On a recent weekday, 9-year-old Max Cortez of Wynnewood is running and weaving between the wooden posts at Sister Cities Park’s new Playful Learning installation. He’s playing, but when asked one of the questions posted on the installation — What inventio... See more
In 2023, when the leadership team of First Tee Greater Philadelphia, the regional branch of the national youth golfing and leadership nonprofit, launched Access to Golf in Strawberry Mansion, they realized they had a problem. The all free multi-week progr... See more
When Eli Prosper stands on the side patio of James Logan Elementary School and looks out across the school property, he doesn’t see 2.2 acres of gray pavement. He sees what’s coming next, a plan conceived by Logan third graders and fine-tuned with the hel... See more
The adage Everybody has a story to tell? It’s true. The cliche Don’t judge a book by its cover? Also true. Consider Jean Coyne, 86, one of the six stars of GrandWomen, an upcoming Theater of Witness production during which the actors ranging in age from 6... See more
How do you all with young children handle this …? I’m on the edge of the creek trying to jump to the other side, but not knowing … if I will make it or not. I am at a loss. How do you fill their days … surviving boredom? I have felt alone (especially late... See more
