March 2008
FEATURES
Readers Share Their Best Birthday Ideas
Some birthday parties are fun; some are
disasters; and others are just same-old, same-old. When it’s your
turn, what will you do? Creative parents have come up with one-of-a-kind
events that stand out from the usual.
More Birthday Party Choices
Find listings of places you can take your
gang of kids – from animal attractions and arts and crafts studios
to sports venues, gymnastics and dance studios or children’s museums.
Want the party to come to you? We list entertainers who bring “dress-up
and imagine parties,” magic, clowns, ponies or infl atable play
structures to your home.
Our Schools - Educating Mom:
Is Reform Math a Big Mistake?
Our education columnist, Linda Thomas, explains the differences between
reform math, taught in Seattle and many other local school districts,
and more traditional computational methods. She describes the “math
wars” between proponents of the two approaches going back to the
late 1800s and continuing unabated today.
DEPARTMENTS
Letters to the Editor
Full
Plate
Food Allergies,
Dinner Games
Health
& Safety
Preparing a Girl for Her First Period
Movie
Review
The Business of Being Born
Going
Places
Alice’s Wonderland, Scratch Patch
Web Extra: Head
East for Sandhill Crane Festival
March Calendar of Events
Hot Tips &
Easter Egg Hunts
Classes for Kids
Parent Education
|
|
©2008
Seattle's Child, a publication of the Washington Post Company
All rights reserved
Web design by Intentional Publishing & Design