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Sat, Mar 14: Creatures of the Night at Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary
Sat, Mar 14: Saturday St. Patrick's Family Breakfast at Irish Cultural
Centre
Sun, Mar 15: Áine Minogue Irish Harpist - St. Patrick's Day Concert at Wright-Locke Farm
Sun, Mar 15:
2026 South Boston Evacuation Day/St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sat, Mar 21: March Mineral Madness Open House at Museum of Natural History and Planetarium
Sat, Mar 21: Kids & Youth Hockey Day Fleet vs Seattle Torrent at Boston Fleet
Thu, Mar 26: TYA: Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical at Greater Boston Stage Company
Sat, Mar 28: Easter Egg Hunt & Family Fun Day - At The Irish Cultural Centre Sun, Apr 5: Brunch with the Easter Bunny at Premiere on Broadway
Sat, Apr 11: Magnolias in Bloom: Music Inspired by Nature at the Arboretum |
Dear KidsOutAndAbout readers: When I was a teenager, I had a teacher who became a mentor without ever knowing he was one. He was aware I’d been going through some difficult times, and was glad to hear I was almost on the other side. “Some people aren't lucky enough to have dealt with hard things when they're young,” he told me. Then he added the phrase that has echoed in my head for decades: “Remember the
rocks.” Life, he explained, was always going to toss boulders into my path. The trick was to recognize, early, that even if it was painful or scary, I was capable of getting around, or over, or through them. Remembering how I’d managed would help me trust myself more when the next, bigger ones appeared. As a parent, I think about that often, about how the only way to become someone who does hard things is… to do hard things. It’s tempting
to rush in and smooth every unpleasant obstacle our kids encounter. When we email the teacher, mend the friendship, rescue the forgotten homework, eliminate every discomfort, we may feel helpful in the moment, but in fact we’re quietly removing the practice stones they need. Resilience doesn’t come from being told “You’re strong”; it comes from evidence that only they can gather, from working through manageable challenges and thinking, That was hard. And I handled it. We don’t need to
manufacture their challenges—being a kid is difficult enough. And we don’t abandon them to do it all on their own, either. We just learn to pause, to weigh advice against intervention, and to let them see what they can manage. The goal is that later in life, when something truly difficult lands in our children's path, they won’t just hope they can manage it, they’ll know. Now, many years later, when I encounter something daunting, I think back to my mentor and
remember the rocks. "I do hard things," I tell myself. And it works.
—Debra Ross, publisher of KidsOutAndAbout.com, co-author of The Eclipse Effect: How to Seize Extraordinary Moments to Build Strong Communities
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KidsOutAndAbout.com: Discover more. Do more. Connect more. If you like my publisher's column, you can easily scroll through past columns in the "Notes
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The all-new 2026 Camp Invention® program, Spark, is coming to curious kids in your community this summer! Rising K-6 campers will collaborate with friends to tackle hands-on, open-ended challenges. They’ll team up with robotic capybaras, ride the waves of
entrepreneurship, uncover the power of protecting their ideas and build a DIY space rocket! Each experience is designed to spark confidence, build persistence and create unforgettable summer memories. Visit invent.org/save/camp to secure your spot! Register using CIFUN25 by 3/31 to save $25 or CIFUN20 by 4/28 to save $20 when you register. Interest-free payment plans are available, making camp affordable for all families.
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iD Tech: The World's #1 STEM Summer Camp! BattleBots® Camp? You can only get it here. Roblox Camp? We've got that and more in our Summer '26 lineup. Register today at the top-rated tech camp for 25 years and counting! iD Tech is the very best
experience built around your child—their interests, their skill level, their goals for the future. Trusted by 75+ of the world’s top universities and over 1,000,000 parents, iD Tech is where kids and teens learn from the best—coding, game dev, robotics, and more. The future starts at iD Tech!
Click here for more information about your local iD Tech opportunities! Virtual camps are also available!
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They’ve been stealing hearts around the globe for two decades with the beauty of Ireland, its culture, and glorious music. They are synonymous with stunning harmonies, mesmerising vocals, captivating musicality, and spellbinding renditions of traditional
Irish music, classical masterpieces, contemporary melodies, and stirring original compositions. They are exceptional talent personified; they are musical mastery embodied; they are artistic beauty in its totality, and they are - in a word - magical!
They are Celtic Woman, and they are embarking on a brand new spring tour across North America! And Boston, your lucky stars have aligned, because they are coming to the Orpheum Theatre Boston on 5 March 2026 with their ‘A New Era’ spring tour 2026!
Tickets are priced from only $124, and the empty seats are growing less by the minute, so click on the ‘Get Tickets’ link now to secure your premier seats to the most enthralling concert and biggest must-see of the year!
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Join us for a reading of Claymates, written by Dev Petti and illustrated by Lauren Eldridge. In this story about creativity and friendship, two balls of clay “squish, smash and sculpt themselves into the funniest shapes imaginable” and go on an adventure.
Designed for children (5 and under) and their caregivers, PEM Pals aims to engage and excite all of the senses through books, movement, music, art and hands-on activities. Held on the first Friday of the month at 10:30 am.
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Camp Exploration Day is a free, open-house style event where kids and parents can experience Code Ninjas camps like Roblox Studio and Minecraft Modding firsthand before enrolling!
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Experience the age-old tradition of maple sugaring. The warm days of late winter awaken the flow of sap in the maples resulting in sweet-smelling, billowing clouds of steam rising from the sugarhouse. On a guided walk, learn how to identify a sugar maple,
observe tapping and sap collection methods, watch the sap being boiled down in the sugarhouse, and get a sweet taste of the final product. Bottles of our own freshly made maple syrup will be available for purchase in our visitor center.
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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to locate the most elusive avian agents in the area. Launching from Drumlin Farm, our elite birding unit will follow hot leads reported on eBird that week, tracking down rare and unexpected visitors making
covert appearances this fall. Previous sessions have yielded a near-perfect success rate in finding rare birds, and we're counting on your field skills to keep the streak alive. Once we've accomplished our task, we'll explore other nearby locations to search out other seasonal specialties.
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Join Wiggles & Jiggles at Arts Collaborative Medford for a FREE Yoga & Movement Demo Class for your little ones ages6-9 month olds. Class flow works on basic yoga poses filled with imagination and fun. As we work through each pose we also have fun
using music, stomping feet, and jumping.
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- Drop-In Gaming Time (All Ages) - At Boston Public Library - Chinatown Branch - Boston Public Library, 2 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116, Friday, March 6, 2026, 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
- Discovery Tykes at the Museum of
Natural History - Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI, Friday, March 6, 2026, 10:00AM-10:30AM
- Free Intro Yoga & Movement Class for Littles - Arts Collabortive Medford, Sunday, March 8, 2026, 8:00am- 8:30am
- Mayor Michelle Wu's Boston Family Days- At Old State House (Boston) - 310 Washington Street, Boston, MA, Sunday, March 8, 2026, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Camp Exploration Day - Code Ninjas, Washington Street, Canton, MA, (next week) 03/07/2026, 10:00 - 11:45
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View our local Boston area 2026 summer camp guide for kids! Pick the dates you want to explore on our calendar and see what summer camps are available. Hundreds of local summer camps: day camps, overnight camps, sports, drama, music, theatre, arts &
crafts, technology, robotics, horseback riding, preschool, & more!
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Parents have an abundance of choices when it comes to PreK and day care options in the Boston area! Use our Big List to help find the best one for your kiddos and check our events calendar to find Open Houses where you can meet teachers and tour the
schools.
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Winter is here and fun options for families just keep getting better! Whether you stick with what you love or decide to try something new, KidsOutAndAbout has plenty of ideas. From Ice skating, kid-friendly museums, indoor play centers, and outdoor
activities to thinking ahead to next year's school…
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Looking for a thrilling family-friendly adventure in the Boston area? Escape rooms are interactive, puzzle-packed experiences where you and your team work together to solve clues and complete your mission-all before time runs out! Whether you're escaping a
spooky cabin, cracking a high-stakes heist,…
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Click here to discover Birthday party locations in the Boston area. From Arcades to Ziplines our Big List will help you think outside the box and plan the party of your kids' dreams. KidsOutAndAbout has dozens (and dozens) of ideas!
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2025's best places to take kids in Boston as voted by Massachusetts parents! Parents vote, we do the math, and the result is the Top 20 Places to Take Kids! But there is LOTS more to do in Boston than even just this wonderful list: visit KidsOutAndAbout.com
to see our events calendar, find seasonal activities, get ideas for the perfect day trip and MORE !
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Have a great weekend!
Debra Ross
Publisher, KidsOutAndAbout.com
Mom of Madison and Ella |
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