PHOTOS: (STUDENTS) VEER; (ALL OTHERS) KATHRYN GAMBLE
f a m ily n e w s
CUES YOU CAN USE FOR TIME TOGETHER
by WENDY STRAKER HAUSER
i n t r o d u c e s
Bonus: S o d aStream ’s flavors have
W A L K T H E T A L K
Stop telling your kids about how you
used to walk to school and start
showing them.
S afe R o u te s to S ch o o l
encourages children to walk or bike to
class, giving them a head start on the
recommended daily
60
minutes of
activity. We love the “walking school
buses” concept: Kids (and parents) go
house to house picking others up along
the way. Find out how to start your own
local chapter at
saferoutesinfo.org
and
hit the sidewalk.
G E T C O O K IN G
Kids’ culinary site Sticky Fingers Cooking
has a recipe-of-the-month club, and
membership comes complete with recipe
box, a mixing bowl, and measuring spoons,
b e lo w
.
Each month one recipe (on spill-proof
paper) arrives in the mail addressed to your
child—and it even includes allergy-minded
substitutions and variations so your
young chef doesn’t get bored.
$ 3 6
a year,
a m e
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,
L E G O
f i v e n e w
b o a r d n a m e s
t o
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.
9 9
/ t m s
m o n t h , m c l u d i n
Creationary,
a h a n d s - o n t a k e o n
P i c t i o n a r y , i n w h i c h
p l a y e r s g u e s s w h a t
y o u ’v e b u i l t .
R o l l t h e d i c e
a n d p i c k y o u r
p r o j e c t :
n a t u r e ,
b u i l d i n g s ,
t h i n g s , o r
v e h i c l e s . S t a r t
w o r k i n g o n y o u r
d i n o s a u r n o w ,
M ILEY’S SONG
Set aside an evening nowforthefilm
The
Last Song,
out April
2
. Kids will go for M iley
Cyrus, moms for Greg Kinnear. Based on
Nicholas Sparks' novel about first love, teen
angst, and the importance of family, the PG-i
3
filrn is set in a
small Southern beach town where an estranged father (Kinnear) spends the
summer with his teenage daughter (Cyrus), who'd rather be home in New
York. They reconnect through the only thing they have in
common— music. Post-flick fol low-up: Trade tunes with
1
yourteenforaplaylistyoucanshare.
[ DIY BUBBLY ]
A cco rd in g to th e U.S. Recycling Institute,
m ore than 8 0 p ercen t of sod a cans in the
U.S. end up in landfills. W ith S o d a S tre a m ,
a b len d er-size app liance that turn s
w ater into so d a, y o u r kids can be eco -
frien d ly and still enjoy th eir favorite soft
drink. T h e d evice (starting at $ 9 0 at
sodastream.com
) co m es w ith plastic
bottles m ade from reusable m aterials.
tw o -th ird s few er carb s, calories, and
sugar than retail sod as, and th ey save
m oney, too. Packets co st less than $5 and
m ake 33 can s' w orth of soda.
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