Learning for kids shouldn’t be limited to the classroom. There are a lot of interesting things children can learn and discover outside of the classroom environment.
How Your Children Can Develop Skills and Learn Outside the Classroom
Can I Still Play Hockey? And Other Questions Kids With Type 1 Diabetes Ask
Kids with Type 1 diabetes have the most important questions. When 12 yr old Max Domi was diagnosed, he just wanted to know if he could play hockey.
Funny Things My Kids Have Said (And I Have Tweeted)
Twitter lates me take notes of stilly things my young kids say. It’s the perfect memory makers, here’s why you need a Twitter account for your kids.
Everything Your Kids Need To Know About Life In One Poem
Be the nice kid is some advice from author Bryan Skavnak. He wrote it for his golf book, but be the nice kid is advice for us all.
Robotics Teams, STEM Camps, and Coding Classes For Kids In Calgary
STEM and coding is the new soccer and hockey. Here are some places your kids can join coding clubs and robotics teams in Calgary.
TELUS Santa Tracker And A Digital Advent Calendar On Optik TV
The TELUS Santa Tracker App is back on Optik TV along with a digital Advent Calendar and more ways to get excited for Christmas!
How To Get Peace Of Mind When Building Your Family’s Future
There’s a time in adulthood when worrying about now starts to fade away and you worry about what’s next. It’s around the time you have kids that you really focus on planning for the future.
STEM Toys Gift Ideas And Coding Books For Kids
Here’s a list of STEM Toys gift ideas for kids who love coding. From buildable and programmable robots to books to teach them basic coding.
What Twitter Would Have Looked Like In 1975
When I was in Grade 1, my teacher had us keep simple diaries. We wrote a sentence, drew a picture about our ‘news.’ It was what twitter in 1975 would be.
Doctor’s Advice For New Parents Circa 1973
My parents moved houses this past summer and with it came an incredible purge of all the things they have been hanging on to over the years. They’ve known they were going to be downsizing for a few years and had started dropping random care packages in the mail to my sister, brother, and I. The summer move came upon them a little quicker than…
Reminders For Those Living With Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes Awareness Month is the perfect reminder to assess your risks of developing type 2 diabetes and how it affects your heart helt. Take the test here.
This Winter, Make Sure You Have Tires With The Right Gription
Most Canadians can’t tell the difference between all season and all weather tires. Only one is good enough for our cold and snowy winters! Get the ones with gription!
All The Things New Parents Don’t Need (And The Few They Do)
Parents get so many things they don’t need. From wipe warmers to diaper genies, we go overboard when all we really need fits inside a TELUS Baby Box.
Kids Think Vegetables Are Scary, Here’s A Trick To Turn Veggies Into Halloween Treats!
If your kids think vegetables are scary, then Halloween is the perfect time to really make them scary! Here are some scary Halloween vegetable ideas!
Daddy, Can I Borrow Your Computer?
There comes a time in every parent’s life when the kids need their own device. For me, that means a laptop as my kids try out the new XPS 13 from Dell.
Busting the Stigma Around an Embarrassing Problem
Our bodies are complex. They can do incredible things, like heal themselves and tell us when something isn’t quite right. Here are three very common bodily issues we might face, and how to deal with them