Colorado Parent Magazine

01/11/2025

🦃🍁 Our November 2025 issue has arrived — celebrating gratitude, giving, and the goodness of family life!

This month, we’re leaning into connection, comfort, and community with stories that warm the heart:

🥧 Pumpkin or Apple? The Ultimate Fall Flavor Face-Off – Discover the history, flavor, and fun behind fall’s sweetest debate.
🏡 Creating a Sense of Home for Foster and Adopted Children – How families can build trust and emotional safety that lasts a lifetime.
🙏 More Gratitude, Less Attitude – Simple ways to help kids turn Thanksgiving thankfulness into a daily habit.
🎁 Holiday Gift Guide – Our annual holiday gift guide is here, packed with joyful ideas for everyone on your list.
🏆 2025 Family Favorites Winners – See which local spots parents voted as the best of the best this year.
☕ Good to Know: Local – Sip, savor, and connect— Convivio Café CO brings the flavors and spirit of Guatemala to Colorado.
💙 Fresh Mindset – From military musician to community advocate, Alex Nikiforoff blends service, family, and a love for music in Northern Colorado.

📖 Grab your copy today or read online at the link: https://coloradoparent.com/read-the-latest-issue/

10/10/2025

🎃 Trunk-or-Treat at New Horizon Academy
Families are invited to a spooktacular evening of Halloween fun at New Horizon Academy on October 17 from 7–8 p.m. Children are encouraged to wear their costumes and enjoy a safe, festive night of treats and community in the school’s parking lot. 👻🍬

📍9092 Sky Ridge Ave., Lone Tree, CO

For more events, visit us online! https://coloradoparent.com/calendar/ #/

07/10/2025

Cooler days call for slow-cooked comfort. 🍲 Check out these 5 cozy recipes that make dinner a breeze➡️ https://coloradoparent.com/5-recipes-for-slow-cooker-season/

06/10/2025

04/10/2025

This candy season, balance the sweet with the smart 🍬🥦

4 easy ways to sneak more nutrition into your toddler’s meals 👉 https://coloradoparent.com/sponsored-content/4-creative-ways-to-sneak-more-nutrition-into-your-toddlers-diet-during-candy-season/

03/10/2025

🌟 Every child deserves to feel confident in the classroom and beyond. Rocky Mountain Academic Therapy helps learners of all ages discover their strengths while tackling challenges like dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, sensory sensitivities, and more. With certified educators, individualized academic therapy, enrichment classes, and family advocacy support, RMAT empowers students to not only succeed in school—but to love learning again. 💡📚

Learn more about Rocky Mountain Academic Therapy:
https://coloradoparent.com/sponsored-content/rocky-mountain-academic-therapy-where-confidence-and-learning-grow/

03/10/2025

Kick off October with some fun! Check out ColoradoParent.com/Events for even more ideas of things to do around town 😄

02/10/2025

Denver’s premier PreK-G9 Bilingual, IB World School, preparing to become Colorado’s only PreK–G12, Independent, IB, bilingual school by opening for 9th grade in Fall ‘25. All ages, grades, and language levels are welcome for PreK-Grade 9 admission.

Since its founding in 1977, the school has been making the world a more compassionate and curious place, one student at a time. At its core, it's more than a school. It's a global community of teachers, families, and staff, creating a vibrant microcosm of the world that celebrates diversity and fosters intercultural understanding in a rigorous and nurturing academic environment. The recipe is the powerful, interdisciplinary International Baccalaureate framework taught through a unique blend of multicultural, bilingual education offered in Chinese, Spanish, and French.

No other school in Denver offers this depth and breath of education and experience. No other students engage with the world near and far like our ISDenver Dragons.

02/10/2025

The Face of Clinical Research
ImmunoWellness
Dr. Issac Melamed

ImmunoWellness is the culmination of Dr. Isaac Melamed’s lifelong commitment to redefining what true wellness means. Guided by visionary leadership and an unwavering dedication to patient care, Dr. Melamed has built a network of clinics that not only treat immediate health concerns but also promote long-term, sustainable well-being. His approach reflects a powerful belief: healthcare should be a collaborative journey, one that empowers both patients and practitioners to pursue lasting vitality and health.

With over 35 years of experience as a physician, Dr. Melamed is a recognized authority in immunology and immune-related diseases. For more than two decades, he has led groundbreaking research on immune deficiency, immune dysregulation, and the intricate connection between the immune and central nervous systems. His mission is clear: to detect disease early and support each patient in achieving their highest potential for health.

A prolific contributor to the scientific community, Dr. Melamed has published over 100 research papers and presented his work across the U.S. and internationally. His accomplishments have earned him numerous accolades, including the Clinical Immunology Society Award (2002), the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology Research Award (1993), an Honorable Certificate (1991), and the prestigious Tisdale Award for Excellence in Research (1990).

Dr. Melamed currently sees patients at the Centennial, Thornton, and Longmont clinics.

&Places

01/10/2025

🍂 The October issue of Colorado Parent has arrived! Inside, you’ll find...

✈️ Sunsets & Smiles in Riviera Nayarit
📚 Understanding Dyslexia
🎃 Fall Fun — pumpkin patches, corn mazes, farmers markets & more
🏫 To School or Not to School — tips for when to keep kids home (and when to send them back).
💙 Glass Child Syndrome — why every child deserves to feel seen.
🧭 Exceptional Needs Resource Guide — local businesses, nonprofits, and more serving the special needs community.

✨ Flip through the issue! https://coloradoparent.com/read-the-latest-issue/

01/10/2025

Pumpkin isn’t just for pie! 🎃 From savory dishes to sweet treats, here are 5 fresh ways to use up your pumpkin stash this season 🍽

https://coloradoparent.com/more-than-pumpkin-pie-5-recipes-to-use-up-your-pumpkin-stash/

#️PumpkinRecipes

30/09/2025

🍂 This or That: Fall Edition 🍎🎃
Would you rather spend the day wandering through a pumpkin patch or picking crisp apples in an orchard? Tell us your pick below! 👇