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| Mark Your Calendar! | June 11-17, 2009 |
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Find more than 1,000 fun things to do for $5 or less At this moment, kids are counting down the seconds until the last bell of the school year releases them into the carefree hands of summer vacation.If you’re a parent, you’re facing that familiar perennial challenge: What are you going to do?
Kidsguide Summer 2009 Calendar has the answer for you. Continuing the recession-busting theme set by our spring/summer issue, “Summer on $5 (Or Less) a Day!” has plotted out free or low-cost events happening every day from June to August. That’s right – a 36-page itinerary of fun activities, day trips, affordable day camps, movie specials and rockin’ music concerts that’ll engage the shortest attention spans and win over the pickiest of tykes, teens and everyone in between. We did the work so you can have more time for fun! Summer 2009 Calendar is organized by month, with special sections set aside that list family-friendly summer concerts, Fourth of July events and free movie programs. In addition to regular Kidsguide staples like free museum days, you’ll also find activities such as free fishing clinics,? free trial golf classes for preschoolers and intriguing finds like a $30 Shark Camp. We even dish about? area restaurants that let kids eat free! Kidsguide Summer 2009 Calendar is now available at your local kid-friendly establishments. Or, drop us an e-mail with your zip code and we’ll locate the nearest carrier for you! |
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| A start to summer: movies, solstice fun and free meals There’s a difference between the idea of endless summer days, and the head-scratching reality of filling said summer days with quality activities.
Stumped? No need to be. Check out these activities, which are among 1,000 low-cost activities in the Summer 2009 Calendar: Regal Cinema’s Family Film Festival kicks off this month, and that means G- and PG-rated flicks for just $1. Participating theaters include Anaheim Hills, Brea 22 West, Cerritos Galaxy, Irvine Spectrum and La Habra Stadium 16. www.regmovies.com How do you plan to spend the summer solstice, the longest day of the year? The Solstice Campfire at El Dorado Nature Center in Long Beach welcomes the official arrival of summer with a nature walk and campfire shindig. Saturday, June 20. 7-9 p.m. $3 per person. (562) 570-1745. Not into camping? Skip the campfire and chill out at Griffith Observatory’s Solstice Celebration. Free admission. Saturday, June 20. 2-10 p.m. www.griffithobservatory.com
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Featured sponsor: Bridges Reading & Writing Institute  Ever wonder what races through the mind of your little daydreamer? They may have a story to tell.
This summer, help your “imagineer” translate their creativity on paper with help from Bridges Reading & Writing Institute‘s Project Ink 2009 Program. Take advantage of the early registration rate ($375), a special rate available until June 22. Here’s what’s in store for students enrolled in this creative writing program: In “Fantasy Tales To Stretch the Imagination,” kids entering the 1st grade this fall engage in games, crafts and other hands-on activities that boost their phonics, oral expression, reading comprehension and writing. Second- to 8th-graders in “Creative Writing in Fantasy Fiction” will use new vocabulary, phonics and spelling reviews, descriptive and sensory writing, and the multi-step writing process to pen their own fictional worlds, characters and plotlines. The session culminates in a project, a complete story, that students will share with fellow classmates. Project Ink 2009 Summer Program |
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