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  • Theater as a family teaching tool — a visit to see LBJ on Broadway
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    Theater as a family teaching tool — a visit to see LBJ on Broadway

    ByEileen Ogintz May 30, 2014July 5, 2021

    I’ve always been a fan of learning outside the classroom, whether in the wilderness or a city and right now, there is a lot of opportunity in New York to use theater as a teaching tool,

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  • Hoteliers like Kimpton take the stress out of family travel
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    Hoteliers like Kimpton take the stress out of family travel

    ByEileen Ogintz May 30, 2014July 15, 2021

    Kids—and parents–will like that every Kimpton hotel is different. None of their amenities cost the hotel much but they certainly will make a stay memorable—and less stressful—for families.

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  • Hiking in the wildflowers and devouring oysters near Point Reyes CA
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    Hiking in the wildflowers and devouring oysters near Point Reyes CA

    ByEileen Ogintz May 29, 2014June 29, 2023

    It’s all in the technique. That’s what we learn when we destroy two borrowed oyster knives at the Tomales Bay Oyster Farm north of San Francisco in Marin County.

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  • World War II history comes alive for families visiting Normandy
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    World War II history comes alive for families visiting Normandy

    ByEileen Ogintz May 29, 2014July 6, 2021

    June 6 marks the 70th anniversary of D-Day, and many families, even if they can’t visit, will be thinking about grandfathers and great-grandfathers, sons, uncles and cousins who fought and died here.

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  • Kids treated like VIPs at San Francisco hotel
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    Kids treated like VIPs at San Francisco hotel

    ByEileen Ogintz May 28, 2014July 15, 2021

    Everyone likes being treated like VIPS—especially a four year-old staying at the St. Regis San Francisco with her parents and younger sister

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  • Families like to see Alaska from a small ship too
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    Families like to see Alaska from a small ship too

    ByEileen Ogintz May 22, 2014July 16, 2021

    Skip the big ships to see Alaska, Eileen says in this Foxnews.com report.

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  • Six ideas to jumpstart a multigenerational family summer trip
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    Six ideas to jumpstart a multigenerational family summer trip

    ByEileen Ogintz May 22, 2014July 15, 2021

    Is grandma packed? There’s a good chance she and grandpa are going along on your summer vacation whether it’s to a week at the beach, to Yellowstone or Orlando, and there’s also a good chance they’re leading the way — and paying for, or for much of, the trip.

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  • A Family Day in the Erzgebirge Mountains
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    A Family Day in the Erzgebirge Mountains

    ByEileen Ogintz May 19, 2014July 15, 2021

    In two hours, we were immersed in an alpine landscape that looked straight out of “The Sound of Music”.

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  • Families making the most of Disney World with new technology
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    Families making the most of Disney World with new technology

    ByEileen Ogintz May 15, 2014July 15, 2021

    Even the glitteriest magic wand won’t cut it at Walt Disney World these days. But wave a MagicBand and see what happens.

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  • Disney unveiling bigger Fantasyland and Dwarfs’ Mine Train
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    Disney unveiling bigger Fantasyland and Dwarfs’ Mine Train

    ByEileen Ogintz May 14, 2014July 6, 2021

    Walt Disney World’s newest attraction—the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train—set to open May 28—is to become the centerpiece of the New Fantasyland area at the Magic Kingdom.

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