The Fresh Beat Band is coming to Fresno!

Published January 24, 2012 |

The Fresh Beat Band, Nickelodeon’s popular preschool music group and stars of the hit TV series of the same name, will hit the road in February 2012 for the first time ever.

The Fresh Beat Band hits from seasons one, two and three of the live-action music series that teaches preschoolers about music appreciation and how to express their feelings through movement, song and instrumental music.

Get your VIP tickets now! These tickets include one premium seat in the first 10 rows, access to the Fresh Beat Band party room, a chance to learn a dance from the Fresh Beat Band Crew and dance together with all of the Fresh Beat Band. A Special Meet & Greet plus a photo and poster along with a VIP laminate! Get your VIP ticket today! February 16, 2012 the doors open at 5:00 p.m….show at 6:00 p.m. VIP tickets are $110.00 plus a $7.00 restoration fee. regular seating is $30.00, $20.00, & $10.00 plus a $7.00 restoration fee…don’t wait this show will sell out! Also available; a “Citi” pre-show sound check package.

www.warnors.org or 559.264.2848 for more information!

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Please help spread the word about FresnoFamily.com in this new year!

Published January 17, 2012 |

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This year, I have a goal to bring more traffic to FresnoFamily.com (which, after 11years, boasts over 800 visits PER DAY!!) and I need YOUR HELP!

If you love FresnoFamily.com…if you appreciate all that I’ve gathered here, and continue to gather and update…

If you like having a place to read about local events and local activities that are coming up (especially on our new events calendar!)…or read about annual events that will be happening this year…

If you like to use these pages to find local classes and sports activities for your kids…and things to do with your family to help “beat the heat” in the summer…

If you like having a resource to check with every time you start planning a local child’s birthday party…

If you like to be able to pop over here to get just the right art recipe or find ideas for other children’s activities…or get ideas for local daytrips…

If you like to use this site to find fantastic kids music recommendations…

If you like to learn more in our pregnancy/birth, parenting, homeschooling, or work-at-home sections…

If you like all these and more…

Can you help a webmama out and please tell all your local friends, family and local business owners all about this site, by clicking on one of the share buttons below…”Share” on your Facebook pages (and “like” FresnoFamily.com’s Facebook page!!)…Tweet about it…Blog about it…Post about it on your local website…Talk about it in person…Do everything you can to help me get the word out so every local family knows about this fabulous online local resource that this webmama has poured her heart and soul into! If you can help me do that…I would be MOST APPRECIATIVE!

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Need input on local kids sports opportunities

Published January 15, 2012 |

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I am in the process of updating the kids sports page and would really like some input from local families as to what is out there. My family is not a sports family, and neither are any of our friends so I am completely out of the loop and need your help to update the info on that page!

So, if you know of any local sports opportunities for children, please comment here and let me know so I can add them to that page!

Thank you in advance!

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Harlem Globetrotters discount tickets

Published December 31, 2011 |

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I received the email below and was asked to pass it along, so here ya go:

On the heels of signing one of the most remarkable rookie classes in team history, the Harlem Globetrotters will bring their 2012 World Tour to the SaveMart Center in Fresno on 1/13/12 at 7:00pm.

The wows, the laughs, the magic – these moments become the memories that last a lifetime!
Highflying dunks … eye-popping tricks… hilarious jokes … the Globetrotters will have you smiling from start to finish. At the Globetrotters, the game of basketball sets the stage for an experience you will never forget. The Harlem Globetrotters just signed a historic rookie class that includes the top three finishers from the 2011 College Slam Dunk Contest. The Slam Dunk Champion, Jacob “Hops” Tucker, will showcase his ridiculous 50-inch vertical leap.
This year’s roster also features the first female in a generation – TNT Maddox – joining Showman Big Easy Lofton. Players and rosters are subject to change. Please visit www.harlemglobetrotters.com for more information.

To get the discount available, go to http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C004729CE5687C6?artistid=806223&majorcatid=10003&minorcatid=55 to purchase tickets and Save $7 on tickets when using promotional code MOM. Enter the code in the “Promotions and Special Offers” box when searching for tickets. Restrictions apply.

Share this discount with your friends and enjoy!! Your whole family will love it.

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Central Valley Holiday Lights

Published December 22, 2011 |

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So everyone knows about Christmas Tree Lane…and most know about Huntington Blvd’s holiday lights as well…but did you know about Cindy Ln? If not, you HAVE to check it out! Read on for more info…

And what about the houses that sync their lights to music? Nope, I hadn’t heard of the sync’d lights myself til just last night! We don’t regularly read the Bee, so we apparently have missed the articles in recent years…a friend of mine I ran into for the first time in years at Target (of all places) last night, told me about the sync’d lights of our area. (Thanks Wendy!!! Great seeing you again!!)

I had heard about them on the net, but never had heard about local houses that did this! I’m really excited to check it out!

So here’s a list I’ve compiled from Google searches…have at it! And let me know if you know of any more! (Jump to the bottom to look at the map.) And here’s a website I just discovered that also catalogs lights in the Valley! (Although at the writing of this, I already have all those houses on this page here. Some of them are part of some of the communities below, so I didn’t feel the need to specify specific houses.)

Synchronized lights/music:

1150 E. Sierra Ave., Fresno (east of First Street)
1189 Citadel Ave., Clovis, myclovischristmas.com. (near Nees and Willow)
6047 N. Winchester Ave., Fresno (near Bullard and Maroa)
4222 N. Maroa Ave., Fresno (near Ashlan and Maroa)
4282 W. Dayton, Fresno (between Dakota/Shields, Blythe/Brawley)

Areas with lots of lights, to drive or walk:

Christmas Tree Lane: Located on Van Ness Blvd between Shields Ave and Shaw Ave. From 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday Van Ness is northbound only.
Huntington Boulevard: Between Cedar and First. From what I’m reading online, they’ve scaled down their lights lately but added candles! I’ll have to update this once we check it out.
Cindy Lane (AKA “Holiday Lane”): Wawona Estates near Peach and Alluvial…Enter at Cindy Lane and Alluvial (1 block west of Peach), or at Athens and Peach (right across Peach from Railroad Park). This neighborhood isn’t as organized as Christmas Tree Lane, but they are every bit as spectacular! Smaller homes, closer to the road, LOTS of lit up houses, going for several blocks square! And you can walk it any night, although there are not sidewalks. Our family goes here every year, and frankly, I enjoy it more than Christmas Tree Lane and Huntington Blvd! (Though I’ve not been to Huntington since they added the candles…will have to check it out soon and report back!)
Candy Cane Lane: In Clovis, bounded by Sunnyside, Stanford, Beverly and Purvis avenues

View Fresno Area Holiday Lights in a larger map

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Gypsy Garden Arts Grand Opening!!

Published December 12, 2011 |

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FOOD * FUN * LIVE MUSIC * DRINKS

December 17 • Saturday
10 am – 4 pm

Chris Sorenson’s Studio
2221 S . Van Ness
Highway 41to Van Ness, turn L. and curve around past warehouses to the arch

Gypsy Garden Arts HAND PAINTED FABRICS:

skillfully crafted into scarves & ties
whimsical floor cloths
hand-sewn purses & totes
uniquely designed garments
decorative pillows

Also for sale:

painted gourds
original mixed media art pieces
beautiful jewelry pieces

Several other artists will also be having holiday sales as well.

All framed Gypsy Garden Art will be 20% off THAT DAY ONLY!

For more information call : 559 824 8422

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Reminder for Fresno homeschoolers: Info Meeting TOMORROW (Friday)!

Published December 8, 2011 |

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Just a reminder for those interested…current or potential Fresno homeschoolers:
(More info available in the previous post about this.)

For anyone interested in learning more about the possibility of a satellite program here in Fresno for the excellent homeschool charter “Eleanor Roosevelt Community Learning Center,”(which is based in Visalia)…This is a reminder that the info meeting is tomorrow evening, Friday Dec 9, at 6pm at The Discovery Center in Fresno.

The Discovery Center is located on Winery between McKinley and Clinton. We are meeting on the property on the east side of Winery (I’m specifying this because TDC is located on both sides of the street…we’ll be meeting on the main property), at 1944 N. Winery.

I am not sure how interesting the meeting will be for children (particularly young ones), but you are welcome to bring them! This is also a good time to bring all family members that might be interested in learning more.

If you think you’ll be coming, please email me and let me know so we have an idea as to how many to expect. You can also call me (Tina) on my cell phone at 260-6564 if you need more info or if you have any problems finding us.

You will be able to enter the property (go through the gate) and park within in the grounds in TDC’s small parking lot between the old winery and the space capsule. If the parking lot should fill up (no idea how many people are coming)…just park on the street just outside the gate.

At this meeting you will get to meet Eleanor Roosevelt’s superintendent Frank Murphy and a few of the education coordinators, including the special ed coordinator. You will get to hear all about the program and get all your questions answered about this potential Fresno program.

We have a lot of interest…I hope many of you can come!

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Clovis Children’s Electric Christmas Parade TONIGHT!

Published December 3, 2011 |

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Come join us tonight at 6pm in Old Town Clovis for the annual Children’s Electric Christmas Parade! Our family will be there! Bundle up to keep warm!!

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Want to get home videos on dvd to give as gifts this holiday season?

Published November 20, 2011 |

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My hubby is offering his services to transfer video/camcorder cassettes to dvd, so if you’d like to transfer some home videos or whatever to dvd and give as xmas present…he’s your man!

The formats he can transfer are: VHS, VHS-C, Hi8, Digital 8, Mini-DV (MDV), DVD & file based cameras.

If you’re interested, please contact Adam at nadamsmith(at)mac(dot)om or call him on his cell after normal business hours (he’s at work during the day): 313-3221.

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Attention local homeschoolers & potential homeschoolers!

Published November 12, 2011 |

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Click on the image to the left to read all the details.

The homeschool charter that our family enrolled in this school year is looking into the possibility of opening a satellite program in Fresno! (Its located in Visalia)

If you are a local homeschool family, or a family thinking about homeschooling…and this interests you, please mark your calendars for
Friday, December 9, 2011 at 6pm at The Discovery Center.

The charter is called Eleanor Roosevelt Community Learning Center, and is based in Visalia…but we have enough interest up here in Fresno to look into starting a Fresno satellite program, so come join us at an informational meeting to talk with the superintendent and some of the educators (including their special ed coordinator) from this fabulous program!

ERCLC provides the best of both worlds: the quality of a home education, as the children enrolled here are educated at home by their parents or caregivers…but with free resources and guidance provided by the public school system.

Enrollment is free, and some of the benefits include:

An education coordinator to help you in your homeschool journey, as needed–you meet monthly with your coordinator to help guide you on your homeschool journey…if a Fresno satellite program is started, this meeting will take place up here in Fresno.
Access to 2 free resource libraries (1 located on the school campus at ERCLC in Visalia, which is geared towards homeschoolers, and 1 that is located in Visalia for Tulare County teachers)…if a Fresno satellite program is started, this is something that you would still need to drive down to Visalia for. But there is the possibility of families like mine picking up and dropping off items for you (I plan to still go down to Visalia periodically, as my children and I have developed relationships down there.)
Access to many online resources (many of which are membership based, to which you get a free membership as an ERCLC family, such as www.discoveryeducation.com).
Field trips and family education activities…also something you’d need to travel to…but some of these activities are around California, such as the Bass Lake camping trip they had in October.
Enrichment classes (completely optional…offered a la carte…pick the ones you want, or don’t take any if you prefer)…If a Fresno satellite program is started, these would happen up here in Fresno, possibly on The Discovery Center property.
A warm, supportive community of educators and families that understand the lives and special circumstances of homeschoolers. If a Fresno satellite program is started, we would still be able to plug into the Visalia community (which is WONDERFUL) as desired, but we would also build our own ERCLC community up here in Fresno.