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Fantasia & Fantasia 2000 + Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park - Target Children's Night 2008-06-24 15:34:00 Los Angeles How do you solve the problem of antsy kids in a heat wave? The coolest thing we can think of is to spend an evening under the stars, listening to live music with your family. Kids Off the Couch is proud to be the media sponsor of Levitt Pavilion
MacArthur Park - TargetChildren
's Night
, a free series of outdoor concerts running from Sunday, July 7 to Sunday, September 7 at Mac Read more:Fantasia
Get Caught Reading This Summer; The Spiderwick Chronicles PLUS Our Great Summer Kid Lit Picks! 2008-06-18 19:34:00 USA This year's news focus on greening the planet got us thinking about how to get kids involved with the environment this summer. Our Kids Off The Couch guru of kid-lit, Lucy Rafael, had a great suggestion: visit your local library! With shelves stocked full children's selections, it's easy to save trees by checking out books that are shared among many readers. Back by popular demand, this ed Read more:Great
, Caught
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, Summer
If You Build It, He Will Come: Field of Dreams + Major League Baseball 2008-06-12 12:17:00 USA A family screening of Field
of Dreams
will turn everyone into baseball believers, as even those who eschew the mythic power of the game will be won over by Kevin Costner's magical performance. The film, which hearkens back to a simpler time without being corny, portrays one dreamer's persistence -- a message that translates to every generation. When farmer Ray Kinsella (Costner) hears a gentl Read more:Build
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Moms Help Families Stay Connected with "Kids Off The Couch" 2008-05-29 13:10:00 Staying connected to today's busy kids who are balancing school, sports and social schedules is a challenge most parents face. Two moms, Sarah Bowman and Diane Shakin, have launched a new website called Kids Off The Couch
that gives parents great ideas for creating family time beyond soccer games and birthday parties. These two moms have spent years exploring kid-culture with their kids, from ch Read more:Families
, Connected
Stories from the Sea: The Secret of Roan Inish + Mami Wata at the Fowler Museum 2008-07-08 11:09:00 Want to make a splash with your kids? The Fowler Museum
at UCLA is creating a special day for Kids Off The Couch families on Wednesday July 16th : a film screening and private tour of a their current mermaid exhibition. Join us at 12 pm to screen one of our favorite family movies -- The Secret of Roan Inish -- an exquisite film that gives life to the Irish legend that seals can shed their skins a Read more:Stories
Metamorphosis: The Secret Garden + Maria Sibylla Merian and Daughters at The Getty Center 2008-07-01 11:48:00 The Getty
's big summer show illustrates how observing nature can transform a person. At the age of 13, Maria
Sibylla Merian was one of the first to document the full metamorphosis of a silkworm. Her journey as a keen observer of the natural world led her to shed a traditional 17th century life and soar as an artist and scientist. Our family has always loved The Secret Garden
, a touching adaptation Read more:Metamorphosis
, Center
Talking to the Animals: Babe + Animal Acres in Acton 2008-07-24 15:11:00 From the first days of parenthood, the barnyard looms large. We sang "Old MacDonald", and read a gaggle of baby books, all of which featured characters that go quack and moo. Animal
characters faded into the background as our kids grew older, but there's no age limit to learning how it feels when a pig wiggles its snout on your leg. We spent a wonderful day at Animal Acres
, a farm sanctuary in Act Read more:Talking
, Animals
, Acton
Rent National Treasure + Go On A Scavenger Hunt = Kids Off The Couch 2008-07-15 11:04:00 Treasure The Good Times If you were too busy grilling hot dogs to talk with your family about why we celebrate the Fourth of July, why not let Nicholas Cage do the explaining? Our kids adore National
Treasure, and we were happy to discover that the film offers a pop-culture tour of the icons of our nation's birth -- from the Liberty Bell to Independence Hall. Cage, whose name is Benjamin Franklin Read more:Treasure
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Get Some Sand Between Your Toes 2008-08-13 11:50:00 Beach Volleyball at the Beijing Olympics + Visiting Manhattan Beach Michael Phelps and the Opening Ceremony may be dominating the Olympic news this week, but the hottest ticket in Beijing is for Beach Volleyball. The two top ranked women’s teams in the world are from the US, and superstars Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh hail from Southern California. We set our TIVOs to record the
Talking to Kids About Their Dreams 2008-07-30 12:35:00 Life Lessons: How to become Captain Kirk or Play for the NFL Every now and then, something stops us in our everyday tracks and makes us think about how we live our lives. We have been following the story of Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon computer science professor who delivered what is called a "last lecture," a tradition in which professors share their life wisdom. Only in this case, what is Read more:Talking
, Dreams
Top Ten Things To Do With Your Kids Before Summer Ends 2008-08-24 12:41:00 Endless Summer
; Beaches, Books and Bicycles When people ask "How was your summer" we want to holler that "It ain't over yet!" Now is the time to play cards, make lemonade, ride bikes and stay up late playing mini golf. Here our are Top Ten
pix for making the most out of those last summer days. 1. We All
All Bugged Out; Rent "A Bug's Life" + Visit an Insect Zoo = Kids Off The Couch 2008-08-18 12:09:00 Our families truly enjoyed watching "A Bug's Life" and then off we ventured to the Insect Zoo
at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. And don't forget to visit the Kids Off the Couch
Website for the full adventure with even more tips and an article about our personal adventure. Film Title: A Bug's Life Directed By: John Lasseter 1998, Rated G, 96 mins. Read more:Bugged
HOT TOPIC: Managing Your Kids Media Diets - Gossip Girl! 2008-09-20 19:59:00 As our kids have grown up, so has their taste for trendy television shows. Although we can hardly believe it, our sweet little girls have started high school (gasp!) and want to be in on the latest chat around campus. For our girls, that means the "MIND-BLOWINGLY INAPPROPRIATE" Gossip
Girl series, airing Monday night at 8 pm, just when they should be focusing on their homework.
For us, Read more:Diets
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The Past Roars to Life: The Land Before Time + Walking With Dinosaurs = Kids Off The Couch 2008-09-16 18:10:00
Are your kids dino-obsessed? Do you remember when they read Danny the Dinosaur and dreamt of riding a dinosaur's back? Our kids slept with their dinosaur books, memorizing each name -- Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex -- and have always wondered what it would be like to meet a real life dinosaur. But wonder no more, because...they're back! Walking
With Dinosaurs
is a live, theatrical Read more:Couch
Bringing History To Life: Movies That Teach + Family Movie Night 2008-09-09 18:23:00
With kids back in school, it is often hard to carve out family time. Since there's nothing as cozy after a long week of classes as a Family
Movie Night
, we have created a list of great films that will complement your kids' history courses. Take a moment to choose movies that help kids connect to their school curriculum. With these kid-tested and approved films, there's no need to tell your childr Read more:History
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