MommyPoppins - Get More Out of Life With Kids

Hi All,

Today's blog entry talks about MommyPoppins.  It bills itself as 'Getting More Out of Life With Kids'.


Users can use the site as a way to find things to do with kids based on Age, Area, Things to Do and Family Fun.  The Activity Guide link on the site has links for a wide variety of things to do - including, but not limited to - Birthday Parties, Classes/Enrichment, Crafts/Recipes, Free Activities, Museums, Parent Talk, Shows, STEM, Summer Activities, Theme/Water Parks and more.

Just who is MommyPoppins though? Indeed, click on this link to find a bit more about them...spoiler alert though - there isn't that much info on the page...

There are also links to Camps & Classes, Parties links to Trips. At the top of the page is a link to search the site.  There are also links to Connect with MommyPoppins, a Directory, and a Calendar.


Before you starting clicking on any link that you think is important you'll need to click on your region at the top left side of the homepage.  Once you do that you are free to roam!

I found the Calendar link especially useful. Pick a day and the vents that are available appear on the screen.  Links are available to that particular event!  Links by Age are interesting to visit as well. 

On 7/24/17 when I wrote this blog entry there were article on 'Old Fashioned Ice Cream Parlors Long Island Kids Will Love, Summer Day Tirp for Long Island Families  and and article on Long Island Aquarium Exhibits.

Users can signup for the MommyPoppins newsleter by clicking on this link.

Finally, just as another example of the utility of the site, the link for Family Fun had the following information on 7/24/17: Guide to Indoor Play Spaces for Kids, Museum/Art Guide to Kids.

Articles are dated and an author is listed - and the authors name is linked.   One of the better parts of the site are the tabs at the top of each article.  Basically these tabs are like subject headings for the topics that the article deals with.  One such article that I clicked on was titled 12 Places Where LI Kids Can Learn and Have Fun in the Hamptons and North Fork.

Other useful links on the site include This Week in Long Island, July Go List and Neighborhood Guides (can choose between Nassau Suffolk and the East End.

Listed tabs at the top of the page for the article included Classes/Enrichment, Family Travel, Farm/U Pick Up, Museums, Shows, Visitors Guide and more.  Talk about comprehensive lists and topics!

Enjoy the site and the links!

Regards,
Stu

Perpetual Calendars and More

Hi All,

Time is definitely going on and on and on...its just the way it goes.  That's why today's blog entry is all about perpetual calendars.  What is a perpetual calendar?  Click here for a quick overview of what a perpetual calendar is. Suffice it to say that a perpetual calendar is a 'calendar valid for many years, usually designed to allow the calculation of the day of the week for a given date in the future'.

This next link from Infoplease gives the reader a perpetual calendar for any month or year in the Gregorian calendar.

For example, July 4th, 2055 will be a Sunday...perpetual calendars are useful to see when various holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and other special days are set to occur at some time in the future.

Click on this link for more information and fun stuff on calendars and how they work and how you can use them to figure out what months in a particular year have Friday the 13th's and more about the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

This next link is from the University of Notre Dame archives and is a simple page where users can display a calendar for a particular month and year...you'll get to see the whole calendar and the days of the week all on one page.

Enjoy the links and the pages and the calendars.

Regards,
Stu