Aug 08 2023
Summer is full of things worth coloring: bright beach umbrellas, towering sandcastles, tropical fish, juicy watermelon, surfboards, sunshine, and days spent outdoors. These summer coloring pages capture some of the season’s happiest sights while giving kids an easy activity for quiet afternoons, road trips, summer break, or a little downtime after playing outside. Set out …
Aug 05 2023
Summer is a wonderful time for little hands to paint, squish, stick, stamp, and explore. At age three, children are still developing fine motor skills, learning how different materials feel, and discovering that making art can be just as much about the process as the finished project. The best summer crafts for 3-year-olds are simple, …
Aug 02 2023
A sunburn can turn a pleasant day outdoors into an uncomfortable evening of hot, tender, tight-feeling skin. More severe burns may also cause swelling, blistering, headache, nausea, or other symptoms that go well beyond simple redness. Once a sunburn has happened, no home remedy can undo the ultraviolet damage that caused it. What you can …
Jul 30 2023
Whitewater rafting can look intimidating from the riverbank. The raft drops into a wave, water pours over the sides, paddlers disappear behind a wall of spray, and the guide seems perfectly calm while shouting instructions over the noise. For beginners, however, a professionally guided rafting trip can be a very different experience from tackling a …
Jul 28 2023
On a hot summer afternoon, cicadas can make a quiet neighborhood sound as though someone has switched on an enormous electrical machine in the trees. Their buzzing, whirring, rattling, and sometimes almost siren-like calls can dominate the outdoor soundscape, even when the insects themselves are nearly impossible to spot. For such relatively small animals, cicadas …
Jul 11 2023
Summer has a way of feeling wonderfully endless at the beginning and surprisingly long by the time someone announces, “I’m bored,” for the fifth time before lunch. Fortunately, memorable family activities don’t require an elaborate vacation or a packed calendar. Some of the best summer days can happen in the backyard, at a local park, …
Jul 07 2023
I fell in love with Cuba, or at least the idea of Hemingway’s Cuba, in my mid teens. I read an article about the writer and delighted in the romance of a bygone age, salsa and adventure preserved in time. Maybe the idea of vintage cars made the historic more tangible. I determined that one …
Jun 06 2023
Summer can feel wonderfully open-ended at first. There are no early alarms, no homework deadlines, and long evenings that seem made for spontaneous plans. Then a few weeks pass, and suddenly everyone is asking the same question: what should we do today? A summer bucket list gives teens a ready-made collection of ideas for days …
May 30 2023
A stronger swim kick is not just about moving your legs faster. Good kicking helps support body position, balance, rhythm, and propulsion. In freestyle and backstroke, an efficient flutter kick can help keep the hips high and reduce drag. In butterfly and breaststroke, the kick plays an even larger role in moving the body forward. …
Aug 25 2022
Beauty shall be edible or nothing. -Salvador Dalí Maybe you think of soup as something to eat on a cold winter’s day, served in a mug you can cling to with cold hands. Or perhaps you think of soup as an accompaniment to a sandwich, something cooked in a single pot of simmering leftovers. Think …
