With Spring and Summer around the corner, here are some great family activities:

Essex Steam Train & Railroad
One Railroad Avenue
Essex, CT.
800-377-3987

Stepping Stones Museum for Children
Matthews Park-303 West Avenue
Norwalk, CT.
203-899-0606

Mystic Aquarium
55 Coogan Boulevard
Mystic, CT.
860-572-5955

Beardsley Zoo
1875 Noble Ave.
Bridgeport
203-394-6565

Sports Center of Connecticut
784 River Road
Shelton, CT
203-929-6500

Imagine Nation-A Museum Early Learning Center
One Pleasant Street
Bristol, CT.
860-540-3199

 

Safe Kids Connecticut provides car seat checks throughout the state, as well as fitting stations.

Fitting stations exist in different locations throughout the state, mostly in police and fire departments.  The fitting stations have all of the needed materials to check child safety seats as well as certified personnel.  Parents should call to set up an appointment, as many fitting stations check seats on certain days of the week.  Although the large clinics do still occur throughout the state, fitting stations are often more convenient for parents.

In order to allow enough time for your seats to be checked, please arrive early as it takes about ½ hour to check each car seat in your vehicle.

There is a FREE fitting station at Griffin Hospital. For details and times see below:

Griffin Hospital, Valley Parish Nurses
130 Division Street
Derby, CT  06418
Phone:  203-732-1337
*3rd Tuesday, 8am to 10am
*3rd Wednesday, 3pm to 6pm

To read more please click on the following link: http://www.ctsafekids.org/carseat_info.htm

Read Aloud 15 MINUTES is a non-profit organization that is working to make reading aloud every day for at least 15 minutes the new standard in child care. When every child is read aloud to for 15 minutes every day from birth, more children will be ready to learn when they enter kindergarten, more children will have the literacy skills needed to succeed in school, and more children will be prepared for a productive and meaningful life after school.

Reading aloud is the single most important thing a parent or caregiver can do to improve a child’s readiness to read and learn.

By making 15 minutes of daily reading aloud the new parenting standard, we will change the face of education in this country.