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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Veteran and Young Singer Come Together in Love of Children's Music

Stacey Peasley and Alissa Coates have developed a passion for teaching children their love of music.

Singer/songwriter Stacey Peasley opened up Boston Aardvarks, part of the program Music for Aardvarks and other Mammals in September, 2009. The classes, which are for children between the ages of six months and five years include all things musical from singing to dancing to use of instruments. Peasley, who also has her own children’s music band, has been performing children’s music since 2008. Prior to that she performed for adults for several years, and is now in her 20th year of performing music. She also teaches music to infants to Pre-K at the Tobin Children’s School. Peasley recently added a new teacher at Boston Aardvarks. Alissa Coates has a degree in music education from Berklee College of Music, and she also teaches music at Our …

Monday, December 31, 2012

New Year's Eve Party Ideas for Kids

Family-friendly ideas to ring in the New Year.

Looking to ring in 2013 with some fun for your family? Have relatives coming into town and you want to plan something special to celebrate? Why not throw a kid-friendly New Year's Eve party? Since I’m usually running on empty by the time New Year's Eve rolls around, I’ve put together some fun but EASY ideas for staying home and celebrating in your family room with the kids. GENERAL TIPS: Make it a party. If you don't have relatives staying with you, invite neighbors and friends with kids about the same age over to help celebrate. This keeps everyone off of the road, you can watch the kids together, and it saves on babysitter money. To keep it casual and easy, have everyone bring a dish to share. Start the party later so you don’t need to …

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