Happy Monday friends! If you haven’t watched the Growing Bright Futures videos, we encourage you to go click through. These videos offer wonderful interviews with local community members working passionately with or for children. In this episode, host Cheryl Mitchell talks with Heidi Wilhelm a pediatric physical therapist. Heidi works primarily with children age birth to three and is […]
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Hello! Natalia taking over the MiniBury blog today. I’m getting ready for the weekend and planning out how to keep our two kiddos and ourselves entertained. Saturday morning we’re headed to the Vermont Book Shop for a local author reading of “Sleep Tight Farm” at 10:30. My daughter Acadia loves animals and this looks like
Signing children up for activities like sports, lessons, classes, camps and after-school programs can be stressful, especially when it’s your first time. So, MiniBury is connecting you to the experts; parents, teachers and coaches who’ve been in the trenches before and want to tell you what it’s really like! If you’re in the market for moving, grooving, and making music, here is
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We just added a boat load of new Halloween events to our calendar! Special events start TONIGHT, so hop over to our very full events calendar and plan your weekend right now!
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HOW TO MAKE A CALMING JAR by Dr. Jody Brakeley Has your child (or you) ever had such strong feelings that it was hard for him or her to see and think clearly? Our minds get scrambled up when we feel stressed, worried, anxious, frustrated, overwhelmed, excited or mad. A Calming Jar (sometimes called a
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If you’ve been following along here for a while, you’ve learned we’re pretty obsessed with healthy living because we believe the health of ourselves and our family is our greatest asset. We talk about nurturing a love of being active and cultivating adventurous eaters who know where food comes from and what it’s made of. In
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9th Annual Middlebury Spooktacular! Once again, The Better Middlebury Partnership and the Town of Middlebury bring an outstanding Halloween event for kids of all ages and adults to the town of Middlebury! Rain or Shine. Hay bales, festive games, and costumes will once again decorate the town green on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30th for the 9th
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Hello hot button topic! In this month’s GBF Video, Chris Mason, school resource officer for the Middlebury Police Department and the Addison Central Supervisory Union speaks about student social media use, risks, and health issues. Dana Anderson, regional coordinator for Building Bright Futures, steps in for host Cheryl Mitchell to talk with Chris. Chris speaks of his three
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Neuroscience 101. Didn’t expect to see this on MiniBury today, did you? Flipping a lid. Blowing a gasket. Freaking out. Throwing a tantrum. You’ve heard similar (or worse) idioms and you know what it looks like when it happens to you or your child. Scientifically, what we intend to say is that our emotions are overriding
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