wmanning

Associate Publisher & Creative Director

Make Every Day Earth Day

With Earth Day right around the corner, it’s a great time to reflect on your own personal impact on the environment and the world around you. Because so many consumer habits can have a negative effect on the planet, it’s important to take steps to reduce this trend.

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Spring Cleaning Teaches Life Skills

As the weather gets warmer we often feel the need to organize and clean our homes. May is a great time to do this and getting our children to help not only makes our lives easier, it also teaches them wonderful life skills. Our dominant sense affects not only how we interpret information but also what our natural skills are, even when it comes to cleaning.

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Local Trips: The J. Paul Getty Museum’s “Saturdays off the 405!”

“Saturdays off the 405” is such a unique experience in that it combines a concert vibe with the educational and spirited ambience of the historical Getty Museum. Like its other location – the Getty Villa in Malibu, California – the Getty’s Los Angeles center provides hours and hours of enjoyment by offering sculptures, paintings, gardens, and other forms of art, both visual and audio.

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Top 10 Apps for Kids

Put your gadget to good use with our list of top 10 learning apps for kids. And did we mention they’re all free?

Healthy housekeeping tips offer a fresh approach to spring cleaning

After the long and cold winter experienced across the United States, families will be tackling spring cleaning with a passion this year. But for more than 40 million Americans living with allergies and 25 million with asthma, housekeeping comes with extra concerns and responsibilities. More than half of all homes in the U.S. have at least one person dealing with allergies or asthma, so spring cleaning needs to focus on removing common household allergens and irritants, and avoiding problems that some cleaning supplies could actually create.

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