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Halloween For Children With Special Needs
October 29, 2008
While most children love nearly every aspect of Halloween, some of the activities can be difficult or downright impossible for children with special needs. My own daughter has sensory issues that require me to take extra considerations into everything we plan. Other children I know have difficult food allergies that make nearly any treat they collect door-to-door a possible poison to them. Read more...
Community Trick or Treat Locations
October 28, 2008
I remember our very first Halloween in our new house four years ago. We lived in a new development, and our house was surrounded by empty lots and lots with partially complete houses. We had a big bowl of candy, but no kids were coming back to our section of the neighborhood. I can't blame them - there were only two inhabited houses at the time. So we bundled up our newborn daughter, put Read more...
Tired Of Pumpkins? Try Apples!
October 27, 2008
You might be getting tired of pumpkin farms by now. My daughters have been to three now, including one with a preschool trip, and we have quite a collection of pumpkins of all sizes out in our front yard. But the weather is supposed to improve for the weekend, so we'd like to get out and do one more outdoor activity before the cold forces us indoors. While searching for one final Read more...
Step Back In Time For All Hallows Eve
October 17, 2008
In the 21st century, Halloween is a large commercial holiday, filled with plastic pumpkin buckets, lots of candy, and kids dressed as Disney characters. We decorate our yards with foam tombstones, fake cobwebs, and pumpkins carved into fanciful designs with the help of stencils. But what was an All Hallows Eve celebration like in mid-19th century Ohio? I think the closest thing we have in Read more...
Visiting the Pumpkin Patch: Circle S Farms
October 16, 2008
Last week I posted about a farm to the north of Columbus, so it's only fair to bring you a pumpkin patch for the southern part of the county, too. One of my favorites in southern Franklin County has to be Circle S Farms . I visited Circle S Farms for the first time last year, when my daughter's preschool class traveled to the farm to pick pumpkins. I remember it was a wet, dreary day, but Read more...
It's Time for the Circleville Pumpkin Show!
October 13, 2008
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons This Wednesday marks the start of the 102nd Circleville Pumpkin Show . I went to this festival several times when I was younger, and I'm still stunned and amazed that you can hold a four day event dedicated to the orange gourd. Yet those four days are packed full of parades, competitions, demonstrations, entertainment, games, food, and of course, lots and Read more...
Visiting The Pumpkin Patch: Honey Haven Farm
October 10, 2008
With so many local farms hosting fall harvest celebrations and pumpkin patches, you could spend each weekend visiting a different one and still not visit all of the farms in the greater Columbus area. My family has been to several over the past few years, but there are a few we really enjoy and visit over and over again. One of our favorites is Honey Haven Farm . It's a slightly longer Read more...
Celebrating Halloween With The Animals
October 08, 2008
By now your child may have his Halloween costume, and it's possible you are now enduring daily requests to wear that costume. Around my house, we're going through daily questioning about what is trick-or-treat and how does it work. Even though Cordy went out collecting candy last year, she seems to have completely forgotten how to do it and wants a refresher from me. And each time I Read more...
A Special Fall Event For Special Kids
September 17, 2008
One of the things I love about fall is going to the local farms around Columbus for harvest celebrations. There's something about going out on a crisp, bright day, with the smell of fresh-cut hay filling the air and the trees beginning to change into their red, orange and yellow shades that fills me with joy for the changing of the seasons. For the past three years now, we've taken Cordy Read more...
Documenting the Changing of the Seasons
September 11, 2008
Surely you've noticed the changes over the past week in Columbus. The days are still warm, but nights and mornings are cool, with some being downright chilly. The official start of fall is less than two weeks away, and here in Ohio that means it's a matter of days until leaves begin changing colors. A great craft to do with your preschooler is to create a leaf album. You can either use Read more...
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