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Family Fun Reviews

Powell’s

The Experience: Visiting Powell’s City of Books, the downtown flagship store of the Portland-based company, is pure magic for any book lover. I find the smell of both the old and new volumes intoxicating; and I feel an immediate kinship with the hundreds of other bibliophiles present in the store on any given day. If [...]

This Month's Online Articles

Science Literacy Extras
Read our Ages & Stages feature for September (“Inquiring Minds Want to Know: Raising Kids to Be Scientifically Literate”). And then check out these additional resources:

Supporting Your Child’s Scientific Passions
Selected Science Competitions


See all of our Online Articles.


Parents' Calendar Online

This Month's Parents' Calendar
Parent education opportunities, fundraisers for parenting related organizations and other parents-only events of interest. You can submit Parents’ Calendar items by clicking on the 'Submit an event' button on the Calendar page.


See all of our Parents' Calendar.


Our 2010-11 Education & Enrichment Guide

education and enrichment guide

An all-inclusive guide to family resources, goods, services, activities and destinations in the metropolitan area. Learn more...


Our 2010 Summer Camps & Learning Guide

Summer Camps Guide

An extensive directory of summer learning opportunities and camps for children and families. Learn more...


Our 2010 Birthday Party Guide

2010 Birthday Party Guide

Our Annual Birthday Party Resource Guide. Find it Here...


Our 2010 Family Resource Guide

Family Resource Guide

An all-inclusive guide to family resources, goods, services, activities and destinations in the metropolitan area.Learn more...


Our 2009-10 Your Baby and You Guide

Your Baby and You

A highly regarded resource for new and expectant parents, with extensive information on pregnancy and post-partum issues as well as area goods and services for mom, baby and family.Learn more...


Online Family Resource Listings

Looking for Music lessons for your kids, Childcare/Daycare, Private School, Foreign Language Lessons. See our online listings.

The Parent 2 Parent Blog

A few months ago we launched a new addition to our website: Metro Parent Family Fun Pages! It’s a one-stop site for information about family-friendly destinations, educational adventures, arts-related events, restaurants, physical fun, day trips and much more. You’ll find lots of informative reviews of fabulous places to go with your kids, too, and we add more every week.

Ever heard of the Bike Farm? Read about this northeast Portland nonprofit collective >> More


School Spotlight

CLASS Academy

Take a virtual tour of CLASS Academy, a private, Pre-K through 8th grade school in NW Portland.


Book Review Pages!
Books that our staff or writers recommend

2010 Summer Camps Guide
Our 2010 Summer Camps & Learning Guide is now available
See it Here


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