Your guide to activities and fun things to do with your preschoolers, toddlers and kids in kansas city, KS

Weekend Roundup.

by Jenny Meade

July 24, 2009

There's lots of fun in store for you and your kids this weekend. Here's some of our favorites. Enjoy!

• The musical Brigadoon at Leawood's Ironwood Park
• U  Bug Me! runs one more week at The Coterie Theatre
• Bounce at Martin City Melodrama (which isn't in Martin City anymore)
• Georgia's Chicken Run at Deanna Rose Farmstead
• Dino O'Dell at the Platte City Library
  
• Platte County Fair and Miami County Fair (it's that time of year!)

Stargazing with preschoolers.

by Jenny Meade

July 20, 2009

I think I mentioned before that I tend to be a bit obsessed with getting my kids to bed early, as part of a regularly scheduled bedtime routine. That said, sometimes I think it would be nice to stay up late and watch the stars pop out into the inky black sky, one by one by dozens.

This is a little hard to do in the summer, when it doesn't even get dark until after 9:30pm. It's much easier in the winter,  when dark falls closer to 5:30 or 6pm here in the Midwest. But then, of course, it's too cold to stand in the driveway watching the stars.

Better to visit the Planetarium.  

During the weekday mornings at the Kansas City Planetarium, not only can you share a glimpse of the stars with your little ones, you can watch a laser show while listening to the brilliantly fun sounds of Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.

Now that's just the right speed for preschoolers. 

Places to see outdoor music.

by Jenny Meade

June 23, 2009

There's no better way to let your little ones get out the wiggles than dancing around outdoors listening to music and hanging out with friends. One of the things I love about summer in Kansas City is all the outdoor concert spaces that come alive. 

• Park Place - Leawood (Tuesdays - Tonight is kids' favorite - Mr. Stinky Feet! starts at 6:30pm)
• Iron Woods Park - Leawood  (Thursdays)
• Matt Ross Community Center - Overland Park  (Wednesdays)
• Independence Square - Summer Concert & Movie series - (Tuesdays)
• Zona Rosa -Free Summer Concert Series - (Fridays & Saturdays) 

For your favorite local KC kids' musicians, here's a link to their websites with schedules and upcoming appearances.

• Mr. Stinky Feet

• Dino O'Dell

• Funky Mama

Caroling Carolers Carol for Christmas.

by Jenny Meade

December 16, 2008

It's a tad chilly today for caroling here in Kansas City, but hopefully by next week as we wind down toward Christmas Day there will be some opportunities to dress up in our coats and hats and gloves and be comfortable enough to ring our neighbor's doorbells and sing them classic holiday songs. Kids love to sing, especially songs that are familiar and associated with specific rituals - whether  Read more...

Magic Tree House comes to Kansas City!

by Jenny Meade

December 01, 2008

This Friday, December 5th, Mary Pope Osborne's Magic Tree House series comes to the live stage, with music! Magic Tree House, The Musical is playing Friday evening at 7pm at Johnson County Community College's Yardley Hall. Tickets are $8 for kids and youth, and $12 for adults. There are also showings at 9:45 am and 12noon for school groups, but you may be able to call the ticket window and ask  Read more...

Aaand...We're back.

by Jenny Meade

November 10, 2008

Hi folks! I'm Jenny, and Rita has graciously handed over the Kansas City Savvy Source blog to me. Since this is my first post, let me tell you a little about myself. Ahhhhemmmm. I was born in Southern California. My early days were spent wandering around the beaches of Coronado, chasing the seagulls until they turned and began divebombing me, at which point I ran for my dad, whom pictures  Read more...

Essential Summer Music

by Rita Arens

June 30, 2008

Two Christmases ago (is that pluralization correct? I know not.) I got my husband a gift certificate for guitar lessons. He was a pretty good strummer, self-taught, but I thought it was time to let him spread his little guitar wings and fly. He finally started taking the lessons about March or April of this year. There's been a fringe benefit: music in our house. After his lessons, he would sit  Read more...