TFI cuts back on the blinking lights, reduces the volume, and opens early once a quarter for kids who would otherwise be too overwhelmed by the stimulation of the regular Franklin Institute displays.
https://www.fi.edu/special-events/sensory-friendly-sunday
Attention Philly parents! Check out this guide for places to beat the heat this summer:
http://www.phillymag.com/be-well-philly/2017/07/11/spraygrounds-philadelphia
Have fun and stay cool 🙂
Check out this resource for families in the Philadelphia area, including their list of things to do in terrible weather (like tomorrow!):
For our local readers: Check out this list of family-friends activities that are both fun and free this winter!
http://www.phillymag.com/be-well-philly/2016/12/13/free-kids-activities-winter
Dr. Corinne Masur
This week Philadelphia got the double whammy. Â On Sunday, an e-mail alert went around to staff of local colleges and universities. A message had been posted on social media threatening an act of violence on an undisclosed college campus in the Philadelphia area on Monday morning. Â Tuesday, a gunman was reported to be on the campus of Philadelphia Community College and the campus was put into lockdown. Masterman, a public magnet school for junior high and high school students across the street and Friends Select School, a Quaker k-12 school in the neighborhood also went into lockdown.
My son attends Friends Select. Â As I was leaving for work that morning, I received a recorded message on my cell phone saying that due to the presence of a gunman at the Community College, Friends Select faculty, staff, and students were locked in the school until further notice.
I was shocked. Â I was frightened. Â But more than anything, I was angry. Continue reading
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