KidsOutAndAbout Weekly Newsletter
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Thu, May 28: LEGO Lab - Orem Public Library
Thu, May 28: 4th Annual Utah Valley STEM Fest - University Place - Orem, UT
Fri, May 29: Ogden Music Festival 2026
Sat, May 30: Busker Fest
SLC
Sun, May 31: Kids-Only Farmers Market in Katy!
Fri, Jun 5: SoJo Summerfest 2026
Sat, Jun 6: Holi Festival of Colors Salt Lake City
Sun, Jun 7: Love All Night | Pride Day - Salt Lake Bees
Sat, Jun 13: Teen Chef Academy at Salt Lake Culinary Education
Mon, Jun 15: Movie Mondays at the Anderson-Foothill Branch Library
Wed, Jun 17: Alphabet Soup: An LGBTQ+ Club for Teens - Day-Riverside Branch Library
Sat, Jun 20: American Folk Ensemble
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Jun 27: 2026 Air Show: Warriors over the Wasatch - Hill Airforce Base
Sat, Jun 27: Children’s Parade - America's Freedom Festival at Provo |
Dear KidsOutAndAbout readers: A tumble is not a verdict; it's information. And kids are natural data analysts. That's what a mom half a generation older than me told me when I was getting ready to have kids, and I took it to heart. So I was secretly a little thrilled the summer my daughter Madison was almost 4, when she took her first big splash off a slippery log into a
creek. Here's why: To succeed in life, everyone needs to learn to stretch to the edge of their abilities... to gather courage from their toes, to calculate, to balance, to wobble, to slide... and eventually to succeed. Kids can learn this early if the grownups in their orbit help them see the mud and bruises that come from a tumble as badges to be worn proudly: a fail-until-we-succeed philosophy in action. That's how personal fulfillment happens, and it's how human progress happens,
too. Summer is childhood's best laboratory, where sensory experiences stick as lifelong learning. School has grades and rubrics and consequences; summer has grass stains and do-overs. An amusement park ride can teach the difference between fear and danger. A hands-on museum can teach that when your tower collapses, you simply vow to rebuild it taller. A farm can teach that maybe you don’t like strawberries from the grocery store, but
you do like the ones you picked yourself, still warm from the sun. A climbing gym can teach your muscles that “I can’t” really means “I can’t yet.” And summer camps are entire worlds built around trying something new with no transcript following you home. Last week, the KidsOutAndAbout.com team launched our annual Top 20 Places to Take Kids survey. It's a way to thank the people who make your community a great place to raise kids. Equally important, it’s a giant menu of local opportunities for your kids to stretch their legs, their minds, and their bravery this summer. Use it to create your summer bucket list! Then step back and set your family’s summer dial to “safe to fail.” Watch your kids climb, build, stumble, and try again.
Let them splash.
—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 from Deb" section of our site. |
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Dinosaurs and fossils, astronomy and aeronautics, chemistry, engineering and robotics, entomology and annelids, biology, forensics… Wherever your scientist’s interests fall, we offer a camp that is the right fit for them! In addition to themed activities, each camp includes chemical reactions, stretchy polymers, molecular model building and more. * New Middle Beakers Camp themes are available for campers ages 9+. Our morning and afternoon 5-day camp themes are available during Spring Break and Summer. Locations in Sandy and Orem! Visit our website to learn more and reserve your spot! Sandy website: https://sandy.littlebeakers.com/camps-workshops Orem website: https://orem.littlebeakers.com/camps-workshops
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Join us once again for four days of family fun and exciting competition at the Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, featuring the world’s top sheepdogs and handlers. Watching world-class sheep dogs at work will take your breath away – but that’s just the beginning at the Soldier Hollow Classic Sheepdog Championship & Festival! Since 2003, the Soldier Hollow Classic has been an exciting showcase of the human-canine bond – luring thousands of spectators annually to Midway to catch these dogs and handlers in action.
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Festival of Colors brings Holi joy across North America with high-energy color throws, live mantra bands, DJs, dance, yoga, and vegan/vegetarian Indian food. Family-friendly, alcohol-free, rooted in Indian culture—come get covered in color and memories!! Every Color Festival is a rain or shine event. No outside colors or food allowed.
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Visit The Gateway for The Makers Hive Market! The Makers Hive Market features a variety of local and small business owners that come from all around SLC. They pride themselves in hosting vendors of all backgrounds who have a passion for creating. There will be live music, local makers and vendors, local eateries, a charm bar, a dog friendly environment, and so much more! It's free to attend, so come on down.
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We welcome you to join us this Monday, May 25, at 10am for our annual Memorial Day ceremony at Provo City Cemetery. (In the event of inclement weather, the event will be moved to the Covey Center for the Arts in downtown Provo.) Check back here soon for more details on the event. Thank you to all who serve our great nation in the Armed Forces, and also to the family members of those who serve!
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- Playtime at Glendale Branch - Glendale Branch - Concord Street, Salt Lake City, UT, Friday, May 22, 2026, 11 am - 11:30 am
- Leap Into Reading - Springville Library - 45 South Main Street, Springville, UT, Friday, May 22, 2026, 10:30 am
- Tiny Tot Tales - Springville
Library - 45 South Main Street, Springville, UT, Friday, May 22, 2026, 11:30 am
- Kids Café | Café para niños 2026 at Ruth Vine Tyler Library - Ruth Vine Tyler Library - Wood Street, Midvale, UT, Friday, May 22, 2026 to Sunday, May 24, 2026,
See website for details
- Farmers Market Ogden Summer Market - Historic 25th Street, 25th Street, Ogden, UT, Saturday, May 23, 2026, 8 am - 1 pm
- Free spring mini photo session with Shoott! - Salt Lake City area - Salt Lake City area, Saturday, May 23, 2026 to Sunday, May 24, 2026, See link for times
- The Makers Hive Market - The Gateway - 18 North Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, Sunday, May 24, 2026, 11 am - 4 pm
- National Memorial Day Concert Live Stream - ONLINE ONLY - ONLINE ONLY, Sunday, May 24,
2026, 8pm EDT / 7pm CDT / 6pm MDT / 5pm PDT / 4pm AKDT
- Sunday Market - Wheeler Historic Farm - Wheeler Historic Farm - South 900 East, Murray, UT, Sunday, May 24, 2026, 9 am - 1 pm
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Click here to discover Birthday party locations in the Salt Lake City 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 of ideas!
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The KidsOutAndAbout annual guide to summer camps in the Salt Lake City area is back! You can search by date, age, or categories like day/overnight, sports, drama, music, theatre, arts & crafts, technology, robotics, horseback riding, preschool, &
more. Our guide puts summer fun right at your fingertips!
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Looking for a thrilling family-friendly adventure in the Salt Lake City 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…
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Have a great weekend!
Debra Ross
Publisher, KidsOutAndAbout.com
Mom of Madison and Ella |
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