Some Educational Activities in Toronto During the Winter Break

It’s the holidays! School’s out and your children need something to do. Here are some fun educational activities you and your child can do in Toronto during the winter break.

1. Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)
Located minutes away from the Subway, this museum is fun, interactive, and educational. You can spend hours exploring the various exhibits (especially the new dinosaurs exhibits, it’s pretty awesome). This place is great for all ages and there is nothing better than watching your child eyes light up as they see the different exhibits. Plus, entering after 4:30 pm means you get 50% off admission!

2. Ontario Science Centre
Yep, another museum! Sorry, but they’re just so much educational fun. For myself, the highlight at the Ontario Science Centre is the IMAX theater. The dome shape really creates an immersive experience and is always amazing to watch. While a little out of the way for myself, the Ontario Science Centre amazing IMAX theater make it worth the trip. Oh and the rest of the museum is fun and interesting too. But anyways, trust me, you haven’t experienced IMAX or any movie until you’ve been to IMAX at the Ontario Science Centre.

3. Cavalcade of Lights
Gain some art education with this exclusive Toronto event. The lights that line downtown really bring the city to life and are a great demonstration of the power of art. Also if you want to throw in some physical education to the experience, go have a skate on the ice rink at Nathan Phillips Square. It’s always a fun family bonding experience. Plus it’s free (unless you’re renting skates), and how can you go wrong with a free activity?

There, three days used on three fun activities. Hope that helps keep you and your family busy for the rest of the winter break!

Happy Holidays,
David

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Dealing with the Sandy Hook Elementary Tragedy

Hi everyone. After a few weeks off, it’s good to be back to blogs every Tuesday. 

Today’s blog is going to be very different. As you probably already know, we experienced a tragedy on Friday when a gunner broke into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and murdered 26 children and educators in cold blood. 

As an educator and parent, this massacre really hit home. It was an unfathomable situation, and I wish my deepest condolences to the victim’s families. No one should have to deal with what the families are dealing with right now. 

For the rest of us, lets remember the victims, and not the perpetrator. Lets remember educators like Victoria Soto, who hid her students and lied to the gunman so she would be the only one shot. Victoria is a shining example of selflessness and  can truly be called a hero. In fact, all the educators of Sandy Hooks who lost their lives showed their unbreakable dedication as teachers and are all heroes. 

Luckily, my sentiment is echoed with the media during their coverage of the event. They continue to focus their attention on the victims, and have spend minimal air time on the actual killer. I believe this is the right way to handle this situation because the perpetrator does not deserve to have their face and name glorified in the media. Hopefully history will forget the killer, and remember the victims and heroes of the tragedy at Sandy Hooks Elementary.

So what do you think? How should the media handle situations like massacre at Sandy Hooks Elementary? Comment below.

That’s all for now, and tonight hold your family close and tell them you love them, because you just never know what may happen.

All the best,

David

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