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Middle School Open House at Woodcrest School
January 12th at 7pm
Woodcrest School in Tarzana is expanding to include Middle School. The program will start with 6th grade in September 2016. Woodcrest provides an affordable private school option for students that need more time before entering a large campus environment. Emphasis will be on collaborative learning, critical thinking, technology integration and steam. Woodcrest prepares students for the challenges of tomorrow-today!
818-345-3002
6043 Tamp Ave. in Tarzana
Today in History
Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend’s Day
American League baseball adopts the “Designated Hitter” rule (1973)
FREE Ladybug Music Demo Classes and Free CDs – This Week at All Locations
Voted Best Parent-and-Me Music Class by Los Angeles Magazine, Ladybug Music offers mixed-age (infant – 4 years old) classes in Studio City, Burbank, Encino, Tarzana, Hollywood, Santa Monica, Venice and Pacific Palisades. Free demo classes are happening this week at all locations; grab your spot in a free class at http://www.ladybugmusic.com/demo-classes/. The 10-week Winter Session starts next week; sign up at http://www.ladybugmusic.com/classes/.
 Dr. Bill Sears is coming to Thousand OaksThis coming Wednesday, January 13th at 7pm
Dr. Bills Sears – America’s favorite pediatrician – Harvard trained with over 30 books to his credit ranging in topics from attachment parenting to nutrition and the golden years, is coming to do a FREE talk on Brain Health. He will present cutting edge science with information to help with ADD/ADHD, Autism, PTSD, postpartum, depression/anxiety. He will offer ways to prevent Alzheimer’s and degenerative brain diseases. Seating is limited. Reserve your spot by email at rinas.roost@gmail.com.
When it’s time to bake your kid a birthday cake, do you go all out?
Are your Birthday Cake baking & designing skills the talk of the neighborhood? Do friends or other parents say “You should open a bakery?!” Now seeking moms, dads, even hip grandparents who have taken the art of creating a Birthday Cake to the next level, and want to show the World! This fun, family oriented “cake off” will put “parent bakers” in the spotlight and let them compete in “The Ultimate Birthday Cake Bakeoff!” They do not require professional cake makers, however if you are a pro & have kids, they would love hear from you too! How to apply: Send the info to Teresa Mason at birthdaycakecasting@gmail.com: 1. Full Name 2. Age 3. City, State 4. Phone 5. Email 6. 3-5 Photos of you & your best birthday cake creations.
Unlocking Your Story – Winter Writing WorkshopJan 14th-March 24th, Thursdays from 10am-1pm in Santa Monica)
This popular 10-week workshop is designed to explore the life experiences that have shaped and defined you. Using a variety of creative prompts and practical techniques, you’ll find the *spark* to unleash the stories that reflect the uniqueness of your personal journey. Instructor Karin Gutman Orloski, MFA, has been working closely with writers for over 14 years and often works with deeply personal material. She is also an adjunct professor at Cal State Fullerton and coaches writers privately. For full details, visit www.unlockingyourstory.com or email Karin at karin@spiritofstory.com
20 Recipes That Will Reinvigorate Your Family Meals
Want To Maximize Your Maternity Leave? Are You Confused About Your Benefits?
You may be entitled to more income and time off during your maternity leave than you think. The information that HR supplies is often incomplete or incorrect. Milk Your Benefits will help you maximize your maternity leave even if you don’t return to work. Schedule a personalized, private, flat-fee phone consultation from anywhere in California so you don’t leave anything on the table. Contact them for more information and “like” Milk Your Benefits on Facebook for pregnancy/baby/parenting news.
Great Cleaning Crew
Jesus and his team are awesome! He comes with 3 women and are in and out of your house QUICK! So reliable, hard working and trustworthy. I HIGHLY recommend them! Call 818-974-1955 for more info. FREE estimates! Go digging for fossils
DIY fossil finds, Capitola CA.
Snails, clams, sand dollars especially at low tide. Free.
Sharktooth Hill Digs in Bakersfield. For 1-, 2-, 3-day digs, membership is required and fees start at $85/day. You may keep all teeth and fossils.
Fossil-hunting location descriptions and directions including Marble Mountains of the East Mojave, Coalinga, Los Olivos, bluffs west of Isla Vista, Topanga Canyon, San Pedro, Rincon Pt., Pt. Loma, Jack’s Peak near Monterey, near Cadiz.
New Pilates Studio, New Year, New You: Cycle Indoor, Pilates Reformer, TRX
New Studio Pilates in Westlake Village. Get is Shape Now. Burn calories, tone your muscles, improve your posture and much more. Whether you’re new to Pilates or an advanced student, there’s something for everyone at Daily Breath Pilates. 10% off for Jen’s List.
The I House Sober Living Community for Men
The I House is a sober living for men, located in Brentwood. Operated by its owners with more than 30 years experience in the treatment and recovery field, The I House is a high end sober living. Single and multiple occupancy rooms available. Meals and transportation provided. Intervention, referral and substance abuse help is just a phone call away 24/7. Call (424) 888-2259, The I House can pave the path towards recovery!
Yoga For Pregnancy, Motherhood & Beyond
MaYoga offers Prenatal Yoga and Mom Yoga + Baby classes! They offer locations throughout Southern California and provide a sense of community through local mothers and mothers to be!
Do you have IBS? Are you depressed?
New study shows that psychotherapy can reduce the symptoms of IBS. Now there’s science to show that gut behavior is connected to how we think and feel.
Mobile Notary
Andrea provides mobile notary service seven days a week with flexible hours. She is able to notarize various types of documents from Deeds of Trusts, Power of Attorneys, permission to travel forms, etc. She will come to your home, office, hospital, assisted living care, or meeting place of your convenience. She has been in business for ten years. Call or text for an appointment at (818) 357-0208.
Interested in a Birth Doula?
Lauren Ryan and Elizabeth Bedolla work shifts as a doula. Clients get double the expertise and have a well rested doula. They offer physical and emotional support, technical knowledge and navigate the hospital world. Take the pressure off your partner by having an experienced birth professional make your birth the best it can be. It does not matter if you want to avoid medication or get an epidural, Lauren and Elizabeth will help make the transition from pregnancy to parenthood a positive experience.
Have a space geek in the family?
Check out this interactive map of all known exoplanets orbiting their host stars. Click the “i” info button to lose the text.
What is an exoplanet? About the MEarth Project, an astronomical survey using robotic telescopes to observe nearby M dwarf stars in search of new Earth-like exoplanets.
Nasa’s exoplanet history, from intuition to discovery.
Week Long Summer Leadership Program for High School Students: Apply Now
The Ronald Reagan Student Leadership Program is an intensive, week-long summer program for high school students held at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley. Dynamic lessons, group activities and hands-on exercises prepare students to successfully complete their own personal Leadership Action Plan, while at the same time preparing them for leadership roles in their future high school and college careers.
Math readiness at home for preschoolers
Materials for activities involve shoe laces, cans, cotton balls, muffin tins, empty food boxes, and shoes.
Pressman Academy ECC Parent and Me Classes
What a fun way to bond with your child. Choose from the fun Imma and Me Hebrew class; the wonderful Grandparent and Me class; the beautiful Toddler Music class; the phenomenal Musical Infant and Me class and the amazing Shabbat class! For a complete schedule, go to www.pressmanacademy.org/parentandme
To register or for more information, contact Betsy at bkrut@pressmanacademy.org or (310) 652-7354 x237. Be a Part of the Family By Joining the “Infant/Toddler” Classes at Leo Baeck Temple
Meet other parents and share in learning about your child’s early development. Explore the various emotions associated with parenthood and ask questions while forming new friendships in a supportive environment. Discuss separation, sleep disruption, beginning toilet training and balancing toddlers need for dependence and independence. Classes run through March 11th. Side-by-Side: 9:30-11:30am, 10-24 months. Great Beginnings: 11:45am-12:45pm, 1-9 months. Call Sally or Ben at (310) 476-2274.
Fullness & Freedom: A Neck & Shoulders Workshop with Niamh Condron
Sunday, January 24th from 2-5pm
In this special workshop, Niamh (Neve) Condron will focus on finding optimal positioning for the head, while freeing the neck and shoulders. Aim to alleviate the posture problems of a ‘forward head’ or a ‘pulled back head’. A slow, 2-hour yoga practice will include stops for deeper stretches and for posture alignment questions and answers. $45
Video Montages For Any Event
Timm first started creating video montages after his Bar Mitzvah when he made his own. Your montage will be personal, exciting, memorable, and touching. Timm works with you to make your video perfect for your event! Everything will be reviewed before the final product is presented, and last minute changes may be accepted depending on the situation. Timm is determined and will collaborate with his colleagues to get feedback on your video and make it the best it can be. Email nuniziv@gmail.com.
Tu B’shvat: Celebrate Trees
January 24th from 2pm-4pm at the Zimmer Children’s Museum
Tu B’shvat is also known as The New Year of the Trees, a Jewish celebration that recognizes the significant role that trees have in our environments and our lives. Come for tree themed arts and crafts!
Join the 1 Million for Work Flexibility
1 Million for Work Flexibility is the first national initiative calling for a collective voice in support of work flexibility. They are moms, dads, millennials, retirees, military spouses, and more who know work flexibility has important benefits for families, businesses, and communities. Take a few seconds to join at www.workflexibility.org and show your support. Help them get traction to create productive change in the workplace and get closer to a better work-life balance for all.
Play and Grow Smart-er Tips
Nancy Pyne-Hapke, author of “Play and Grow Smart, A Guide Supporting Brain Development, Birth through Five,” has been giving tips to aid your child’s optimum skill development through proactive neuroscience-based activities weekly on Jen’s List since 2010. These ideas come from scholarly sources to personal interviews, from the internet to periodicals to books.
BIRTH to 3 mo. SKILL DEVELOPMENT discussion:
* Q: What do we mean by Developmental Skills?
A: (in no special order) tactile, visual, auditory, gross
and fine motor, social/emotional, creativity, life skills,
language and vocabulary, math/logic
(thinking/learning) and music.
* BEGIN to build a “learning library” of “developmental
learning tools” designed to grow as Baby grows:
– consider choosing toys (learning tools) with multiple
features and developmental skill elements that
stimulate Baby AND (your future) Toddler AND
Preschooler;
– ex. Baby may stack 2 blocks at 6 months old, and
structural creations with lots of blocks can be built
later.
* SEEING.
– Baby recognizes faces (real faces and large
pictures of faces) and items with black/white
designs in the first 9 weeks.
– From 10 weeks, high contrast patterns and bright
(not yet pastel) colors are easiest to see. (visual,
social/emotional, thinking/learning)
– Oooh… socks with noises generated by movement
and/or are built-in demonstrate cause-and-effect.
(developmental skills – tactile, visual, auditory, gross
motor, thinking/learning)
* MUSIC.
– Gentle rhythms and melodies can develop spatial
skills.
– Avoid loud, banging, heavy, throbbing percussion
sounds. (social/emotional, auditory)
Comments to msmarm@roadrunner.com.
Next week – “Developmental Learning Tools for Newborns to 3-mo-olds, pt. 4”
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