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Notice anything…different? Three must-do things this week: three hours of trampoline jumps and foam pit dives; celebrate Kwanzaa and the Chinese New Year; and witness a chicken “hatching” at Pretend City’s mini-farm. Counselor Connie Wax invites parents to check out her 10-week workshop, Parenting Gifted Children.
Start a family tradition or invent a new one to heighten holiday cheer; some stories to put the Christmas frenzy in perspective; and Long Beach School of Music helps turn Guitar Hero dreams into reality.
Winter camps aren’t just lifesavers for busy parents, they’re a productive and fun way for kids to spend some of their two-week school vacation; stocking stuffers for nearly every personality type for less than $20; and Bridges Reading & Writing Institute adds a unit to its acclaimed reading and writing tutoring program.
Christmas is coming, and it’s time to get “crafty”; heartfelt gifts for teachers; and Enchanted Fairy Tea Parties knows how to throw fantasy bashes for kids and adults.
How does Santa do it? We help you find your inner Kris Kringle this holiday season with our four-part series, Santa’s Survival Guide; Christmas lists for the modern family; and Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine proves why they’re worthy of the title “Gold Award Recipient.”
Begin the season of giving with a turkey trot benefiting local nonprofits; find your everyday philanthropist without spending a dime; and see how Pretend City rewards those who give to others. Read all about it, along with the upcoming week’s activities in The Buzz!
Walk around our planet at The Discovery Science Center’s ‘Science on a Sphere’; turn your Thanksgiving into an un-stuffy affair; and learn how the anatomy of a story is used to introduce kids to the joys of reading and writing.
There are many ways to say ‘Thanks’ to our men and women in uniform; a Marine and his mutt visit Mission Viejo to share a death-defying tale of war, peace and friendship; and Greater Long Beach YMCA has nature-oriented adventures for families.
Celebrate the autumn harvest, 1920s-style, at Rancho Los Alamitos; stay safe when you go trick-or-treating this weekend; and Kidnastics continues to provide stand-out programs to develop tykes’ motor skills and keep kids at tip-top shape.
Today’s corn mazes are precise works of spatial art; get free hands-on lessons from more than a dozen professional artists at Huntington Beach Art Center’s Free Family Arts Day; and see if your little cook has what it takes to reign as King or Queen Pasta.
