Tucson Weekly: Listings: Kids (April 30

KIDS
BABY-SITTING FOR BEGINNERS. Potential baby-sitters can learn how to handle emergencies, become certified in CPR and gain hands-on experience in childcare (diapering, feeding and playing with a baby) in a program intended for teens ages 12 to 15. Two series of classes are scheduled for May 27 and 28, and June 16 and 17. Registration is required, with classes limited to 24 students. Cost is $7.50. Call 742-4749 for information.
Listings BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. Summer Programs at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson open Thursday, May 21, and continue through Friday, August 14. Clubhouse hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at all three clubhouses. Membership is open to youth ages 7 to 16. Cost is $5, with summer field trips extra. Call 623-2543 for information about the club nearest you.
BUILD-A-BIKE. BICAS Youth Underground Build-A-Bike program is an eight-session program for adults and kids, offering extensive hands-on training for basic bicycle mechanics. In addition to learning new skills, you'll also be helping your community by fixing up old bikes and getting them back on the streets. Students are required to complete a 25-hour apprenticeship and final exam to earn their first bicycle. Classes are from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursdays, and from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Class tuition is based on a sliding-scale. Call 628-7950 for registration and information.
IT'S MAGIC. Bookman's Northwest. 3373 W. Ina Road. Learn about magic with magician Ross Horwitz, who gives a half-hour magic show, and then teaches kids their own trick to take home. Horwitz performs from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 2. Call 579-0303 for information.
SCIENCE GLADIATORS. Science Gladiators 2000, a locally run and produced kids' science show, seeks contestants and kids to join the studio audience for future shows. The show airs on TCI cable channel 61 at 6:30 p.m. Monday evenings. Call Janette Jaquish at 622-7856 for information.
Parents' Corner
CHILDREN TO CHILDREN. 3922 N. Mountain Ave. Children to Children is a grief support center for children and families who have experienced the death of someone they love. They provide support services in a caring environment, and currently have space available in their groups. Call 322-9155 for information.
PARENTING 101. Compass Health Care. 1230 E. Broadway. The Tucson Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence presents the following free classes to give families an informed edge: BASICS (Building A Strong Independent Child) provides classes, activities, discussion and support for parents and their children, infancy through adolescence, with the goal of learning to help children become healthy, substance-free and caring individuals. Classes meet from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, and from 3 to
5 p.m. Thursdays. Enrollment is open. Call Linda Yuguchi at 620-6615, ext. 22, for registration and information.
PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS. Parents Without Partners, Inc., is an international, nonprofit organization dedicated to the entire single parent family. They offer Saturday night dances, camp-outs, picnics, skating, meetings, potlucks, games, house parties, movies, hikes, volunteer and community service opportunities, and much more. Orientation for new members is held on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month. Call 622-8120 for information.
SIGN LANGUAGE WORKSHOP. The Parent Connection Center. 5326 E. Pima St. The Parent Connection sponsors an interactive parent-child sign language workshop from 11 a.m. to noon Friday, May 1. Class is free for members, $5 for non-members. Call 321-1500 for information.
STEP-FAMILY SURVIVAL SKILLS. In Balance Adolescent Treatment Center. Old Farm Executive Park, 6165 E. Grant Road. Learn coping skills for dealing with the challenges of the living with a step-family at this free seminar from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 6. Registration is required. Call 722-5434 for registration and information.
STUDENT EXCHANGE. World Heritage, a non-profit, public benefit organization, seeks local host families for high school students from Europe and the former Soviet Union. Host families provide room, board and guidance in a familial setting. Barbara Williams, local World Heritage area representative, will provide on-going program support during the exchange year. Call 529-2408 for information.