We were sitting in the car at A&W, waiting for milkshakes — while our daughters wreaked havoc in the way back — when my husband said, “I think we should think about homeschooling.” It was back in July. Back before we knew about Mary Hogan’s hybrid plan for the fall. When all we had was […]
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Starting August 12, Ilsley Public Library’s Outside Pickup Service (pictured earlier this spring) is moving inside. The new hours will be Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with an additional evening shift on Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The pickup process will remain the same: You request the materials online, receive
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Create a simple play with just a few action words. Materials: Index cards or slips of paper or cardboard (cut-up cereal boxes work well) Writing tools Directions: Use your imagination to brainstorm lots of those “ i-n-g” action words: running, jumping, sliding, walking, hopping, yawning, sleeping—you can see where this is going. Write one on
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Do your kids need school supplies this fall? Drop by one of four locations in Addison County next week to pick up backpacks filled with supplies for the school year — for free. Each year United Way of Addison County stuffs some 400 backpacks with pens, pencils, notebooks, binders and other supplies and distributes them
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Want to learn some magic this summer? Lawrence Memorial Library in Bristol is offering online sessions with Tom Verner of Magicians Without Borders through the end of August. Kids will practice magic tricks with Verner (who you might know from his many performances at Middlebury’s Festival on the Green) and prepare for a magic “performance”
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If you have kids in public school, you’ve likely already read — and reread —your district’s plan for the fall. But you might be curious about what other local districts have planned. Each Vermont school district is creating its own unique fall reopening plan. Addison Independent reporter John Flowers compared the instruction models for ACSD,
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Downtown Middlebury just got a little more sparkly. Starting today, colorful gems have been hidden all over downtown, and kids are encouraged to come find them! Pick up a collection bag in the ATM area of the Main Street branch of the National Bank of Middlebury. Then search for gems between Monday, July 27 and
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Create a theatrical production using a bag, six random items and your imagination. Materials: Bags (one for each player; they don’t have to be paper) Found items (whatever looks interesting to you, inside or outside) A watch or timer (I timed myself when collecting items, and found an egg cup, a pitcher, a tea caddy,
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Here are three things I felt the need to share about summer in Addison County this week: ONE: It’s blueberry season! There are many places to pick blueberries nearby — Lower Notch Berry Farm in Bristol or the Robert Frost Interpretive Trail, to name a couple. But this past weekend my family and I fell
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