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Have you ever wondered what your kids do at recess if the weather is bad? What about the long ride on the bus each morning? Are you a homeschool family looking for brainy busy work that doesn’t look like schoolwork? What do you do with downtime “Mom, I’m bored!” syndrome on the weekends? Answer:  Send [...]

 School is now in session but your kids still want some fun on the weekends? What about Labor Day and the rest of September weekends while the weather is warm? Here’s a sample of how a young teen sees a popular theme park: Guest Blogger, Jenny Zavatsky’s take on Kings Island Theme Park: Two words [...]

How To Do Attractions – every family is different but honestly you can “do” as many as your family desires if you work the 10am-7pm full day. DAY ONE – We came into the area on a Tuesday afternoon and started mid-day, after lunch. Our teen-age daughter had just studied WWII so she had interest [...]

 Kids Travel to Favorite Sports Venue: Ok, folks, our family getaway Thursday has taken us hours to recover from. Some of you sports or travel fans might know what I’m talking about. Being passionate about both travel and sports – it shouldn’t have been so strange that this happened. We just woke up from a dream [...]

Jenny and I were off to the Windy City to speak at a Homeschool Conference (chicagohomeschoolexpo.com) and came across some new places to dine and lodge. Whether you’re flying in (these are close to the airport) or driving in like us, this is a good area to base from. If you are driving in, you [...]

Michele Zavatsky, the Family Travel Mom, has been to 5,000 kid-tested attractions, 1000 cities, and, using her family’s journals, written 14 books and dozens of published articles. She also appeared on 500 TV, radio and newspaper interviews, attended 150 trade shows as a workshop speaker, and another 150 book signings as an author.   To find out more, [...]

Last week my family drove to Tennessee for vacation so we grabbed our Kids Love Travel I-75 book and hit the road! We have a toddler so our main concern with a long drive is for him to get out and stretch his legs and play for a bit. We used the book to find [...]

S – CAVE CANYON/HIGHLANDS SANCTUARY (former Seven Caves) (pg. 233, KIDS LOVE OHIO, 5th edition) has LOWERED their general admission prices! General Entry Fee Includes Museum facilities, orientation slide presentation, and three trails available for hiking on one’s own $6.00 adults, $3.00 for children 15 and under (3 and under FREE) Parents Please Note: Trails [...]

Remember Invisible Ink books? The ever popular series that you remember as a child is still available! Many categories to choose from including, Mr. Mystery, Disney, Know Now, Guess & Show, Mazes, Bible, and more!    Those great, inexpensive INVISIBLE INK games are still around – but, hard to find. . . especially an assortment. [...]

CW – Winston-Salem. OLD SALEM (pg. 78). A North Carolinian friend has an update for us (can you believe they LOWERED prices?): OLD SALEM. We loved it so much that we joined for the year! It’s now only $99- a year to join and the admission fee to go in has also dropped to $17 [...]