Your guide to activities and fun things to do with your preschoolers, toddlers and kids in columbus, OH

Slate Run Historical Farm Offers A Taste of 19th Century Life

July 13, 2009

It was a lovely Sunday, so my husband and I packed up the kids for a day out at one of the parks. This time we chose the Slate Run Historical Farm, a living farm that demonstrates work and family life on a farm in the 1880's. If you've never been to the farm, you are missing out on a great history lesson for your kids, including a reminder of how we got our food in the days before supermarkets and food processing plants.
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Visiting the Pumpkin Patch: Circle S Farms

by Christina Mack

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...

What to Do this week: The Ohio State Fair

by Christina Mack

July 28, 2008

This week I have only one suggestion for what to do, because the Ohio State Fair is such an amazing event. More than 150 years old, the state fair is one of the largest in the country. Once a 17 day event, it has since been scaled back to 11 days, giving you less time to get out to the fairgrounds and enjoy all there is to see. There are the exhibits that have been there since before we  Read more...