Chippewa Valley Railroad Association President Dave Peterson thinks of Carson Park as a big backyard. “It’s great to come to the park and see people riding the train,” Peterson said. “There are few events now where grandparents can take ...
A high-energy creative-problem solving competition, an extracurricular opportunity for imaginative students to flourish, a cardboard-and-duct tape extravaganza – however you describe it, Odyssey of the Mind (or OM, for those in the know) is the ...
The Eau Claire Children’s Museum is now offering a special membership for families in the Chippewa Valley. If you and your family would like to see what other children’s and science museums have to offer, you can purchase a year-long reciprocal ...
Being a kid is not always easy. Children are often faced with difficult experiences just like adults are; however, it may be more difficult for them to understand these experiences and to cope with the emotions that accompany hard times ...
If at any given time you want to know what our community’s various scenes will look like in the future, a good indicator is looking at the kinds of events and classes offered to our youths right now. And if the surge of movement-based offerings ...
As his graduation approached last May, Luke Chambers pondered his options. Nailing down the ideal job can be quite the challenge, but, fortunately, he landed on a great opportunity with the Americorps Vista. As a vista, Chambers was assigned to ...
As a substitute teacher, I recently found myself greeting a bubbling classroom of second graders as their teacher for the day. While attempting to control the flurry of raised hands and questions and concerns, I quickly scrawled “Mrs. Nelson” on ...
Late February is usually the time of year we stop complaining about the snow and cold so we can free up more time to complain about how dirty the snow has gotten and how wet the cold air is feeling. It’s a time-honored tradition passed down ...
These days, cheerleaders aren’t just the people who stand on the sidelines and root for athletes. They are athletes. Cheerleading has become a competitive sport that requires strength, coordination, flexibility, and teamwork. Chippewa Valley ...
We have new playwrights in our midst. Only this time they’re not from Community Arts or are local English teachers trying their hand at something new – they’re fifth graders. That’s right, Altoona fifth graders Anna Haigh and Linnea McClintock ...
Music, dance and reading … what do these things have in common? Maybe not much, but local families will get the chance to put them together on Saturday, March 10. As part of Jazz Fest, the Jump, Jive, and Read program gives kids ...
A local businesswoman is raising money to fund a new business venture: kid-friendly stackable storage bins. Jill Chumas-King of Eau Claire has started a page on kickstarter.com to raise the $150,000 she needs to market her bins. Not an easy feat ...
Two families in the Chippewa Valley have the unique opportunity this winter to experience a foreign culture within their very own homes. They are participating in an annual exchange program through the Neillsville United Methodist Church ...
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka is a delightfully absurd collection of Mother Goose parodies published in 1992. Twenty years later, the zany children’s stories are still being told – this time onstage. How can ...
If your tyke isn’t amused anymore by the simple pleasures in life, here are some popular iPhone, iPad, and Android apps that are sure to keep them (and maybe even you) interested ...
A second floor expansion to the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire, set for completion by 2013, brings locally themed exhibitions to enhance an already engaging and popular facility. With the help of industrial design students from UW-Stout ...
"I had a turke. I cooked the turke. He said “Don’t eat me! I’ma good turke.” He watched TV with my dad. He played with me and four weeks later he died." – Jordan, Locust Lane
“Santa missed lunch and breakfast, then he ate one of the back-up reindeer. Some of the reindeer got so mad that they started a snowball fight.” – Vincent Trapani, Manz Elementary
A frequent reaction upon hearing my plan to use cloth diapers was a friendly warning against their inconvenience and messiness. Still today stereotypes of yesterday’s cloth diaper systems linger and deter parents from even considering cloth...
