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Happy Earth Day!
The Aquarium’s Earth Day Celebration will feature special appearances by its animals, themed classes for kids, an evening lecture for adults, and more
WHAT: This year marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and the Aquarium of the Pacific is inviting kids and adults at home to join in for its first virtual Earth Day event. You can watch special appearances by the Aquarium’s animal ambassadors, including penguins. For parents looking for educational activities for kids and teens, the Aquarium’s educators will present a variety of Earth Day-themed interactive classes. The Aquarium’s Pacific Pals characters will release a special episode of their show The Daily Bubble to celebrate the special day. Adults are invited to tune in at 7:00 p.m. PDT for a live-streamed lecture hosted by Aquarium President Dr. Jerry Schubel featuring guest speaker Douglas McCauley, an associate professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. McCauley will share how we can all take inspiration, in challenging times, from lessons of resiliency in our ocean and what responsibility we have, on Earth Day, to recommit to protecting ocean health.
The Aquarium has hosted its annual Earth Day Celebration in April, a weekend-long festival featuring booths and activities, for the past twenty years. This year it will use technology to observe Earth Day and provide a way for the public to connect with ocean science while they are at home.
WHEN: Wednesday, April 22, 2020, from 8:45 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. (Earth Day)
Animal appearances (Facebook live): 9:45 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 1:45 p.m., and 2:45 p.m.
Classes for kids and teens (aquariumofpacific.org): 9:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker Series lecture (aquariumofpacific.org): 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Virtual Earth Day Full Schedule:
8:45 a.m. Live introduction with Aquarium educator
9:00 a.m. Friends in the Sea (Pre-K-K live class) with sulfur crested cockatoo appearance
9:45 a.m. Animal appearance: sulfur crested cockatoo explores the Honda Blue Cavern*
10:00 a.m. Draw With Us: Habitats (grades K-2 live class) with penguin appearance
10:45 a.m. Animal appearance: Penguins at the Honda Blue Cavern*
11:00 a.m. All About Invertebrates (grades 3-5 live class) with desert tortoise appearance
11:45 a.m. Animal appearance: desert tortoise at the Honda Blue Cavern*
12:00 p.m. The Daily Bubble with the Pacific Pals
1:00 p.m. Honda Blue Cavern Webcam Live with MC
1:00 p.m. Aquarium Live Ep 5: Animals and their Senses (grades K-5 live class) with rosy boa appearance
1:45 p.m. Animal appearance: rosy boa at the Honda Blue Cavern*
2:00 p.m. Whales & Conservation (grades 6-8 live class) with Virginia opossum appearance
2:45 p.m. Animal appearance: Virginia opossum*
4:00 p.m. Moon Jelly Webcam Live
5:00 p.m. Wrap-up for the Day Live
7:00 p.m. Guest Lecture: Flood Tides and the Affairs of Humans with Douglas McCauley
*Aquarium’s Facebook live (all other programming accessible from the Aquarium’s website)
WHERE: Aquarium of the Pacific’s website:aquariumofpacific.org/events/info/earth_day_celebration/
COST: FREE
INFO: (562)-590-3100 or aquariumofpacific.org
SPONSORS:
Earth Day sponsor: The Boeing Company
Guest Speaker Series sponsor: Gazette Newspapers and Courtyard Marriott
ONLINE ACADEMY: Though it has been closed to the public since mid-March due to the pandemic, the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California, has had its virtual doors open to people around the world. With many kids and adults staying at home, the Aquarium is offering them free online resources with daily live and on-demand content through its Online Academy. In addition to daily live classes, exhibit webcams, and other fun and educational content, new additions to the Academy include the live penguin nest cam. You can visit the Aquarium’s website or follow its social media channels for live feeds and updates. A schedule and links to these resources can be found on the Aquarium’s Online Academy webpage.
Credit: The Aquarium of the Pacific.
Looking for a way to keep in touch with family and friends during the pandemic? Smilebox has you covered! I love that this website is more than just a site to send an ecard. You can make a photo collage that the family will just love! It is really a great site!
They recently introduced something new that invitations now include Smilebox Live virtual events. You just have to check this out on their website. There is a free account but I highly recommend the Smilebox PRO account.
I really love that there are so many different varieties of occasions from Birthday to Thank you but they also have anytime and greetings that you can send doe Corona-virus. This is a wonderful way to connect with family and friends at a time where we have to social distance from our loved ones.
Giveaway Opportunity!
We have teamed up with our friends at Smilebox for a giveaway! One lucky winner will win a Smilebox PRO subscription. To enter, check out the website and let me know your favorite thing about the website. Just leave a comment below! The deadline to enter is April 30th, 2020 at 12 noon PST.
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1.Encourages teamwork
Human beings are social creatures, in that we all like to spend time with each other. For kids, this time is mostly spent playing, and play cooking is a great way for your kids to spend time together with their siblings or friends. With a play kitchen, your kids will not only have fun with their peers but they will also learn a few important skills that they will hold onto for the rest of their lives. With a play kitchen, the children tend to distribute kitchen roles among themselves, which ensures the success of the “cooking” task as a whole. One prepares the dishes, while the other cleans up. In doing so, the kids learn to cooperate and work together to ensure the success of their play cooking.
2. Enhances organizational skills
A play kitchen has plenty of parts, accessories, and tools which the children have to utilize during play. Organizational skills tend to be one of the hardest concepts parents have to teach their children, even as they grow older. Luckily, with the numerous parts of the play kitchen set, your child can learn the important organizational skill, since they have to correctly organize their tools if they are to use them during their next play date. With frequent use of the play kitchen, your child can acquire important organizational skills for the rest of their lives.
3. Teaches responsibility
With a children’s play kitchen set, your children can learn how to be responsible for their property, since they have to look after all the various utensils in the set as well as the play kitchen itself. By teaching your child how to properly take care of the play kitchen, they can learn a valuable lesson in responsibility.
4. Enhances problem-solving
As your child increases their frequency of play cooking in their play kitchen, so do they enhance their problem-solving skills. While playing, the child can solve various problems, like learning how to share equal food portions among a set number of people, or looking for an alternative utensil in case the tool they need is absent. As they do this, they are learning how to count as well as how to make various decisions.
5. Enhances creativity and imagination
While your child plays with their play kitchen set, they are improving their creativity and imagination, since they are making up dishes from their minds and trying out various ingredients to make their imaginary food. By encouraging the child to play with the play kitchen set, they can get more ideas and to get more imaginative, which will also help them in their lives as they grow up.
6. Gives a sense of independence
By giving your child a play kitchen, it helps them gain a sense of independence as they can create their dishes, or run their playset as they wish. Since they can work independently, the children also develop self-confidence since they can bring out their ideas and imagination without having to be compared to others.
Juniper is one of the few pets remaining in our shelter. She’s a beautiful 4-year-old steel-gray pit bull who came in as a stray and immediately warmed up to the staff and volunteers. She’s happy and loving and will follow you anywhere. Unfortunately, she has a health issue—masses that need examination and attention. She’d do so much better in your home with you, and she’ll certainly make your own stay-at-home nicer! Meet Juniper on the shelter side at the P. D. Pitchford Companion Animal Village, 7700 East Spring St., (562) 570-PETS. Ask for #A641644.
(The usual suspects contributed to this rescue)
pediped® footwear, a national children’s footwear company based in Henderson, NV, has always had the mission of giving back. pediped® is hoping to take that goal to a new level this year with your help! Tell us about your favorite foundations that support children in need and help us choose the ways we can help!
pedipedCares is the giving arm of pediped®, the mission of pedipedCares is to enhance the lives of children and provide financial support to charities and organizations that are aligned with that goal.
pedipedCares works with charities that are dedicated to the health, education, basic necessities and the personal fulfillment of children around the world. The management and employees of pediped® will donate the resources necessary to fund these programs so that 100% of the funds raised will go directly to these life changing charities.
Since the company’s inception 5 years ago, pediped® has been committed to bettering the lives of children and has donated nearly $1 million in monetary and product donations to children’s charities, including over $445,000 to the Make-A-Wish foundation, which has helped to grant 60 wishes for children and 2,000 pairs of shoes to Haiti. The establishment of the pediped foundation™ will help foster even more ways for pediped® to give back to those in need.
“pediped® has always been committed to supporting causes that help children,” said Angela Edgeworth, President of pediped® footwear. “We can help even more organizations and make an even larger impact in the lives of children.” Help us find the next best place to donate to children in need by emailing CustomerService@pediped.com with details!
Please also visit https://www.pediped.com/cares to request shoe donations for local charities or foundations in your area. Let us know why and how you want us to help with your donation request!
To learn more about pedipedCares, please visit https://www.pediped.com/cares.
About pediped®
pediped® footwear was founded in 2004 by Angela and Brian Edgeworth in their quest for the perfect soft-soled shoe for their first daughter. Exceptional quality, unsurpassed comfort and distinctive styling have made the award winning company the fastest-growing children’s footwear brand in the United States. pediped® footwear has been awarded the American Podiatric Medical Association Seal of Acceptance for the promotion of healthy foot development.
pediped® footwear is sold in over 300 stores in the United States and worldwide with an offering of more than 120 designs for boys and girls between their three lines, Originals®, Grip ‘n’ Go™ and Flex®.
-Originals® (soft-soled shoes for newborns to age 2)
-Grip ‘n’ Go™ (thin rubber-soled shoes for children ages 9 months to 3 years)
-Flex® (rubber-soled shoes for children 1 to 6 years) are available in EU sizes ranging from 20 to 36.
Credit: pediped.
pediped®’s Adventure Line of high-quality shoes that are perfect for outdoor activities come in an array of new colors and styles. The Adventure Line offers eco-friendly, low-maintenance, water-safe shoes that are rugged and functional, yet provide the style and comfortable fit that pediped® is renowned for.
The Adventure Line is constructed with an eco-friendly, sustainable luxury microfiber that is formulated without any solvents during the manufacturing process. This process results in reduced carbon dioxide emissions, a reduction in water usage and less use of energy. Crafted using water-safe washable material, allowing kids to run, jump and play in all types of outdoor activities, while providing easy shoe cleanup for parents.
Style, comfort and durability go hand-in-hand with the new Adventure Line. This durable footwear includes a natural rubber sole, toe caps and Velcro straps. The natural rubber sole provides ultimate flexibility, and the toe caps protect feet and provide longer wear for active kids. Velcro straps keep the shoe securely in place while making it easy for kids to pull the shoe on and off. Just like all pediped® shoes, the Adventure Line is lightweight, comfortable and stylish.
The new Spring/Summer 2020 pediped® collection will be available at retail stores and online at www.pediped.com beginning February 2020. pediped® footwear’s Adventure Line comes in EU sizes 20-36 (US sizes 5 Little Kids – 4.5 Youth), and retails for $50-$53 USD per pair.
About pediped®
pediped® footwear was founded in 2004 by Angela and Brian Edgeworth in their quest for the perfect soft-soled shoe for their first daughter. Exceptional quality, unsurpassed comfort and distinctive styling have made the award winning company the fastest-growing children’s footwear brand in the United States. pediped® footwear has been awarded the American Podiatric Medical Association Seal of Acceptance for the promotion of healthy foot development.
pediped® footwear is sold in over 300 stores in the United States and worldwide with an offering of more than 120 designs for boys and girls between their three lines, Originals®, Grip ‘n’ Go™ and Flex®.
-Originals® (soft-soled shoes for newborns to age 2)
-Grip ‘n’ Go™ (thin rubber-soled shoes for children ages 9 months to 3 years)
-Flex® (rubber-soled shoes for children 1 to 6 years) are available in EU sizes ranging from 20 to 36.
For more information visit www.pediped.com.
Credit: pediped.
| L.A. ZOO PRESENTS ANIMAL DRAW-ALONG SERIES WITH ARTIST BRIAN KESINGER |
| The Los Angeles Zoo Announces an Interactive Draw-Along Series Beginning Saturday, April 18; Bringing Awareness to the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day and Endangered Species Day in “Wild for the Planet” Virtual Efforts As part of its “Bringing the Zoo to You” initiative, offering educational and entertaining activities and content from the Los Angeles Zoo into animal-lovers’ homes during the COVID-19 crisis, the L.A. Zoo announces a partnership with L.A.-based artist Brian Kesinger, a 20-year veteran of Walt Disney Feature Animation and a Supervising Director for Disney Television Animation. Going virtual for 2020, L.A. Zoo kicks off its “Wild for the Planet” event with a series of Facebook Live draw-alongs taking place on the L.A. Zoo Facebook page for four consecutive Saturdays, starting this Saturday, April 18th. “Wild for the Planet” is an annual springtime celebration from Earth Day (April 22) to Endangered Species Day (May 15.) Over the course of four weeks, Brian Kesinger will draw four endangered animals that the L.A. Zoo has helped bring back from the brink of extinction: Week 1 (April 18): California Condor Week 2 (April 25): Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog Week 3 (May 2): Peninsular Pronghorn Week 4 (May 9): Western Lowland Gorilla In addition, Brian Kesinger created an original animal babies coloring book exclusive to the L.A. Zoo to celebrate the oodles of adorable animal babies born at the Zoo this spring. The brand-new “L.A. Zoo Spring Babies Coloring Book” is available on the LAZoo.org website now and uses the award-winning photography of Zoo photographer, Jamie Pham. Link to download the coloring book here: lazoo.org/coloringbook. Made possible by 99 Cents Only Stores. The L.A. Zoo is also planning to launch an official T-Shirt Design Contest later this spring, for which Brian Kesinger will participate as an expert judge, evaluating artwork submitted by the public. Details coming soon. Credit: The Los Angeles Zoo. |
