Kids 5-12

Family vacation ideas for affordable travel with kids ages 5-12 years old, plus convenient family vacations rentals, top all-inclusive resorts with kids programs and cheap vacation ideas for travel with school-age kids and tweens.

Williamsburg Holiday Events

Colonial Winter In Williamsburg, Virginia

An enriching holiday experience that families will cherish for years can be found in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. Since 1934, this 301-acre historic area has put on its holiday finery from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day. Besides visiting historic buildings, encountering “People...

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Kids Fun In New York City

Kids Fun In New York City

Family Travel Forum’s guide for kids, offering them their own slice of the Big Apple. Few people forget their first childhood trip to the Big Apple. The Big Apple Greeters are a group of volunteers who show visitors the ins and outs of the city. A volunteer can take you around to sites of...

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Free USTA Membership Introduce Kids to Lifelong Sport of Tennis

Tennis is considered by many to be the ultimate lifetime sport that simultaneously sharpens your mind and body. In an effort to introduce more kids to its benefits, the United States Tennis Association is offering a free one-year membership to kids new to the USTA, aged 10 and under, until December...

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Prague, Don Giovanni Production

Pulling Mozart's Strings

Although Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is generally associated with Vienna, the composer also had strong personal and professional ties with Prague. It was there, at the venerable Estates Theatre, that Don Giovanni had its world premiere in 1787, conducted by Mozart himself, and today the opera house...

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Car snacks

Gourmet To Go Healthy Snack Recipes

When my family and I go on road trips we pretty much have a set road trip snack menu: sliced cantaloupe, granola bars, grape tomatoes and of course, a stash of candy bars (for “energy” my mother says).   While these munchies are delicious and generally nutritious, they are becoming...

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Lowry Park Zoo

Kids Fun In Tampa

Tampa has great zoos, aquariums, museums and some truly one-of-a-kind amusement parks that open their doors to families with multi-day programs each summer. Are you thinking about spending some extra time in central Florida? The city of Tampa takes full advantage of every local attraction to create...

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Times Square

My Big Adventure in New York

When I was about thirteen years old my mother and father took me to New York City. I can remember me being excited because I had never been out of town.  I was up the night before packing I couldn’t wait for My Big Adventure. I had always heard of New York and how great it was but...

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Kauai, Daelyn at Waimea Cottages

An American Girl in Kauai

I have been to plenty of amazing and exquisitely beautiful places.  I have seen Art and Architecture that blew my mind in Florence, had a spiritual awakening walking the ancient streets of Jerusalem, and enjoyed the charm and hospitality of the Irish in Adare, but never once did I think of...

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Pins on a Map: A Family's Yearlong Journey Around the World

Pick up this charming memoir by David Boesch and join his family of five on their enlightening one-year, 6-continent, 17-country journey.   The kids (ages 7, 10 and 13) helped select the itinerary by placing "pins on a map" to indicate where they want to go. In addition to their...

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Kids Listen to Storytellers

Eric Carle Museum Brightens Amherst, Massachusetts

Enjoy the writings and illustrations of the famous children's author Eric Carle in Amherst, Massachusetts. Enjoy the writings and illustrations of the famous children's author Eric Carle in Amherst, Massachusetts. Anyone who knows the slightest thing about children's books will get a...

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