Redwood City Preschool Preview Night 2012

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Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 from 6-8pm is the annual Preschool Preview Night at the Redwood City Community Activities Building – 1400 Roosevelt Ave, Redwood City, CA 94061.  This event is a wonderful opportunity for parents to talk to representatives from multiple preschools, day-cares and parent education organizations on one evening. The organizers put together a [...]

Preschool Preview Night Redwood City 2012

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Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 from 6-8pm is the annual Preschool Preview Night at the Redwood City Community Activities Building – 1400 Roosevelt Ave, Redwood City, CA 94061.  This event is a wonderful opportunity for parents to talk to representatives from multiple preschools, day-cares and parent education organizations on one evening. The organizers put together a [...]

Kindergarten Registration Scheduled for Saturday, January 29

January 21, 2011

Redwood City School District’s Kindergarten Registration begins on Saturday, January 29 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at your assigned neighborhood school. Open registration continues for all students during the month of February, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at your neighborhood school (except February 18 and 21, which are school holidays). You [...]

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Preschool Preview Night – Redwood City

January 11, 2011

Tomorrow night, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 from 6-8pm is the annual Preschool Preview Night at the Redwood City Community Activities Building – 1400 Roosevelt Ave, Redwood City, CA 94061.  This event is a wonderful opportunity for parents to talk to representatives from multiple preschools, day-cares and parent education organizations on one evening. The organizers put [...]

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Holiday Party

December 4, 2010

The club’s annual Holiday Party is coming up on Saturday, Dec. 4. Please look for details and an invite through the Big Tent group.

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Kindergarten Preparedness Night – Nov. 15

November 17, 2010

What is expected of your child upon entering Kindergarten?

Building blocks for school readiness include:

  • Self-help skills: toileting, dressing, proper rest and nutrition (necessary in a class of 20+ children vs. 2-3 at home)
  • Social & Emotional Development: learn to work w/ other children, know how to wait to get needs met, can share, take turns, has good problem solving skills, and can appropriately express feelings (no hitting/biting, etc)
  • Language: parents need to talk to children a lot to boost vocabulary (any language is beneficial – native/English, etc), parents should read to children, listen to and answer children’s questions, and parents need to engage the children in their language
  • Academics: make everything you do in this realm an adventure in learning as it is the teacher’s job to teach the academics (letters, numbers, etc)

It is important to work on all 4 areas of readiness in parallel and in balance.

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Child-friendly Shops

November 12, 2010

Jigsaw Java on 846 Main St. in Redwood City Cynthia’s Costumes and Parties Color me Mine in Menlo Park Cheeky Monkey Toys in Menlo Park Petco or any petstore to check out the animals IKEA for a meal or to shop in the kids area Lego Store at Hillsdale Mall Hillsdale Mall for a stroll [...]

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Sportive Activities

November 12, 2010

Enjoy a great day in the water at the Silliman Family Aquatic Center in Newark. Or join in the activities at the Activity Center right next door. The Aquatic Center features Spa, Activity Pool and Waterslides amongst other things. Enter the Activity Center to use the gymnasium, weight room or Arobic Studio. Child Care is [...]

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Fun On-line

November 12, 2010

Not unexpectedly, the internet itself abounds with web sites for kids and parents desperate for something to do. Many include pages you can print out for coloring, great ideas for arts and crafts projects and of course, on-line games and activities. Just to get you started, here are a few places to check out: Crayola [...]

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Child-friendly Museums

November 12, 2010

The Peninsula is home to many fun museums that welcome younger customers. If you can’t always afford the price of admission or just don’t want to spend all day somewhere to get your “money’s worth”, then go for a couple of hours to the museums that offer a free day. Part of this list was [...]

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