Keeping hundreds of small children engaged during an orchestra concert is no small task, but when the Junior Symphony Guild’s 2011 Tiny Tots Inside the Orchestra season kicks off Tuesday, conductor Tom Jensen will be prepared.
“The first rule is, ‘Don’t bore the kids,’ ” Jensen says. “Preschoolers will let you know in no uncertain terms [...]

****Editor’s Note: If you’re looking for our feature Ski Sunlight as a Family: Manageable and Fun, please go here. So sorry for the link error!***
While the rest of the country is in a panic over the snow, here in Colorado we are doing backflips. One Colorado resort in particular, Steamboat Springs Ski Area, saw 17 [...]

Through Sunday. It’s the last weekend to visit the Stock Show before it packs up and rolls away for the next year. The highlights of the next few days include the Draft Horse and Mule Show and the final days of Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association competition (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). There’s still lots to do [...]

There has been a lot of controversy brewing regarding Amy Chua’s memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Be sure to check out Elizabeth Chan’s review and share your thoughts if mothers from the West fall short of their Chinese counterparts.
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The cover of “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” was catnip to this average parent’s [...]

Most teenagers idolize rock stars and Hollywood luminaries. Denys Tolstov idolized the spandex-clad, death-defying performers of Cirque du Soleil.
“When I was in circus school, it was a dream to be in a Cirque show,” said the 27-year-old performer, who began his training at age 8 in Ukraine. “I had posters and CDs of Cirque music [...]

The thought of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome – or SIDS – is enough to make any parent panic. Put your mind at ease by reading 10 tips for keeping your little one safe during sleep.*
1.) Always place your baby on his or her back (not stomach or side) for naps and to sleep at night.
2.) [...]

“This had to be the most perfect day ever to ski Buttermilk,” laughed my husband as we walked back to our car at the end of our ski day. “Deep powder and no crowds,” he crowed. “This may have been my best ski day ever!”
I will admit it and just throw it out there: Our [...]

Through May 28. The alphabet leads the way to learning in “Alphabet Zoup,” the latest exhibit at the Buell Children’s Museum in Pueblo. Each letter of the alphabet stands for a different object, place or idea, with corresponding information and activities. In “A is for Africa,” learn about Tambani, an initiative that helps African women [...]

Little Annie Allen may grow up to be a mathematician or an expert in numerical alliteration.
The little girl was born at 1:11 this afternoon.
Or 1:11 p.m. on 1-11-11.
Annie’s mother, Jocelyn, was induced this morning.
According to Parker Adventist Hospital, around 1:10 p.m.

The first study to link a childhood vaccine to autism was based on doctored information about the children involved, according to a new report on the widely discredited research.
The conclusions of the 1998 paper by Andrew Wakefield and colleagues was renounced by 10 of its 13 authors and later retracted by the medical journal Lancet, [...]