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Being Watersafe is a Must! Free Swim Lessons!
The Lenny Krayzelburg Swim Academy is one of the premier learn to swim and water safety programs in the United States. Check out this video of the Parent Tot program: http://tinyurl.com/jhhy6kd. It just one of many types of classes offered at LKSA. Schedule your FREE evaluation lesson today! Mention this listing and receive 2 free lessons! Restrictions apply.
Westside JCC
5870 W. Olympic Blvd. in Los Angeles, 90036
323-525-0323
West Hills Location
22622 Vanowen St. in West Hills, 91307
818-449-8907
Today in History
Explorers Matthew A. Henson and Robert E. Perry are the first to reach the North Pole. (1909)
The first modern Olympic games opens in Athens, Greece (1896)
Twinkies hit the market. The first twinkies were banana-filled.(1930)
National Tartan Day
Plan Your Epitaph Day
Sorry Charlie Day
~ Get Down & Dirty – The answers to YOUR questions about drugs in OUR community ~
Monday, May 2nd from 7PM-9PM – Location TBD(in or around the Calabasas/Woodland Hills area)
This will be an incredibly INFORMATIVE & IMPORTANT evening. One, as a parent or resident in our community, YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS. Help make this night a SUCCESS – Spread the word.
Please join us for an open, honest and totally RAW discussion about drugs in our community and how it affects families and our children. There is a DRUG EPIDEMIC. It effects ALL aspects of our community – no matter of race, religion or socioeconomic background. If you don’t believe me, then FOR SURE….you should be attending. This event has been arranged by a group of concerned parents and community members who are determined to create change through education and awareness and make an impact on the epidemic level of drug use in our community.
Panel to include:
– Young people in recovery
– Parents who have been there
– Addiction Therapists and Specialists
– Front-line professionals (ER, Ambulance, LAPD)
**Due to the sensitive nature of this discussion, this is an adults only event. Future events will be created to include appropriate content for children and teens**
For more info, please email jen@jenslist.com.
The ULTIMATE Bar/Bat Mitzvah Learning Experience
Unaffiliated with a synagogue but still want your child to become a Bar/Bat Mitzvah? We used Stephanie Streja, founder of Mitzvah Shirah, to prepare our son for his Bar Mitzvah, I HIGHLY recommend! She was incredible to work with from start to finish. Stephanie offers private Jewish education and Bar Mitzvah preparation – all inclusive instruction in Hebrew reading/writing, Shabbat blessings/prayers & chanting Torah/Haftorah. Perhaps you envision a backyard Bat Mitzvah or want to take your son to chant his Torah portion in Israel? Stephanie will create a service customized to your child’s personality & creativity and she is partnered with a wonderful rabbi in Jerusalem. Now scheduling students for Bar/Bat Mitzvahs in 2017 and beyond! Looking for Tutoring, SAT Prep or Educational assistance this summer with the kids?
Check out the great items up for auction at
http://www.biddingowl.com/Auction/ to all of the AMAZING items up for auction NOW! Don’t miss this opportunity and PLEASE share!
Shawn Baxendale From “It’s a Dog Thing”: Trains Your Dog & You
Shawn has been working with dogs for more than a decade and can help you with your sweet puppy, your naughty dog and everything in between. Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Boarding in a cage free environment is also available. She can board your dog too – no # of min. nights needed. Call (818) 795-2100. I HIGHLY recommend as well as MANY MANY other Jens List members too! She truly is incredible!
66 Positive Things You Should Be Saying to Your Child
Calling All Artists
Introducing RAINBOW ART. No splash! No mess! Dries almost instantly! Can also be used with stencils! Rainbow Art is the magical creative painting kit. Just dip, dab and draw to create a beautiful masterpiece! Each Rainbow Art kit comes with:
4 Different sized foam brushes
5 Interchangeable color wheels
2 Sponges
1 Tray
Perfect for your budding artist. Makes an awesome present too! All Jen’s List subscribers get a 10% discount! Enter promo code jens10
The Woodland Hills Rotary Club Annual Arts & Crafts Faire
April 23rd & 24th from 10am-5pm at Westfield Promenade – Oxnard/Topanga
School Children’s Art Contest with prizes! All Proceeds go for local Community Rotary Projects. For booth info & application contact Jay Saltzman, Event Co-Chair at 818-344-5776 or jnsure@aol.com OR Paul Lawler, Event Co-Chair at 818-222-8222 or LawlerPaul@aol.com.
http://www.whrotary.org/ Simulation suit aims to discourage teens from driving while on drugs
An Afternoon of Jazz
Sunday, April 17th from 1-4pm
Let’s JAM! April is Jazz Appreciation Month and Cowan Avenue Elementary School in Los Angeles (Westchester) is having an outdoor jazz concert fundraiser featuring an American Idol fan favorite and two superb jazz bands! Bring a blanket to relax on the lawn while enjoying a musical afternoon. Tickets are $10. Kids 12 & under get in free. There will be food available for purchase and free games and activities for kids! Tickets can be purchased in advance at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-afternoon-of-jazz-tickets.
Welcome Passover with a Vegan Seder
Friday, April 22nd at 5:30pm and/or Saturday, April 23rd at 5:30pm
Passover is also known as the Holiday of Freedom. Some of us thus choose to celebrate Passover in a way where all can enjoy their freedom including the animals we will not be eating. We will have a full Seder covering the fourteen traditional steps, but we will do so with our consciousness raised to a higher than common level. If your family would like to come for a vegan Passover Seder on either of the Seder nights, email Avraham@VeJEWtarian.org.
Girls Rock Santa Barbara to Host Summer Sleep Away and Day Camps Aimed at Empowering Girls
This summer, Girls Rock Santa Barbara will offer weeklong Sleep Away and Day Camps to girls ages 7-17 in Santa Barbara and Ojai. Campers will form rock bands, take instrument lessons, and write and perform original songs, all in an environment promoting creativity and teamwork. Girls of all levels of musical experience (including those with no experience!) have the opportunity to learn guitar, bass, drums, vocals. To sign your daughter up or for more information, visit
http://www.girlsrocksb.org/amplify-sleep-away-camp/. Oh, Snakesat the Zimmer Children’s Museum
Sunday, April 10th at 3pm
Discover creatures that are crawling, scurrying, and slithering by at this a special presentation of live animals!
Essential Oils/Alternative Healthcare for Kids Class
Thursday April 14th at 6:30pm
Would you like to learn about essential oils and how they can help your kids with their attention, behavior, and general health? Would you like to have more power over your own health care and be able to help those you love? Come for a casual, fun, educational evening in Westlake Village. RSVP to Essentiallyoiledpt@gmail.com for location details.
The original, award-winning Scandinavian baby and toddler co-sleeping baby lounger
Baby lounger and co-sleeper from Sweden. DockATot is a multi-functional, innovative and super-stylish must-have for parents with tots ages 0-36 months.
MLB team inspired, fashionable yet functional finds for mom and baby
Chewbeads offers an adorable line of 100% silicone teething solutions for baby that are also fashionable for mom. The brand new MLB line includes necklaces and teething rings for the league’s most popular teams. Now mom and baby can show their team pride in style!
Demystifying Sun Salutations with Nichola Dunne
Saturday, May 21st from 2-4pm
Sun Salutations, are the foundation for any flow-based yoga practice. They improve strength, flexibility, stamina and circulation, but in order to reap these benefits, it is essential to fully understand these deceptively complex poses. In this workshop, we will break down each of the individual poses that make up a Sun Salutation, focusing on alignment, how to move with the breath, and how to put these poses together. $40.
Join India Hicks in Santa Monica
Thursday, April 7th from 5-7pm at Hotel Ambrose
Join India Hicks for a glass of wine and to chat about the IH Business and the incredible opportunities to manage your own successful business. Questions? Email triciaconverse@sbcglobal.net. 1255 20th St. in Santa Monica, 90404
Yemin Orde Israeli Youth Choir ♫ 2016 U.S. Tour at Beth Jacob Congregation for the whole family
Monday April 11th at 7:30pm
The 11 members of the Yemin Orde Youth Choir who are performing in the U.S. are teenagers, between 15 and18 years of age. Yemin Orde graduate, Sandro Golis, 25 ,is also performing with the group. They are from Ethiopia, France, former Soviet Union ,Brazil and Israel-born and represent the fascinating mosaic of the 440 at-risk children who live and learn at Yemin OrdeYouth Village. Yemin Orde’s youth, most of them new immigrants to Israel, struggle with overwhelming cultural and education challenges.
SoCal Wellness Expo at TheGroveLA
April 10th from 12pm-4pm
Join the ultimate Wellness hosted by @SoCalMoms and @DoctorBerlin. Get pampered, relaxed & informed! Enjoy complimentary services, browse nursery, maternity & post partum fashions, sample products & services, get maternity or new baby photos in our photo booth, and listen to amazing speakers! It’s an afternoon not to miss! First 100 tickets purchased online come with gift bags!
Calling All Spring Boutique Vendors
Sunday, May 1, 2016
The Valley Jewish Community Center is looking for vendors to sell their products at their spring boutique in Woodland Hills on Sunday, May 1, 2016 from 10-3. Just in time for Mother’s Day and graduation gifts! Email Leslie806@gmail.com to be considered with your products you sell.
2nd Annual Farm To Table Dinner to benefit 2020 Mom
Saturday, May 21st at 5:30pm
Enjoy a delicious farm-fresh Mexican menu, dancing under the stars, a silent auction, a raffle for a Princess Cruises gift card and special guest speakers. Kids can have their own night out at Hugo’s Gymfitness for an extra fee.
Come be part of the family at the infant/toddler Side-by-Side for Shabbat class at Leo Baeck Temple
Meet other parents and share in learning about your child’s early development. Each session contains a Judaic element with an emphasis on Shabbat through songs and blessings. Join the ECC kids in celebrating this special weekly holiday. This class provides a warm, safe and supportive environment for toddlers and parents and serves as a gateway into the ECC program. Side-by-Side for Shabbat begins Friday 4/8-5/27, 6-24 months. Call Sally or Ben at 310-476-2274 for more information.
‘Grey Gardens’ Comes to CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
Set in East Hampton, New York, “Grey Gardens” tells the story of Big Edie and Little Edie, the eccentric aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and their journey from glamorous aristocrats in the 1940s to notorious recluses living in the 1970s in a crumbling house filled with memories and cats.
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. * 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 mo, and make structural creations with lots of blocks later. * BABY is beginning to understand words and
recognize the names of familiar objects. (auditory,
visual, tactile language/vocabulary,
social/emotional, life skills, math/logic)
– Talk about what you’re doing.
– Use lots of descriptive words.
.. “Let’s make big soap bubbles in the warm
bath.”
.. “We’re putting on a fresh, clean diaper.”
.. “There is your soft, fluffy, white teddy bear.”
* ROLL a ball back and forth between you and Baby
or let him crawl after it. (gross/fine motor, visual,
social/emotional, language/vocabulary)
* BY 12 mo., many babies have risen to their feet to
stand and can even walk.
comments to msmarm@roadrunner.com
Next week – “Developmental Learning Tools for 9- to 12-mo-olds, pt. 8”
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April 6 2016
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