KIDSTHE ULTIMATE COOKIE. The first ever Cookies 'N' Milk chocolate-chip cookie challenge and taste-off happens from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at the Children's Museum, 200 S. Sixth Ave. A baker's dozen of Tucson's finest compete for the chewiest, gooiest, munchiest cookie ever. Admission is $2. Proceeds benefit the Tucson Children's Museum and the Chefs Association of Southern Arizona Education Fund.KIDS UNLIMITED. Kids Unlimited present their Spring show April 26 through 28 at The Temple Of Music And Art Cabaret Theatre, 330 S. Scott Ave. This amazing group of 3- to 16-year-olds will knock your socks off. The Junior Company presents See You at the Movies at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday. The Senior Company presents Hurrah for Hollywood at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $5. Call 293-1225 for tickets and information. GOOSEBUMPS CLUB. Barnes & Noble. 5480 E. Broadway. 745-9822. The "Goosebumps In the Night" club meets at 7:00 p.m. Friday, April 26, and at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 27. Call 745-9822 for reservations and information. STORYTIME. Authors Sharon Landeen and Mercedes Nusbaumer do a bi-lingual reading of When You Get Really Mad!--¡Cuando Estás Muy Enojado! at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 27, at The Haunted Bookshop, 7211 N. Northern Ave. Call 297-4843 for information. SUMMER PROGRAMS. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum several workshops and activities for children and families throughout the summer. Programs include learning about the stars, a family saguaro harvest and camp-out, desert ecology, and the animals of our region. Register now for May. Call 883-3018 for information. FINE ARTS PROGRAM. The Tucson Girls Chorus is taking registration for its Summer Fine Arts Program for children grades 1 through 6, beginning June 3. Three-week sessions include singing, movement, puppetry and the production of a student opera. Full- and half-day options are available. Call TGC at 577-6064 for registration and information. MUSIC CLASSES. Music classes of all levels and types are offered at the Desert Dove School of Music, 6163 S. Midvale Park Road. Beginning and intermediate band, guitar and preschool/interactive music classes are now forming. Call Judith Richardson at 888-3352 for information.
Parents' Corner
FEINGOLD FINDINGS. Has your child ever been labeled with "inappropriate behavior," "impulsive," "short attention span," "muscle uncoordination," "low frustration tolerance," or "attention deficit disorder"? If so, your child could be chemically sensitive to certain foods and/or synthetic chemicals often added to foods. To receive free information, send a SASE to: Feingold Association, Dept. 199B, 127 E. Main St., Suite 106, Riverhead, NY 11901, or call (800) 321-3287 for information. LA FRONTERA WORKSHOPS. DES and La Frontera offer a variety of free parenting workshops on a monthly basis. Topics for May include Preschooler Skill Building, Teachers and Parents as Partners, Effective Discipline, and Children and Fear. Call Julie Mack at La Frontera, 884-9920, ext. 291, for registration and information. THE PARENT CONNECTION. The Parent Connection, 5326 E. Pima St., offers a variety of educational and support services for families. The program's core is its Parent/Child Play program, which brings parents and children together for activities geared toward the social and physical development of infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers. The program provides instruction and discussion on communication, setting limits and nurturing for young children. The Parent Connection also offers a meeting site, library, indoor/outdoor play areas and referral to community resources for families. Additional class and lecture series and support groups are available. Call 321-1500 for registration and information. |
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