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Students from Okinawa Need Volunteer Host Families in Clackamas and Oregon City

From July 21st to August 18th, Clackamas will play host to nearly 25 Okinawan students eager to improve their English and learn about American culture.  This group of young girls and boys (ages 13-17) will spend their four weeks in the Portland area both participating in academic classes and enjoying weekday fieldtrips around the community, including excursions to the Oregon Coast, Fort Vancouver, Seattle for a Mariners game, and the Columbia River.

What makes this stay in Clackamas truly special, however, is the opportunity these students have to live with a local family. Host families throughout the community open their homes to these international visitors, and by doing so open themselves up to a singularly enlightening cultural experience. While the Japanese students get a chance to learn about life in an American family, their host families are given a similarly special chance to learn more about life in Okinawa.

This cultural exchange is a life-changing opportunity for everyone involved. If you’re interested in hosting a bright and inquisitive student from Okinawa, please contact Lana at 503.709.6108, Annette at 503.481.4125 or Becky at 360.892.4212.

Free Preview: Family Time Kindermusik Classes

Bringing children of all ages together provides a dynamic and integrated learning experience for everyone. So we took favorite Kindermusik songs and activities like “Shake, Shake the Apple Tree” and “hammocking” and rolled them into a fun, family class where each child is welcomed and valued and family “together time” is celebrated and cherished.

What you’ll experience in class:

• Singing. From the first “Hello” song to the last “Goodbye,” exploring a variety of musical styles and genres leads children to find their own voice. Plus singing helps with memory and recall, physical development, creativity, and socialization.
• Assorted Movement. Whether moving as a family, as a class, or as individuals, Family Time movement activities enhance coordination skills, create opportunities for imitation and exploration, and give everyone something to smile, rock, bounce, or dance about.
• Story Time. Reading aloud to children stimulates their curiosity, expands their knowledge, and broadens their understanding of language.
• Family Jam Children (and adults) will love selecting a unique instrument and joining in one big class jam session each week.
• Musical Concepts. Fun engaging activities bring out the musicality in everyone, from the youngest member of the family to the oldest. Together you’ll learn more about music as you learn more about each other.
• Expert advice. A Kindermusik educator explains how our musically based activities enhance your child’s complete development.
• Learning continues at home. With the home materials, the learning continues at home with your child’s best teacher—you!

Come try a free class and see how much fun we have:

Saturday mornings at 9:30am

The New Day Center for the Arts on 55th and Foster, Portland, OR

Hosted by Kindermusik With Angie

503-708-2827

www.kindermusikwithangie.kindermusik.net, www.kindermusikwithangie.blogspot.com, Twitter: @Angelmusik

Portland Family Homeopathy

Portland Family Homeopathy is offering 25% off during April for first time clients. 

They specialize in healthy family care including: homeopathy, herbal medicine, & nutrition counseling. Adult & pediatric consultations available. Providing both office & home visits, sometimes it's just hard to get the whole family suited up for a trip to the doc. Free 15 minute consultation & affordable rates. Visit out site at portlandfamilyhomeopathy.com or give us a call at (503) 515-7377 to set up an appointment. 

Experience a morning in a Waldorf Kindergarten with your Child

What is it like to be a child in a Waldorf-based kindergarten?  At this free community event, you can experience it by attending a morning of kindergarten, right alongside your child. 

This Saturday, March 13th, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Micha-el School, 5239 SE Woodstock Blvd.
(In "Our Lady" Church at SE 52nd and Woodstock)

The Micha-el School is a warm and vibrant community of committed teachers and parents dedicated to the physical, emotional, spiritual, and intellectual development of children.

BodyVox-2

BodyVox-2
February 18-20 7:30PM, 2PM Saturday Matinee
The BodyVox Dance Center
1201 NW 17th
503.229.0627
www.bodyvox.com

Meet BodyVox-2, an exciting company of dedicated young dancers working under the direction of veteran BodyVox performer, Zachary Carroll.  See them perform this February and watch as their youth and energy provide a fresh look at BodyVox classics.

BodyVox Open Studio

BodyVox Open Studio
February 4, 6:30-8:00
The BodyVox Dance Center
1201 NW 17th
503.229.0627
www.bodyvox.com

Join BodyVox and guest moderator Robert McBride from All Classical 89.9 FM for a free open rehearsal and informal performance as we introduce BodyVox-2 to Portland.  BodyVox-2 is an exciting company of dedicated young dancers whose youth and energy provide a fresh look at classic BodyVox works.  Watch and interact as the company rehearses work for upcoming performances. 

Arleta School Art Fair: March 5, 2010

Arleta Art Fair
Friday, March 5th 5pm--8pm

Arleta K-8 School
5109 SE 66th St.
Portland, OR 97206
http://www.arleta.pps.k12.or.us/

Help Arleta school and our local art community. There will be jewelry, handbags, paintings, photography, gardening supplies, iron work, children’s art, and much more.

Contact: Molly Strand, mollystrand@gmail.com or Arleta Office at 503.916.6330 for more information.

The International School Open House, February 23, 2010

OPEN HOUSE

Parents are invited to a preschool and kindergarten open house of the Chinese, Spanish and Japanese true immersion program at The International School. The International School is PreK through 5th grade and accepts new students without any second language experience into preschool and kindergarten. The school was founded in 1990 and is now an International Baccalaureate candidate school with 400 students.

Tuesday February 23, 2010

Tours start at 6, 6:30 and 7pm

Meet teachers for 3-year-olds at 0122 SW Arthur Street, Portland 97201

Tour classes for 4-year-olds through 5th grade down the street at 2305 SW Water Avenue, Portland 97201

More information at www.intlschool.org, 503-226-2496

Sound Roots 1st Birthday Bash/Open House, January 8, 2010

January 8th (this Friday!)
6pm-10pm

3954 N Williams
503 282-9999

Join us for a FREE family friendly night of live music featuring our staff in concert together, our preschool music program Rookie Rock @ 6:15, and more! Tour our new school, eat cake, get crafty with the kids at a craft table sponsored by Spielwerks Toys, and purchase raffle tickets for chances to win one or more of our many raffle prizes (massages, yoga, restaurants, family date night, photography packages, coaching, toys, and of course music lessons and MORE!) We will also have door prizes just for you showing up!

All of the proceeds from the raffle sales will benefit an organization near and dear to our hearts, The Playing for Change Foundation www.playingforchange.org. The Playing For Change Foundation (PFCF) is dedicated to connecting the world through music by providing resources (including, but not limited to facilities, supplies, and educational programs) to musicians and their communities around the world.

This is a community event and we hope to see all of you and your neighbors and friends there!

Thanks for your support over this past year, and your continued involvement with Sound Roots. We feel extraordinarily lucky to have such a fun and involved group of friends and clients who share our passion for music!

Milagros Holiday Bazaar on Dec 5

The Milagros Holiday Bazaar is Saturday, December 5 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. The event will feature a wide variety of locally made goods by a dozen local vendors! Clothes, jewelry, toys and more will be featured at the Holiday Craft Bazaar. There will also complimentary refreshments, art activities for the kids and more. Admission to the event is free and families are very welcome.

In addition to being a fun community event, the Holiday Bazaar is a fundraiser for Mercy Corps. Mercy Corps works to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression throughout the world by helping people build secure, productive and just communities. Milagros and all the vendors at the Holiday Bazaar will be donating 10 percent of their sales to support Mercy Corps.

The Milagros Holiday Bazaar will be held inside and outside of Milagros at 5433 NE 30th Avenue. More info at milagrosboutique.com. Find out more about Mercy Corps at mercycorps.org.

Toys & Kid/Maternity Clothing Swap: Nov 14, 2009

Gather up unwanted, outgrown, clean clothing, accessories, and toys in good repair and bring them to the swap!

WHAT: This free clothing and toy swap will be held at the Portland Central Library’s Keep Portland Weird event - for more details visit the library website:

http://www.multcolib.org/events/kpw.html

This will be a drop-in swap, no need to RSVP just join in by bringing toys and clothing for the category and sizes that interest you  **be sure to note the specific time slots for each swap below.**  After you swap, stop by some of the other family-fun events that Keep Portland Weird.

WHEN: Saturday November 14th, 2009

1:00pm – 1:45pm Maternity and children’s clothing (Maternity, Baby 0-24mo, Toddler 2-4 yrs, baby and toddler accessories, including car seats, strollers and highchairs)

2:00pm – 2:45pm Kid’s clothing (Early Years 5-7yrs, Pre-Teen 8-12, and Teen 13-16+, accessories)

3:00pm – 3:45pm Small and medium sized toys swap  

WHERE:  Central Library, Children’s Library Story Theater, 801 SW 10th (@ SW Yamhill.)  You can take the Max to the Library/SW 9th Street or Galleria SW 10th Street stop.  Enter through the front/main entrance and make a right towards the back into the Children’s Library and the story theater is to the right of the Children’s Library entrance.  NOTE: This swap location is child proofed but space will be very limited.  Please leave strollers at home, carry babies in a sling, and bring someone to supervise little ones in the Children’s Library while you swap.

 HOW THIS SWAP WILL WORK: Clothes will be separated into general size groups and marked with signs.   Before you arrive, separate clothing you will bring by size to maximize your swap time. Plan to arrive about 10 minutes before your swap and hang on to your clothes and toys until its time to swap.   When the swap is about to start add your items to matching size piles (toys will be placed in general categories.) When the swap host starts the swap look to find the items in the sizes and styles you need and put them in your bag.             

WHAT TO BRING: Clean clothes and toys in good repair and usable condition. There are no minimum requirements for how many items you have to bring or how many you can take but please be courteous and generous. In addition to clothing and toys you can also bring lightly used accessories like shoes, boots, hats, scarves, or sunglasses.  Items that do not get swapped will be donated to low income and high needs families in our community.            

In addition to clothing and toys you can also bring lightly used and clean accessories:

    * lightly used, clean socks, shoes, boots                               
    * hats, scarves, mittens
    * sunglasses
    * books, tapes, CD’s, videos, DVDs

CONTACT:  pdxkidswap@gmail.com

If you have any questions about the swap or are not on our email list and would like to receive email notification of future clothing swaps send us an email with the size and gender of clothing you will bring and the size and gender of clothing you need (we will not spam or sell your name to anyone.)  The only "membership" rule is that you be respectful and have fun! Please bring only things listed on what to bring list.

Free Japanese Sing and Play Class for Toddlers

Join The International School for a Japanese Sing and Play class. The class is open to children ages 0 to 4 with a parent or caregiver. No prior Japanese knowledge required and the class is free. Classes will be held at the Arthur Building of The International School at 122 SW Arthur St Portland, OR 97201.

For more information or to register, contact Keiko Buckendahl in Japanese or English at Japanese@intlschool.org or 503-226-2496 x305.

Class dates: Oct 2,30, Nov 6, Dec 4,11,& 18, All classes on Fridays from 10 to 10:30am

For more information on The International School, visit our website www.intlschool.org

Open House at The International School

Open House at The International School Friday, October 16th from 9am to 1pm

Family members of prospective students - no matter how young - are invited to tour the campus, visit classes in session, meet teachers and speak with currently enrolled parents. For this open house you may drop in any time between 9am and 1pm. Current parents will be giving tours, and you will be able to see classes in action. Children are always welcome to tour with their parents. * Tours of 3-year-old classes will be at 0122 SW Arthur. * Tours of the rest of the campus will start down the street at 2305 SW Water Avenue. Questions? Contact Admissions Director Mr. Jan Williams, 503-226-2496 x209 or JWilliams@intlschool.org.

The International School provides a multicultural environment where children are fully immersed in Chinese, Spanish or Japanese for preschool through fifth grade. Children become bilingual as they learn a full American curriculum with native speaking teachers and small classes. www.intlschool.org

Full House Moms/Dads Resale Event: Sept 19-20

Portland, are you listening? This is the big kahuna burger of resale events of kid stuff. The Full House Moms/Dads sale.  Here's the scoop from their press release:

WHAT: 50+ families of twins, triplets and quadruplets will be selling gently used children's merchandise including clothing, car seats, strollers, toys and much, much more at incredible prices! Many infant and child related items, such as clothing (including many name brands like Gymboree, baby GAP, Laura Ashley, Jack and Jane, Step2, little tikes, Ketler), cribs, highchairs, safety gates, car seats, changing tables, strollers, jogging stroller, booster seats, baby swings, travel swings, park-n-plays, travel cribs, co-sleepers, bouncy chairs, walkers, play mats, exersaucers, play kitchens, doll houses, slides, outdoor toys, children’s bedding, outdoor play items, kid's bikes books, puzzles, toys, room décor, maternity clothes, and more. There are too many items to list! Come by and see it all for yourself!

WHEN: SATURDAY, SEPT. 19TH 9:00AM-6:00PM and SUNDAY, SEPT. 20TH 9:00AM-2:00PM

WHERE: Eco Motion Building 1625 NE Sandy Blvd Portland, OR 97232

WHY: Full House MOMs is a non-profit support group for families with twins, triplets and more founded in 1982

ABOUT FULL HOUSE MOMS & DADS: www.fullhousemoms.com Full House MOMs is a non-profit support group for parents of multiple birth children and has one of the original children's resale events in the Portland area.

Chalk Art Festival: September 13 @ Hillsdale Farmers Market

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Hillsdale Farmers Market
sidewalk in front of Rieke ES
10am to 2pm

FREE
all ages/ abilities welcome!

Join with the Wilson Area Arts Council for the 2nd annual Chalk Art Festival.  A big bucket of chalk is waiting for you!

Help us celebrate the arts at our local schools: Wilson High School, Robert Gray MS, Jackson MS, Hayhurst School, Capitol Hill ES, Maplewood ES, Markham ES, Rieke ES, Stephenson ES

http://www.wilsonarts.org/chalk-art/chalk.htm

Questions:  chalk@wilsonarts.org