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Friday, May 09, 2008 • 08:05 pm

Kids Guide

Ottawa is a great place to raise kids. We have lots of outdoor space, plenty of indoor attractions and recreation facilities, and a safe environment. Here are some ideas for entertaining your family.

Interesting Links

• Child & Youth Friendly Ottawa
• The Children's Welcome Centre
• Firstwords Speech & Language Program
• Friends and Neighbours Club
• Kids Ottawa-Gatineau
• Kids Help Phone
• KIDSnet - by Andre Ouellette
• Ottawa Family Fun (inactive blog)
• Youth Resource Network of Canada

Parenting Blogs

• Adventures of a Working Mom
• a peek inside the fish bowl
• Bread Crumbs in the Butter
• Crazy Life, Makes me Tired
• Gliding Through Motherhood...
• Humpty Dumpty House
• Life is Good ... at the Beach
• Loulou's views
• meanoldmommy
• Party of 3
• Postcards from the Mothership
• Tales of life with a girl on the go
• Virtually There
• What garlic is to food, insanity is to art
• See also: Ottawa Blog Guide

Useful Stuff for Parents

• CaringParents.org
• Food recalls & allergy alerts
• Foster & Adoptive Care in Eastern Ontario
• How to clean anything
• Multiple Birth Families Association
• One Parent Families Association
• Ottawa At Home Dads
• Wellness Moms
• Baby Guide...
• Schools Guide...

Recreation

• City of Ottawa recreation
• KidSports Ottawa
• Swimming Lessons - Kids
• RA Centre
• Eastern Ontario Dance Schools
• See also: Sports Guide...

Swimming Pools

• Visit our Sports Guide...

Attractions

• Bearbrook Farm
• Cosmic Adventures
• Cyberdome
• Delirium Tagball
• Gracewood Stables
• Kidz Sports World
• Mont Cascades Water Park & Ski Resort
• Orleans Fruit Farm - (613) 830-1303
• Pinto Valley Farm
• Renfrew Storyland
• Salamander Theatre
• Saunders Farm
• Tubes & Jujubes
• Valleyview Little Animal Farm
• Vertical Reality (indoor rock-climbing)
• Wheelers Pancake House and Maple Sugar Camp

Mini Golf

• Airport Golfland - (613) 521-0890
• Capital Golf Centre - (613) 521-2612
• Orleans Golf Centre - (613) 837-7746
• Mini Golf Gardens - (613) 723-5359
• Stan's Putt Putt Land - (613) 831-3848
• On The Green Driving Range & Mini Golf - (613) 822-2616
• The Putting Edge (glow-in-the-dark mini-golf)
• Corrections? Additions? Please contact us.

Bowling

• Ottawa Bowling (via CanadianBowling.ca)
• Ottawa Bowling (via Findit!)

Summer Camps / March Break Camps

• Above the Rim Basketball School
• Actua
• Bear Creek Outdoor Centre
• Boomstown Entertainment - Animation Workshop
• Bright Math Camp
• Camps Canada
• Carleton U. Summer Camps and Children's Programs
• GCGC Gymnastics
• Hila Science Camp
• Ottawa Art Gallery - Art in the City summer camp
• OttawaCamps.com
• Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board Camps
• RA Centre Camps
• Turnbull Learning Centre
• Virtual Ventures Camps

Baby & Pre-Natal

• Please see our Baby Guide...

Daycare & Babysitters & Pre-School

• Andre Fleck Child Care Services
• Baby-Bumblebee Daycare
• Betty Hyde Co-Operative Nursery School
• Canadian Mothercraft of Ottawa-Carleton
• CanadianSitter.ca
• Centrepointe Childcare Services
• Child Care Providers Resource Network
• Child Daycare Garderie Nepean
• The Children's Place
• City View Centre for Child and Family Services
• Community Child Care of Ottawa
• Counterpoint Academy Day Care
• Daisies and Dragons Daycare
• Global Child Care Services
• International Nannies and Homecare Ltd.
• Orleans Daycare
• Ottawa Nanny Agency
• Rockliffe Child Care Centre
• Sharon's Home Daycare (Orleans)
• Short Term Child Care
• Totlot Childcare
• Tracy's Childcare

Books

• Ottawa with Kids by James Hale. The complete family travel guide to attractions, sites and events in Ottawa.
• The Lobster kids' guide to exploring Ottawa-Hull by John Symon. Whether you're a parent, an educator or a tourist, if you're caring for children between the ages of 1-12, this book is the perfect answer. More than 100 suggestions for fun-filled family activities in the National Capital Region.
• Frommer's® Ottawa with Kids by Louise Dearden. Reveals the most fun and educational experiences for kids in Canada's capital. It's full of incredibly detailed tips - right down to which hotels offer cribs and rollaway beds and which restaurants offer high chairs.
• Kids Ottawa and Gatineau
• Books Guide...

Miscellaneous - Stores, services & more

• A Perfect Party Online Supplies
• Bears 'n' Bunnies (parties/gifts)
• Boomerang Kids
• Children's Village of Ottawa-Carleton
• Fiesta Kids
• In Favour Loot Bags and Party Supplies
• Lilbit Books
• Lovable Labels
• Mabel's Labels Inc.
• Macoun Field Club
• Magic Shadow Shapes ("a fantasy journey")
• Mommy 'n Me (childrens consignment store)
• OttawaShops.com: Kids & Family
• Precious Travellers (car seat rental)
• Play Felt Plus
• Upper Canada Kids
• Wall Candy Creations
• Wizards Chess Club

Special Thanks

Thanks to Andre Ouellette for his assistance in creating our Kids Guide.

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