adults to do so? A pet is a great way to teach responsibility, but keep in mind that even with the best planning and organization, adults will have to do participate as well.

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What sort of pet are you each looking for? Are you looking for a hiking buddy or a couch potato?

How Much?

about these plans online or at your veterinarian’s office.

Affordability is a major consideration when choosing a pet —

It also helps to know national trends. According to the

one that a child may not fully grasp. Any pet will need routine

American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), dog owners

veterinary care, grooming and of course the basics, such food,

spend an average of $380 per year per animal, whereas cat

treats and toys. Some pets, such as reptiles and some small

owners spend about half that amount.

animals, need a special veterinarian. Also, depending on the type of pet you get, diets can range from fairly cheap to fairly

Which Buyer?

expensive, especially if your pet develops health issues. You

Once you’ve decided what type of pet you want, you need to

may want to have your children ask close friends and neighbors

determine how you will get your pet. You may decide that

about their pet expenses as part of their research.

you want a purebred pet. In that case, take time to research

When my family and I were shopping around for a vet for our

breeders or pet stores before settling on one. Some pet stores use

pup, we came across several practices in the Charlottesville area

backyard breeders when acquiring animals, so make sure you do

that offer wellness plans, which cover things such as vaccines,

your homework on this. You may also want to look into rescues

lab work and dental cleaning and offer discounts on services that

that only take in certain breeds. And of course, you can always

aren’t covered. These plans can range anywhere from $25 to $50

contact one of the local animal shelters, which have many pets,

dollars a month per pet. Pet insurance, recommended by many

both purebreds and mixed breeds, in need of loving homes.

vets, can cover emergencies and other procedures, such as x-rays,

A big plus in buying from a breeder is that you know the

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temperaments. The breeder may also do certain tests to see if there’s a possibility your animal will develop health problems, such as hip dysplasia or cancer, later on in life. You also may receive papers to register your purebred with an association such as the American Kennel Club. However, buying a pet from a breeder can be very expensive, with some dogs costing more than $1,000.

Adopting from a shelter or a rescue organization also has both pros and cons.

For starters, the shelter staff will help make sure that you are getting the pet that is best suited to you. Many organizations require that you fill out an application to identify whether you have a fenced-in yard, small children, a current veterinarian and so on. At the Charlottesville-Albemarle

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After review, you can meet the animal, learn of its background and even bring your children and any current pets for a meeting. You may even have a home visit.

Animals adopted from a shelter or rescue are already spayed or neutered and up to date on all vaccinations; some even have a microchip for identification already implanted. While you may never know the full history of your pet, you’ll certainly participate in a thorough vetting process.

Which Animal?

Now, which pet to choose? Most dogs are affectionate and playful. If you are looking for a low-maintenance pet, you

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may want to avoid long-haired breeds.

Another thing to consider with dogs is that they will require training, which can be expensive. A few local businesses offer training programs, which add to the cost of acquiring your pet but are great investments. Crate training is increasingly popular, especially if you find your dog is anxious being home alone. According to the Humane Society of the United States, dogs love crates the way their ancestors loved dens.

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PORT DISCOVERY

AMERICAN VISIONARY ART MUSEUM

When we lived in Charlottesville, everyone who came for a visit wanted to make sure that they got to see Monticello. We were happy to oblige, but we also knew that Charlottesville had so much more to offer.

Now that we live in Baltimore, we have a similar experience with the National Aquarium. It is fabulous — a must-see on any trip to Baltimore. You will be amazed by the sharks, stingrays and dolphins, as well as all of the other exhibits. Seek out the mesmerizing jellyfish on the lower level past the food court. You should also try to spot the sloth at the top of the rainforest. In fact, if you only have the time to take in one of Baltimore’s many attractions, this is the one you should see! But, if you have more time, a trip to Baltimore can include much more than just the aquarium. Here’s what to add to your itinerary.

FOR ART LOVERS

The Walters Art Museum, also free to the public, is a

Baltimore has three wonderful art museums, and two of these

more intimate space that houses an eclectic collection from

are free to the public. That’s right, free! If your children are

pre-dynastic Egypt to 20th-century Europe. The museum has

young or aren’t used to museum browsing, you could look at the

programming for children of all ages (including infants) and puts

museums’ websites ahead of time to see which offerings will

on family-friendly events, including March’s African-American

most interest them.

Family Festival and April’s Science Family Festival. Drop-in art

The Baltimore Museum of Art (about 5 miles north of the

activities for families are offered on weekends, and hands-on art

harbor) is home to the world’s largest collection of work by French

carts and discovery quilts are available on weekends and school

artist Henri Matisse. The museum’s impressive Cone Collection,

holidays, as are special fun packs for children with sensory

amassed by a pair of sisters in the early 20th century, is always

processing disorders. Pick up family guides at the information

awe inspiring, as are the other fabulous galleries throughout the

desk and kid-friendly audio guides at the admissions desk.

museum. True art lovers can spend hours soaking in traditional

If you are looking for a more unique experience, consider

and modern art from around the world, including selections

heading over to the American Visionary Arts Museum, along the

from Africa and Asia. The family-oriented handheld audio tour

harbor. This Baltimore original houses a collection of compelling

— narrated by Matisse’s dog! — helps you enjoy the museum

art from non-traditional, self-taught artists. Kids will love the

together. If you explore the two sculpture gardens with the kids,

55-foot-tall whirligig outside as well as the kinetic sculptures and

let them access the cell phone audio tour by calling the number

“World’s First Family of Robots” in the large barn-like structure

given when you’re there. Admission is free.

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Federal Hill Park next to the museum.

FOR HISTORY & SCIENCE LOVERS Do you have a history buff in the family?

Head to Fort McHenry. This is one of my all-time favorite field trip destinations, and with four girls ranging in age from 7 to 14, I have been on a lot of field trips! Fort McHenry — built near 1800 in an effort to protect the port of Baltimore — was used by the Union as a prison camp during the Civil War, was a hospital during WWI and was the site of a Coast Guard training station in WWII. However, it’s likely best known for withstanding the British navy’s attack in the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. Both kids and adults will enjoy exploring the fort and climbing on its walls, which overlook Baltimore’s harbor. You can even get behind bars at the guardhouse! Leave plenty of time to catch the entire movie in the visitor center.

(I always get choked up at the end.)

After seeing the fort, you might want to head over to the Star Spangled Banner

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You will feel tiny standing in front of it!

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Docent-led tours are available on the hour Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Another favorite field trip spot for my girls has always been the Baltimore Museum of Industry, near the harbor.

They love this exploration into the nuts and bolts of the city. I have only been with students, but I have heard that it is worth it to call ahead to arrange a tour if you are going as a family. You will get to explore interactive exhibits such as the cannery, printing press and machine shop. There is a new temporary exhibit (scheduled to

run through 2019) titled “Video Game Wizards: Transforming Science and Art into Games,” that offers visitor a chance to learn about, and even try their hand at, the development and creation of video games. From September through June, the museum offers a program for preschoolers on Tuesdays at 10:30am.

FOR SPORTS FANS, TRAIN FANS & GO-GETTERS Baltimore is definitely a sports town. We love our teams and all the sports heroes who have called Baltimore home. If you are in town during baseball season — opening day is April 10 — you should definitely try to catch an Orioles game at the beautiful Camden Yards. While you’re there, you could check out both the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum and the Sports Legends

B&O RAILROAD MUSEUM

Museum at Camden Yards. The path to the Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum, just a couple of blocks from the stadium, is marked by

the attention of younger kids. (Although not related to sports,

60 baseballs painted along the sidewalk. The museum houses

another little-known Baltimore gem in that same location is

an extensive collection of Bambino memorabilia, including his

Geppi’s Entertainment Museum, which offers a mesmerizing

rookie card, reportedly one of the most valuable baseball cards

glimpse at America’s pop culture — from comic books to old

in existence. The Sports Legend Museum, located in the Camden

TV shows. Seeing Geppi’s collection of posters, toys, lunch boxes

Station building just next to the stadium, looks at Baltimore’s

and figures will be quite a true trip down memory lane!)

great sports history, including exhibits on the Baltimore Colts

Not far from Camden Yards, the B&O Railroad Museum is an

and their late-night escape to Indianapolis. Of course, there

ideal stop for train and streetcar fans of all ages. Young children

is plenty to see about the Orioles and Ravens as well as an

will love the educational programs and activities in the new

exhibit about Baltimore’s own Olympian Michael Phelps. While

Choo Choo Blue Kid Zone. Be sure to get a scavenger hunt sheet

these museums are great, they but may not be able to hold

with things for kids to complete as you go through the museum.

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Train rides on the museum’s mile-long

colorful “Chessie” dragon boat ($20, seats

track are offered on Wednesday through

4). Children must be at least 2 years old

Sunday between April and December. If

and 35 pounds to ride, and an adult must

you have little ones and are visiting on

accompany any child 12 and under.

a weekend, the unlimited rides pass is

If you have already been to the gym

definitely worth the $10 price tag. Younger

and do not need the extra leg workout,

children will also enjoy the unlimited rides

one of the harbor cruises might be just

on one of Baltimore’s original streetcars,

the thing for you. Learn about the history

which are included with admission to the

of Baltimore’s port and more during a

Baltimore Streetcar Museum, which is

45-minute cruise with Cruises on the Bay

less than 10 minutes from the Baltimore

by Watermark. On Mondays, each paying

Museum of Art.

adult earns a free child’s admission.

If you need a spot for younger kids to

There are a variety of other harbor cruises

be able to climb, run around and explore,

available as well including Baltimore’s Water

then Port Discovery should definitely

Taxi, the Spirit of Baltimore, Seadog Cruises

ACTIVITIES

make your short list. Full of hands-

and Urban Pirates, just to name a few!

on activities, this museum is ideal for

If your family is more interested in

Check websites for location, hours of operation and admission prices.

toddlers through early elementary-aged

learning about rigging, galleys and the

children. Some of the interactive exhibits

inner

include an art studio workshop (ages

vessels, definitely plan on taking a tour

2 and up), an indoor soccer and games

aboard at least one of the historic ships

stadium, water play and my favorite,

in Baltimore. Four ships from about

Kidworks — a huge indoor climbing

1800 to the recent past are available to

and play structure for kids 5 and older.

tour, including the USS Constellation,

Everyone always loves running through

a retired and restored naval warship,

its cargo nets and tunnels! Don’t forget

and a submarine, the US Torsk. The

to wear sneakers though, since no one

ship tours are very interesting and a lot

(even parents) can climb without them.

of fun. Aboard the USS Constellation

Baltimore Streetcar Museum, baltimorestreetcar.org

Port Discovery’s Tot Trails has special

(open for tours again in March 2015,

story and music programs for infants

following a spell in dry dock for repairs),

Cruises on the Bay by Watermark, cruisesonthebay.com

and toddlers on Wednesdays, Fridays and

crewmembers will teach you all about life

Sundays. To avoid crowds, the museum

on any one of the ship’s four decks. Every

Fort McHenry, nps.gov/fomc

suggests arriving right when it opens or

Saturday and Sunday at 1:00pm, children

Geppi’s Entertainment Museum, geppismuseum.com

after 2pm on weekends. Pierce’s Park,

ages 6 and up can experience what it was

near Port Discovery and the aquarium,

like for the youngest boys — known as the

Harborplace, harborplace.com

is a great spot for an outdoor play break,

Powder Monkeys — that would have been

Historic Ships in Baltimore, historicships.org

with its living tree tunnel and interactive

aboard ship. You can purchase tickets to

Pierce’s Park, waterfrontpartnership.org/ waterfront-parks

musical sculptures. This is a great spot for

tour one, two or four ships. The multi-ship

a picnic lunch on a nice day.

pass is the best bet, as it can be used on

American Visionary Arts Museum, avam.org B&O Railroad Museum, borail.org Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum & the Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards, baberuthmuseum.org Baltimore Museum of Art, artbma.org Baltimore Museum of Industry, thebmi.org Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards, baltimore.orioles.mlb.com

Port Discovery, portdiscovery.org Star Spangled Banner Flag House, flaghouse.org Team Chessie, baltimorepaddleboats.org Walters Art Museum, thewalters.org

DINING & SHOPPING Check websites for location, hours of operation and menu.

Blue Moon Café, bluemoonbaltimore.com

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workings

of

historic

seafaring

multiple days and does not expire until FOR INNER HARBOR ADMIRERS

you have visited all of the ships. Also of

Being a port city, Baltimore has a rich

interest — and free for the public to see —

maritime

is the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, one of

history.

After

visiting

the

aquarium or Fort McHenry, experience

the oldest Chesapeake lighthouses.

some of that history by exploring even a few of the attractions that the Inner

FOR HUNGRY TUMMIES

Harbor has to offer. Offering a wide variety

If you want a souvenir from your epic

of options for the entire family, it’s a must-

Baltimore adventure or a quick bite

see for any one-day trip to Baltimore.

to eat, stop by one of the Harborplace

In nice weather, try taking a jaunt on

pavilions. Created in 1980 as part of a

Clemetine, clementinebaltimore.com

one of the Team Chessie’s paddle boats

plan to revitalize Baltimore’s downtown,

Golden West Café, goldenwestcafe.com

— an experience that is sure to make

Harborplace brought retail stores and

Koko’s Pub, kocospub.com

your highlight reel! You get right out on

restaurants to the Inner Harbor area.

Pappas Restaurant, pappasparkville.com

the water with a 30-minute ride on a

In two different pavilions, you can find

traditional paddle boat ($12, seats 4) or a

distinctive

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Baltimore-based

shops,

{inspiration fun} including my favorite — the Fudgery, on the first floor of the Light Street Pavilion.

Not only will you love the delicious fudge, but you will also be entertained as you watch

the

enthusiastic

and

musical

employees turn that fudge.

From Little Italy to Canton and Fells Point to Hampden, Baltimore’s unique neighborhoods are rich with wonderful places to eat — and the city is famous for its seafood, especially crab cakes!

Many restaurants in town will serve you their version of this Maryland classic,

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For possibly the best breakfast in town, head to Blue Moon Café in Fells Point, a very popular foodie destination. You’ll need to be prepared for a wait, but the food is well worth it. Another kid- and adultfriendly restaurant, our family’s go-to spot, is the Golden West Café, located on “the Avenue” in Hampden (near the zoo).

It offers great food and great service, and the staff are always very accommodating of our family’s many food allergies.

A LITTLE FOR EVERYONE There you have it — my best bets for a grand adventure in Baltimore, where you’ll find a little something for everyone, from the sports enthusiast to the art lover, the historian to the sailor. Be it a day trip or a long weekend, your family will have plenty to do and see in Charm City. If you’ve been wanting to come see the aquarium, consider extending your visit and see a few other things, or come on back again, since we’re only a few hours away!

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LIFEUNPLUGGED

By Catherine Steiner-Adair, EdD

Never before have there been such compelling reasons to send a child to summer camp, as we all adjust to life in the digital age. Very few places are left on the planet today where you can see 150 kids happily walking, talking, giggling and singing together, where they’re fully engaged, fully present to each other, arms linked, with nobody looking down to check a phone.

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Cultivating Camp’s Tech-Free Traditions

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{resources camp} The camp director of one of the oldest and most respected camps on the continent remembers how, a few years ago, his camp’s continuing tradition as a tech-free environment was especially hard for some 14- and 15-year-old campers. Cell phones, texting and social media were the personal default setting of their lives.

“We had some kids who really missed it,” he told me recently. The networked life was the only life they knew at home

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Never before have there been such compelling reasons to send a child to summer camp, as we all adjust to life in the digital age. Very few places are left on the planet today where you can see 150 kids happily walking, talking, giggling and singing together, where they’re fully engaged, fully present to each other, arms linked, with nobody looking down to check a phone. Where else can you see groups of children laughing with each other over the story they’re telling and

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Summer camp has always been a great way to get kids out in nature, unplugged from TV and immersed in a culture full of healthy values of competition, community, camaraderie, cooperation and collaboration. Camp has always been a safe place for children to grow, to explore and to take risks knowing that no teachers

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{inspiration camp} develop the kinds of social and emotional tools that are essential for success in the wider world. Camp brings out the best in us, helps us connect with who we are deep down and teaches us to be our best selves.

Camp today may be the only place in children’s lives where they are free to experience themselves fully present and engaged in activities and in moments where technology is utterly irrelevant.

Even as some camps allow campers more access to digital technology, the effort to protect and cultivate children’s techfree experience is increasingly important — and challenging — for camps and counselors.

Camp’s Powerful Growing Space Consider the profound impact that even a few weeks of camp has on a child’s life.

The active ingredients of this magic can be difficult to nail down, but certainly the

deep

immersion

of

camp

time

and camp culture creates a cherished counterpoint

to

the

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pressure-filled school year. No virtual experience compares to the thrilling sense of achievement of waterskiing — crossing the wake confidently when only

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the week before you couldn’t get upright on the skis. Nothing matches the sense of mastery that comes from a three-day or three-week wilderness canoeing trip and a child’s experience of her own growth: endurance, grit, resilience.

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weeks, especially year after year, you learn how to be a friend in a way that is less easily learned at school, despite schools’ efforts to help children understand the meaning of friendship. You learn to deal with conflict and teasing as well as with how to make up and make amends. You learn how to care about somebody you might not even really like all that much, but you care about them because that’s what it means to be a decent, kind, respectful citizen. This is a big part of camp culture: You have to work through things. Unlike in school, it’s not a teacher’s job to monitor social interactions and fix Continued on page 58

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every situation. There is no going home at 3pm and, for older kids, there is no going online to dish.

Where else in a child’s busy life with busy parents is it possible to find a caring coach who works one-on-one with you to develop strong social skills and the deeper

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values that shape relationships? The job of counselor is really to help children develop

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the basic yet complex relationship skills that often get short shrift in the mediated, networked lives kids live online and in social media. Counselors are devoted to this mentoring as well as to their role as teacher and coach, helping campers learn athletic, artistic and other skills.

Perhaps the deepest impact that camp has on a child is this opportunity to make lifelong friends and experience themselves in a different world — to separate

from

their

past

and

their

everyday environment as they step into a much larger community of kids. In this culture, they connect across age, grade or school divisions.

In this way, camp is a counterculture of the best kind. Camp culture counters the

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materialistic,

crass,

teasing,

consumer- based, competitive, snarky cultures

that

dominate

school

life,

mainstream culture and social media.

When I interview kids about camp, they

Name

Ages

Features

Internet & Phone

*Camp Motorsport See ad page 52

8–16

Racing fans gain hands-on experience with safe driving & racing techniques. R, F, ACA

campmotorsport.com 855-508-9382

*Camp Piankatank See ad page 67

7–17

Single-gender & co-ed Christian camp with camppiankatank.com climbing wall, water activities & sports. R, ACA 804-776-9552

*Camp Pillsbury See ad page 77

6–17

Performing arts, circus arts, music, sports, dance, horseback riding & more. R, ACA

camppillsbury.com 844-800-2267

*Camp Rim Rock See ad page 61

G 2–10

Horseback riding, swimming, performing arts, crafts, sports & more for girls. R, ACA

camprimrock.com 347-746-7625

*Camp Rockmont See ad page 64

6–17

Christian boys’ camp with kayaking, blacksmithing, homesteading, guitar & more. R

rockmont.com 828-686-3885

*Camp Strawderman See ad page 64

6–17

Girls’ camp with horses, swimming, archery, tennis, dance, arts & more. R

campstrawderman.com 301-868-1905

*Charlottesville Waldorf School See ad page 72

3–6

Day camp with creative movement, music, painting, storytelling, outdoor play & more.

cwaldorg.org 973-4946

*Chef Camp See ad page 52

9–17

For aspiring young chefs. From gardening to planning, preparing & serving. R, ACA

chefcamp.com 855-508-9382

*Classics Gymnastics See ad page 57

G K–12

Instruction on equipment, tumbling, dance, crafts, trampoline, games & contests.

classicsgymnastics.com 978-4720

Put on your super cape… it’s time for an adventure!

Our all-new Super Kids’ Quest Summer Camp is full of exciting, creative missions where kids will exercise their muscles, imaginations and cooperation skills – day! Plus, flexible scheduling options allow you to sign your Super Kid up for several weeks, a single week or even just a day at a time!

Also offering Grade School Skill Thrill Camps!

The Little Gym of Charlottesville www.thelittlegym.com/charlottesvilleva 434-975-5437

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*The Covenant School See ad page 75

G 1–12

Specialty camps for G 1–8 & sports camps for G 1–12.

covenantschool.org/camps 220-7330

*CrossRoads Camp See ad page 66

All ages

Christian camp offering mountaineering, backpacking, fishing, archery, cooking. R, F

crossroadsccc.com 277-8465

*First Presbyterian Church Preschool See ad page 62

2.5–5

Themed day camps in a nurturing Christian environment.

firstprescharlottesville.org/preschool

Girl Scouts, VA Skyline Council

5–18

Traditional all-girls’ camp activities in Roanoke, Bedford & Albemarle Counties. R

gsvsc.org 540-777-5100

*Grymes Memorial School See ad page 46

G P–8

Sports, nature, martial arts, explorer, crafts, tennis & more. Before & after care available.

grymesschool.org 540-672-1010

*iD Tech Camps See ad page 69

7–18

Create video games, make movies, program robots, code apps & more. R

idtech.com 888-709-8324

*International School Summer Program See ad page 49

2–8

Learn French or Spanish by immersion using games, songs, art & play.

theisc.org 984-2174

*Joanne Boyle Basketball Camps See ad page 77

5–18

Instruction from UVA women’s basketball coach & staff. R option.

joanneboylebasketballcamps.com 982-5800

*KidsCollege@PVCC Summer Academies See ad page 62

G 3–9

Hands-on, project-based learning, with lunch & after-academy activities available.

pvcc.edu/kidscollege 961-5354

Soccer!

Thank you for choosing SOCA!

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Watercolor classes

• Leagues for All Youth & Adult Players!

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with

Lee Alter

march 28 - may 23 saturdays 2-4pm

Painting & Drawing Clay & Collage

summer art camp starts in june.

@McGuffey Art Center in Studio 6 (in the basement on the park side)

call 963-0540 to register www.leealterartist.com

talk about the unbelievable freedom and joy of being away from smart phones,

spring break camp for age 3 grade 5,

Instagram, and Snapchat. They feel their inner goofiness, spontaneity and humor emerge while walking down the bunk line with none of the self-checking that

too!

so often happens outside of camp, when the selfie craze takes hold. They talk about how wonderful it is to be free of the urge to check Facebook. It takes a day or two to get over the tech cravings — to go through texting withdrawal and move from smart phone separation anxiety to an exhilarating experience of freedom — but they do it. And they love it.

Older campers talk about how they’re more fully present to all of their emotions, even the disappointment and jealousy that can erupt when, for example, you’re

Summer of Ecological Experience & Discovery summer day camps for age 3 through rising 6th grade

passed over for team captain. They talk about how campers have the peace and

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quiet and the right people around to help them work through whatever’s bothering them. “At home, if I was mad at my friend, I’d go online and start some drama, even though I know I shouldn’t. Or I’d be texting ‘nastygrams,’” a 15-year-old camper told me. “There’s no place for that kind of stuff here at camp — here we deal directly and honestly. It’s a relief.” Kids talk about how at home they go online because they feel anxious about missing out, and how nice it is to be at camp where you don’t have to deal with any of it at all.

Camp counselors also talk about how hard it is at first to break the habit of checking email all day long and to cooperate with the camp expectation that they don’t pull out their smart phone in front of campers. But once they, too, get through the withdrawal, they feel

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exhilarated to be released from the entire world screaming, “Check in! Just check in!”

They talk about how relaxing, joyful and liberating it is to have a job that requires them to be fully present, to love where and who you are, to bring your best self to this moment, and to focus on who is with you and what’s surrounding you. For campers and counselors alike, being present this way heightens people’s attention, focus, and creativity — all the things we know that technology and multitasking can dilute.

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*Light House Studio See ad page 68

8–18

Film camps: narrative, animation, music video, vfx & more. Taught by professionals.

lighthousestudio.org 293-6992

*The Little Gym Summer Camps See ad page 59

3–8

Loads of active fun & games with a theme each week. Flexible schedule.

thelittlegym.com/charlottesvilleva 975-5437

*Living Earth School See ad page 62

7-17

Day & overnight camps. Earth skills, nature connection, adventure & more.

livingearthva.com 540-456-7339

*Millstone of Ivy Summer Camp See ad page 66

3–6

Swimming, arts & crafts, cooking projects, outdoor adventures, special guests & more.

millstoneofivy.com 979-2111

*Montpelier Mud Camp See ad page 63

G 3–6

Outdoor camp exploring forests, fields & streams; also games, crafts, & local ecology.

montpelier.org/mudcamp 540-672-2728 x402

*Mountaintop Montessori’s Seed Summer Camp See ad page 61

3 yrs – G6

Garden-to-table & ecology day camps offer gardening, cooking & fun local trips.

mountaintopseedproject.org 979-8886

*Nike Tennis Camp at UVA See ad page 56

9–18

Players of all abilities build tennis skills with Brian Boland, UVA head coach. R option

ussportscamps.com 1-800-645-3226

*Oakland School Summer Camp See ad page 72

6–14

Academics & activities. Individualized instruction, small classes, summer fun.

oaklandschool.net 293-9059

*Reading & Activity Camp See ad page 77

5–13

Fun and engaging day programs to encourage a life-long love of reading.

houseofrefugeoutreachmin.org 806-4936

Experience something special! see what kids and parents are raving about Day & Overnight Nature Camps for boys & girls, ages 7-17

Check out our other

adult & family programs!

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Ø 10th-12th graders Spring Career Exploration Boot Camps (April 6-10) Health Sciences, Engineering, Entrepreneurship/Business

The mission of First Presbyterian Church Preschool is to serve children and families throughout the community by creating a foundation for continuous growth and development in a nurturing, Christian environment.

Ages Served: 20 months through 5 years Enrollment options: Two, three, and five days a week, 9AM-Noon After school activities include Lunch Bunch, Wee Little Arts, Pea Pod Players, and Bricks 4 Kidz

Join us for Summer Camp 2015! See the website for more information and dates!

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For detailed program info: www.pvcc.edu/kidscollege To register call: 434.961.5354

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firstprescharlottesville.org/preschool Donna Buchanan, Director

Mud Camp Natural History Day Camps

Available for grades 3rd-6th, Mud Camp offers local and visiting children a chance to explore Montpelier’s acres of forest, fields, and streams in a week-long day camp. Campers hike, play outdoor games, do crafts, get up close with local ecology and — you guessed it — get muddy!

alone and at peace, not just independent

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from their parents. They learn to relate

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and rely on themselves within themselves, and that is such an essential relationship for children to develop — the ability to be

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by yourself and not feel alone or bored, but to feel content walking down the bunk line by yourself or walking down the path to jewelry or canoeing. In those moments MudCamp.indd during the day where children are walking

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without fear or interruptions (no texting!), they are able to hear their own inner thoughts or listen to the birds or the water on the lake getting more and more distant.

It’s an embodied experience of yourself and your surroundings, not a disconnected

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experience mediated through technology.

That’s increasingly hard to come by today, and it’s an important capacity that we want our kids to develop.

This isn’t a matter of nostalgia for iconic,

old-fashioned

days. Tech

has

affected our kids in ways that go deeply to their capacity for learning and for living an active, engaged life. The consequences show up clearly in the camp setting, and they are red flags for children’s healthy overall development that deserve our attention, because they can undermine some of the most time-honored aspects of the camp experience. Two of the most common

concerns

that

tech

affects:

anxiety and autonomy.

Kids often report feeling more anxious

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{resources camp} when they’re alone. They don’t know how to be alone and feel good or even okay. We want our children to learn that they can rely on themselves. We want our children to understand that when they’re packing to go, we know they’re “packing us” with them in the sense of carrying our love and encouragement with them. Now they need to have the freedom and space to develop their own values. When the boundaries between home and camp disappear, the

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sense of independence and autonomy is diluted. When kids know their parents are watching them, even if it’s online from a distance, they feel the gaze IRL (in real life), and they sense when the photographer or videographer is there.

As wonderful as smart phones, social media and online sites are, they encourage a kind of dependency between parents and children that undermines so many of the very processes that camp offers. When children can text their parents throughout the day (which can seem totally benign),

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the ease of it can turn to habit, and habit AND

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can lead to over-texting and asking too many unnecessary questions. In fact, kids begin to assume that it’s easier to ask their parents a question and wait for the answer than to ask and answer it for themselves.

The experience of leaving home, going to camp and learning how to answer those questions — learning how to depend on a peer or a counselor rather than a parent — is so important to build children’s confidence, self-reliance and the sense of power and efficacy that comes from the achievement of going away from home for several weeks and not just being fine, but thriving.

The

core

traits

for

life

success,

identified more than a decade ago by psychologist Martin Seligman, founder of

Camp Strawderman Est. 1929 In the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Girls 6-17. Real mountain camping in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains. Riding, Swimming, Tennis, Archery, Hiking, Crafts, Dramatics, Nature Study, Indian Lore, Dancing and Music. Experienced Leaders.

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the field of positive psychology, include grit (or a sturdy perseverance), selfcontrol, optimism, zest, curiosity, social and emotional intelligence, gratitude, joy and resilience. Camp is the best place to develop these — especially when unplugged! Without doubt one of the best ways to develop these traits is to have an immersive camp experience with all its ups and downs (including homesickness, big disappointments, heartache and hurt feelings).

Name

Ages

Features

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*Science Camp Watonka See ad page 56

8–16

Boys’ camp offering hands-on programs in all of the sciences & more. R, ACA

watonka.com 570-857-1401

*SOCA Summer Soccer Camps See ad page 60

4–18

Basic & advanced skills training, position socaspot.org training, mini-tournaments & more. R option 975-5025

*Space Explorers Camp at John C. Wells Planetarium See ad page 75

G 2–10

Seeks to inspire & excite the next generation of scientists & engineers. On JMU campus. R

jmu.edu/planetarium 540-568-4071

*Spectrum Summer Programs at Tandem Friends School See ad page 52

G 1–8

An array of creative offerings in the arts, adventure, basketball, drumming & yoga.

tandemfs.org 760-3097

*St. Anne’s-Belfield School See ad page 55

G P–12

Tech camps for coders & makers; short-play festival; sports, reading & enrichment camps.

stab.org/summer 296-5106

*Summer Art Camp with Lee Alter See ad page 60

3–12

Watercolor, graphite & mixed media; sand tray work. Individual & group projects.

leealterartist.com 760-9658

*Triple C Camp See ad page 54

G K–10

Offerings include horses, swimming & ropes course. Lunches included, transportation.

tripleccamp.com 293-2529

*UVA Youth Recreation Intramural Recreational Sports See ad page 58

18 mo. & up

Learn lifetime skills at “Swimming’s Cool” & “Summer Tennis.”

recsports.virginia.edu 924-3791 Continued on page 69

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{inspiration camp} Unplugging Parents, Too Many camp directors and staff tell me that they want to resist the pressure to “go tech” or to ease restrictions they have on allowable tech use, but they struggle in the constant onslaught of new devices and new pressures to accommodate them.

Rather than feel ever on the defense, digging in against the pressure to powerup, in my work with camps — as in my work with schools — we push the refresh button with regard to how they may have quickly adapted to tech and can now revisit those decisions with experience and newer research to guide them.

For example, some schools revisit policies allowing cell phones in the halls and pathways and reestablish that pathways and halls are cell free. Why? Because they learned from experience that with cell phone use, no one was making eye contact anymore, saying hello or even sending the subtle emotional smoke signals that ignoring someone used to convey. As new apps and devices enter rapidly, it’s important to repeatedly reevaluate how we feel, how we connect,

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Creative weekly themes.

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Ages 2 /2 through Pre-K 1

Ages 3 through K

Numerous schedule optioNs

Half Day, Extended Day & Full Day Programs

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{resources camp} what we gain and what is lost with each -The Oldest Girls’ Camp in the VirginiasEsTablishEd in 1922

new iteration. It’s never too late to hit pause, refresh and reboot with a different program.

In a similar way, some camps are also hitting the reboot key with regard to posting daily photos and videos on the

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camp website. Directors feel pressure from parents to hire camp photographers who methodically roam camp to be sure to get a “happy camper” photo of every camper on a rotating schedule. Campers feel the everwatchful eye of the camera and, in a sense, the ever watchful eye of their parents who

Art adventures await during our weeks of Summer Camp 2015!

scour the camp’s website for posts of their own kids and complain if they are absent or don’t look happy enough. Further, campers get upset when sacred camp rituals appear on YouTube or embarrassed when a photo captures them in what they feel is a less than post-worthy picture.

Camp Dates Monday through

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daily photos of campers has broken down the healthy experience of distance and separation between parents and children that camp offers. The online photo updates can set parents to anxiously checking the camp website and ultimately undermine

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parents learning to separate from their children. Part of the wonderful experience of camp for kids is to have experiences out of sight of their parents, and to relay those experiences to parents (or not) through telling their own story or showing their own photos, without their parents having vicariously seen it all online.

With

parents’

support

and

cooperation, camps can offer young people unmediated experiences of themselves and others that are so rare as to be nearly extinct elsewhere — experiences that are crucial to becoming healthy, wholehearted, successful, independent adults.

A life-long camper, Catherine is a consulting psychologist to summer camps, training staff and serving as an on-call advisor, and author of “The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age.” Originally printed in the September/October 2014 Camping Magazine. Reprinted with permission of the American Camp Association. ©2014 American Camping Association, Inc.

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Ages

Features

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*UVA Women’s Soccer Camp See ad page 56

G 1–12

Focus on improving individual skill and understanding of the game.

virginiawomenssoccer.com 775-313-4050

*Virginia Discovery Museum See ad page 58

Pirates & princesses, art, cooking, superhero, vadm.org dinosaur, kid lit camps & more.

977-1025

*Wilson School of Dance See ad page 56

3–18

Offers Princess/Tangled/fairyland ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, ballet & intensives.

wilsonschoolofdance.com 973-5678

*Woodberry Forest Camps See ad page 3

5–16

Sports camps for boys, including football, basketball & lacrosse & co-ed squash. R, F

woodberry.org/summer 540-672-6044

*Woodworking with Children See ad page 77

5–14

A woodworking experience using hand tools, for beginners & intermediate levels.

kidsoutandabout.com /woodworking, 979-1220

Parents Please Note:

At the time of publication, many of the businesses and organizations planning summer camps this year had not yet firmed up the details for their programs. Please use the information we’ve gathered here as a “spring board” for your research into finding the right summer program for your family. We urge all parents to visit and interview each camp to make certain that it is safe, there are qualified staff and it is a good programming fit for your family. We do not in any way represent the businesses and organizations presented herein. The information presented here is for informational purposes only, and although every effort has been made to present accurate information, we do not in any way accept responsibility for the accuracy of this information or for the businesses and organizations presented herein.

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RealJunior Scientists Today’s Amazing Science Fairs

By Jody Hobbs Hesler

Remember those tri-fold poster boards from science fairs past, with neatly lettered sections — hypothesis, materials, observations, results, conclusion? Maybe yours included a few colorful bar graphs and, for the really fancy projects, something on display that made a tidy, controlled chemical reaction. For one science fair many years ago, I experimented with inducing sleep in gerbils — a project that involved changes in lighting, different kinds of music and a borrowed gerbil.

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made of magnets,” says Xander, adding that “we want to create

Now, it’s “a lot different than growing plants in the dark or playing

small-scale superconducting cars.” “Superconductors have a

different music to plants” (or gerbils), says Jeff Prillaman, director

special current,” explains Alex. “When they get cold, they allow

of the Math, Engineering and Science Academy (MESA) at

other magnets to hover a certain distance away, creating a

Albemarle High School. “You’ve got kids that are really pushing

levitating effect that’s extremely powerful.”

the envelope. There’s hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize

Liquid

nitrogen

provides

the

cold

that

powers

the

money, patent applications. . . . They’re thinking more about the

superconductors to create levitation. Alex points out that nitrogen

possibilities than the limits of things.”

is “the fifth most plentiful element out there, so that in and of

Prillaman’s students prove his point with projects like

itself is very promising.” And the levitation eliminates friction,

designing a bath mat that takes vital signs. “Passive Health

making travel very efficient. “A superconductor that can fit in your

Monitoring: Developing a Bathroom Floormat to Track Weight,

hand can levitate a whole car,” Xander says. These young men

Pulse and Blood Pressure,” developed by Stacy, a senior, earned

hope their project might advance greener transportation planning.

prizes at the Virginia Piedmont Regional Science Fair and at the

Caitlin, a senior at Western Albemarle High School, went all

Virginia State Science and Humanities Symposium last year.

the way to the international science fair in Los Angeles last year

“Large portions of the population have issues such as diabetes and

with her project, where she “tried to manipulate a certain kind of

hypertension and atherosclerosis, other conditions related to

RNA . . . to figure out what its function was in the creation of

metabolic syndrome, and obesity,” says Stacy, noting that all of

muscle so, hypothetically, we could manipulate that RNA in

these “can lead to heart disease, kidney failure, strokes and

people who don’t have sufficient muscle mass,” she says.

blindness.” Her mat can help with early detection and continuous monitoring of all these common health concerns.

Jack, another WAHS 12th-grader, has a patent pending for a paper test strip he developed for his science fair project last year.

Also impressive is the project Alex and Xander, 11th-graders at

The strip tests for consciousness-altering substances that might

AHS, are working on this year — “a small city where the roads are

have been slipped into someone’s drink, protecting college

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{inspiration learning} students

and

young

adults

from

unanticipated harms. On top of the forthcoming

patent,

his

project

has

garnered wide attention and a spot on the TEDx speaker circuit. For this year’s science fair project, Jack intends to build on and refine his work from last year.

Where Do Those Ideas Come From?

Some science fair projects address global issues, and others grow a little more directly out of the special interests of the students.

For example, Seymour, a senior at WAHS,

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was inspired by a few friends with asthma who run cross country with him. “I’ve seen them use their inhalers before practice sometimes,” he says. As he explains, he “basically invented a spirometer to test for different pulmonary diseases such as asthma,

COPD

[chronic

obstructive

pulmonary disease] and cystic fibrosis.”

More

specifically,

his

portable

spirometer is for “patients with more extreme cases of asthma or CF [who] have to go the hospital every three months to monitor their condition,” he says. “With a portable spirometer, they wouldn’t have to make those frequent visits to the hospital, and they can tell what medications they need

with

the

[spirometer’s]

measurements.” Seymour has a patent pending and a crowd-funding site in place to raise money to bring his project into production.

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Running cross country inspired another project for this year, too. Rosemarie, a junior MESA student at AHS and a cross

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Last year at the Charlottesville Catholic School, seventh-grader Anna developed a project incorporating a karaoke-style game that measures the pitch of a singing voice to determine “which drink helps your voice sing better — milk, soda, juice,” she says.

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drink and also sang without drinking anything” as a control. This year, Anna will examine how listening to music while studying affects memory. “I’m really interested in music,” she says, “so that was a topic of interest for me.”

A classmate of Anna’s, Charlottesville Catholic School eighthgrader Andrew, is testing “what material is the best insulation for sandwiches in terms of bacteria colonies.” He plans to test foil, plastic containers, plastic wrap and a control sandwich in open air. Instead of using regular microscope slides, “we’re using agar plates,” he says, because the plates “just count the colonies of bacteria instead of the specific particles of bacteria.”

Andrew’s interest in this project comes from a couple of things. First, “I like to eat sandwiches,” he says. Second, he explains, “sometimes my mom gets mad at me for forgetting to let her know I didn’t eat a sandwich during school, and [leaving it] in my lunchbox . . . overnight, and, up to now, she just throws it away.”

Andrew is eager to find out the results of his project because, he

It’s All About the Scientific Method

says, “this could actually prove her wrong.”

Projects can address any number of things, from attempting to

Emma, a sixth-grader at the Covenant School, has a special

solve pressing world issues to attempting to prove mothers wrong.

interest in medieval armor, which gave her an idea for the science

But in order to be successful at the fair, all projects must follow

fair. “I decided I was going to make little square panels of armor

the scientific method and demonstrate that the experimenters

from three different countries in the ancient times and shoot

truly grasp principles of scientific knowledge.

them with a bow and arrow and see which one was the most

“We ask judges every year to make sure they’re really looking

protective and most durable,” she says. Emma is extra excited

for students who are able to describe the scientific process,” says

because “crossbows were one of the useful weapons during that

Adrian Felts, director of the Virginia Piedmont Regional Science

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{inspiration learning} Felts says. They want to see projects that show technical prowess, creativity and innovation. “The more innovative projects are often the ones who win [top prize] because they solve real problems,” Felts says. But “those that execute the scientific method and really understand the science behind what they were trying to find out also win prizes.”

Becoming Real Scientists The real value of the science fair, says MESA’s Prillaman, is that it gives students “the opportunity to address a bigger question, do longer-term research and experimentation, to develop something themselves, and to take a little more hand in their own learning.”

“In general, [students] approach the science fair with more enthusiasm” than they bring to the standard curriculum, echoes Charlottesville Catholic School science teacher Bridget Hass, “because it’s a topic that they chose, that they’re interested in.”

“With this kind of independence-based project, we see it affecting must show that they have “executed the scientific method well, be

the way [students] learn,” says Covenant School science teacher

able to discuss what happened, what went right, what went wrong

Chris Hall. It helps them understand “the scientific process in a

and what they can improve for the next time,” Felts says.

deep way.”

Each fair attracts about 300 students from sixth through 12th

Students appreciate these benefits, too. “By doing [my] science

grades, according to Felts. It takes about 110 judges to evaluate

fair project,” WAHS junior Lillian says, “I could really get into this

the projects across a spectrum of categories. First-place winners

world of the scientist and be a real little scientist.” Lillian has been

in each category vie for best in show. (This year’s fair is being held

participating in science fairs since eighth grade. Among other

at the John Paul Jones Arena on March 17.)

distinctions, she has won Virginia’s Bio-Genius challenge, and a

In determining the best projects, judges are not looking for “a student who checks all the boxes and did it because they had to,”

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{inspiration learning} Thinking like a scientist is exactly what the science fair is all about. Maybe you’re building a physical model with funnels and balls, like Covenant School fifth-grader Abi, in order to demonstrate mutations caused in

cystic

fibrosis.

Or

maybe

you’re

borrowing space in a parent’s lab at Case Western Reserve Hospital in Cleveland, like AHS MESA 11th-grader Rahim, who hopes of helping to find treatments for cystic fibrosis by examining “the differences 2015-16

between cells that are affected by CF and normal cells.”

These two projects share a similar focus, but what really makes them alike is the thread found throughout all science fair projects: No matter what students do for the science fair, it will teach them that becoming a real scientist involves lots of failure

and

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{until next time humorous reflections}

The Game of Life

Daughters, Dating and Discernment

By Rick Epstein

“Dad, do you like Joe?” asks my 16-year-old daughter

easy to like. He’s enthusiastic and positive — his favorite

Marie.

expression is, “That’s cool!” He’s polite and even friendly

Do I like Joe? The burly 17-year-old who is my chief

to my wife and me.

rival for Marie’s time and affection? The garage-band

Best of all, he seems to appreciate the specialness

rocker whose vocals are so angry that he almost chokes

of Sally’s wacky 10-year-old sister, Wendy. Under Alex’s

on them? The rebel with dyed-black hair and multiple

influence, Sally accords humane treatment to her kid

earrings who cannot bring himself to call me Mr.

sister. One Saturday when Alex was about to arrive, I

Epstein? The cynic who thinks his schoolmates are dopey

overheard Wendy telling a visiting cousin, “You know

hypocrites and his teachers are hypocritical dopes? The

how Sally is, right? Well, watch how nice she is when Alex

virile lout who can stay awake later than I can in order

comes over!”

to achieve unsupervised smooching time with my child?

That Joe?

With all this encouragement, Wendy gladly chaperones the young lovers while they are in our house. If they want

Well, to be honest, he falls short of the ideal. But it’s

to be alone, they go out for a long walk.

hard to find a charmless computer-whiz who would be

Although Wendy adores her sister’s beau, love is

willing to divide his time between

perfuming the air of her fourth-grade classroom, too.

solving my email problems

She’s at the age where boys are becoming a tiny bit more

and watching late-night

civilized, and the girls are sensible to the upgrade. Wendy

movies

with

Marie

and me. “It’s not

She’s at the age where boys are becoming a tiny bit more civilized, and the girls are sensible to the upgrade. Wendy has even picked one out of the group, but he doesn’t know it.

Only Wendy’s girlfriends do.

has even picked one out of the group, but he doesn’t know it. Only Wendy’s girlfriends do.

about you!” Marie

This is the very beginning of The Game — when the

points out from

contestants are starting to learn the rules and trying to

time

decide who goes first.

and

to

time,

sometimes

It’s gratifying that my daughters care whether I like

I almost believe

their boyfriends. And I try not to miss a chance to tell a

her.

child something important. So I say to Marie, “You know

Back

when

I

what I like about Joe? He doesn’t put you through the

was 13, the place

emotional wringer. He likes to make you smile, not cry.

to be every spring

He is on your side. That’s the test of a relationship. There

evening was at the Babe

are couples whose lives are emotional rollercoaster rides

Ruth League baseball game.

of disapproval, possessiveness, guilt, accusation, distrust,

While the finer male specimens

betrayal, fights, breakups and reconciliations — and they

played ball, we others ate frozen Milky Way bars from the

call it Love. And there are couples who give each other

snack bar and tried to flirt with the girls in the bleachers.

no space and begrudge each other any joy. You and Joe

At home, whenever I’d refer to “the game,” my dad, who

are allies, which is the only way to be. But do I like Joe? I

liked to call things by their right names, would say, “The

can’t. I think you should dump him and go back to being

game? You mean The Game of Life.”

my little girl.”

Now my 13-year-old, Sally, has jumped into The

My great idea earns me only a laugh and a hug.

Game. She and a tall, slim boy went to a dance as “just friends” and the next thing you know, they are holding hands on the couch and strolling around town with their arms around each other like he’s a Navy sailor on shore leave. “Dad,” asks Sally, “Do you like Alex?” Actually, Alex is

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