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Polish your tiaras and don your finest dress for an enchanting night of songs and stories. Disney Concerts “Disney Princess – The Concert” will come to The Lyric on Friday, Nov. 26. Tickets and VIP packages will go on sale Friday, May 7, at 10 a.m. so don’t miss your …

After a year of car parades and Zoom parties, kids are looking forward to the return of in-person birthday celebrations with family and friends. If your party-planning skills are a little rusty, don’t panic. We’re sharing tips and ideas to make your child’s big day fun for everyone. One of …

Just in time for Mother’s Day, Baltimore-based food blogger Jessica Formicola of Savory Experiments shares some easy recipes for an at-home Mother’s Day brunch. Formicola left her job as a psychotherapist to pursue her passions: family, food and travel. Jessica aims to make family meals taste restaurant quality using the …

Port Discovery Children’s Museum and Maryland 529 are helping children envision their future creatively and financially. The museum and college savings nonprofit recently launched its “Start Your Journey Sweepstakes” that will reward one winner $529 toward a new or existing Maryland College Investment Plan Account from Maryland 529, as well …

Students with learning differences can overcome a range of difficulties. These challenges include attempting to learn academic subjects, follow instructions, carry out multipart or multistep visual or verbal directions, or comprehend, express or retain information. In my article “Improving Reading Skills” in the March 2021 issue of Baltimore’s Child, I recommended …

Amanda Smith, owner of Bayside Beauty, a purveyor of natural handcrafted soaps, shares her techniques for creating a homemade sugar scrub and whipped body butter. Both products make excellent items to include in an at-home pampering gift for teachers. Sugar Scrub Ingredients: 1 cup granulated sugar 1/4 cup fine sea …

The 2020-2021 school year will be long remembered — without nostalgia. Whether your child’s school was held online or followed a hybrid schedule, education was tough for parents, students and teachers alike. Early childhood educators were asked to teach kids they’d never met in person. Kindergarten teachers had to capture …

Meghan Mattingly is up again. On most nights, one or both of her boys wakes up several times. “They both were out of cribs really, really early,” she says. And it keeps getting worse, “because they started just jumping out.” Mattingly has to deal with her own sleep issues, too. …

The week surrounding Mother’s Day is easily the busiest for Maryland florists such as Lord Baltimore Florist and Tracy Callahan, owner of Bethesda Florist in Bethesda, Maryland. He says that business booms because the holiday connects with anyone. “Everyone has a mom,” Callahan says. Mother’s Day is the most popular …

By Gabrielle Guynan, M.S., CSCS, PES, CPT It’s estimated that youth athletes have been spending 85% of their day sitting or staring at a computer screen during the COVID-19 pandemic. With in-person learning in school, sports and increased activity now resuming, it is important to prepare their bodies for a …