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Follow in the footsteps of scientists and explorers as you discover what it is like to excavate fossils on the lost continent. Then travel back millions of years ago, to when Antarctica was a lush environment, and discover the dinosaurs and animals that once lived there. The new exhibit at Natural History Museum LA, Antarctic Dinosaurs, which is now open, tells the story of modern day paleontologists, Dr. Nathan Smith and Dr. Pete Makovicky, and their expedition to excavate fossils beneath the ice and stone. You get to experience the adventure yourself, as you choose protective gear and supplies, drop in on Snow School training, and set up your remote Antarctic field site. Advertisement Hands-on excavation activities, touchable specimens, and media touchscreens will take you behind-the-scenes on what these expeditions are really like! After you experience the modern Antarctic, you'll also step through a portal and be transported back millions of years. This isn't the Antarctic most of us think of! Back then, temperatures were higher and ice was nowhere to be found. In this lush, lost world, you'll see the habitat where exotic dinosaurs lived, including the 25-foot-long, cold-crested killer, Cryolophosaurus; the elephant-sized herbivore Glacialisaurus; and two recently-discovered dinosaurs that haven't even been named yet! Tickets are now on sale. You can get discounts on all levels of tickets when you make your purchase online. Experience everything and save $13. Experience it All Includes Museum Admission, Antarctic Dinosaurs, Butterfly Pavilion, Oceans 3D, and Predators 3D for $29 per person. Or you can purchase Antarctic Dinosaurs for only $9 online. Museum admission is $15 if you purchase online.

Netflix’s new family show, No Good Nick, is set to premiere on April 15, 2019. Starring Melissa Joan Hart and Sean Astin, No Good Nick is a fresh and interesting take on the family sitcom. The show is full of mystery, secrets, suspicion and discovery – think watching Scandal, but with your kids. The show will transcend across generations and give audiences a show that the entire family can watch together. Additional cast includes Siena Agudong, Lauren Lindsey Donzis and Kalama Epstein. Hart and Astin play Liz and Ed, a hyper-competitive career mom and lovable but dorky “fun dad,” respectively, who unwittingly welcome 13-year-old Nick into their family of four before realizing she is a street-smart con artist with a secret agenda. The series is directed by Andy Fickman (She’s The Man) and produced by Netflix. Photo Credits: Netflix

Inland Pacific Ballet returns this spring with its spectacular landmark production of The Little Mermaid, the classic tale for all ages about the young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea for love. This colorful and engaging production combines classical ballet and creative puppetry to create a magical ocean world with a cast of delightful sea creatures, magnificent sets, and elaborate costumes. Aerial Technology and brilliant new lighting enhance the underwater illusion and bring The Little Mermaid to life in this enchanting undersea adventure. Based on the original fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen which was then brought into pop culture by Disney animation, The Little Mermaid is a story of young love from two very different worlds. The mermaid princess leaves her underwater paradise and meets a handsome prince on the surface. As the story unfolds, she must decide how much she is willing to sacrifice for her new-found love. Unlike the dark ending of the original story, this original ballet from Inland Pacific Ballet has created a surprise ending that adds to the enjoyment of the traditional tale. The Little Mermaid has performances on the following dates: Saturday, April 6 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Fox Performing Arts Center, Riverside Saturday, April 13 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Lewis Family Playhouse, Rancho Cucamonga Saturday, April 27 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Bridges Auditorium, Claremont. Tickets start at $24. For reservations and information, click here. Photo credits: E.Y. Yanagi

Universal Studios Hollywood Adds Additional Second Date to its First-Ever Running Universal 5K Minion Run as Popular Event Sells Out! Event Dates are Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12, 2019. The inaugural Minion Run, featuring Illumination’s mischievous Minions from the popular “Despicable Me Minion Mayhem” ride cheering from the side lines, invites you and your family (ages five and older) to wind your way around Universal Studios Hollywood and through parts of Universal Studios’ historic backlot, made famous in more than 8,000 movies and television shows. You will also have an unprecedented insider’s view of the world renowned movie and television production lot. Starting at Universal Studios Hollywood’s iconic front gates, you will pass through some of the theme park’s immersive areas and attractions before winding your way along the historic backlot and into the magical world of movie-making as you head toward the finish line at CityWalk’s 5 Towers outdoor concert stage. Highlights along the way include the Psycho House, the eerie War of the Worlds set and the colorful Who-ville backdrop from Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Along the 3.1 mile course, you will be entertained by some of your favorite Universal Studios Hollywood characters, including the Minions. The program will begin at 6 a.m. and culminate at 7:30 a.m. with a memorable awards and closing ceremony in which you will receive a commemorative limited-edition Minion medallion that features an exuberant Minion running through the finish-line holding two bananas. Register here for the event which will fill up quickly as space is limited. For more information about the standard, VIP and Fan packages, visit www.RunningUniversal.com. Photos Credit: Universal Studios Hollywood

At Fun With Kids in LA, our mission is to inspire parents every day to do fun things with their kids. We share the best of LA with our awesome followers, and as a thank you for being so awesome, we surprise you with gifts that will inspire you to make memories with your families. We’re excited to partner up with Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts to give away a family 4 pack to the production of "The Old Man and The Old Moon"! Featuring a spirited indie-folk score performed live by PigPen, this one-of-a-kind theatrical experience is the touching tale of a man charged with the task of keeping the moon shining bright. A mysterious disappearance sends him on an epic adventure over land, sea and sky and ultimately reminds him — and us — of the unwavering power of love. The production, which had award-winning combines PigPen Theatre Co.’s signature shadow puppetry, wonderfully melodic music, wildly imaginative staging and ever-changing characters. Critics have described The Old Man and The Old Moon as "a rare example of true theatre magic" (TheaterMania) and "a glorious fusion of music and theatrics!" (BroadwayWorld). The New York Times said, "words play second fiddle to the giddy feelings it inspires." New York Magazine called PigPen Theatre Co. "absurdly talented, delightfully uninhibited and unpretentiously playful." To Enter: See our Giveaway page for details to enter for a chance to win. You must enter between March 5, 2019 through March 8, 2019 for a chance to win. This production opens at the Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts on Saturday, March 2 and continues through Sunday, March 17, 2019, in The Wallis’s Bram Goldsmith Theater. Shows play on weekdays at 7:30 pm; Saturdays, 2 pm and 7:30 pm; Sundays, 2 pm and 7 pm. No performance on Tuesday, March 12. Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is located at 9390 N. Santa Monica Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. #circus #funwithkids #giveaway #sanpedro

At Fun With Kids in LA, our mission is to inspire parents every day to do fun things with their kids. We share the best of LA with our awesome followers, and this week, we have a great news for all the theater lovers. James and the Giant Peach is coming to Nine O'Clock Players, Theater for Children this weekend. When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that results in a tremendous peach… and launches a journey of enormous proportions. Suddenly, James finds himself in the center of the gigantic peach – among human-sized insects with equally oversized personalities – but, after it falls from the tree and rolls into the ocean, the group faces hunger, sharks and plenty of disagreements. Thanks to James’ quick wit and creative thinking, the residents learn to live and work together as a family. The dangerous voyage is a success, but the adventure takes a whole new twist once they land on the Empire State Building. The opening day is March 3, 2019, and the next shows are on March 10, 17, 24, 31, and 25 with closing day of April 7, 2019. All performances start at 2:00pm. For more information about James and the Giant Peach, please visit the Nine O'Clock Player's official website.

Mark your calendars because you wouldn't want to miss the 48th annual festival of Whales happening on two consecutive weekends on March 2nd and 3rd, and March 9th and 10th from 8 am to 4 pm. The Festival of Whales, a yearly event in Dana Point, is a celebration of the annual migration of the California Gray Whales. Festival highlights include an opening day parade, street fair, art and craft shows and sales, classic car exhibits, stand-up paddling and sailing opportunities, sand sculpting and chowder cook-off competitions, concerts on land and water, environmental activities, educational opportunities, interpretive crafts, kids activities, culinary delights, spirits/beer gardens, and whale watching excursions aboard a variety of vessels. Additional family-friendly festivities happening throughout the Dana Point Festival of Whales include: March 2 Festival of Whales Parade & Street Fair Whale of a Sand Sculpting Competition at Baby Beach March 2, 3, 9, 10 Dana Point Fine Arts Association Show & Sale at the Harbor Boardwalk Classic Car & Boat Displays along the Harbor walkway Harbor Music Series in the Harbor Courtyards Marine Mammal Lecture Series at Harpoon Henry’s sponsored March 3 Diamond Dig at Baby Beach Ocean Awareness Day at Baby Beach March 3, 10 Kids Free Fishing Clinic & Free Fishing Trip at Dana Wharf Sportfishing. March 9 Cardboard Classic & Dinghy Dash at Baby Beach Whale of a Clam Chowder Cook-Off at Baby Beach Grassy area Captain Dave’s Under the Sea Eco Carnival March 10 Concert on the Water at Baby Beach The event is taking place at Dana Point Harbor in Dana Point, California. For more information, visit the festival's official website.

Long Beach Touch-A-Truck is coming back for the 5th year, and your kids can see and touch over 100 vehicles for free on Sunday March 24th from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm. Trucks on display will include, but are not limited to, fire trucks, fire engines, dump trucks, backhoes, garbage trucks, trailers, racing monster trucks, police cars, K-9 Tahoe, bulldozers, ambulances, asphalt rollers, and many many more. To get your free tickets to the 5th annual Long Beach Touch-A-Trunk, you must reserve your free tickets online starting March 10, 2019. Preregistration is required for everyone. Once you reserve a ticket online, you will receive the tickets via email, and can obtain a wristband at the gate on the day of the event for each ticket. With the pre-registartion tickets, your kids get to sit in the drivers' seats of the vehicles, including firetrucks, police vehicles, buses, semi-trucks, tractors, and military vehicles. The Long Beach Firefighters Association will be also grilling 1,000 FREE hot dogs. 10 to 12 food trucks will also be onsite for food and drink purchases. Take cash for purchases. sponsored Between 9:00 – 9:30 am, there will be a VIP hour for pre-registered children with disabilities. Free parking will be available at Granada Beach, or you can park along Second Street in a public parking lot and then walk three blocks south to the event. For more information and to reserve your free tickets, click here. The event will take place in the beachfront parking lot at 1 Granada Ave., Long Beach, 90803.

If you have never been to LACMA before, it is a good time to visit this year. As a new monthly event, LACMA is now welcoming new visitors to the museum on first Fridays of the month. Stop by LACMA, and check out what LACMA has to offer. Museum galleries are free after 3 pm for all L.A. County residents, and the museum is open until 8 pm. All you need to do is show your LA County Resident ID. The perception-altering exhibition 3D: Double Vision is also open on Fridays. As a new visitor, you will receive a free pre-selected poster, $1 off Urban Light enamel pin at the LACMA Store, 10% off at LACMA Cafe and Coffee and Milk, and a special welcome gift.

If you like Pancake, you would love the new offer from IHOP For "Get All You can EAT Pancakes". For a limited time, IHOP is offering Get All You Can Eat Pancakes for just $4.99 or Get All You Can Eat Pancakes with any Breakfast Combo! This offer is only valid for dine in at participating restaurants. All You Can Eat offer valid per person, per order and includes Buttermilk Pancakes only. With the $4.99 offer, you can start with a stack of five buttermilk pancakes, then, enjoy unlimited stacks of two pancakes. sponsored Or order your favorite breakfast combo and then get unlimited pancakes. To find participating IHOPs, and to get more information about IHOP's new unlimited pancake offer, pease visit IHOP at their official website. Please check with the restaurant before you go to make sure they are one of the participants. You may also enjoy:

This Saturday, December 15, 2015, Collins & Katz Family YMCA is celebrating its first birthday between 10:30 - 2:00 pm, and they are inviting you to join them for free. Event highlights include: Community Partner Booths 9:30 am - 1:30 pm LA County Bicycle Coalition will offer complimentary Bicycle Tune-Ups 11:00 am Los Angeles Police Department will provide Holiday Safety Tips Kids Zone 10:30 am -1:30 pm Inflatable Obstacle Course, Arts & Crafts Youth Sports Clinic 11:00 am - 12:00 pm LA Kings Ball Hockey (Ages 5-11) Free Classes 11:45 am Family Zumba 12:15 pm Family Yoga 12:45 pm Martial Arts Demo (all ages) YMCA is also offering special membership savings this weekend, and the parking is complimentary. About YMCA The YMCA of Los Angeles has been making a positive impact in the communities for over 130 years. Their 26 branches stretch across over 100 miles of Los Angeles County, from Antelope Valley to San Pedro. Membership is open to all, with financial assistance available to those who cannot afford it. The amenities at Collins & Katz Family YMCA include: 7,300 square feet of the latest cardio and strength training equipment Two indoor heated pools Spacious exercise studios Expansive menu of Youth, Teen, Adult and Senior programming Child Activity Center with complimentary child care during workouts Indoor basketball court Rooftop recreation deck On-site healthy café Pristine locker rooms, featuring steam rooms & saunas Complimentary Wi-Fi Teen Center & Youth Activity Wing Social Lounges, Community Rooms & Conference Rooms For more information about Collins & Katz Family YMCA, please visit their official website.

Traveling can be a stress-ridden experience even when you're solo or as a couple, but throw some little ones into the equation too and, thanks to your children, everything becomes a larger logistic hurdle to overcome. Budgets are increased, places to lay your head in small rooms are limited and you can forget star-fishing in the luxury beds to yourself! But, here’s where the fun comes in. You can make it a creative bed arranging experience that is memorable and won’t just end up with someone sleeping on the floor. While it’ll be easier in some rooms than others when you go on a family trip, if you’re stuck for inspiration, we’ve got some inventive solutions for you to use when you need extra beds in a hotel room. Photo Credit: Unsplash.com Use an airbed One really simple way to give yourself an instant extra bed at no additional cost when booking the room is to take an airbed along with you. Should you be sleeping on an air bed every night? Well, the novelty might wear off, meaning it’s not as much fun for the kids when they do, so, keep it for special occasions, and make it more appealing when you do roll it out and pump it up! Use two chairs Does your room come furnished with two chairs with arms? If so, then just go ahead and push them together to create a space for a small child or toddler to sleep in safely. You can phone down to reception and ask them to provide you with an extra sheet to cover the seats and make it comfier for the kids too, while also helping the chairs to stay together by tucking the sheet in nice and tight. Photo Credit: Pixabay.com Sleep on horizontally on the bed If the room you’re booked into has two double beds (queens and kings count too), then you can easily turn one of those beds into two sleeping spots with little to no effort at all. All you need is an additional blanket if your kids are wrigglers while they sleep. Here’s what to do: Remove the blanket and top sheet off of the bed. Form a low ‘pillow wall’ located in the middle of the bed. Make it just high enough for your youngest to not be able to see their brother/sister sleeping next to them. Make up each side of the bed with a pillow and blanket. Make sure your youngest sleeps at the top of the bed, nearest the headboard to give them a safety barrier on both sides so they don’t fall off of the bed. This option means you can sleep in one of the beds and your kids get to share a more appropriately sized sleeping space that is secure. Pick the sofa bed option If you can, book a room with a sofa bed. Ask to have some extra sheets and blankets in the room for your arrival. Prevent any squabbling from the kids by splitting the sofa bed up. All you have to do is remove an equal share of cushions and place them on the floor next to the sofa bed, giving each of your children their own sleeping space. By doing this, one bed, turns into two, with the sofa bed being the first and the cushions on the floor being the second. This might help you all get a better night’s rest when no one being disturbed by the other! Photo Credit: Unsplash.com Can you get away with a rollaway? Let's not forget about the rollaway bed. You might be able to pull a few strings for no additional fee and secure yourself a rollaway bed to use for the children. Not every hotel is going to oblige your request if you’re booked into a double room, but if you have young children and you explain that they have trouble sleeping together you may get lucky with the hotel staff. For families who have younger kids, just remember to place some pillows on the ground in case they roll off the rollaway during the night. You may also enjoy: Drooling in Your Sleep? Here’s Why It Happens and How to Treat It 25 Bed Bug Natural Home Remedies and DIY Treatment Highest Rated Breathable Lovey Blankets for Babies This post is brought to you in collaboration with The Sleep Advisor.

When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy and her dog Toto are whisked away to the magical land of Oz. As they follow the Yellow Brick Road to meet the Wizard and find their way home, Dorothy and Toto come upon a rubber-legged Scarecrow that needs a brain, a kindly Tin Man missing a heart, and a lovable Cowardly Lion who wants courage. Together they battle the Wicked Witch of the West and her winged monkeys until Glinda the Good Witch helps them get to the Emerald City. Will the great and powerful Oz grant Dorothy and her friends their wishes? See for yourself in this dazzling musical filled with wonderful songs and thrill after thrill at Nine O'Clock Players Theater for Children. The opening day is November 4, 2018, and the next shows are on November 11, 18 and 25 with closing day of December 2, 2018. All performances start at 2:00pm. The tickets are only $15 per person. For more information about OZ, and to purchase your tickets, visit the Nine O'Clock Player's official website.

At Fun With Kids in LA, our mission is to inspire parents every day to do fun things with their kids. We share the best of LA with our awesome followers, and as a thank you for being so awesome, we surprise you with gifts that will inspire you to make memories with your families. This week, we are excited to partner up with The Inflatable Festival & Run to giveaway two sets of family 4 packs to the Los Angeles Inflatable Festival & Run happening on October 6, 2018! What is The Inflatable Run? The Inflatable Run is an all-ages family event featuring a kid-friendly obstacle course race plus fun games, shows, and attractions in the festival area. There are Free activities for kids and interactive attractions available the entire day including zorb ball races, bounce houses, carnival games, go-cart racing, water balloon battles, live music, delicious food, face painting, magic shows, and so many more surprises. Being healthy as a family CAN be fun! What Makes This 5K Unique? Instead of a typical 5K Race our course is only 1 mile long and each runner will be able to do three laps around the inflatable obstacle course (3 laps = 5K). The best part is kids and parents can choose to complete all three laps at once or complete one and then go enjoy some fun activities for a few hours before completing another lap. The fun times are all up to you! Activities This fun event offers fun kids activities available the entire day – including zorb ball races, bounce houses, carnival games, go-cart racing, water balloon battles, live music, delicious food and beverages, magic shows, dance parties, inflatable attractions, face painting, coloring stations, and many more fun surprises. It promises to be a day full of unforgettable family memories. This event is sponsored by Kids Events Near Los Angeles. Click here to enter for a chance to win. You must be 18 years of age to enter. Giveaway ends on October 1, 2018 at 12:00 am. We announce the winners on September 26th! For more information about the Inflatable Festival & Run, visit their official website.

"The child's natural desire for attention is at the heart of all the different roles they take on in the Class room,” says William Purkey, Ph.D., a psychologist and author of Teaching Class Clowns (and What They Can Teach Us). “The endless quest to feel special and unique, to be valued and seen in a social group—that's a basic drive of human beings.” In this Article, I would like to talk about the different class behaviors, and to give you few tools to help your kids with attention seeking. Mr. Popularity. A born leader, he's a wanted commodity at birthday parties, where other kids crave his attention and approval. One of the biggest tasks of life is figuring out how to connect with other people, and the born leader's natural charisma helps him navigate groups, and feel comfortable with public speaking. He may use his power to exclude children or boss them around. He may also try to milk his charm, sweet-talking his way out of trouble. Encourage your child to be a social butterfly without winging toward King (or Queen) Bee territory. Talk about how he can use his playground prestige to befriend the new kid or say no to cliques. Help your kid get a grip on the fact that not all life's opportunities will be handed to him. The Chatterbox is got a serious gift of gab, so the Chatterbox will lure anyone into long conversations. The gift of gab is great, but explain that he'll keep friends and family happy and do better in school if he gets the yapping under control. If he needs help, develop a hand signal to let him know when it's time to cool it down. The Teacher's Pet. A people-pleaser strives to make adults happy by doing well on schoolwork and being genuinely helpful in class. She can be sensitive. A disapproving look from an authority figure can make her dissolve into tears. One low grade can derail her. Usually this comes from a need for perfection in an educational system that stresses grades over learning. Praise for her hard work—and downplay standardized tests, and above all emphasize on how much you love her. Explain that learning is more important than wanting to please the teacher. Getting a genuine laugh makes the Class Clown glow. She is the ultimate entertainer. Class Clowns use their sense of humor to make friends, and defuse tense situations; skills that will serve them well. Heck, they may even turn this gift into a career. She could use her biting wit to mock other kids or sass the teacher. Plus, all the laughing sometimes masks the fact that these kids are struggling in school—or bored stiff. Help your child's teacher find ways to put your kid's positive energy to work; when your child crosses the line from funny to fresh, don't give her a pass. To learn more about the author, and the services she provides to LA parents, please visit HomeParentCoach.com. Ana can be reached at anaedelson@gmail.com.