Education Cheat Sheet: Getting Ready for Kindergarten
Preparing for school goes beyond the ABCs and 123s. Here are six things you can do at home to get your little one ready to enter the classroom.
Inside Look: Best of Honolulu Festival 2019 presented by American Savings Bank
Photo: Tien Enga My family has more fun at the Best of Honolulu Festival than I do. While I’m meeting hundreds of adorable kids at the HONOLULU Family booth (yes, we have free entry into our Cover Kids Search again…
Photo Op Alert: Waialua's Sunflower Field is Open
Photo: David Croxford You might want to plan that holiday card photo session early. Waialua's sunflower field is open right now. Corteva Agriscience (the new agriculture branch of DowDuPont) will let the public in for two hours a day during…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-July 11, 2019
Photo: Aaron K. Yoshino Ulupō Heiau Work Day The heiau and lo‘i behind the Windward YMCA has been part of our HONOLULU Family Volunteer Day for the last two years for a few reasons. The historic site is just a short walk…
Inside Look: Hawai‘i State Farm Fair
Photo: Hawai‘i Farm BureauEnter the "Keiki Farm Hands" tent and you'll find dozens of chicks in an incubator and get to milk a life-size cow replica. Editor's Note: This blog was updated on July 8, 2019. Would you like to…
Good Reads: 7 New Books to Add to Your Keiki’s Bookshelf This Summer 2019
Finn, 4 Hangry by Drew Brockington Photos: Aaron K. Yoshino “This book is about a dinosaur that gets bigger and bigger and bigger because he is ‘hangry.’ I like Hangry because it’s funny, and I like the part when the…
New Ring-Tailed Lemur Baby at the Honolulu Zoo
Photo: Rod Kuba, Courtesy of the Honolulu ZooMom, Remi, with her new baby ring-tailed lemur. Less than a year after arriving in Waikiki, two endangered ring-tailed lemurs are new parents. Mom Remi, 4, and Dad Finn, 3, gave birth on…
Free Fun: 15 Restaurants Where Kids Eat Free
Photo: Karen DB PhotographyTempura and udon at Gyotaku. If your keiki are eating a hole in your wallet, you'll appreciate these 15 restaurants that offer free kids meals with the purchase of an adult meal. For more free fun, check out our…
Cool Down with This Watermelon Coconut Slushy Recipe From Kale and Caramel
Food blogger and cookbook author Lily Diamond shares the healing wisdom of plants and a sweet sorbet to keep you cool all summer long.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-June 26, 2019
Photo: Courtesy of Hawai‘i State Art Museum Super Saturday at HiSAM Spend the weekend making art in air conditioning (and out of potential showers) at this special event at the Hawai‘i State Art Museum. Kids can print with blocks, create…
On-the-Go Education: 24 Fun Lessons That Fit into Your Hawai‘i Summer Plans
Photos: Karen DB Photography When summer rolls around, we often have great intentions of keeping our keiki’s brains active with elaborate enrichment projects. But just because they’re not in school doesn’t mean you’re not busy. Here is a cheat sheet…
Homegrown Science: Rock Candy Geodes
The Science Excessive amounts of sugar mixed with water create a supersaturated solution. When heated, molecules in the solution collide and stick to one another. This crystallization process is called nucleation.…
How to Have the Best Summer Ever for Honolulu Families
Photo: Getty Images When the kids are out of school, we all feel like playing hooky too. And for good reason. Not only do homework battles abate for a bit, but days of more sunlight (on average, about two hours…
We Tried It! Honolulu Fire Museum and Education Center Tour
Who: Four 2-year-old boys, one 2-year old girl and four moms. Where: Honolulu Fire Museum and Education Center, Kakaʻako When: Saturday at 9 a.m. When Duke was an infant, I was…
Out & About: 12 Things To Do in Summer 2019
May 24 (Start Date) 50th State Fair Photo: Courtesy of E.K. Fernandez Jump on your favorite E.K. Fernandez rides, play carnival games, treat yourself to funnel cake and take advantage of the free shows including a magic act and robo…