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Studying Abroad with MEI International Academy: Where Teenagers Live it to Learn it
It was the Face Time call that had me in tears. Sorrow? Joy? It was both. I missed my daughter terribly. She was in her hotel room with the busy streets of Paris out the window. It was week two of her summer adventure and she was loving it. Stories
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Experiential Learning Vacation of Dynamic Proportions in Sudbury Ontario
When was the last time you let your kids decide where to go on vacation? At ages 6, 7 and 11 aside from theme parks and waterparks, my kids had never once suggested a destination they wanted to visit. And then one day all three of them asked if we
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Stories on the skin: ROM tattoo exhibit leaves its mark
By Anne Bokma Kids may be out of the classroom but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of fascinating lessons to be learned during the summer months. For example, they can get schooled in the art, culture and history of tattoos at the Royal Ontario Museum’s current exhibition (on until
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Meet me in the Middle – 3 Middle Florida Keys Attractions You’ll Love!
There is nothing like the golden Florida sunshine warming your skin, cheering up a winter-weary Canadian, visions of sand and sea as far as the eye can see. And particularly special is the southern chain of islansd known as the Florida Keys. Miami has glamour, Orlando has the theme parks
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Bonny Scotland, Here We Come! A Canadian Clan Plans a First-Time Visit
My husband and I have always dreamed of visiting Scotland. His family came to Canada a long time ago, but with a name like MacKay, a love of single malts (his, not mine) and a mild obsession with Outlander (mine, not his), it makes perfect sense to want to visit the old homeland.
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An East Kootenays Education – Cranbrook with Kids
Most people have childhood memories of being dragged through boring museums and historical sites buried deep in their psyches. Today’s museums and history centres have come a long way in upping their appeal to kids, and after an extremely fun visit to Lethbridge’s Fort Whoop-up, my kids have made it
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Four Hotbeds of Canadian Fossils: They’ll make your Dino Lovers Roar!
“I think I found coprolite mom. That’s dinosaur poop, you know.” I did, in fact, know what coprolite was – but I had no idea my five-year-old was so informed on the topic. On one of the hottest days of the summer, our family of five had embarked on the
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Three Kid Friendly Cultural Experiences In Boston
Visiting Boston was one of those family vacations that blew me away. What I thought would be a fun but standard family trip to a big American city, turned out to be a life-time-memory making experience we will never forget. Why? Because Boston is a hub of kid-friendly cultural experiences!
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A historic time at Fort Whoop-Up
“This was way more fun that I was expecting it to be,” my five-year-old said in a stage whisper as we sat at a picnic table enjoying ice cream cones after a three-hour adventure through Fort Whoop-Up, a national historic site in Lethbridge, Alberta. Considering the competition for her time
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14 Awesome Things To Do With Kids In Boston
Any parent will understand that I had nothing but the best intentions to plan an itinerary well in advance of our trip to Boston. But as we got closer to our leave-only-two-days-after-the-last-day-of-school departure date, I realized I had a very short list and no clear idea of how to spend
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