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Educational and Entertaining Outdoor Experiences for Your Kids

June 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Take this unusual summer and turn it into a fun and enlightening family adventure into the outdoors. We’re entering a summer like no other.  Orange County businesses and venues have started re-opening, but things are still in a state of flux. Kids are done with the school year and families are likely feeling the pull […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Fitness & Recreation, Health Tagged With: outdoors, pandemic

How to Prepare Your Athlete to Safely Resume Sports

June 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Q: [Adolescents and teens] How should I prepare my athlete for returning to sports? After spending time away from organized activities, there will be an understood eagerness to quickly return to previous levels of practice and competition. That being said, it is best to protect young athletes and performers by realizing that starting with too […]

Filed Under: Ask the Experts, Fitness & Recreation, Teens & Tweens Tagged With: sports

June 2020 Virtual Calendar 

May 20, 2020 Leave a Comment

Your stay-in guide for virtual activities while sheltering-in-place. ENTERTAINMENT Virtual Shakespeare Aloud http://carpenterarts.org/artsforlife/shakespeare.htmlThe Carpenter Center transports its popular free Shakespeare Aloud series to the Internet. Play readings will be done 1 pm-2:30 pm on designated Thursdays. Richard III will be read June 4 & 11, while the second play is still TBD. As with the […]

Filed Under: Community, Coronavirus, Education, Family Activities, Fitness & Recreation, Fun & Games, Health Tagged With: pandemic

Healthy Living Advice from a Fitness Trainer

October 31, 2018 1 Comment

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Fitness trainer Nancy Anderson offers words of advice for keeping your family healthy. Family fitness is an important topic for trainer Nancy Anderson. She’s not only passionate about helping moms lose the “baby fat,” but she’s developing a new program specializing in all stages of motherhood—from preconception through pregnancy and beyond. “Everything I teach and […]

Filed Under: Family Wellness, Fitness & Recreation, Health

The Pause Button

April 3, 2018 Leave a Comment

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Parenting OC’s new monthly column will offer obscure places, easy crafts and low-stress, low-cost ways to flow. Parents are a group of hard-working and often tired people. They earn money to provide a well-furbished home for their families and to surround their children with enriching activities and lessons. They oversee our kids’ homework and schooling […]

Filed Under: Family, Family Activities, Fitness & Recreation

Performing Arts Camps for All Ages

February 6, 2018 Leave a Comment

Performing Arts Camps for All Ages Slideshow

OC performing arts camps teach more than just drama and dance numbers. Whether your child dreams of lighting up Broadway, dancing in “The Nutcracker,” or is just looking to make lasting memories with their peers, performing arts camps may be the way to go this summer. Back in the day, parents with stars-in-the-making used to […]

Filed Under: Camps, Fitness & Recreation

Play Ball!

January 31, 2017 Leave a Comment

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Is Sport Camp Right for My Child? The ides of a camp that pairs summer fun with skill building in a sport seems like a no brainer. But what if your child isn’t a lifelong gymnast or soccer player? Will they fit in and be happy at a sports camp? Perhaps you want to encourage […]

Filed Under: Camps, Fitness & Recreation, Fun & Games Tagged With: sports

Inspiring Families of OC

January 4, 2017 Leave a Comment

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Sometimes life can seem overwhelming, even in the idyllic environs we enjoy in Orange County. As reflections about the past and new year kick in, we wanted to share the inspiring stories of a few OC families. The Brown Family 100 Miles and Counting Last December, Kelly and Allen Brown sat their small children, Eden […]

Filed Under: Family, Fitness & Recreation Tagged With: sports

Tech Out your Workout

January 4, 2017 Leave a Comment

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Tis the season to renew your get-in-shape resolutions. Old school is great, but get the most out of your limited time to hit the gym or trails with these new fitness helpers. Samsung GearFit 2 This new dust-and-water-resistant take on the wrist-bound activity tracker will be music to your ears, literally. The GearFit 2 holds […]

Filed Under: Fitness & Recreation, OC Woman

Elite Athletes 2016

June 29, 2016 Leave a Comment

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Meet a Few of OC’s Future Olympians We have an embarrassment of riches in Orange County when it comes to stellar young athletes. Over a quarter of the last Summer Games’ Olympians held SoCal ties. The year-round balmy climate and world class trainers and training facilities available certainly don’t hurt, but the goals and dreams […]

Filed Under: Fitness & Recreation, Special Issues

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