Your guide to activities and fun things to do with your preschoolers, toddlers and kids in san antonio, TX

Happenings Around Town

May 14, 2009

Some great activities to take advantage of in the cool indoors are at the San Antonio Children's Museum.  Fetch! Science Lab will be featuring hand-on science experiments at the Museum in May.  Children can learn about buoyancy on Friday, May 15 1:30-3:30 and Saturday, May 16 from 12:00-4:00.  On May 22-23 (Fri-Sat) kids can explore how to make a bubble (same times as the previous weekend).  On May 29-30 the experiment will be absorbency with a baby's diaper.  Geez, I could do that hands-on experiment right here in the house!  KLRN wants you to mark your calendars for June 6, 10-1 at Rosedale Park- Sid the Science Kid will be there!  The event is free and open to the public. 

The Ideas are Endless for the Weekend!

April 02, 2009

Can you believe it is Spring?  With all of our nice rain showers, wildflowers like bluebonnets should be popping up everywhere.  The hot humid weather is holding off for another month, so it is the perfect time to get out on the weekends with the family.    Roxaboxen is playing at The Magik Theatre now until April 18.  This play is based on the book Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran about children using their imaginations to imagine towns and houses made out of all different fun things.   

Top Tricycle Paths

March 03, 2009

Spring is upon us!  With highs in the 80s we have no choice but to get out and enjoy the weather.  Do you find yourself always going to the same spot to ride bikes and play on the playground?  Why not change it up and try out a new spot?  I listed 5 of our favorite places to take the tricycle, where they have great (mostly paved) trails and sometimes even a playground to cool off at.  Did I miss a favorite of yours?  If so, please share.  We are always looking for a change of scenery!    

Great Toys

by Emily

December 04, 2008

With the holidays just around the corner, here are some toys to consider while buying for your children. There are even some educational ones in the list- they won't make you feel as guilty! Birthday Party Birthday Cake My son just finished celebrating his 3rd birthday and that is all we heard until the day, "is today my birthday? when is my birthday?" We could have used this, especially  Read more...

Upcoming events at the Children's Museum

by Emily

December 01, 2008

Did you know the San Antonio Children's Museum has a new permanent exhibit? It is like a mini-HEB that your kids can pretend they are shopping in, and even working at! Children can use kid-sized grocery carts to shop for "real" food. They will feel just like Mom and Dad when they can weigh their produce, pick out turkey or chicken, and pick out new types of food to try. When they get to the  Read more...

Touring the San Antonio Shoe (SAS) Factory

by Colleen Pence

June 30, 2008

Look down. See those shoes on your feet? Did you ever wonder where they were made? Who made them? How they were made? If you haven't, maybe your curious preschooler has. San Antonio Shoes (SAS) , an all-American-made shoe company, was started in 1976 right here in San Antonio. The company gives regular tours of their factory, located on the southwest side of town, in the same vicinity as their  Read more...

Room to Run: Best places to tire out your preschooler

by Colleen Pence

May 28, 2008

The Quadrangle on Ft. Sam Houston Imagine a place, a magical place, where kids roam among friendly deer and peacocks, rabbits and ducks. A place where a mythical-looking clock tower stands tall above tiny children and dwarfs even adults. A place so spacious that your child could run, back and forth across it, for hours at a time, while you sit leisurely on a blanket, able to see them from any  Read more...

The Top Five Things to Do in San Antonio on a Rainy Day

by Colleen Pence

May 27, 2008

We haven't seen rain 'round these parts in some time but here's a list to keep handy for when the proverbial south Texas downpour arrives without warning (and you know it will!): 1. The Library or Reading is FUNdamental San Antonians are lucky to have a wonderful library system that provides branches in all parts of town and it's a great (and free!) place to entertain your kids. In fact Delaney  Read more...

The Five Best Ways to Enjoy Brackenridge Park, the Joske Pavilion Area

by Colleen Pence

May 15, 2008

It never fails. Every so often our Friday afternoon playgroup disbands for whatever reason and my best friend and I are left trying to figure out how to entertain our disappointed kids at the last minute. Thankfully we live close to Brackenridge Park and it's becoming our new standby. Brack's got everything you need to keep your antsy preschooler entertained until it's time to meet Daddy for  Read more...

The five best day trips within an hour (or so!) of San Antonio

by Colleen Pence

May 14, 2008

Living in San Antonio is great but sometimes you just gotta get away. Check out the five best day trips to make with your child that are within an hour (or so!) of SA: 1. McKenna Children's Museum, New Braunfels, TX (about 20 minutes from SA) A child's dream-come-true, the McKenna Children's Museum offers hands-on exhibits (ranch, grocery store, train station, hospital, to name a few), story  Read more...

Top 5 things to do outside when the rain clears and the sun shines

by Colleen Pence

May 13, 2008

In San Antonio, as quickly as the rain appears it's gone. Here are some inspired places to take your child right after the last drop hits the pavement: 1. Sunset Ridge Shopping Center, 6438 N. New Braunfels, 78209 Located in the infamous 09'er zip code, The Sunset Ridge Shopping Center is an honest-to-goodness, real shopping center, not the suburban, strip-center, sprawling monstrosities that  Read more...