From our friends at K-Lean’s Tennis at Glendoveer Golf & Tennis K-Lean’s After-school Tennis is a top-notch junior development program for kids ages 5 to 18 from September into June in Portland, Oregon. They focus on providing a FUN, fast paced, high cardio and game based approach that adds excitement and enjoyment for the kids […]
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Portland Children’s Museum Hosts Building Bridges Family Music Festival A Full Weekend of Interactive, Music-Focused Fun on September 21 and 22, 2019 Kids will be making instruments, banging and plucking instruments, learning about how music is made, singing and dancing up a storm, and even designing their own “festival fashion” at the first annual Building
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From our friends at Music Together® of Portland Early childhood is a remarkable time in human development, in which children’s brains, bodies, and abilities are growing more rapidly than at any other time. It is also a time when our littlest humans are forming their most significant life-long relationships; they are learning the sense of
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From our friends at the Lincoln City Kite Festival Colors of the fall, in the form of big show kites, take to the skies at the D River State Recreation Site on October 5th and 6th. The Lincoln City Fall Kite Festival will zoom onto the beach to delight kite fans of all ages. Bring
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Top 5: Allergy-Friendly After-School Treat Stops 1. Shake off the day at Cully’s cozy whole-foods café Tiny Moreso and tuck into a Rawdacious mini-cake — GF, vegan, raw and available in a rainbow of flavors from pumpkin to blueberry coconut. 2.Over on Alberta Street, Back to Eden’s bakery-café serves up a mighty assortment
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We are excited to partner with OnPoint Community Credit Union to create this special Piggy Bank section to help you with family finances — how you can save money, plan for the future, and teach your kids to be money smart.
Learn about great options for birth, child care, health, gear and more.
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Load your family in the car for a memory-making meal at these two drive-thru restaurants. Sugarpine Drive In By Julia Silverman I grew up on the East Coast, where soft serve in the summertime is pretty much a religion. I always get the same order: vanilla, in a cup, with rainbow sprinkles and a maraschino
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Are you looking for a preschool or school for this fall? Whether you are enrolling for the first time or making a change, there are many schools and programs all over the city with space available. Explore some of the options below! Aprende con Amigos Preschool Aprende con Amigos is an innovative research-based Spanish immersion
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Top 5: Late-Summer Art Encounters ➊ Handmade clothing and art, live music and a kids-only play zone pop up in the Beaumont neighborhood during Fremont Fest, August 3. ➋ Little pickers will go wild over 120-plus booths of flea market finds at Junk Refunk Street Market, also August 3, in downtown Canby.
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Is a nanny right for your family? Here are some considerations to create a nanny agreement that will best serve the parents, the nanny and the children involved.
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Our 2019 reader poll winners for kid-friendly yoga classes and studios. WINNER: Imagination YogaIn a town bursting with yoga options, Imagination Yoga gets the nod from our readers for its focus on children. The benefits yoga offers kids are well documented — it helps with mindfulness and focus, and teaches kids to be OK, even
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From our friends at evo, a skate shop, bike shop, surf shop, wake shop, ski/snowboard shop, camping store, and lifestyle retailer all under one roof. [Editor’s Note for Summer 2020: Check the location’s website for the latest updates on closures or changes before heading out. Follow social distancing best practices and prepared to be flexible with
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You don’t have to become a foster parent to help local foster children. By Allie Roth, founder and president, and Adriane Driscoll, board member, at With Love, a Portland-based non-profit organization. We consider ourselves pretty lucky to live and raise children in the Pacific Northwest. We’re surrounded by natural beauty, great parks and rec, art,
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From our friends at evo, a skate shop, bike shop, surf shop, wake shop, ski/snowboard shop, camping store, and lifestyle retailer all under one roof [Editor’s Note for Summer 2020: Check the location’s website for the latest updates on closures or changes before heading out. Follow social distancing best practices and prepared to be flexible with
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Our 2020 readers’ poll winners for the best indoor play spaces in the Portland area.
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Your guide to water fun in the Portland metro area.
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PDX doesn’t have a MLB team, but our minor and collegiate baseball teams still give your family a chance to root for the local boys of summer.
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From our friends at Oregon Mermaids Free Entrance, Music, Mermaids, Vendors and Food!July 20, 2019 10 am – 8 pmDirector Park, Portland Don’t miss this family-friendly festival that brings awareness to conservation with a fun “under the sea” theme! Oregon Mermaids will be kicking off the day’s festivities with their fun, educational “Marine Debris From
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From our friends The Launch Team Kids need new challenges and ways to push their limits, a way to get off the couch and away from the ever-present digital noise of their lives. They need something that doesn’t require elaborate equipment, dedicated spaces to practice in, or a team of people to participate (although more
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Portland Summer Date Night Ideas
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From our friends at evo, a skate shop, bike shop, surf shop, wake shop, ski/snowboard shop, camping store, and lifestyle retailer all under one roof For many kids, sports present a great outlet for their energy, provide great exercise, and they also teach valuable life lessons of hard work, dedication, and resilience. After all, one
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Now that summer has started, maybe you are reconsidering your summer camp plans. You’re in luck: there are fantastic camps all over Portland and beyond that still have spaces available! Here are 10 more camps with space available: Big Winds Kids Windsurfing Camp This 4-day program prioritizes fun, and gets kids windsurfing in no time.
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Everybody loves secrets, right? So every year, as summer kicks off, we like to let you in on ours — the people and places around Portland that we think deserve your attention and applause. And if our picks are already on your radar screen (because, let’s face it, you’ve probably heard of The Unipiper), then
Fun By Bike – All Summer Long!
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From our friends at Pedalheads Did you bike or walk to your destination today? Did you eat at a farm-to-table restaurant recently? Did you take transit this week? As a Portland resident, you likely did. We love that Portland peeps are environmentally conscious and enjoy exploring the 10,000+ acres of parkland. It’s no wonder Portland is the
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