San Antonio Busy Kids

The San Antonio Children’s Museum is the king of drop-off camps, and January is no exception with three science excursions on tap. Saturday, January 14: Circuit Contraptions!  9:30am – Noon Ages 7-10 Children will use simple motors, batteries, and LED’s to learn about the basics of circuitry and create their own contraptions! Cost: $22.50 Members/$25 [...]

Tired of trying to figure out what to do with your kids this weekend? SA Busy Kids has the antidote for bored kids. Not only is the circus in town, but there’s free admission to the San Antonio Children’s Museum and some amazing butterfly science going down at the Botanical Gardens. Lots to do that you won’t want to miss. All the details right here.

With funding drying up, UTSA’s iTEC program is aggressively seeking funding in order to continue it’s wonderful programming for kids.  Good news, though! Spring break programming is up and running! Not cheap…but the program is phenomenal for 3rd to 8th graders. Price for a single camp is $65 any additional camps is $45. Here’s the [...]

I love butterflies. I see them fly around my butterfly garden this summer, and it always brings to mind one of my very favorite kids’ songs…and one of my very favorite Texas musicians. If you have elementary-aged kids, introduce them right now to Lucas Miller. Seriously – you can’t listen to his music and not [...]

When we went to Iowa over the holidays, we stopped at the Putnam Museum and had the chance to see the newly-renovated Egyptian exhibit. It was fun trying to figure out hieroglyphs together, and while I was fascinated with the sarcophagus, it kind of freaked out the kids…especially the one who was reading a mystery [...]

Last month, I was invited to preview SeaWorld San Antonio’s new summer entertainment line up. The shows were fun, the catering fabulous and the puns clever, but what I was really interested in was the park’s adventure camp.  The whole story as to why is here on MySA.com. That night, I had a few moments [...]

San Antonio Zoo Title: Zooney Tunes and Zooper Heroes Description: Can a real naked mole rat stand upright and see clearly? Do coyotes really chase roadrunners? Zooney Tunes looks at all kinds of animal cartoons for some wild fun.  But if your kid is more into super heroes, you’ll want Zooper Heroes, a look at [...]

THE 411 iTEC Summer Robotics Camp @ UTSA Session One: 3rd to 6th graders, June 15 – June 26 Session Two: 6th to 8th graders, June 29 – July 10 Extra info: geared for at risk and learning-challenged kids, but all are welcome Cost:  Free + $25 registration fee Register:  http://budurl.com/itec THE STORY I love [...]