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Vienna ist fur Kinder

Vienna ist für kinder!  Vienna, Austria boasts castles, boat rides, music history, gorgeous Hapsburg-yellow buildings, and fantastic parks.  We lived in the 19th district of Vienna for six months in 2008 with two young kids and we fell in love. Many activities and museums are designed specifically für kinder (for children) and others are just naturally fun für kinder. Here are a few of our favorite hidden family hotspots. Read more »

Music Education on the Road

We think about cultural and historical education when we’re on the road with kids. We remember to take our kids to art museums, historical landmarks, and famous icons. But what about music? Music differs all over the world, it’s everywhere, and it’s often free. It’s something that can be hard to find time for at home so take advantage of being on the road to expand your child’s vision of what music means.

There are street musicians in almost every tourist hotspot around the world, local concerts, special cultural performances, and musical history. Try saving some focus for street musicians on your next trip. They’re in fairly predictable places so plan a visit and take some time Read more »

Preparation is more important than plane tickets

Spend less energy on travel logistics and more on preparing your kids.  They’ll enjoy the trip so much more if they have educated expectations about the places you’ll be visiting.  The more they know, the happier they’ll be (and so, of course, the happier you will be too).  You can’t really expect them  to be all excited about seeing a mosque when they don’t know what it is.  And, let’s face it, art without expectation can be no fun at all.  If you’ve read about the Mona Lisa in a story, it might be fun to go see her.  On the other hand, standing in line to see a painting of a smirky lady that your parents tell you is “really famous”? Well, that just makes for really bad day.

In defense of the worksheet

Teachers use worksheets all the time.  Why?  Because kids love them!  Then teachers overuse them and worksheets get a bad wrap.  But, trust us, take our worksheet (call it a scavenger hunt) to a museum and set your kids loose.  It’ll be you begging to sit down or go to the gift shop while your kids are still roaming around, looking at art.

No one can get bored in this museum! Museum Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger hunt is currently sized to fit on one page but you can enlarge and print on two pages for smaller hands.