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Learn more at seattlechildrens.org/southclinic. 4 • August 2015 • parentmap.com CHILD 10455_South Clinic_PM_Open8-18.indd 1 7/8/15 4:26 PM inside AUGUST 2015 Tulle for school? Yep — check out the hottest new fall fashion trends 37 REGULARS FEATURE 42 3–10 SNACK ATTACK! 6 PAGE 6 17 MIND-BOGGLING! School-year lunch gear for all ages Delish new summer food spots; New discoveries about the brain 44 4–6 READY OR NOT kindergarten apps; sports stories for kids; widen the window into child Is your child prepared for the college application tips development and disorders kindergarten plunge? 8 DEAR READER OUT + ABOUT ADVERTISING SECTIONS Brain-building and brain freezes 24 AUGUST CALENDAR 15–20 SCHOOLS + PRESCHOOLS 10 BRAIN FUEL 27 BRAIN FREEZE 31–32 ARTS + ACTIVITIES Parent news, snack-sized 47 PEDIATRIC DENTISTS 12 WELLNESS AGES + STAGES How to do family meetings 37 5–16 TULLE FOR SCHOOL? COMING IN SEPTEMBER Yep — check out the hottest new • Show thing: Fall arts for families 14 ASK THE EXPERTS fall fashion trends Teen night owls; parenting other • Solving preschool drop-off drama people’s kids • Education mashup: Flipped classrooms 46 SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW The Makery’s Amber Kai Morgan FASHION PHOTOS BY WILL AUSTIN 42 27 17 parentmap.com • August 2015 • 5 ParentMap August 2015, Vol. 13, No. 8 navigate great stuff daily! PUBLISHER/EDITOR Alayne Sulkin EDITORIAL MANAGING EDITOR Natalie Singer-Velush OUT + ABOUT EDITOR Elisa Murray CALENDAR EDITOR Nancy Chaney PROOFREADER Sunny Parsons CONTRIBUTORS Nancy Schatz Alton, Will Austin, Lauren Braden, Deanna Duff, Allison Ellis, Shar Gehrs, Tiffany Doerr Guerzon, Jessie Kwak, Kathleen F. Miller, Sarina Behar Natkin, Joanna Nesbit, Anoo Padte, Tiffany Pitts, Kristen Russell, Kira Weiner PARENTMAP.COM CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER Julian Haight SOCIAL MEDIA + DIGITAL PRODUCTS MANAGER Rory Graves Appsolutely kindergarten ready! EMAIL PROGRAM MANAGER Brenda Gage Is kindergarten around the corner, or do you just have a preschooler PUBLISHING ASSISTANT Nicole Persun ADVERTISING SALES + PARTNERSHIPS who loves to learn? Here are six apps that make screen time worth Ida Wicklund it, teaching memory skills, literacy, numbers, patterns and logic, and Dani Carbary AD OPERATIONS MANAGER Elisa Taylor direction-following. parentmap.com/kinderapps SALES + MARKETING SUPPORT MANAGER Jessica Collet MARKETING/EVENTS Grub-a-dub-dub Slide the City MARKETING DIRECTOR Paige Smith So you’re a frustrated foodie. Or maybe EVENT OPERATIONS Tara Buchan survival guide EVENTS MANAGER Lisa Payne you just really want to drag your family Does the thought of a 1,000-foot slip- EVENT + MARKETING COORDINATOR or summer visitors to one of those Mallory Dehbod and-slide down Mercer Street on Aug. ART + PRODUCTION buzzy new Seattle restaurants, but it DESIGN + PRODUCTION, PRINT 16 make you want to book tickets Emily Johnson has to be affordable and kid-friendly. immediately, or run screaming? DESIGN + PRODUCTION, PRINT + DIGITAL Amy Chinn Go to parentmap.com/summerfood Either way, we have tips for you in ADMINISTRATION BUSINESS MANAGER Sonja Hanson for seven places to try, including a our new Slide guide, including insider OPERATIONS MANAGER Carolyn Brendel log-cabin food truck with a barbecue secrets to making the most of the ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT + DISTRIBUTION Angela Goodwin theme, an inventive gnocchi spot with epic event and the best alternatives ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT Lorraine Otani More cool deals, a super-family-friendly around. Note: At press time, the ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT Taracina Ullevig PARENTMAP brewery or one of the juiciest new Slide the City date was unconfirmed. EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Benjamin Danielson, M.D. burger spots in greater Seattle. parentmap.com/slide ODESSA BROWN CHILDREN’S CLINIC Joan Duffell COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN John Gottman, Ph.D. Cold snap! THE GOTTMAN INSTITUTE Have you been sweltering as much as the rest of us in this PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON record-sunshine summer? Check out parentmap.com Michael Gurian THE GURIAN INSTITUTE Laura Kastner, Ph.D. /staycool for the coolest ideas on, well, staying cool, from PSYCHIATRY + BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, a how-to on a DIY swamp cooler to a guide to the most UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Bea Kelleigh kid-friendly coffee shops with AC to the best spray parks, VICE PRESIDENT AT DOVETAILING, LLC Yaffa Maritz, M.A. fountains, lakes and beaches around. LISTENING MOTHERS + COMMUNITY OF MINDFUL PARENTS Ron Rabin THE KIRLIN FOUNDATION Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MINDSIGHT INSTITUTE College crush Sports stories ADVERTISING INFORMATION 206-709-9026 or [email protected] College application time is Our exclusive new roundup of athlete and sports Fax 206-709-9031 coming, sooner or later. memoirs and autobiographies will inspire tweens CALENDAR SUBMISSIONS [email protected] One mom has all the tips and teens of all ages. 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Kastner, Ph.D. “Kastner masterfully guides parents through the complex maze of parenting.” —Yaffa Maritz, director, , cause parenting is a trip! Community of Mindful Parenting parentmap.com/books & amazon parentmap.com • August 2015 • 7 dear reader Brain-building and brain freezes “ Every mother knows too much screen time or sugar is bad. You can Google it. But now we can show evidence of what it does to the brain.” — Jan-Marino Ramirez, Ph.D., professor of neurological surgery and director of the Center for Integrative Brain Research at the Seattle Children’s Research Institute. elcome to our brain issue. Mine hurts a bit and feels markedly stretched reading our managing editor Natalie Singer-Velush’s Wmagnificent article “Mind-boggling!” (p.17). This thoughtful deep-dive into the extensive brain-science research happening throughout our region certainly contributes to that shared feeling that greater Seattle is the center of the universe. Magic happens when we apply great scientific discoveries to our kids, our classrooms and even what we do in our family kitchens. Understanding what is happening inside kids’ brains allows parents and teachers to skillfully coach stressed, hyperactive and over-stimulated kids on how to best regulate their emotions so they have better chances to succeed. ENROLL BY JUNE 30TH & RECEIVE August means we’re all hesitantly progressing away from summer and thinking back-to-school prep.