{"id":327,"date":"2018-12-18T13:53:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T21:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/?p=999931668"},"modified":"2018-12-18T13:53:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T21:53:39","slug":"what-to-do-with-your-kids-over-winter-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/what-to-do-with-your-kids-over-winter-break","title":{"rendered":"What to do with your kids over winter break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine is offering a number of activities for kids and teens over the two-week winter break, and many of them are free.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winter Fun Days (free)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinter Fun Days\u201d\u2014including free games, crafts, sports tournaments, field trips and holiday celebrations\u2014will be held at numerous parks throughout the city.\u00a0 The programs are scheduled from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Dec. 24, 26-28 and 31, and Jan. 2-4. The parks will be closed on Dec. 25 and Jan. 1.<\/p>\n<p>The activities are for youth ages 5-12 at the following park locations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Admiral Kidd, 2125 Santa Fe Ave.<\/li>\n<li>Ramona, 3301 E. 65th St.<\/li>\n<li>Bixby, 130 Cherry Ave.<\/li>\n<li>Scherer, 4600 Long Beach Blvd.<\/li>\n<li>Chavez, 401 Golden Ave.<\/li>\n<li>Seaside, 1401 Chestnut Ave.<\/li>\n<li>Coolidge, 352 E. Neece St.<\/li>\n<li>Silverado, 1545 West 31st. St.<\/li>\n<li>Drake, 951 Maine Ave.<\/li>\n<li>Somerset, 1500 E. Carson St.<\/li>\n<li>M.L. King Jr., 1950 Lemon Ave.<\/li>\n<li>Stearns Champions, 4520 E. 23rd St.<\/li>\n<li>McBride, 1550 M.L. King Jr. Ave.<\/li>\n<li>Veterans, 101 E. 28th St.<\/li>\n<li>Orizaba, 1435 Orizaba Ave.<\/li>\n<li>Wardlow, 3457 Stanbridge Ave.<\/li>\n<li>Pan American, 5157 Centralia St.<\/li>\n<li>Whaley, 5620 Atherton St.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Free Teen Programs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Teens can also participate in free winter break activities at Chavez, Coolidge, McBride, and Silverado Parks and the Freeman Center. For daily program schedules, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/1Ga7Boi\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>El Dorado Nature Center Winter Break Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Children ages 5-8 (must have kindergarten experience) can participate in nature-themed workshops during winter break at El Dorado Nature Center. Each one-time session is from 9 a.m. to noon and costs $20. Those interested can register at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lbparks.org\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.lbparks.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545241714539000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGXptdCck6EyDec4nMZD1O7IzzKGA\">www.lbparks.org<\/a>. Below is a list of upcoming workshops:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dec. 26, Puppeteria Nature Land, course #29398.<\/li>\n<li>Dec. 27, Go Nuts for Squirrels, course #29399.<\/li>\n<li>Dec. 28, Down the Ancient Trails, course #29400.<\/li>\n<li>Jan. 2, Claws and Paws, course # 29401.<\/li>\n<li>Jan. 3, Game On!, course # 29402.<\/li>\n<li>Jan. 4, Wild About Art, course # 29403.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine is offering a number of activities for kids and teens over the two-week winter break, and many of them are free. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":65854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[214],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-kids","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8040,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions\/8040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}