French QuarTour Kids

10/25/2024

Have fun everyone!! We are packed this weekend but there are a few spots tonight and Sunday afternoon.

09/27/2024

The humidity is gone and October is (almost) here!!!!
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Look at all the fun things to do!!!

From Saints football to trick-or-treating ... October brings all sorts of annual celebrations and traditions! We love this month because it's a time of t…

09/19/2024

Boo!!! Save the date: October 19th. The weekend before the Taylor Swift shows. One of my favorite parades in the city!!

09/19/2024

It's almost my favorite month!! I am so excited to get Halloween season started!! 🎃👻🍭 ✅ visited Spirit Halloween. ✅ cute new ghost earrings. ✅ cauldron is ready to roll. And you can tell the humidity is getting ready to leave!! Let the ghost hunts begin!!

09/08/2024

We are hiring!! Looking for a couple of teacher / guides available at least one morning during the week to lead field trips! Weekends and school vacations are also busy. We have an immediate hire for our history tours for kids 4 - 12 years old but potential for more tour options (Halloween is coming & our Spooky Tour is a blast with the kids in Halloween mode!!) Please email me with resume and questions! Thanks [email protected]

09/04/2024

https://neworleansmom.com/in-and-around-new-orleans/birthday-parties-new-orleans-3/

Host your next birthday party with these great New Orleans birthday ideas...

09/03/2024

We have finally started offering customized birthday parties for kids!! If your little one is having a birthday soon (or if it just passed), check out this great guide for birthday parties! Our parties are totally customizable with lots of options to make it special for the birthday boy / girl!

The beautiful birthday girl here is our friend Jeff's daughter from A Street Tour Named Desire/Confederacy of Cruisers Bike Tours! They even have kids bikes so the whole family can go on tour! (Hopefully, this will be one of the options soon available for birthday parties too!)

07/15/2024

I would love a little support on this project! I want to make a Scratch n Sniff Tour for kids based on Nola history. Married a chemist, no problem, right? But he’s insisting it’s not possible & a bad idea. 2
Different arguments to counter!! (Rotten meat, open sewers, horse p**p, human sweat, cotton / sugar blooming, bone marrow hair gel….)

To accurately tell Nola history, it’s not all pretty smells. (We were rivaled with NYC for smelliest city in the 1830s- I dont think Peter Stuyvesant could even argue with that!!) BTW, We don’t shy away from teaching kids about slavery bc I think it’s important they know it but that would be harder to capture in a smell. But engaging the senses is so impactful in learning!! Ideas invited! We keep the tour kid friendly so we omit the truly awful bits but encourage further learning / curiosity.)

I’m going to give a shout out to Plimoth Plantation, Sturbridge & Colonial Williamsburg!! Yall made me a lifelong fan of living history and changed my life and how I teach!! (I will confess, when I substitute teach now, I come in period costume- just to throw off the kids & get them thinking)

I’d love to hear former customers’ ideas, friends’, family’ etc! I assume yall follow this page bc you like teaching kids history so what do you think? It’s like an Olfactory Oculus! (I’m trademarking that!! 🤣🤣)

05/23/2024

Ya but check out that freckled Mediterranean Gecko! So cute!! Also called a Turkish Gecko- this guy gets around!! We have a FREE science tour in City Park this Saturday at 9:30!! Kids 7-10 years old! Message me for details!!

05/17/2024

Hey upper elementary local kids— great opportunity for a STEM science camp!!! This place is awesome for kids (and teachers!!$

Spark creativity and innovation this summer! 🌟

From June 10 to June 14, join Greater New Orleans STEM for a week of hands-on exploration using the Engineering Design process. From electrical circuitry to roller coaster design, coding robots to vehicle crash safety, students will tackle exciting projects every day!

Monday through Friday, 9am-2pm, at the UNO TRAC Center.

A limited number of partial scholarships may be available. Contact Jennifer LaCoste at [email protected] for additional information.

For more information, please go to edopportunities.org/opportunities/375/

Don't miss out on this incredible learning adventure! 🔧🔬

05/16/2024

Ladies and gentleman, I present to you our newest guide Mary!! With decades of teaching experience and deep local roots, she’s a wonderful addition to the FQK family!! She’s leading our Creole Kids Tours, Pirate Treasure Hunts and Field Trips. And…. Meet the mini-Doubtfires!! These talented kids are in the Mrs Doubtfire production we were honored to be a part of their experience!!

05/13/2024

Thanks Atlanta Parent Magazine for including us!! Even though eating bugs at Audubon Aquarium beat us for number one, I'm so happy to be on the list with these other great kid friendly spots!! The bug guy at the Insectarium is super cool!! He is full of fascinating, strange bug facts!! (Ask him about fireflies- they're little tricksters!!)
Audubon Nature Institute Audubon Aquarium New Orleans City Park Louisiana Children's Museum Café Du Monde Mardi Gras World

Known for romance, history, and parties, New Orleans also offers plenty of things to do with kids.

05/07/2024

Pssst: Teachers! This place is awesome!!

This week, a teacher from East Jefferson High School visited the Teacher Free-Store.

He filled his bag with class sets of 1984 and The Great Gatsby! Come on over to see how WE can help YOU!

At our Teacher Free-Store, teachers are allowed one visit per quarter to fill up their tote bags with items that they need, free of charge! Yes, we mean FREE!

05/05/2024

Louisiana teachers: Science supplies delivered to teachers for free?!? Yup!! This place is amazing!!! Any science or math teachers out there should def visit STEM Library Lab in Metairie! It’s the coolest spot ever!! With Louisiana Master Naturalists upstairs. A little science oasis!! (There are magnetic atoms that mimic hydrophilic/ hydrophobic behaviors - 5th grade GLE and telescopes and tons of math goodies— plus a free supply room for teachers where retiring teachers donate their old goodies and new teachers stack up their classroom— all for free!!)