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- April 10 Discussion, Morven Museum & Garden
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- The Learning Experience Presents NJ Kids Have TALENT April 20, 2013
- McCarter and Princeton Public Library Present Happy Birthday Mr. Shakespeare April 14
- Free Prom Gowns for NJ Teens in Foster Care and Teens in Need
- Princeton Family YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day® April 20, 2013
- Updates from PTP (Princeton Tennis Program)
- Spectacle Theatre Presents Beauty & The Beast April 10,12,13 Princeton High School Performing Arts Center
- Children’s Classic Story “Charlotte’s Web” Comes to MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre April 20
- Princeton Girlchoir Now Accepting Audition Appointment Requests for 2013-2014 Season
- Students Turn up the Volume in Summer Camp Programs with School of Rock!
- Hopewell Valley Lacrosse Announces Little Laxers Program for Boys and Girls 3 -8
- Free Tennis Clinics for Adult Beginners & Spring Registration Open at Nassau Tennis Club
- Efficient Treatments for Childhood AD/HD, April 10, 2013
- April Programs at the Nature Center at Washington Crossing State Park
- The Hopewell Valley YMCA & Timberlane Middle School Offer Spring Intramural Sports After School
- Citizenship Preparation Classes To be Offered at the Princeton Public Library
- Rock Salt Family Comedy Theatre Opens in Mercer County Park
- Kids’ MusicRound Spring Semester of Parent-Child Classes Begins April 1
- New Jersey Audubon's March Family and Adult Nature Programs
- Hunterdon Medical Center To Hold Class for Kids Ages 1-6
- Art for Families - Spring Calendar - Princeton University Art Museum
- Terhune Orchards Events, May to December, 2013
- Weekly Playgroup, Moms Club of Hamilton, Every Wednesday
- Coping With Acne: A Teen's Guide to Clear Skin
- Family Camping in New Jersey - What to Know Before You Go
- Campgrounds in New Jersey
- Fishing in New Jersey - What to Know Before You Go
- Traveling With Kids
- Hair Loss in Children
- Exercise is Healthy for Mom and Child During Pregnancy
- Senior Resource Guide
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- Building Your Child's Self-Esteem
- Influenza and The Influenza Vaccines
- Commune-icate With Your Children
Family Announcements
Family Articles
Incredible Me
Princeton Shopping Center 301 N. Harrison Princeton NJ 08540 609-683-8907 Newly renovated Incredible Me has expanded and now includes sizes from Infant to Juniors. Bigger, better and more variety for your Incredible Kid and Pre-teen. Fashions and Footwear in one location. Don't want to pay for parking? Risking your meter running out downtown? Fighting the malls? Incredible Me is conveniently located at the Princeton Shopping Center on Harrison Street in Princeton. Accessories, gift-ware, complimentary gift wrapping, monogramming and a TEXT VIP program offering great seasonal deals to all of our VIP customers. Don't be bogged down with high prices and ho-hum styles, visit Incredible Me Mon-Sat 10-6pm and let our customer service oriented staff make your shopping experience Incredible! 609-683-8907. www.incredibleme.com |
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Stifel Nicolaus & Company
Erik Sermarini 902 Carnegie Center, Suite 130 Princeton NJ 08540 267-980-6889 At Stifel Nicolaus, we believe in doing business face to face. We want to understand your unique financial objectives so that we can develop a strategy specific to your needs and long-term financial goals. Whether you want to plan for retirement, save for your children's college education, reduce your tax bills, or increase your income to meet monthly expenses, you can expect personalized, professional service and advice. |
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Westminster Conservatory of Music
101 Walnut Lane Princeton NJ 08540 609-921-7104 Established in 1970, Westminster Conservatory is the community music school of Westminster College of the Arts of Rider University, serving the central New Jersey/eastern Pennsylvania area with private and group instruction. In addition to utilizing the facilities of Westminster Choir College in Princeton, there are extension locations in Yardley, PA (St. Ignatius of Antioch School), Lawrenceville (St. Ann’s School), West Windsor (Princeton Presbyterian Church), South Brunswick (Crossroads School South), and Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart in Princeton. Individual instruction may be taken, exclusive of other course work, or students may choose a more structured approach through the Conservatory’s Honors Music Program, which offers a comprehensive curriculum designed to build total musicianship and is available to gifted and highly motivated students. |
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Kelsey Theatre
1200 Old Trenton Road West Windsor NJ 08550 609-584-9444 The Kelsey Theatre, home to 8 resident theatre companies, presents a full season of events for adults and the entire family. From musicals like Legally Blonde, The Sound of Music, Little Shop of Horrors, Gypsy, Pippin, Next To Normal, Cabaret, and Sunday in the Park With George to dramas like The Miracle Worker, Love Letters and On Golden Pond, to comedies like Born Yesterday and Lovers and Other Strangers. We even have a special Sing-A-Long GREASE! with audience participation, and a chance to wear your Leather Jackets and Pink Poodle Skirts and win prizes! We also offer a full season of special events just for kids, including Martha Speaks, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Thumbelina, Charlotte’s Web, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, The Little Engine That Could, The Little Princess, and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever! Located on The West Windsor Campus of MCCC, with no ticket more than $20 - The Kelsey Theatre is truly The Place To Go for Theatre! |
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Waldorf School Of Princeton
1062 Cherry Hill Road Princeton NJ 08540 (609)466-1970 Open Houses 10-12pm 11/3, 1/12/13, 3/9/13.Waldorf School of Princeton, New Jersey’s only accredited Waldorf school, educates children from toddlerhood through eighth grade. Our highly structured curriculum integrates arts and sciences, encouraging students to become creative, balanced, socially responsible individuals who love to learn. Our time-tested approach corresponds to the stages of human development, focusing on not only what children learn, but how they learn. Our graduates emerge self-motivated, morally anchored, and ready to thrive not only in the most demanding high schools and colleges, but on whichever paths they choose. After-school enrichment programs are open to the community. School tours are arranged by appointment, and open houses are held throughout the year. For more information, visit our website at www.princetonwaldorf.org or call 609-466-1970 x 115. |
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Pennington Montessori School
4 Tree Farm Road Pennington NJ 08534 609.737.1331 Pennington Montessori is a non-profit preschool dedicated to the Montessori philosophy of education. Our Montessori program is a unique cycle of learning designed to take advantage of the child’s sensitive periods, 15 months through 6 years, when they can absorb information easily from a prepared enriched environment. Children are provided with stimulating activities and structure in an environment which works to prepare them for a lifetime of learning well beyond their years of formal education. Located off of Route 31 in Pennington, we are open during the school year from 7:30am to 6:00pm and summer 8:00am to 5pm. |
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Princeton Nassau Pediatrics
301 N. Harrison Street Princeton NJ 08540 609-924-5510 Welcome to Princeton Nassau Pediatrics. We are a group of board certified general pediatricians whose mission is providing the highest level of health care to the children of the greater Princeton, West Windsor, and Monroe areas. We provide state of the art care for children from infancy through college based on the most up-to-date medical advances. With three locations, we are able to offer routine well care visits, same day sick visits, weekend/holiday and evening urgent care coverage, as well as full in-office laboratory services. West Windsor Location: 196 Princeton-Hightstown Road, 609-799-5335 and Monroe Location: 312 Applegarth Road, Suite 104, 609-409-5600 |
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Chapin School
4101 Princeton Pike Princeton NJ 08540 609-986-1702 Chapin School is a small, co-educational independent school serving students in grades Pre-kindergarten through grade 8. In a warm, home-like atmosphere, in which children feel uniquely valued, Chapin provides a richly textured education that inspires academic achievement and builds strength of character. Within a diverse, caring and supportive community, students are prepared to meet the future with skill, confidence, determination and a generosity of spirit. |
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Princeton Shopping Center
301 North Harrison Street Princeton NJ 08540 609-921-6234 The Princeton Shopping Center certainly lives up to its reputation as Princeton's One Stop Shop. With plenty of free parking, you are sure to find what you are looking for - unique gifts, home furnishings and accessories, health & beauty services, numerous conveniences, and grocery. The take-out and dine-in restaurant choices are amazing including everything from sandwiches to gourmet items to delectable bistro fare. In warmer months, enjoy outdoor dining and happy hours at Main Street's Clocktower Cabana Patio Bar. You will certainly enjoy strolling through our sprawling outdoor WiFi courtyard while shopping and dining at Princeton Shopping Center. Located on Harrison Street, just a few blocks from Princeton's Central Business District, Princeton Shopping Center "has it all". Visit our website for our coming events and shopping directory. |
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St Paul Catholic School of Princeton
218 Nassau Street Princeton NJ 08542 609-921-7587 Academic Excellence. Spiritual Growth. For 130 years, St. Paul School has been setting a standard for a Catholic co -ed education in the Princeton area. We have built a reputation for providing a premier education in a faith-based environment. Graduates of St. Paul attend top private and public high schools. Their preparation is a result of a rigorous curriculum, proven-successful K-8 school model and seasoned faculty within a nurturing Catholic environment. St. Paul is more than a school, it’s a learning community that provides a comprehensive education grounded in foundational reading, math and writing skills and enhanced with the arts, language, music and computer technology. St. Paul's also offers a full-day kindergarten and an after-care program. Contact us for a tour and ask us about our tuition price. We provide a quality private school education - at an affordable price. www.spsprinceton.org |
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Terhune Orchards
330 Cold Soil Road Princeton NJ 08540 609-924-2310 Terhune Orchards is a 200-acre, family owned farm in just outside of Princeton. The Mount family has owned and operated it since 1975. Terhune Orchards is noted for its fresh, wholesome fruits, vegetables, flowers and herbs, growing 25 varieties of apples and over 35 different vegetable crops, Certified Organic and conventional. The farm store is stocked with homemade cookies, fruit breads, apple crisps, apple cider donuts and fresh squeezed apple cider. Take part in Pick-Your-Own offerings, farm festivals throughout the year and visit the barnyard of animals. Visit www.terhuneorchards.com to learn about education programs, Read & Pick series, school tours, farm camp, birthday parties and more! Gift baskets available and corporate and group event space! Terhune Orchards - enjoyed by young & old. Open All Year, Mon-Fri 9am-6pm, Sat & Sun 9am-5pm. |
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Music Together Princeton Lab School
609-924-7801 The Music Together Princeton Lab School was founded in 1985 and is committed to helping families, caregivers, and early childhood professionals rediscover the pleasure and educational value of informal music experiences. Rather than emphasizing traditional music performances we encourage family participation in spontaneous musical activity occurring within the context of daily life. We recognize that all children are musical and that every child needs a stimulating, supportive music environment to achieve basic competence in the wonderful human capacity for music-making. Currently, we are offering classes in Princeton, Hopewell, Hamilton, West Windsor, and Hillsborough. Visit our website, www.musictogetherprinceton.com or call our office, 609-924-7801, to register or learn more about our program! |
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Brain Balance Achievement Centers
21 Route 31N., Suite 2A Pennington NJ 08534 609-737-1310 The Brain Balance Program® brings hope to families of children who suffer with behavioral, academic, and social challenges. The program is offered in specialized achievement centers that utilize a drug-free, whole-child approach to address the underlying issues in many of the behavioral, developmental, and learning disorders that plague so many children today. Children who benefit from the Brain Balance Program do not always have a diagnosis, but often exhibit characteristics of ADHD, Learning, Behavioral, and Processing Disorders, Asperger’s, Dyslexia, Tourette’s, OCD, and PDD among others. Every child deserves the opportunity to reach their fullest social and academic potential. The Brain Balance Program is an individualized and comprehensive approach to help children with neurobehavioral and learning difficulties surmount their unique challenges. Children with ADD/ADHD, Dyslexia, Tourette’s, Asperger’s and Autism Spectrum Disorders can all benefit from this innovative program. |
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Kids' MusicRound
PMB #2008, 25 Rte. 31 South Pennington NJ 08534 609-333-0100 MusicRound® is a singing, laughing, giggling, jiggling, clapping, dancing, bouncing, fun-filled, award-winning music and movement experience for infants and children to age six. With the KMR children's music program, parents can help bring out a child's natural curiosity about music in a playful, encouraging class environment. The 45-minute, 10-week interactive classes are lead by a professionally-trained teacher. A class specifically designed for ages 4 1/2 - 6 is offered in the Pennington location only. Visit our website for schedules, videos and more. Come sing and dance with us! Call for a preview class. You can find us making music in Pennington, Montgomery, Princeton, Kendall Park, Robbinsville,Plainsboro, West Windsor and Crosswicks. Kids' MusicRound is a 2008 recipient of the "Best of Philly" award. Kids' MusicRound does offer teacher training in addition to parent-child classes. Call the office (609-333-0100) or visit our website (link above) for more information. |
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West Windsor Arts Council
952 Alexander Road West Windsor NJ 08550 609-716-1931 West Windsor Arts Center, the junction where the arts and community meet, offers classes and workshops, live performances (music, theatre and dance), art exhibitions, literary arts programs, film series and various special events as well as camps. The mission of the West Windsor Arts Council (WWAC) is to manage the West Windsor Arts Center and provide professional quality community arts programming in order to support, educate, inspire and promote the arts and art appreciation in the greater West Windsor community. Residents of other communities are encouraged to attend any and all programs and events. Visual, literary and performing art classes and workshops, as well as private and semi-private lessons, are offered for children, teens, adults and those with special needs. Our teaching artists are experienced teachers and practicing professionals. Visit www.westwindsorarts.org or call 609.716.1931.? |
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YWCA Princeton
59 Paul Robeson Place Princeton NJ 08540 609-497-2100 The YWCA Princeton received its charter in 1922; since then, we have been bringing our mission of Eliminating Racism and Empowering Women to life. We strive to meet the changing needs of our diverse community through: an After School Program for more than 500 local children at five school sites; our English as a Second Language department, that teaches English and life skills to immigrants from various socio-economic backgrounds; The Breast Cancer Resource Center, that provides information and support services to more than 5,000 women annually; our Child Care Center at Valley Road School, that provides English-language and social skill development, specifically to low-income and Latino children. We also offer many adapted classes for those with mental and physical challenges, adult education classes, an aquatics program, arts & crafts, fitness and martial arts for women, and a dance program for children and adults. Financial assistance is available. |
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