Calgarys Child Magazine 2011 May-June : Page 2
Front & Centre Taming the Green-Eyed Monster – 10 Sibling Rivalry Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Family Fun Take the Party Outside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Kick the Snow off those Hiking Shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Walk on the Wild Side: An Amazing World. . . . . . . . 69 Calgary on the Cheap: 10 Budget-Friendly Tips to get the Most out of Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Le Summer Boheme – 9 Ways to Amp up Your Creative Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Calgary Cares Calgary Cares is a free forum designed to match those with needs to those willing to help.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Alexander’s Quest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Elizabeth House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Helping Hearts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Kinsmen Lotto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Help is Just a Phone Call Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Food & Travel Vacation and Bust – Getting Away Without Breaking the Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Rise & Dine – Breakfast in Bed from Chez Kids . . . . . . 74 Kids in the Kitchen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Calgary’s Child About-Town: Breaking the Fast . . . . 77 Hearty Family Meals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Community Connection Out and About Alone – Keeping Your Children Safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Calgary’s Child May/June 2011 Best Bets What’s New: Parenting & Pregnancy Favs . . . . . . . . . 9 What’s New: For Life on the Run with Your Little One; For Young Readers, CDs, Parenting and Reference Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Ages & Stages Blowing Bubbles & Razzies – More Important than You Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 I Can Do it Myself! Surviving the Not-So-Terrible Twos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Ask Elizabeth: Car Seat Crisis – How to Calm the Crying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Celebrate Your Tween . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 New Ways to Parent Your Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Summer Camp Guide Camp is for Everyone! Insider’s Guide to Choosing a Summer Camp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Geocaching – Guaranteed Family Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Calgary’s Go-To Summer Camp & Program Guide 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Growing Up Online – Learning Good Wi-Fi Habits . . . 22 Keep Family Fun Up to Par . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Not a Team Player? Three Sports Your Child May Enjoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Off to Camp – Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 From Homesick Kid to Happy Camper . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Sweeter Dreams at Sleepaway Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Countdown to Summer Camp – Tips to Organize all that Stuff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Fun Food Around the Campfire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Spring into Camping Season the Right Way . . . . . . . . 45 CPL: CPL’s Reading Adventure: Splash! Celebrate Summer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Home Central Feature NEW! Design Savvy – Inside and Out Do’s and Don’ts for Doubtful Decorators . . . . . . . . . . 50 How Green is Your Floor? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Got Spring Renos? Environmentally-Friendly Paints to Freshen Your Child’s Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Creating a Family Room with Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Spring Cleaning: Give your Home an Extreme Makeover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 The Top 5 Time-Saving Items you Need to Have in your Garden Shed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 How to Improve Your Outdoor Living Space . . . . . . . 56 Calgary’s Child Magazine – Everything you love about the magazine and so much More. . . . 57 Plus – Enter to Win: Delta Bow Valley Package and Evenflo® ExerSaucer® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 The Single File: Single-Handed Home Renos. . . . . . . 58 Health & Wellness Lying in Wait – Bedrest can be a Stressful Time . . . . . . 86 The Dr. Is In: ATV Safety Q & A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Achoo! Don’t Let Spring Allergies get the Best of your Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Children’s Dental Care: Tooth Decay is Not Child’s Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Education CCSD: Year-Round Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Making the Grade: Four Keys to Acing Final Exams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Homeworks Honey, They Drywalled the Kids! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Defeat the Clutter Beast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Keeping Your Schedule Without Losing Your Sanity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Plan an End-of-the-Year Roundtable with the Kids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Parent Connection Grow With It! How to Thrive at Each Stage of Motherhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 I Can’t Believe my Child Just Did That . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 How to Stop Your Kids from Bickering . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Workplace The Mother of Invention: Finding Focus in a Busy Work World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Open for Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Calgary’s Child Calendar Calgary’s Child Magazine is now IPhone and IPod Touch Compatible. Just type in our e-Edition URL for access, look for the current issue URL address at calgaryschild.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Our Next Issue – July/Aug 2011 Theme: Summer Fun & Travel This issue's pages are full of summer fun ideas and events, vacations, last minute camp suggestions, birthday party planning as well as our sneak-a-peek Fall Class & Program Feature. Our distribution network will be complemented with the addition of dozens of family-friendly hotels to ensure we reach visiting families. ■ Summer/Fall Birthday Party Guide ■ Summer Camp and Program Guide – Part 2 ■ Early Bird Fall Class & Program Ad Feature ■ Travel & Tourism Feature Ad Booking Deadline: May 24, 2011 About Us Publisher / Editor: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. L. Ellen Percival Co-Creator: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherry Kerr – ABC Web Manager: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allison Percival Distribution Manager: Cathy Bontje . . . . . . . . . . 403-241-6066 Art Director: Cheryl Peddie/Emerge Creative . . . . 403-270-9755 Copy Editor: Melissa Thomson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-241-6066 Calgary’s Child is Everywhere calgaryschild.com On Our Cover: Photographer: Mira Arnaudova. You can view more work by Mira at istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=647919 and www.lightdelight.me. Local & National Advertising Sales Sales Manager: Barb O’Neill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-398-2224 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . advertising@calgaryschild.com Project Manager: Laura Dupont . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-547-4901 Contributors Alberta Camping Association Laura Amann Stephanie Arsenault ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen Victoria Bailey Benjamin Moore® Paints Erika Blunt Janine Boldrin Michele Boom Tara Brown Calgary Zoo ChicExecs™ Lesli Christianson-Kellow Janet Corsten, CCSD Sarah Culhane Murray Danyluk JoAnn David Ann K. Dolin, M.Ed. Jessica Fisher Chief Rick Hanson Michelle Haywood Dr. Janice Heard Wendy Helfenbaum Carolyn Jabs Malia Jacobson Jesseca Johanson Christina Katz Mira Kosevich Lisa Martinez Merry Monteleone Breanna Moore Chalsie Nixdorff Sharon Nolfi, M.A., MFT Elizabeth Pantley Robyn Passante Holly Prostebby Michele Ranard, M.Ed. Tanya Scherschel Kathy Sena Caitlin Simpson Julia Smail Kyle Smith Dr. Leonard B. 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