Events: Raising Bakersfield

Preschool Storytime - Beale

Join our storytime every Monday at 10:30 am!

American Girl Book Group

Join us every 2nd Monday, 7:00 PM, at Barnes & Noble!

Valley Bible Fellowship MOPS Meeting

Every 2nd and 4th Monday at 9:00 AM. Those interested in attending meetings need to contact raquelsteele@sbcglobal.net for more information.

MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) (ages 0-6 years) is a Christian non-profit organization which provides encouragement and support to young mothers of preschool children. MOPS recognizes that the years from infancy through kindergarten are foundational in a mother-child relationship and are filled with unique needs.

MOPS groups are chartered through local faith-based organizations, including churches and parachurch ministries, although most churches don't require you attend the church or even be of a specific religion. While each group is different, the MOPS programs provide childcare and include crafts, coffee, and guest speakers.

Groups run from September to May.

Please contact the group before attending.

Fee applies.

Breastfeeding Support Group

Breastfeeding Support Group, 10:30 a.m. Monday, Clinica Sierra Vista, Southwest WIC Office, 4626 American Ave. 845-5051.

meet other breasfeeding moms
share your breastfeeding concerns and successes
choose the discussion topic

Pop-In Playtime Pre-K

You and your child are invited to come and play on our giant, soft, fun-filled, interactive inflatables during Pump-It-Up Playtime. Children must be between the ages of 2-6 and at least 34 inches tall to play.

Cost: $ 7 per child, $5 per sibling, Parents are free
Playgroups of 6 or more kids: $6 per child

Little Book-A-Roo

Yee-haa, pardners! Git along little book-a-roos, round up the young-uns for a whip-snapping good story, every Tuesday morn, 10:30am at Borders!

Mommy & Me Dance Class

9 am, Tuesdays, The Dance Stop, 1610 19th St.

For 2 - 3 year olds and their mommies.

For more information call 322-8874 or visit thedancestop.com.

How to Start a Child Care Business

Learn all the practical information you need to open a quality child care business, whether a stand-alone center or an in-home operation. All aspects of the business will be discussed, including the need for more quality child care, licensing requirements, start-up costs, how to obtain financing, and where to get expert assistance at all stages of developing your child care business.
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Location: Weill Institute of Bakersfield College, 2100 Chester Avenue, Bakersfield CA 93301
Audience: If you are a child development professional or child care operator, a home based entrepreneur, a real estate developer, a business owner, or from a faith-based organization, this workshop will help you determine if a child care business is right for you.
Cost: Free
Contact: Call the SBDC at 661-395-4126 or online at http://www.weill-sbdc.com/workshops-events.html

Do the Math

Every Tuesday and Wednesday from 4 - 5 p.m.
Do The Math provides students 4th - 12th grade with assistance on homework and standards based math instruction.

Each week students compete to answer Challenge Problems. You can call your answer into 636-4357 (HELP) or toll-free 866-636-6284 (MATH).

Students who become the first to correctly work a Challenge Problem will receive a prize and be invited to appear on the broadcast show.

Tutors begin taking calls every show day at 3:30pm and continue until 5:30pm

Basic Feng Shui

7 pm, Beale Library, Tejon Room, 2nd Floor.

Dr. Patrick Leung will host a presentation on the basic teachings of Feng Shui followed by a question and answer session.

October is Chinese Cultural Month at Beale Memorial Library!

Check out more events at www.kerncountylibrary.org.

Music Classes For Toddlers & Preschoolers

Introduce your little one to the world of music! Harmony Road Music School is now enrolling for a new 6-week session for toddlers and preschoolers that begins the week of October 13.

Activities include singing, movement, playing with rhythm instruments, rocking/cuddling songs, activities w/balls, scarves, and hoops, and keyboard introduction. A parent participates in each class.

For more info check out our website at www.harmonyroadbakersfield.com or call us at 665-8228.

Calvary Chapel Westbrook MOPS Meeting

Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 9:00 AM.

Groups run from September to May.

Please contact the group before attending.

Fee applies.

Women's Pregnancy Chat Group

Women's Pregnancy Chat Group, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Babies "R" Us, 9280 Rosedale Highway. 587-0423

Free Children's Immunizations

Wal-Mart – Tuesday, October 14th
8400 Rosedale Hwy (parking lot), Bakersfield
from 12:00 pm to 3:00pm

San Joaquin Community Hospital will be offering immunizations free of charge to children. No appointment necessary, but immunization cards are required. We will stop registration 30 minutes of closing time. The clinics will be held in the parking lots. For more information call (661) 869-6740.

Toddler Storytime

Join the fun every Wednesday, 10:00 AM, at Barnes & Noble!

Pre-school (ages 3-6), Toddlers (age 3 and under)

Preschool Storytime - Southwest Branch

Join our storytime every Wednesday at 10:30 am!

Miss Lynn's Storytime

10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. every Wednesday at Russo's Books in the Marketplace.

Toddlers and pre-schoolers come bring mom, dad, and grandparents of all ages to your special day. Miss Lynn keeps you entertained with the best in books for the under 3 foot crowd.

Music Classes For Toddlers & Preschoolers

Introduce your little one to the world of music! Harmony Road Music School is now enrolling for a new 6-week session for toddlers and preschoolers that begins the week of October 13.

Activities include singing, movement, playing with rhythm instruments, rocking/cuddling songs, activities w/balls, scarves, and hoops, and keyboard introduction. A parent participates in each class.

For more info check out our website at www.harmonyroadbakersfield.com or call us at 665-8228.

Pajama Storytime

Thursdays, 7 pm, Beale Library.

Traditional Chinese Medicine with Dr. Frank Lu, M.D.

7 pm, Beale Library, Tejon Room, 2nd Floor.

Dr. Lu will discuss the benefits of traditional Chinese medicine and herbal remedies.

October is Chinese Cultural Month at Beale Memorial Library!

Check out more events at www.kerncountylibrary.org.

Laurelglen Bible Church MOPS Meeting

Every 3rd Thursday at 9:00 AM.

Groups run from September to May.

Please contact the group before attending.

Fee applies.

Valley Baptist Church MOPS Meeting

Every 1st and 3rd Thursday at 9:00 AM.

Groups run from September to May.

Please contact the group before attending.

Fee applies.

Free Children's Immunizations

Taft City School Dist. – Thursday, October 16th
820 6th Street (parking lot), Taft
from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Friday Morning Storytime

Every Friday, 10:00 AM, at Barnes & Noble!

Children, Toddlers (age 3 and under)

Children's Song & Story with Miss Val

Come one, come all! Babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers all have a blast every Wednesday at Russo's Marketplace. Miss Val keeps the kids hopping with her very special songs, great stories, and upbeat fun. Storytime is from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., but be sure to come early for the best seating!

Free Museum Entrance Day

Every third Friday of the month, all admission FREE!

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM! A Haunted Museum Night!

October 17th & 18th, 7 pm - 9:30 pm, Buena Vista Museum of Natural History.

If you dare to creep through the museum’s many exhibit halls with only a flashlight guided tour.

$7 Adults / $5 Students

A night for the whole family. Let your imagination run wild with a Fun and Fearful time, a special visit to the Weird Professor’s Science Lab is a must!

Popcorn Cartoons

Fridays, 3 pm, Baker Branch, 1400 Baker St., 861-2390.

www.kerncountylibrary.org

"Little R Us" Halloween Party

6 p.m. Friday, Babies "R" Us, 9280 Rosedale Highway. 587-0423

The Chamber Haunted House

When: 7 p.m. until all the ghosts have gone home this Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 10-12, 17-19, 23-26, 30-31 and Nov. 1. The last night is a benefit night, and half of Nov. 1 proceeds will be donated to the Bakersfield Association for Retarded Citizens.

Where: Sam Lynn Ball Park, 4009 Chester Ave.

Admission: $10 — $1 discount coupons available in record, game and Halloween costume stores around town.

What makes it special: Very, very scary. Parental guidance required for children under 13.

David Enloe, creator and owner of this haunted house/maze type of attraction, makes sure his blood-and-guts props are as lifelike (or deathlike) as possible, and also employs live actors to scare the Beetlejuice out of screaming patrons.

Speaking of beetle juice, “Bug Bite” is one of this year’s environments in The Chamber. The other two are “Wrong Turn Alley” and “Cirque de Souls.”

This is the fifth year of The Chamber in Bakersfield, according to Enloe, who said attendance last year was about 15,000.

Parent Night Out Childcare Event

Parent Night Out, hosted by American Kids Sports Center, has been known to be the most fun your kids will ever have on a Saturday night (for the least amount of money too). Activities include gymnastics, group games, tumbling, martial arts, swimming (indoor), trampoline, and a lot more. Our Monkey Bar Café is open for the kids to purchase items during snack breaks.

So, why trouble with finding a babysitter when AKSC is always here to serve you! See you Saturday night!

6pm-11pm, Ages 3-13 (potty trained required)

For reservations, call 589-2100.

Prepaid $20 for the 1st child, $13 for each additional family member. $24 at the door.

Good Neighbor Festival

11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park. Hosted by The Southeast Neighborhood Partnership.

This event will include vendor booths, health care information, employment information, food and entertainment, arts and crafts, activities for children, and an opportunity to recognize individuals (Hidden Heroes) who have made a difference in the community. If you have any questions or interested in participating in this event is please call (661) 322-9874.

Grandma's Attic Storytime

Storytime at Southwest Library every Saturday, 10:30 AM.

Fall Fun Carnival

11 am - 3 pm, Emerald Cove Park.

Join us for Junior Theatre's 3rd Annual Fall Fun Carnival. Help us raise money for our current production, "Disney's Beauty and the Beast".

Lots of fun for the whole family with game booths, prizes, cake walk and plenty of food to eat.

Kids Cooking Workshop

For ages 7 and up, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Urner's Kitchen Center, 4110 Wible Rd. $45. 396-8400.

National History Day

Saturday, 10 am - 12 pm, Beale Library.

In preparation for National History Day 2009 - The Individual in History: Actions and Legacies...

Reference librarians will guide students in grades 6 - 12 through the library's resources and unique local history collection. Learn to find articles in scholarly journals and newspapers, primary source materials, images, statistics, background information, biographies, maps and more in the library's online and print research collections. No reservations required.

Murray Family Farms October Fest 2008

When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays in October

Where: Highway 58 at the General Beale Road exit

Admission: A $10 per-person day pass allows entry into the October Fest area (children under 30 inches tall get in free). Once inside, you can purchase a train ride ticket for an additional $3.

Information: 339-0296 or 330-0100

What makes it special: General manager Mariella Canepa said October Fest at Murray Family Farms provides a wholesome family environment full of “things you don’t experience at the mall or at the movie theater or at the bowling alley.”

The Spider Maze is all about spiders without being scary. It’s interactive, educational and fun, Canepa said.

“The Asparagus Maze is all about colors and fruit,” she said. “When you eat fruit, you’re eating colors and vice-versa. We educate kids about how important it is to eat your colors. Ultimately it’s all about getting them to eat nutritious fruit.”

The Hay Wagon Ride teaches kids about farming and what it takes to grow food. Everyone with a day pass is allowed to pick a 2-to-3-pound baby pumpkin to take home, Canepa said.

The small Petting Zoo features baby goats, pygmy goats, chickens, a llama, a pig, birds and sheep.

A picnic area at the farm allows families to bring lunch and enjoy it in the open.

Music Classes For Toddlers & Preschoolers

Introduce your little one to the world of music! Harmony Road Music School is now enrolling for a new 6-week session for toddlers and preschoolers that begins the week of October 13.

Activities include singing, movement, playing with rhythm instruments, rocking/cuddling songs, activities w/balls, scarves, and hoops, and keyboard introduction. A parent participates in each class.

For more info check out our website at www.harmonyroadbakersfield.com or call us at 665-8228.

Kids Discover Music

Barnes & Noble, 11 AM.

Bakersfield Symphony musicians introduce children to music. Storytime included!

Free Children's Immunizations

Good Neighborhood Festival – Saturday, October 18th
1000 S. Owens (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park), Bakersfield
from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm

Xtreme Elite Cheer - Grand Opening

Xtreme Elite will be having a GRAND OPENING on Saturday October 18th from 1:00-3:00pm.

Come celebrate our cheer gym’s grand opening with us! There will be games, a Cartwheel-A-Thon, raffle tickets, entertainment, performances, and more!! Food and drinks will be served.

See you there!

Xtreme Elite

5207 Young St. (behind Kohl's)

Bakersfield, Ca. 93313

661-663-8500, www.XtremeEliteCheer.com

Preschool Storytime - Beale

Join our storytime every Monday at 10:30 am!

Regional Chinese Cooking

7 pm, Beale Library, Tejon Room, 2nd Floor.

Do you know the difference between Cantonese, Sichuan, Shan Dong, and Huai Yang cooking styles? Miss Jialan Su, of the Culinary Institute of America, will discuss the history of traditional regional dishes and their preparation.

October is Chinese Cultural Month at Beale Memorial Library!

Check out more events at www.kerncountylibrary.org.

Free Children's Immunizations

Ranch Market – Monday, October 20th
2705 So. H Street (parking lot), Bakersfield
from 12:00 pm to 3:00pm

Little Book-A-Roo

Yee-haa, pardners! Git along little book-a-roos, round up the young-uns for a whip-snapping good story, every Tuesday morn, 10:30am at Borders!

Check out the scrapbook here!

Mommy & Me Dance Class

9 am, Tuesdays, The Dance Stop, 1610 19th St.

For 2 - 3 year olds and their mommies.

For more information call 322-8874 or visit thedancestop.com.

Do the Math

Students who become the first to correctly work a Challenge Problem will receive a prize and be invited to appear on the broadcast show.

Tutors begin taking calls every show day at 3:30pm and continue until 5:30pm

Fifth Annual Turkey Terminator

Fifth Annual Turkey Terminator, sponsored by Grocery Outlet and hosted by Gorilla Paintball, with C.H.P., Delano PD, BPD, Kern County Sheriff's Department, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Gorilla Paintball Indoor Field, 5421 Aldrin Court. 833-2180.

Free Self-Defense Class

Free Self-Defense Class, in Sexual Assault Awareness Prevention and Assertiveness, Self Defense Program for women 14 years and older, 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Junior League of Bakersfield, 1928 19th St.

Reservations are required. 322-0931.

Help Your Baby Sleep Seminar

7 p.m. Tuesday, Babies "R" Us, 9280 Rosedale Highway. 587-0423.