 Cape Cod Moms announces the 3rd Annual Cape Cod Parent Resource Fair to be held on Saturday, January 25, 2020 from 9am to 1pm in the Café at Cape Cod Community College, located at 2240 Iyannough Road in Barnstable, MA. All parents, caregivers as well as children will enjoy this educational and fun resource fair sponsored by Bridgeview Montessori School, Cape Cod Healthcare & The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod. Connect with local family friendly nonprofits, resources, and businesses that are dedicated to helping families in our community grow and prosper. The event will feature local experts to help educate families on parent focused topics including “Navigating Grief with Your Family” presented by Good Grief Cape Cod; “Books Build Conversations: Family Story Time” with Eight Cousins; Empowering Children About Body Safety with Children’s Cove; and “Family Design – A Family Approach to Happiness, Health & Success” with Lamperti Counseling & Consultation. There will also be complimentary entertainment including a Princess Party, a dance session with Turning Pointe Dance Studio, a Magic Show with the Magicompany & music fun with Amy Wyman.
Tickets are only $2 for adults, children are FREE. Tickets can be purchased in advance via the Cape Cod Moms website or obtained for FREE via the participating vendors. Each ticket holder will be entered to win a Cape Cod Moms swag bag and will be given complimentary raffle tickets for additional chances to win any of the additional giveaways from local establishments. Special thanks to Cape Cod Conservatory; Cape Cod Radio; Elevated Impressions; Falmouth Chamber of Commerce; YMCA Cape Cod; Duffy Health Center; The Child Safe Division of American Income; Arc of greater Plymouth & Upper Cape Cod; Good Grief Cape Cod; Spaulding Center for Children; Crayon College; Gary DellaPosta, CPA and Attorney Monique Sadarangani for helping make this event possible! For more information including a list of all participants, entertainment schedule and speaker schedule please visit our website: http://www.capecodmoms.com/parent-expo.html About Cape Cod Moms Cape Cod Moms was founded in 2010 as a free resource, a place to network and collaborate for moms and parents on Cape Cod. Our blog is designed to help Cape Cod Moms connect with other moms, parents, and caregivers to empower the community with knowledge and support. Today much of our culture focuses on celebrity perfection, which fosters a desire in women and caregivers to do everything right. This is an impossible achievement for anyone and leaves women feeling overworked as the try to strive for a standard only achieved in the media. Cape Cod Moms is a supportive safe-haven for moms to know they aren't alone in the obstacles they face every day; other moms and caregivers struggle to get it all done too!
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It is NORMAL to grieve It is OKAY to grieve Grieving shouldn't be done ALONE Lets Grieve Together Join Good Grief Cape Cod at their first annual Family Camp Day on Saturday August 24th 9-2 pm at Camp Lyndon in Sandwich. Lunch snacks drinks provided during this expressive art therapies packed event. Our day will consist of a meet and greet breakfast , activities based on expressive arts and healthy living( visual, drumming, physical and mental/emotional activities.) swim time and lunch. Have your family join us this summer and be a part of a unique community that grieves together. THIS EVENT IS FREE thanks to a micro grant from the United Way of Cape Cod and the Islands. Reserve a spot for your family now! amy@goodgriefcapecod.org The best way to describe our summer family camp day is a time for families all coping with the loss of a loved one to be together and learn new healthy ways to help us cope productively. It is a time in which nobody has to get up and speak about their loved one or how they are feeling etc. It is time to be together for a cause to know and believe it is okay to be someone who is grieving and to know you are not alone. We will all be a part of different activities throughout the day together at Camp Lyndon. Zumba, Drumming, swimming, mindfulness and snacks and lunch will be provided. Cant join us for our camp day? Check out our Play Therapy and Equine Therapy events this month! Good Grief mission: In a culture that often avoids talking about loss, Good Grief Cape Cod holds a great emphasis on and support for research that children of all ages do grieve. Our mission is to promote positive change to how we as a society respond to grief by providing community engagement opportunities, sharing information and educational workshops that will provide our community with ways to help children and families cope with death. Good Grief Cape Cod is an initiative under the umbrella of Falmouth Together We Can, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.  Escape YOUR reality at King Richard’s Faire, New England’s largest and longest-running Renaissance festival! Open Labor Day Weekend Each year since 2012 we have been lucky enough to be granted admission to King Richard's realm as guests for his annual faire as well as offer giveaways to our fans & readers. This year we are giving away 3-Family 4 Packs for Opening Weekend to people who attend our upcoming Parent Night Out at the Cape Cod Children's Museum. We’ve always had such great times while attending. Some of our favorite parts of the Faire are seeing the Prince & Princess Contest and the joust, eating turkey legs, attending the fabulous music and shows and much more. We love visiting the vendors as well and in prior years have purchased a piece for our outfit to attend in! Each year we find something fantastic and something new! We cannot wait to see what is going to be at the Faire this year! Below are some of our blogs, tips and tricks on King Richard's Faire over the years: King Richard’s Faire 2012 King Richard’s Faire 2013 2nd Review Blog 2013 by Meghan King Richard’s Faire 2014 King Richard's Faire Meghan's 2014 Experience King Richard's Faire 2015 Meghan's Review of the Shows & Interviews with the Kids for 2015 King Richard's Faire 2016 King Richard's Faire 2017 Giveaway King Richard's Faire 2018 by Charissa-1st time visit King Richard's Faire 2018 Giveaway Visit the Faire weekends and Monday holidays from August 31-October 20, 2019, where entertainment, exciting rides and skilled games abound on the Faire’s enchanting 80-acre wooded site (235 Main Street, Carver, Mass. 02330). You’ll be dazzled by acrobats, aerialists, and jugglers! Be captivated by minstrels, dancers and puppeteers and enthralled by fire-eaters, magicians and exotic tigers. See our website for new acts and special events for the 2019 season! On Saturday August 31st, opening day, Carver residents are welcomed with free admission with valid photo ID. On Sunday, September 1st, the Faire holds a "Salute to Safety" with free admission to first responders with valid photo ID - see website for details. Hundreds of talented performers perform non-stop for you throughout the day on any one of our eight vibrant stages. The King’s handsome knights battle on horseback as bawdy beggars compete in mud. Wacky wenches will leave you in stitches while happy villagers engage you in the lanes. Frolicking faeries can be seen dancing through the forest, where you can try your skill in his majesty’s Gaming Glen. Afterward, epicurean pleasures suited for royalty, will tantalize even the pickiest of taste buds. Satiate thy palate with giant spit-roasted turkey legs, ringlets of fryes, and boules of chowder or stew, and quench thy thirst with specialty cocktails, champagne, wine and brew. Many of the King’s talented artisans journey from around the globe and have much to offer all who enter the gates of Carvershire. Discover beautiful handspun pottery, fabulous jewelry, and incredible face painting. Delight in period clothing, leather, armor, and moccasins. Be amazed by our blacksmith and forged weaponry, jewelry making, and other works of art. Revel in scented oils, perfumes, handmade crafts and psychic readings as you make memories to last a lifetime. Visit kingrichardsfaire.net for a site map, event schedules, and ticket sales. 235 Main Street, Carver MA 02330 adult: $34 child 4-11 $17 children 3 years of age and younger are free Website link: http://kingrichardsfaire.net Ticket link: https://kingrichardsfaire.net/ticket-admissions-faqs/ Group discounts (25+ guests): 952-238-9915 (November-July) and the Faire site office @ 508-866-5391 (August-October) or via email by contacting info@kingrichardsfaire.net. Group Discounted Pricing – $28 Adult/$16 Child  Cape Cod Parents Night Out! Cape Cod Moms, Cape Cod Children's Museum & Totally InTouch Vacations invite you to a fun evening with friends! Wednesday, August 21 at 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm Cape Cod Children's Museum 577 Great Neck Road South Mashpee, MA 02649 Join Amy & Melissa from Cape Cod Moms, Cape Cod Children's Museum & Totally InTouch Vacations for a fun evening mixing and mingling with friends new and old! FREE Childcare; all attendees will receive a FREE 1 year membership to Cape Cod Moms Shop Local club and will be eligible to win prizes. We will also have refreshments; the museum will be offering a discount on a membership & in store purchases. In addition any one who books for the Mother's Day trip will receive an additional gift. RSVP here by emailing us your name and attendees. RSVP's will be eligible to win an extra door prize!   Discover a New Sea Species & a Different Way to Learn
Join Bridgeview Montessori School on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 9:30 AM – 11 AM A free event for families with children entering 1st through 6th grade, come work with our teachers in our Art Studio to discover what a Bridgeview Montessori elementary education is all about. Your children will have a lesson about sea species and how they adapt as well as work in our Art Studio to create their own unique species. Parents will learn about how a Bridgeview Montessori elementary education is unique and inspiring. Visit www.bridgeviewmontessori.org to register and visit their Facebook Event page to be reminded. The Falmouth Family Guide to Summer Fun is brought to you by Cape Cod Moms, the region’s best resource for kids, parents & caregivers. This year we decided to trial a Family Guide to see if our community would find it useful! It is also FREE to download below! We would love your feedback and let us know which towns we should add next!  Falmouth Summer Fun-Feel free to download and print! 
This week #CapeKidsCast shares exciting upcoming events including Falmouth Rotary Day Of Play, Highfield Hall Stickwork Sculptures, and more. They also interview Rotary Club of Falmouth Cape Cod Day of Play Chair, Bobbi Richards about all the fun things taking place this Saturday for FREE at Mullen Hall School from 11am-4pm. For advertising information or to invite the cast to your event or family friendly business, email us at info@capecodmoms.com The Rotary Club of Falmouth, Cape Cod invites you to join them for the Inaugural Day of Play from 11am-4pm on Saturday, June 8, 2019 at the Mullen-Hall School located at 130 Katharine Lee Bates Road in Falmouth. The Day of Play will be a fun-filled day where your family can make and create crafts to take home as well as engage in a variety of fun filled activities geared for children ages 4-10. Every family will receive a treasure map and together can scavenger-hunt throughout the day. All play activities at this fair will be free. Kids will even receive a free carousel ride. There is NO cost to attend the Day of Play. All activities are offered at no charge from our select vendors. There will be a charge for food but you can always bring a lunch and blanket and have a picnic! There will be a few vendors that sell items geared towards children, so there will be a cost associated for any items purchased. Otherwise prepare yourselves for a free day of play!!!! The event is sponsored by: The Rotary Club of Falmouth Cape Cod, Community Health Center of Cape Cod, Cape Cod 5, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled American Veterans. For more information please visit: www.falmouthdayofplay.com For an amazing recap highlighting all the upcoming activities at the event: https://www.facebook.com/FalmouthRotaryClub/videos/426806518100822/  Preeminent Experts to Present: What Parents Need to Know about Dyslexia and Language-based Learning Differences
All parents and guardians are invited to attend Comprehending the Challenge and Potential of Children with Dyslexia and Language-based Learning Differences, a discussion led by two preeminent experts in the field of language-based learning differences. This special presentation will be held on Monday, June 3rd at 5:30 p.m. at Cape Cod Academy (CCA). Guest speakers, Jon Green and Jeanette Epstein of The Hamilton School at Wheeler in Providence, Rhode Island, helped to create a successful school within a school for children with learning differences. Jon and Jeanette have begun an exciting outreach initiative to help school communities better understand learning differences. Roughly 20% of the people in the US have some kind of learning difference. Dyslexia is the most common language-based learning difference diagnosed in children, and it rarely occurs in isolation. Jon and Jeanette will share insight and answer parents’ questions about children with language-based learning differences. They will provide tools to empower parents and share information and educational strategies. They will review the 12 things parents need to know about dyslexia and learning differences. Jonathan Green has been Director of The Hamilton School at Wheeler for the past 27 years and has been a board member of the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) for six years. Jeanette Epstein has been Director of Admissions at Wheeler School for the past 32 years and the Brown/Wheeler elementary MAT Program. The Hamilton School at Wheeler is an innovative school-within-a-school for 80 students in grades one through eight who have diagnosed language-based learning disabilities. What: Comprehending the Challenge and Potential of Children with Dyslexia and Language-based Learning Differences (A Talk for Parents) Who: Jon Green and Jeanette Epstein of The Hamilton School at Wheeler, an innovative school within a school for children with dyslexia and language-based learning differences. Where: Cape Cod Academy, 50 Osterville-W. Barnstable Road, Osterville, MA 02655 Tel: 508.428.5400 When: Monday, June 3rd at 5:30 p.m. How: Free and open to the public.  Brave Your Adventure with Kids Obstacle Challenge this June in Boston! Kids Obstacle Challenge I Boston, MA Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 I 9:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. $36 - $60 per Ticket I 1.5-2-Miles I Ages 5-16 Kalon Farm, 339 Seven Bridge Rd., Lancaster, MA 01526 kidsobstaclechallenge.com Run, jump, climb, and brave your way through the largest touring adventure and obstacle course event series for kids in the nation! Kids Obstacle Challenge is coming to Kalon Farm on Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 with waves from 9:00 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. If you are looking for the ultimate experience that involves the whole family, look no further! Our adventure pushes families to break out of their comfort zone and truly enjoy family time in a whole new way. Kids Obstacle Challenge attracts thousands of active kids and their parents by inspiring and challenging kids, and forging family bonds, through adventure and obstacles. Use our special promo code ADVENTURE15 to redeem 15% off when registering. GIVEAWAY We are also going to give away 2 free tickets! To enter all you have to do is comment on this blog post with which obstacle on the course looks like the most fun! Be sure to include an updated email so we can reach out to you if you win! We will draw a winner on FB live on March 2, 2019 around 7pm! About Kids Obstacle Challenge: Kids Obstacle Challenge is an adventure and obstacle course event series for kids ages 5-16, with 13-15 fun and challenging obstacles. Kids Obstacle Challenge is a place where a scraped knee doesn't stop you, where "I can't" is replaced with "I will," where parents are teammates, and kids are their own heroes. Participants can traverse across rock walls, army crawl through tough terrain, scale up rugged cargo nets, and slide into a muddy paradise! Don't miss the chance for your kiddos to achieve their goals and get covered in mud! Prepare to Brave Your Adventure this spring and have some muddy family fun! To sign up your eager adventurer, visit www.kidsobstaclechallenge.com. Registration: Pre Sale Price: $36 per Child - Ending March 31, 2019 Early Bird Price: $44 per Child – Ending May 19, 2019 Regular Price: $52 per Child – Ending June 21, 2019 Day Of Price: $60 per Child – June 22, 2019 2019 Kids Obstacle Challenge Locations:
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