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September 2010 PDF |
Download the full PDF version of the September 2010 Parent:Wise Austin magazine. |
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Filled With Song: The Benefits of Music Education for Kids |
When Ryan Voldstad was a toddler, he’d pick up a badminton racket and pretend it was a guitar. Weekdays would find him performing impromptu concerts for his friends at daycare, serenading them with his own rendition of “Little Bunny Fu Fu.” By second grade, it became apparent Ryan should play... |
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Austin: A Hotbed for Kids’ Music |
Living in Austin gives parents a distinct advantage for exposing their kids to music — the Live Music Capital of the World has its advantages, including ready access to live children’s music and excellent music instructors. Case in point: the Austin Girls’ Choir, which celebrates its 20th... |
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Holy Teen Slackers |
Do you think Mary had to nag teen Jesus to the point of psychotic break just to get him to hang his wet towel on the bathroom hook installed by Joseph? |
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Editor's Note September 2010: Opening the door to music |
I still don’t know why my mom answered the door. It was sometime in 1977, when the Hillside Strangler was terrorizing Southern California and women were advised never, ever, to open the door to a strange man. Yet my mom did. And it changed the course of my sister’s (and my) life... |
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Sizzle Sights: Capital of Texas Zoo |
I had seen the signs advertising Capital of Texas Zoo as we whizzed along Highway 71 East toward Bastrop several times. My curiosity piqued, I consulted the wisdom of yelp.com, where the few reviews glowed. So on a beastly hot Sunday afternoon, our family bestirred itself to the zoo. My... |
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Back-to-School Night |
“Welcome, parents.” The pretty teacher smiled as she introduced herself and the rest of the third grade staff on Back-to-School Night. |
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Family Theatre, Movies, Music and Exhibits: SEPTEMBER 2010 |
Hamlet: Sept. 17-Oct. 3. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark! Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy comes to live for ages 12+. Scottish Rite Children’s Theatre, 207 West 18th St. www.srct.org, 472-5436 Into the Woods: Through Sept. 17. This play tells the story of a Baker and his... |
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The Lice Edition: Part 2 |
Last year’s back-to-school Cool or Crummy “Got Lice” article was so popular that we thought we’d revisit the topic again this year — chiefly because the American Academy of Pediatrics recently published a new policy paper on the... |
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STORYTIMES: September 2010 |
Please note: Austin Public Library storytimes have changed for Fall 2010. Please check the listings below — and always call to confirm before attending a storytime! |
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LiceKiller | $57 |
After five bouts with head lice —one of which occurred on a European vacation!— Tester Mama Cindi was ready to shave everyone’s head and call it quits. |
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Licenders | $20 (shampoo)- $120 (lice eradication kit) |
Formulated by a chemist, this shampoo is completely natural, containing peppermint extract and enzymes that break down the shell of the louse. |
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Good Riddance | $26 (4 treatments) |
Twila, the owner of the The Herb Bar, has been blending up this up this concoction for 15-years and readers absolutely swear by it. |
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Please Stop Laughing At Me |
Released for the first time in paperback, Jodee Blanco details her painful years in junior high and high school, recounting myriad episodes of bullying that led her parents to take her to a psychologi |
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A Isn't for Fox, An Isn't Alphabet Zero, Zilch, Nada, Counting to None |
These two picture books are unlike others of their genre. |
