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| How Arts Education Makes Kids Smart |
11/1/2009 |
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| by Karen Lewis Taylor |
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Arts education enhances children’s development
and makes them better students.
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| ‘Mom, Why Are You Tired?’ |
9/1/2008 |
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| by Jessica Fisher |
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Balancing the ups and downs of pregnancy with motherhood.
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| 10 Creative Ways to Tell Kids You Love Them |
2/1/2010 |
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| by Heidi Smith Luedtke |
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Show your little cherubs how much you love them with these creative gifts and activities.
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| 10 Steps to Financing and Buying a New Car |
9/1/2008 |
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| by Keith Turner |
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Kelley Blue Book helps families smooth out the process by offering the following 10 tips for financing and purchasing a new vehicle.
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| 12 Ideas for Summer Fun on a Budget |
6/1/2009 |
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| by Mary Jo Kurtz |
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Keep free summer fun flowing for ages 6 to 10 with these fresh tips!
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| 21st-Century Learning |
10/1/2008 |
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| by Cathy Downs |
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Tap into online options to expand educational opportunities.
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| 30 Days of Non-stop Summer Fun |
6/1/2003 |
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| by Cathy Ashby |
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With the long days of June stretching out in front of parents across the Triangle, creative activities for kids will be in demand.
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| 5 Ways to Boost Kids' Brain Power |
8/1/2004 |
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| by Karen Ponder |
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Parental involvement helps children learn.
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| 7 Secrets of Stay-at-Home Dads |
9/1/2008 |
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| by Robin Whitsell |
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Stay-at-home dads reveals their parenting secrets.
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| 9 Ways to Nurture Creativity |
11/1/2009 |
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| by Cathy Downs |
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Encourage exploration and play
to develop confidence and problem-solving skills
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| Author Visits. |
| Date: Friday, February 12, 2010 |
| Times:
7-8pm. |
| Location:
Flyleaf Books, 752 MLK Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill. |
| Phone: 942-7373. |
| Website: www.flyleafbooks.com. |
| Summary:
Clay Carmichael reads from "Wild Things." ages 9-12. |
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| Bread Basics. |
| Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 |
| Times:
4-6:30pm. |
| Location:
Herbert C. Young Community Center, 101 Wikinson Dr., Cary. |
| Cost: $. |
| Phone: 460-4965. |
| Website: www.townofcary.org. |
| Summary:
Learn to proof, knead and bake dough into crusty bread. Pre-registration required. Ages 11-18. Pre-registration required. |
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| Family Fun Night. |
| Date: Friday, February 12, 2010 |
| Times:
7pm. |
| Location:
Barnes & Noble, 760 S.E. Maynard Rd., Cary. |
| Phone: 467-3866. |
| Website: www.bn.com. |
| Summary:
Meet Cookie Mouse and read "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie." |
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| Family Fun Night. |
| Date: Friday, February 19, 2010 |
| Times:
7pm. |
| Location:
Barnes & Noble, 760 S.E. Maynard Rd., Cary. |
| Phone: 467-3866. |
| Website: www.bn.com. |
| Summary:
Read "Guess How Much I Love You." |
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| RLT's Storytellers to Go! U.B.U. Just Be Yourself. |
| Date: Saturday, February 27, 2010 |
| Times:
3pm. |
| Location:
Cameron Village Regional Library, 1930 Clark Ave., Raleigh. |
| Phone: 856-6723. |
| Website: www.wakegov.com/libraries. |
| Summary:
Delightful storybook characters come to life to spread the message of being oneself. Features members of Raleigh Little Theatre's Teens Performance Ensemble. |
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| Basic Land Navigation. |
| Date: Sunday, February 28, 2010 |
| Times:
2pm. |
| Location:
William B. Umstead State Park, 8801 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh. |
| Phone: 571-4170. |
| Website: www.ncparks.gov. |
| Summary:
Learn how to read a map and use a compass. A field exercise follows. Meet at the Visitor Center on Hwy. 70. Pre-registration required. |
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| Power Readers Book Club. |
| Date: Thursday, March 04, 2010 |
| Times:
4:30pm. |
| Location:
East Regional Library, 946 Steeple Square Ct., Knightdale. |
| Phone: 217-5300. |
| Website: www.wakegov.com/libraries. |
| Summary:
Pick up a copy of the book at the kids' desk. Grades K-3. |
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| Knight Readers Book Club. |
| Date: Thursday, March 04, 2010 |
| Times:
4:30pm. |
| Location:
East Regional Library, 946 Steeple Square Ct., Knightdale. |
| Phone: 217-5300. |
| Website: www.wakegov.com/libraries. |
| Summary:
Pick up a copy of the book at the kids' desk. Grades 3-6. |
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| Rags To Riches Theatre Presents "All the Same Web." |
| Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010 |
| Times:
10am. |
| Location:
Duke Memorial UMC, 504 W. Chapel Hill St., Durham. |
| Cost: $. |
| Phone: 423-8696. |
| Website: www.rags-to-riches.org. |
| Summary:
Explore the premise that Ananse the Spider stories spread throughout the world and are told in many different ways and by many different peoples. |
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| Rags To Riches Theatre Presents "All the Same Web." |
| Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 |
| Times:
10am. |
| Location:
Holly Springs Cultural Arts Center, 300 W. Ballentine St., Holly Springs. |
| Cost: $. |
| Phone: 567-4000. |
| Website: www.hollyspringsnc.us. |
| Summary:
Explore the premise that Ananse the Spider stories spread throughout the world and are told in many different ways and by many different peoples. |
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| See Spot Read. |
| Date: Monday, March 08, 2010 |
| Times:
6:30pm. |
| Location:
East Regional Library, 946 Steeple Square Ct., Knightdale. |
| Phone: 217-5300. |
| Website: www.wakegov.com/libraries. |
| Summary:
Read to therapy dogs. Grades K-5. |
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| See Spot Read. |
| Date: Monday, April 12, 2010 |
| Times:
6:30pm. |
| Location:
East Regional Library, 946 Steeple Square Ct., Knightdale. |
| Phone: 217-5300. |
| Website: www.wakegov.com/libraries. |
| Summary:
Read to therapy dogs. Grades K-5. |
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| Power Readers Book Club. |
| Date: Thursday, April 01, 2010 |
| Times:
4:30pm. |
| Location:
East Regional Library, 946 Steeple Square Ct., Knightdale. |
| Phone: 217-5300. |
| Website: www.wakegov.com/libraries. |
| Summary:
Pick up a copy of the book at the kids' desk. Grades K-3. |
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| Knight Readers Book Club. |
| Date: Thursday, April 01, 2010 |
| Times:
4:30pm. |
| Location:
East Regional Library, 946 Steeple Square Ct., Knightdale. |
| Phone: 217-5300. |
| Website: www.wakegov.com/libraries. |
| Summary:
Pick up a copy of the book at the kids' desk. Grades 3-6. |
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