Save the Date
Tue, Sep 25: Sensory Inclusive Afternoon at Discovery Gateway Children's Museum
Sat, Sep 29: Lantern Fest-Salt Lake City at Utah Motorsports Campus
Sat, Sep 29: QUILT AND TEXTILE SHOW at FARMERS MARKET - The City of South Jordan
Thu, Oct 4: Gearapalooza: Salt Lake City, UT - The Ultimate Baby Gear and Registry Event at Infinity Event Center
Sat, Oct 13: Monster Mash and Dash at Heritage Park - Kaysville
Thu, Oct 18: Homeschool Social – Monster Mash Snack Bowl at As You Wish Pottery Painting Place (Station Park Studio)
Fri, Nov 2: Ghostbusters in Concert - Utah Symphony at Abravanel Hall
*Some events may have additional dates. Click through to see more information.
Dear KidsOutAndAbout readers:
When I was growing up in Cranford, NJ, a lovely retired couple lived in the house to the left of ours. My sister and I called them Auntie Lu and Uncle Roy, and they were fixtures on Sylvester Street. They were the types who would bring some of their kids' old toys down from the attic, arrange them on their front porch, and invite the neighborhood kids up for cookies and lemonade and a few games from the '50s.
Somewhere along the way, I'm pretty sure it was when I was about 6 years old, Auntie Lu decided that I was going to grow up to be President of the United States. I'm not sure exactly when or why she decided this, but she refused to be moved from this conviction. She reminded me about it often.
It was the 1970s, that delightful time to grow up, when the culture (at least the culture in Cranford, NJ) seemed relieved to leave all that nonsense about women's opportunities not being equal to men's opportunities safely in the past. Even Auntie Lu, who must have been in her 60s at the time, wasn't making a political statement about me someday being a woman President—she probably figured we'd pass that hurdle fairly soon—she just thought for some reason that I'd be a good one. Even when I informed her as I was going off to college that I was going to be an English major and was not particularly interested in political science, she smiled, nodded, and told me that was all right, that Presidents needed to be able to write well.
As you've no doubt gathered by this time, I'm not the President of the United States, and I'm not headed in that direction. But Auntie Lu's decades of unshakable confidence that I would be, or at least that I could be, did me no harm.
Everyone needs an absurdly overconfident cheerleader in his or her corner. Whose Auntie Lu are YOU?
—Debra Ross, Publisher, EntertainmentCalendar.com
Did you know that Saturday, September 22, is Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day Live? They call it "an annual celebration of boundless curiosity." It's a day when you can visit a local museum or cultural institution for FREE. We know it can be tough to pay admission to a new museum when you're not sure how your kids will react to what's inside. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to try someplace new for absolutely FREE. So go. Use the link to look up the museums participating in your area. Then be sure to register and download your tickets.
Farm fun, fall festivals, pumpkins, Halloween, and so much more! Fall is jam-packed with family fun, and you can find all our essential fun-for-fall lists together in KidsOutAndAbout's Master Guide to Fall Fun!
Click here, then get out there!
¡Fiesta for Nature! - Tracy Aviary
Join The Nature Conservancy at ¡Fiesta for Nature! Your family will spend a beautiful afternoon exploring the nature preserve while enjoying free tacos, arts and activities for kids, and live music and folkloric dancing.
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Did you know Utah Children's Theatre offers arts classes for young children ages 3-5? Theatre Beginnings (Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday afternoons) teaches acting and confidence skills. Arts Expression Preschool (Tuesday mornings) incorporates all aspects of the arts including acting, story time, arts and crafts, singing, movement, and more! We are not a day care. Students actively learn and explore for the entire time. Become a season ticket holder at UCT and get 10% off all classes! Mention KOAA for 50% off your first month's tuition for Theatre Beginnings or Arts Expression Preschool. Call 801-532-6000 or visit https://uctheatre.org/ for more information.
Full Moon Lift Rides - Sundance Mountain Resort
Experience the mountains under a starlit sky on a Full Moon Lift Ride. Perfect for a date night or family activity, each ride lasts 45 minutes to an hour and takes place on Ray’s Lift. Come prepared to bundle up as temperatures can get chilly after the sun sets.
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Join us on the Third Thursday of each month from 10-11 AM at Fountain Court for our monthly Kids Club activities. Kids will enjoy activities such as story-time, crafts, balloon-twisting, fun and games with our DJ, and other seasonal activities.
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Utah Travels Photography Exhibit - Utah Cultural Celebration Center
“Utah Travels” is a photo exhibit highlighting remarkable photographic images captured by Utahn’s during their diverse, global, travel experiences. The exhibit allows an opportunity for professional and amateur photographers of all ages to publicly present their most distinct travel photos and to share the stories of their experiences with a short descriptive paragraph. Images may represent destinations thousands of miles away or a few miles from home. Photos reflect the beauty, richness and diversity of people, events, nature, culture and all that celebrates humanity and planet earth. The Utah Cultural Celebration Center is pleased to welcome the Wasatch Camera Club to this year’s Utah Travels photography exhibition.
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It's time to choose enrichment classes and programs for the 2018-2019 school year!
There are so many opportunities for extracurricular programs in all kinds of subjects in our area! Kids can choose from academic enrichment and tutoring, to technology, sports, exercise, dance, music, performing arts, and fine arts. There are classes for preschoolers, elementary age, 'tweens, and teens.
Check out the options on KidsOutAndAbout's master list of after-school and Saturday classes.
Where can you combine the great outdoors, exercise, problem-solving skills, and family bonding? Why at a corn maze, of course! Autumn means corn maze season: get out there and get lost!
Re-visit an old Favorite or Check Out a New Place with Our List of Local Corn Mazes.
Looking for some Corn Maze Tips? We've got them for you.
How to Cure the Drop Out Rate in Youth Sports
Children who play youth sports have higher grades and greater involvement in volunteer work than those who don't. They have greater confidence, self-esteem, and build stronger relationships with their peers. Young athletes also have greater family attachment, more frequent interactions with parents, and are less likely to engage in risky behaviors.
Yet, over 70% of youth athletes drop out of sports before they enter high school. Veteran soccer coach Chris McConnell offers parents some ideas to keep kids in the game.
