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NOVEMBER HIGHLIGHTS: BROWARD COUNTY SANTA AND SNOW AT SOUTH FLORIDA PARENTING’S HOLIDAY FESTIVAL The 24th annual Holiday Festival is back at Tradewinds Park in Coconut Creek this year for a one-day-only event on Saturday, Nov. 18. With extended hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., guests can enjoy a giant snow tubing slide, a “glice’” skating rink, a snowboarding inflatable, photos with Santa, holiday arts & crafts, food trucks and more. Exhibitors provide free activities, crafts and giveaways throughout the festival, and the main stage will feature ongoing auditions by talented children from South Florida Kids Got Talent. New this year is a Breakfast with Santa, which gives children the chance to visit with Santa after his arrival and enjoy the festival before opening hours. Visit website for advance tickets and special discounts.

Tradewinds Park is at 3600 W. Sample Road in Coconut Creek. www.sun-sentinel.com/festival

HOLIDAY FANTASY OF LIGHTS Two fun family events kick off the Holiday Fantasy of Lights at Tradewinds Park. The 5K Run & Fitness Walk on Nov. 11 and Family Bike Night on Nov. 12 allow families to preview the 3-mile, drive-through light display that runs Nov. 17 through Jan. 1 in Coconut Creek. On Nov. 11, participate in a timed 5K, a fitness walk or a kids fun run, complete with food, refreshments, entertainment and T-shirts for each paid participant ($25-$55).

On Nov. 12, bring your bikes to ride through Tradewinds Park’s beautifully illuminated path featuring thousands of lights and largerthan-life animated displays from 6 to 8 p.m. Food trucks will be on site, and bike decorations are encouraged. The cost is $8 per bike, and registration begins at the park at 5:30 p.m. The Holiday Fantasy of Lights is at Tradewinds Park & Stables at 3600 W. Sample Road, Coconut Creek. Holidaylightsdrivethru.com ORANGE BOWL ART CONTEST The annual Orange Bowl isn’t just about a football game — there are lots of activities

throughout South Florida, including an art contest for Broward and Miami-Dade county school students, from kindergarten to 12th grade.

The Orange Bowl Creative Art Contest program, presented in partnership with Florida Prepaid College Plans, is themed “First Down to a Healthy Life.” Students are encouraged to submit artwork that includes visual representations of South Florida, college football, healthy lifestyles and Obie, the Orange Bowl’s official mascot. Entries are due by 5 p.m.

Nov. 22, and winners will be announced Dec 1.

The top five teachers to submit the most entries will receive $50 gift cards from Office Max, according to a news release, and the school with the most entries can win an Orange Bowl and Florida Prepaid College Plans school takeover. Students also win prizes, including a Nike gift cards, prepaid college plans and tickets to sporting events.

Schools are encouraged to email arobinson@orangebowl.org to schedule a visit as part of the OBIE School Tour. For more information and to enter, visit bit.ly/2xB95nL

BROWARD SCHOOLS WIN AWARDS The Florida Department of Education has awarded 25 Broward County public schools with the Five Star School Award for 201617. The award honors schools “committed to incorporating family and community members into the school environment to enhance student learning,” according to a news release.

To qualify, schools must have active business partnerships, family engagement and volunteer services programs, an organized School Advisory Council and a grade of at least C, according to the release.

The schools include: Apollo Middle, Coral Springs Middle, Davie Elementary, Discovery Elementary, Falcon Cove Middle, Floranada Elementary, Forest Glen Middle, Harbordale Elementary, Heron Heights Elementary, James S. Rickards Middle, Lakeside Elementary, Lyons Creek Middle, Manatee Bay Elementary, Maplewood Elementary, McNicol Middle, Oakland Park Elementary, Park Springs Elementary, Pembroke Lakes Elementary, Pembroke Pines Elementary, Pioneer Middle, Piper High, Sandpiper Elementary, Silver Palms Elementary, Silver Trail Middle and Tropical Elementary.

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NOVEMBER HIGHLIGHTS:MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

MIAMI BOOK FAIR RETURNS The Miami Book Fair is returning to the Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, 300 NE Second Ave. in downtown Miami, on Nov. 12-19. The book fair boasts a series of literary events with authors of all genres, plus Destination: Comics and a weekend-long street fair Nov. 17-19. Former Vice President Joe Biden will speak at the fair, as well as Minnesota Senator Al Franken, news correspondent Dan Rather, Barbara Pierce Bush and Jenna Bush, Lawrence O’Donnell and many others. Well-known authors, including Carl Hiaasen, Scott Turow, Mercedes Lackey, Kwame Alexander and Isabel Allende, will also attend.

The street fair’s Children’s Alley will host magicians, stilt-walkers, pop-up theatre performances, storytelling and live music Nov. 17-19. Street fair admission is free Nov. 17 and $8 on Nov. 18-19 ($5 for ages 13-18, free for 12 and under). Miamibookfair.com

ORANGE BOWL ART CONTEST The annual Orange Bowl isn’t just about a football game — there are lots of activities throughout South Florida, including an art contest for Broward and Miami-Dade county school students, from kindergarten to 12th grade.

The Orange Bowl Creative Art Contest program, presented in partnership with Florida Prepaid College Plans, is themed “First Down to a Healthy Life.” Students are encouraged to submit artwork that includes visual representations of South Florida, college football, healthy lifestyles and Obie, the Orange Bowl’s official mascot. Entries are due by 5 p.m. Nov. 22, and winners will be announced Dec 1.

The top five teachers to submit the most entries will receive $50 gift cards from Office Max, according to a news release, and the school with the most entries can win an Orange Bowl and Florida Prepaid College Plans school takeover. Students also win prizes, including a Nike gift cards, prepaid college plans and tickets to sporting events.

Schools are encouraged to email arobinson@orangebowl.org to schedule a visit as part of the OBIE School Tour. For more information and to enter, visit bit.ly/2xB95nL REMEMBER VELVET CREME DOUGHNUTS? SHOP RETURNS TO MIAMI’S LITTLE HAVANA

By Johnny Diaz, Sun Sentinel Velvet Creme Doughnut & Coffee Co. is making a sweet comeback to Miami.

The company, which opened its first location in Little Havana about 70 years ago, is back with a new store in the historic district at 1555 SW Eighth St. “What is so exciting is to meet all of the people who remember the brand,” Robert Taylor, cofounder of the renewed Velvet Creme, told the Miami New Times. “Kids who grew up with Velvet Creme are now bringing their kids into this place.”

The store’s doughnuts include glazed, key lime and guava. (Miami-Dade County public school students may remember the large red-andwhite boxes filled with flaky glazed doughnuts in their classrooms for fundraisers.)

“We’ve got a lot of the original stuff,” Taylor said. “People love to come in and remember what they used to get. But I’ve got to say, the milkshakes — either strawberry, chocolate, or dulce de leche — are incredible.”

In 1947, Jim Hadler opened Velvet Creme in Little Havana. He expanded with another store in 1977 in South Miami, by the University of Miami. The business closed in 2000, according to the company’s history on its website. Find out more at velvetcremedoughnuts.com.

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NOVEMBER HIGHLIGHTS: PALM BEACH COUNTY

OUT OF THIS WORLD The new “Astronaut” exhibit at the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium in West Palm Beach allows children to try on space travel in more ways than one. The interactive exhibit features a human gyroscope to allow guests to feel the gravitational forces felt by astronauts on liftoff, a launch simulator that projects the sights and sounds experienced during launch, and plenty of activities to test your skill at certain space duties, such as manipulating objects while wearing space suit gloves and communicating with the rest of the crew. Kids can also try on NASA suits and hats to get their pictures taken in front of a lunar module and strap into a sleeping compartment to experience the challenge of resting in zero gravity. Stations throughout the exhibit are informative and entertaining, and the number of things to do keeps kids busy, as well as reducing wait times. The “Astronaut” exhibit runs through April 2018 at the Science Center at 4801 Dreher Trail North in West Palm Beach. sfsciencecenter.org

GIRL, 6, HAS MERMAID WISH GRANTED AT BOCA BEACH CLUB

By Marci Shatzman, Boca Raton News Anna Kuhn wants to grow up to be a mermaid television news reporter.

So naturally the 6-year-old was drawn to two mermaids she discovered sunbathing on the rocks in front of the Boca Beach Club. Later at the pool, they even outfitted her with a mermaid tail for good measure.

She didn’t have much to say, but her parents were over the moon with how they were treated on a Make-A-Wish Southern Florida visit from their hometown in York, Pa. “She was born with a congenital heart defect and has had five heart surgeries and four hip surgeries for hip displacement,” said her mother Laura Kuhn, a special education teacher.

The surgeries at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia qualified the family for a Make-a-Wish trip.

“She will probably have to have another heart surgery to replace that conduit,” said her father, John Kuhn. “It doesn’t grow with her.”

When the family checked into the resort, the room was festooned with mermaids.

“We’re not used to this,” Laura Kuhn said.

The week included a visit to the turtles at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton and the Palm Beach Zoo in West Palm Beach.

The family took Anna for a walk on the beach while she collected shells in a basket. She was followed by a WPTV-Ch. 5 news crew because part of her wish involved TV. Anna found the mermaids perched on the rocks on a jetty and plopped herself down between them.

“We were a mermaid short, so I volunteered,” Make-A-Wish coordinator Elizabeth Erra said. The teen mermaid was Angela O’Rourke, whose family runs the Mermaid Academy in Orlando.

CELEBRATING THE LAKE WORTH LAGOON Get to know the Lake Worth Lagoon during LagoonFest on Nov. 4 along the West Palm Beach Waterfront, 101 S. Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach. This free event features tours, wildlife presentations, kids’ activities, exhibits and water sports from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. LagoonFest.com

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New Advice for Parents on Peanut Allergies

BY VIVIAN HERNANDEZ-TRUJILLO, MD, FAAP, FAAAAI, FACAAI Many South Florida children are allergic to certain foods, such as cow’s milk, eggs, shellfish and peanuts. Their bodies’ immune systems react dramatically to even small quantities of these foods, resulting in hives on the skin, an upset stomach, coughing, a runny nose or breathing difficulties.

Although most symptoms are mild, your child could have a life-threatening allergic reaction, called anaphylaxis, that requires emergency treatment. Being prepared with autoinjectable epinephrine in case of a severe reaction is essential for these patients.

Generally, parents discover a child’s food allergies when they introduce a new food into an infant’s diet. Newborns who are allergic to cow’s milk, for instance, can be given a different type of formula to support their normal growth and development.

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can recommend a doctor who specializes in allergies. A skin test or a blood sample can help determine if there is potential for an allergic reaction to certain foods, such as peanuts.

An accurate diagnosis is important because your child’s symptoms may have other causes than a food allergy.

With peanuts, an allergic reaction may develop later in childhood, after a youngster starts eating PB&J sandwiches at school or snacking on a handful of nuts in the afternoon.

Children with severe eczema (a skin disorder) or allergies to eggs are at a higher risk of having an allergic reaction to peanuts, as well.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) introduced new guidelines this year for parents that may help prevent the development of peanut allergies in at-risk children. These guidelines are very different from prior recommendations.

The NIAID recommends that parents of children with severe eczema and/or egg allergy first consult with their pediatrician or a board-certified allergist for testing.

Depending on the test results, peanut-containing foods may be gradually introduced between 4 and 6 months of age, after starting other solid foods.

The recommendation by the NIAID for infants with “mild to moderate eczema” is for introduction of peanut containing foods about 6 months of age. Parents should always speak to their pediatrician for an assessment of the severity of the eczema prior to any introduction of peanuts.

Infants without eczema symptoms or egg allergies can start eating peanut-containing foods in accordance with family preferences and cultural practices, according to the NIAID report. These children do not need to see a specialist and can have peanut-containing foods introduced at home.

As your child grows older, you should continue to watch out for potential food allergies, because some symptoms develop later in life. It’s also possible that your child may outgrow an allergy to milk or

eggs – although a peanut allergy tends to last a lifetime.

Remember that food allergies need to be taken seriously at all ages. Accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment can help your child enjoy the right nutritious foods and a lifetime of good health.

Dr. Hernandez-Trujillo is director of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, part of Miami Children’s Health System.

OTHER TIPS FOR PARENTS Here are several recommendations for parents concerned about peanuts or other food allergies: + Give your infant a variety of solid foods before adding peanutcontaining foods to the diet. + Don’t introduce peanut-containing foods to the diet of a child who is ill. + Never give whole peanuts to an infant because of the risk of choking. + Pay close attention to the ingredients on food labels. If your child has peanut allergy, avoid foods that “may contain nuts” or are “produced on equipment shared with nuts or peanuts.” + Be careful with giving your peanut-allergic child cookies, candy, cake or pastries, which may have “hidden” peanut protein. + When dining at a restaurant, always inform your server about any food allergy and ask for nut-free dishes, in particular asking about the ingredients of sauces, desserts and other foods. + Keep a food diary to track when your child has a bad reaction after eating a meal. This can help you identify possible allergens or other conditions.

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This annual fair features carnival rides, games and shows for more than two weeks. Admission gets you free rides and shows. Check website for schedule. $12$15. At Space Coast Stadium, 6091 Stadium Parkway. spacecoaststatefair.com Nov. 9-Dec. 22: Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party. Celebrate the magic of the season in the holiday wonderland of Magic Kingdom park. Gather with loved ones for this festive Christmas-themed event that runs on select nights Nov. 9 through Dec. 22 from 7 p.m. to midnight. disneyworld. disney.go.com Nov. 18-Jan. 6: Universal Orlando holiday events. Universal Orlando has expanded its holiday celebrations for 2017 to more days than ever before. New for this year will be Christmas in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, which will feature themed decorations and lighting, holiday-themed food and performances by the Frog Choir and Celestina Warbeck and the Banshees.

At night, projection mapping and lighting will wrap Hogwarts castle. Back for 2017 is the Holiday Parade featuring Macy’s with more than a dozen balloons and 15 floats with characters from films like “Despicable Me,” “Madagascar” and “Shrek” as well as Santa Claus. Also returning is Grinchmas at Seuss Landing with the “Grinchmas Who-liday Spectacular” and a breakfast with the Grinch and friends. Back in concert will be Mannheim Steamroller on on Nov. 18, 19, 25, 26 and Dec. 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 and 17. On-site hotels will each have activities, too. UniversalOrlando.com/holidays Nov. 19-Dec. 30: Epcot International Festival of the Holidays (Formerly Holidays Around the World). This Epcot tradition showcases holiday traditions from around the world including music, costumes and cuisine.

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ADHD may be a type of sleep disorder

BY ARIANA EUNJUNG CHA THE WASHINGTON POST Over the past two decades, U.S. parents and teachers have reported epidemic levels of children with trouble focusing, impulsive behavior and so much energy that they are bouncing off walls. Educators, policymakers and scientists have referred to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, as a national crisis and have spent billions of dollars looking into its cause.

They’ve looked at genetics, brain development, exposure to lead, the push for early academics, and many other factors.

But what if the answer to at least some cases of ADHD is more obvious?

What if, as a growing number of researchers are proposing, many kids today simply aren’t getting the sleep they need, leading to challenging behaviors that mimic ADHD? That provocative and controversial theory has been gaining momentum in recent years, with several studies suggesting strong links between ADHD and the length, timing and quality of sleep. In an era in which even toddlers know the words Netflix and Hulu, when demands for perfectionism extend to squirmy preschoolers and many elementary-age students juggle multiple extracurricular activities each day, one question is whether some kids are so stimulated or stressed that they are unable to sleep as much or as well as they should.

Growing evidence suggests that a segment of children with ADHD are misdiagnosed and actually suffer from insufficient sleep, insomnia, obstructed breathing or another known sleep disorder. But the most paradigm-challenging idea may be that ADHD may itself be a sleep disorder. If correct, this idea could fundamentally change the way ADHD is studied and treated.

The latest data on this topic, presented this month at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Conference in Paris, looked at people’s circadian rhythms – the natural cycle of how they sleep and wake. It showed that study subjects with ADHD had levels of the hormone melatonin that rose 1.5 hours later in the night than those without ADHD. As a result, they fell asleep later

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and got less sleep overall, with consequences for other body processes.

When the day and night rhythm is disturbed, explained researcher Sandra Kooij of the Vrije UniversiteitMedical Centre in Amsterdam, so are temperature, movement and the timing of meals. Each change can lead to inattentiveness and challenging behavior. “[I]t looks more and more like ADHD and sleeplessness are two sides of the same physiological and mental coin,” Kooij said in her presentation.

Sleep problems fall into three categories: insufficient sleep, insomnia and disordered breathing. All are common among young children. Some studies estimate that their prevalence might be as high as 20 to 40 percent in young children.

Karen Bonuck, a professor of family and social medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, is known for her work on a 2012 study of 11,000 children published in the journal “Pediatrics.”

It found that those with snoring, mouth breathing or apnea (in which a person’s breathing is interrupted during sleep) were 40 percent to 100 percent more likely than those without the sleep issues to have behaviors resembling ADHD by age 7.

“There’s a lot of evidence that sleep is a big factor in behavior in children,” Bonuck said in a recent interview.

Previous studies have shown that about 75 percent of people with ADHD have sleep disturbances and that the less sleep they get the more severe the symptoms. In one paper, scientists showed that a group of children with nighttime breathing issues who were diagnosed with ADHD no longer met the diagnostic criteria for the disorder after they had their adenoids or tonsils removed to treat the sleep problem.

Bonuck’s recent work, funded by the National Institutes of Health, involved an education campaign targeted at teachers, parents and children that used teddy bears and the classic book “Good Night, Moon” to encourage more sleep.

When researchers were collecting baseline data before any interventions,

she said, she was shocked to find that a number of preschool children were going to sleep at 11 p.m. or later but had to be up before 8 a.m. to go to school. They were getting less than nine hours of sleep, markedly less than the 10 to 13 hours the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends for children ages 3 to 5.

“I thought there was an error,” Bonuck recalled. “Challenging behavior is a huge problem in the classrooms on a national level, and the symptoms of lack of sleep can look a lot like the symptoms of ADHD.” William Pelham, a longtime ADHD specialist who directs the Center for Children and Families at Florida International University, agrees that some children are misdiagnosed as having ADHD when they actually have a sleep problem. Yet he said he has seen this only in a “handful” of cases out of thousands.

The link, he contends, is overstated and ADHD is a very real and potentially very serious diagnosis. According to the most recent survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 6.4 million children, or one out of every 10 children ages 4 to 17 in the country, have been diagnosed with ADHD, and he believes that the diagnosis is correct in most cases.

“Sleep is an issue for anything where you are trying to measure attention. But I don’t believe [it] . . . accounts for the vast majority of ADHD in the United States,” he said.

Still, Pelham has noticed an increasing number of children with ADHD and sleep issues in recent years.

That has less to do with the nature of ADHD than with changes driven by the pharmaceutical industry, he said.

In the 1980s and 1990s, the most popular treatments were stimulants that acted only for four to six hours.

Most kids now are taking ones that last 12 hours, he said.

“If you have kids who are sensitive to the medications, they might not be tired until midnight. So you have an increase in kids staying up later as a result of a societal shift of using the longest-acting medication,” he explained. Then, to counteract that in the evening, more children are taking yet another drug – “an antidepressant, melatonin or, God forbid, an antipsychotic,” he said.

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Here are just a few: WHISPERING MANES 6105 SW 125TH AVE., MIAMI WHISPERINGMANES.ORG, 305-596-4204 Whispering Manes offers therapeutic horseback riding, benefiting children with special needs or disabilities by offering them the opportunity to interact with horses in a manner that promotes physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing.

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Children who attend the pre-school are individually selected for the program.

During the evaluation phase of the Child Find process, parents interested in possible RCCA placement must contact the center and undergo a child assessment to determine if the program would adequately meet the child’s needs.

“Therapy for children at the RCCA stands out from other organizations because, in addition to offering therapy to children, many of our therapists also work in the RCCA’s preschool every day, so they have extraordinary experience in dealing with children in all aspects of their development,” said Cater Randolph, RCCA president.

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BY SARAH LYONS “Why do you talk like that?” I heard the question come from behind me as I helped another child in the Sunday school class.

“It’s just the way I am.” I heard my sister-inlaw wisely answer the curious boy.

My sister-in-law, Kara, was born with Cerebral Palsy. She was helping me in the classroom that day when one of the kids noticed her speech is different. Kara has been taught to answer “It’s just the way I am” after years of questions about her differences.

Our kids have grown up around their beloved Aunt Kara and accept her as she is, but there came a time when each of them have asked about Kara’s disability and why it makes her different.

Chances are, at some point, your child will meet someone at school or in the community who has disabilities. It is normal for children to have questions about people who are different, which means parents should be prepared to answer their questions in an intelligent and appropriate way. Here are some tips to get the conversation started: EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT BUT THE SAME All of us have unique gifts, personalities and challenges. No two people are the same, and this is a great thing because diversity makes life interesting and fun.

While we are all different, everyone has things in common, too. All people, including people with disabilities, want to have friends, be shown respect and be accepted. Encourage your child to embrace the differences of others and find common ground, as well. If your child is interested in a popular television show, book, toy, or game, chances are a person with special needs is, too. Ask them what they love to do; most will be happy to tell you.

TYPES OF DISABILITIES Some disabilities are obvious, and some are not. Some people may need a walker or wheelchair to help them move around.

Others may have a cognitive (thinking) disability that is not as visible. Explain in simple terms that people struggle with different things and may need a little extra help from a physical tool (like a wheelchair) or help from others. People can have impairments with sight, hearing, walking, speech, thinking or a variety of other things. It is important to note that just because someone is in a wheelchair, it does not mean they have a cognitive disability. Also, disabilities are not con-

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NAME CALLING IS NEVER OK Emphasize that people with disabilities have feelings, too. Name calling is hurtful, disrespectful, and is a form of bullying.

People with disabilities need others to stand up for them when they cannot stand up for themselves. Encourage your child to tell an adult if kids are teasing another child. Your child can be an example to others by being kind and respectful. Parents can set an example by using positive language and behavior towards others, as well.

A NOTE ABOUT “RUDE” COMMENTS Kids are curious and love to ask questions. Many times they will speak exactly what is on their mind, without thinking about whether the comments will be hurtful. This can be very embarrassing to parents. So what do you do if your child blurts out a rude and embarrassing comment? Start by answering calmly and matter of factly. If, for example, your child

says, “Why is that boy in a wheelchair?”

Simply answer, “He needs it to move around. Why don’t you say hello?” If the child is reluctant, say hello to him yourself along with something such as “John likes trains. Do you like trains too?” If the person accompanying the child responds, follow their lead. It is always better to treat others as you would like to be treated than to hurry away in an embarrassing situation. Later, when you are at home, you can ask your child if they have any other questions about others with disabilities and reinforce the value of treating everyone equally.

My sister-in-law, now 38, has been asked many questions over the years, some rude and some just curious. She has learned to handle them well because she knows that, just like anyone else, she has challenges to overcome and successes to celebrate.

Kara loves watching movies, dancing to music and taking care of animals. She loves eating candy, pizza and tacos. She is fun to be around and loves to get out and explore new places.

People with disabilities are just people.

Sometimes that simple fact is all kids need to know.

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happenings

at Pompano

Citi Centre

Santa's

Saturday, Dec. 2

santa’s arrival 11 A.M. - 1 P.M.

Celebrate Santa’s Arrival at Pompano Citi Centre! Enjoy arts and crafts, write letters to the North Pole and dress up for pictures with Santa at the “Elfie Selfie” station.

Saturday, Dec. 16

cookies &milk with santa

coming to town

click with santa bring your own camera to take free pictures with our real-bearded santa!

3 P.M. - 5 P.M.

Children will enjoy a nice story time with Santa and participate in fun holiday activities and giveaways.

Visit www.pompanociticentre.com to RSVP.

Sunday, Dec. 17

paws &claus 3 P.M. - 5 P.M.

Bring your furry friends to take a holiday photo with Santa! Dogs only please; and they must be leashed or crated at all times.

saturdays &sundays 11am to 3pm starting saturday, dec 2 through sunday, december 24

monday - friday 12pm to 5pm from monday, dec 18 through friday, december 22

Like us on facebook and follow us on instagram to find out more about holiday happenings, great stores & restaurants, and special events!

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The challenges and benefits of having a sibling with special needs

BY SARAH LYONS Having a sibling with special needs is a unique experience that provides both challenges and benefits. While there is no doubt that they love their sibling with special needs, the feelings that can arise during childhood are often complicated.

The love, appreciation and compassion they feel towards their sibling can be mixed up with jealousy, worry, resentment, fear, responsibility and anger. Parents who are in tune to their children’s feelings can help them work through the negative emotions and turn these challenges into benefits.

CHALLENGE: INSENSITIVITY OF OTHERS Unfortunately, kids with special needs are often the target of teasing. Kids, or even adults, who don’t understand other people’s differences may make insensitive comments, ask inappropriate questions, or just make fun of someone who is different from them. Siblings of special needs kids may feel the need to constantly stand up

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for their sibling, explain their situation to others, or may be the brunt of teasing themselves. “One of the biggest challenges in growing up with my sister was watching her get laughed at,” says Justin Lyons, brother of Kara, who has cerebral palsy.

Parents can help their kids work through this challenge by equipping them with the right answers for those awkward questions and teaching them how to handle bullying in an appropriate way.

BENEFIT: DEVELOPMENT OF DEPENDABILITY, LOYALTY AND COMPASSION After years of watching someone they love get teased, siblings of special needs kids will naturally develop a strong sense of loyalty to those they care about as well as a strong compassion toward others.

Even though watching Kara get teased was hard for Justin, he also notes, “I think it made me less likely to laugh at or tease other people.” Kids who grow up in a home with a special needs sibling typi-

cally become dependable, compassionate and loyal adults.

CHALLENGE: JEALOUSY Parents do their best to treat their children fairly and spend equal amounts of time caring for each child. When you have a child with developmental delays or significant medical needs, that balance can become extremely difficult to achieve and jealousy can develop. Kids may feel they get less attention or that their parents spend more time caring for the sibling.

When these feelings develop, it is very common for kids to feel guilty that they have these thoughts, causing them to be more upset and resentful. As a parent, try to be understanding and patient about your child’s jealous feelings. Talking it through and having someone listen and take them seriously will help your child feel loved and included. If possible and appropriate, welcome your child to join you in caring for the sibling, but don’t

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push the issue.

Benefit: Self-control and thoughtfulness First, it is important to remember that sibling rivalry and feelings of jealousy are normal in any sibling relationship. As your child learns to wait for their parent to be free to help them, they will learn patience and self-control. They will also learn to put other’s needs before their own.

CHALLENGE: WORRY AND FEAR When children are around a sibling with serious medical challenges, lowered immunity or special needs, kids may feel worried or afraid about the health of their sibling. They may not be able to express their feelings the same way an adult would. Kids may act out, become overly emotional, or appear aloof to what is going on around them. Parents can help kids by being honest about health concerns in an age-appropriate way. By including your child in this discussion, you can reduce their fear of the unknown and reassure them.

BENEFIT: DEVELOP COMPASSION AND EMPATHY FOR OTHERS Kids who are exposed to someone with medical and developmental challenges naturally become more compassionate and empathetic to those who may have their own struggles. “I attribute my sense of understanding and compassion to growing up with my sister,” says Michelle Hupp, sister to Felicia, an adult with Down Syndrome.

As each person is different, kids have a variety of feelings related to their sibling with special needs. Some kids may feel pressure to “live up” to their parents’ expectations for them and for the sibling that may never reach certain milestones.

Kids may also feel resentment, anger, frustration, or like they are “missing out” on activities or experiences because their sibling’s care puts restrictions on certain activities. “Siblings often feel guilty about any negative feeling such as jealousy,” says Hupp. “The rewards more than outweigh the negatives, but sometimes the negatives are hard to talk about.”

None of these feelings are fun to talk about and often result in guilt, causing the children to feel even more resentment toward the sibling.

Some of these feelings may be difficult to overcome, and a parent may not know exactly what their child is feeling or how to deal with them.

If you think these feelings are becoming a problem, consider seeking professional help to support your child’s development in a healthy way and encourage an appropriate relationship between your children.

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Special Needs Resource Guide PAID LISTINGS ALL KIDS INCLUDED

Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, 111 NW 1st St., Suite 625, Miami allkidsincludedmiami.org, 305-375-4634 All Kids included promotes inclusive arts and cultural programs in school settings and throughout the community so that kids of all abilities and their families can participate fully in the arts. AKI continually raises the bar with excellence in programming that demonstrates and promotes the benefit and importance of inclusionary arts and cultural programs for children and youth. For more information about AKI’s programs and upcoming events, visit AllKidsIncludedMiami.org.

Follow AKI on social media @MiamiDadeArts and #AllKidsIncluded.

ANGELS REACH ACADEMY

12051 W. Okeechobee Road, Hialeah Gardens angelsreachacademy.org, 305-828-5276 Gifted/advanced, S.T.E.A.M, and ADD/ADHD academy. Robotics, journalism, theater and student-run businesses and entrepreneurial programs. Preschool through 10th grade.

Autism Spectrum, ADHD and other learning differences.

CHILDREN’S REHAB PPEC & REHABILITATION CENTER

5920 SW 68th St., Miami 2727 NW 167th St., Miami Gardens crnppec.com, 305-972-6370 Up to 12 hours of daily care for medically fragile children. Special Education, afterschool and summer program. Therapy: Occupational, physical, speech & respiratory.

Private transportation, accepts Medicaid.

place at South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center (SMDCAC) on Saturday, May 5, 2018 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Now in its 12th year, the festival provides a full day of interactive activities and cultural experiences for families and children with and without disabilities.

Our 2017 main stage shows include The Gruffalo and America’s Got Talent’s Mandy Harvey. The AKI festival is co-presented with the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, with support from the Children’s Trust.

THERAPIES 4 KIDS

DYNAMIC ORTHOPEDICS

6555 Nova Drive, Suite 306, Davie dynamicorthopedics.com, 954-424-1168 Prosthetics and orthotics. Passionate team that specializes in pediatrics. Improving quality of life with innovative solutions.

MIAMI-DADE PARKS DISABILITY SERVICES DIVISION

275 NW 2nd St., #507, Miami miamidade.gov/parks, 305-755-7848 Programs for children and adults with intellectual, physical or emotional disabilities.

ARC BROWARD

10250 NW 53rd St., Sunrise arcbroward.com, 954-746-9400

SOUTH MIAMI-DADE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER

Since 1956, Arc Broward has worked handin-hand with our community, changing how people with developmental disabilities and life challenges are embraced and included.

This critical work ensures that people with disabilities, not only live, learn, work, and play in their communities, but more importantly, thrive. Arc Broward operates at 10 locations and provides 21 programs throughout Broward County. Arc Broward’s three social enterprises. Arc Educates, Arc Culinary and Arc Tech, are groundbreaking efforts to transform the community by providing opportunities for people with disabilities and other life challenges to realize their full potential.

10950 SW 211st St., Cutler Bay smdcac.org, 786-573-5300

Weston – Pembroke Pines – Coral Springs – Miami – Boca Raton therapies4kids.com, 954-633-8633 With five clinics in South Florida, Therapies 4 Kids is the leader in pediatric intensive therapy for children with neurological and developmental disorders, such as Cerebral Palsy or Autism, or suffering injuries resulting of a car accident, sport practice, or slip and fall.

THE VICTORY CENTER FOR AUTISM AND RELATED DISABILITIES

18900 NE 25th Ave., North Miami Beach thevictoryschool.org, 305-466-1142 Full day, year-round school program with 1:1, 2:1, 3:1 student/teacher ratio.

Providing ABA in a classroom setting. Ages 2-22 years old.

The All Kids Included Festival (AKI) will take

ATLANTIS ACADEMY

Miami – Coral Springs – Palm Beach atlantisacademy.com, 954-752-7571 At Atlantis Academy, the student as an individual is our primary concern. Personalization in curriculum, academic expectations and age-appropriate socialization is the foundation of our program. We believe that small class sizes and a close-knit campus allow for personal attention and help develop the leadership skills and confidence of each student. Atlantis Academy serves students on the

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ALL KIDS INCLUDED MAKING THE ARTS ACCESSIBLE Miami-Dade County’s Department of Cultural Affairs is delighted to provide accessible arts experiences through its ALL KIDS INCLUDED (AKI) initiative.

AKI creates inclusive arts and cultural programs so that kids of all abilities and their families can participate fully in the arts.We are excited to present an array of year-round activities at various Miami-Dade County venues throughout the 2017-18 season.

NOV 11 & 29, DEC 2, 9 & 16, FEB 17, MAR 10 & 24, APR 7 & 28, MAY 5 & 19, JUL 21 SENSORY-FRIENDLY SHOWS Specially designed and adapted for individuals with sensory processing and autism spectrum disorders.

NOV 18 ARTS FOR WELLNESS DAY Explore creativity and imagination through healing and expressive arts.

FEB 5

(deadline)

ANNUAL STUDENT ART COMPETITION

Celebrating inclusion, empathy, and choosing kind.

MAR 24 ZOT ARTZ ARTS FOR ALL Adaptive art tools and family fun for children and youth with and without disabilities.

APR 14 AKI LITERARY EVENTS Activities and artists presented in collaboration with Arts for Learning and Miami-Dade Public Library’s Family Storytelling Festivals.

MAY 5 FREE ANNUAL AKI FAMILY ARTS FESTIVAL Multidisciplinary festival for children and families. Kid-friendly main stage shows include The Gruffalo and America’s Got Talent’s Mandy Harvey.

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES: AKI ARTS @ MIAMI CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Scheduled activities presented in collaboration with Miami Children’s Museum’s Sensory Saturday program.

GOING TO THE SHOW / GOING TO THE MUSEUM Kid-friendly guides to help prepare new audiences for a visit to a live performance or museum.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS Hands-on training for educators, teaching artists and arts administrators.

VSA FLORIDA’S “ANIMATION GETS REAL�

Animation and iPad music summer camp for teens with autism.

YOUTH ARTS IN THE PARKS Saturday morning art, creative movement & expression and theater/improvisation classes and multidisciplinary summer arts camp.

AllKidsIncludedMiami.org To request materials in accessible format, sign language interpreters, and/or any disability accommodation to participate in an All Kids Included (AKI) activity, please contact Francine Andersen 305-375-4634 culture@miamidade.gov, at least ďŹ ve days in advance to initiate your request. TTY users may also call 711 (Florida Relay Service).

The All Kids Included – Accessible Art Experiences for Kids (AKI) initiative was developed by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, and in part through grant funding provided by The Children’s Trust. The Children’s Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade County..

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LISTINGS MULTIPLE COUNTIES

training for aspiring artists with autism. Their works can be purchased at The Festival Flea Market, 2900 W. Sample Road (Booth #1519 Acapulco West), Pompano Beach. Open daily.

AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

asabroward.org, 954-577-4141

apd.myflorida.com

Volunteer organization of parents who have children and adults with autism spectrum disorders. They offer parent support groups, workshops, and social opportunities.

ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION FOUNDATION SCHOOLS

AUTISM SPEAKS

4650 SW 61st Ave., Fort Lauderdale aefschools.com, 954-581-8222

Autism science and advocacy organization, dedicated to funding research; increasing awareness of autism spectrum disorders; and advocating for individuals with autism.

AEF provides an alternative approach to teaching and learning for children in 1st-12th grades whose needs are not being met by traditional public schools or mainstream services.

autismspeaks.org, 888- 288-4762

BEST BUDDIES

bestbuddiesflorida.org Miami: 305-374-2233 North Palm Beach: 561-972-5312

ARC OF SOUTH FLORIDA

305-759-8500, arcsofla.org 954-746-9400, arcbroward.com 561-842-3213, arcpbc.org Services, education and advocacy for children and adults with developmental disabilities and their families.

ARTISTS WITH AUTISM

artistswithautismunite.webs.com, 954-8952786 Provides self-employment opportunities and

CANINE ASSISTANTS

canineassistants.org, 800-771-7221 AUTISM SOCIETY OF BROWARD

Assists those with developmental disabilities and their families. APD’s Navigator Program is guide to support and services.

ages 7-16 who’ve been diagnosed with chronic or life-threatening conditions.

Creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, employment and leadership development for people with developmental disabilities.

Nonprofit organization which trains and provides service dogs for children and adults with physical disabilities or other special needs.

CENTER FOR AUTISM & RELATED DISABILITIES

Miami-Dade: 305-284-6563, umcard.org Broward: 954-262-7111, umcard.org 800-9AUTISM Programs provide support, information and training for families with children with autism spectrum disorder and related disabilities.

CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER (CHADD)

chadd.org, 800-233-4050, 301-306-7070 North Broward: 954-752-7571 South Broward,North Dade: 954-951-2929 Palm Beach County: 561-478-5160 A national nonprofit offering education, support and advocacy for individuals diagnosed with an attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

CAMP BOGGY CREEK

30500 Brantley Branch Road, Eustis boggycreek.org, 352-483-4200

CHILDREN’S MEDICAL SERVICES (FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH)

A free camp for children with serious illnesses to enjoy camp in a safe, medically-sound environment. The 232-acre camp serves children

cms-kids.com A collection of programs for eligible children with special needs.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS and SOUTH MIAMI-DADE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER with support from THE CHILDREN’S TRUST present the

SPECIAL NEEDS SECTION

12TH ANNUAL

ALL KIDS INCLUDED

The Gruffalo

FAMILY ARTS FESTIVAL

SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2018 10AM-4PM entertainment • fun activities • creative arts for all art exhibition, awards and resources Kid-friendly main stage shows include The Gruffalo and America’s Got Talent’s Mandy Harvey.

Mandy Harvey

It is the policy of Miami-Dade County to comply with all of the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.The All Kids Included Family Arts Festival is designed to be inclusive for children and families of all abilities.The facility is accessible; assistive listening devices,sign language interpreters,sighted guides,and large print and Braille program information will be available.To request materials in accessible format,and/or any accommodation to attend an event at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, please contact Stephanie Aponte, 786-573-5314, saponte@miamidade.gov, at least five days in advance to initiate your request,TTY users may also call 711 (Florida Relay Service).

The All Kids Included Family Arts Festival was developed by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs as part of its “All Kids Included - Accessible Arts Experiences for Kids” (AKI) program. AKI is an initiative of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, and in part through grant funding provided by The Children’s Trust. The Children’s Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade County by making strategic investments in their future.

Interactive arts experiences for children of all abilities!

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CHILD PROVIDER SPECIALISTS

Locations in all three counties childproviderspecialists.org, 954-577-3396 Diagnostic Specialists, Specialized Psychotherapists, Behavioral Therapists, and Prescriptive Educational Interventionists. Weston campus houses a day school.

system for individuals with disabilities Services are free and confidential.

FLORIDA AUTISM TREATMENT CENTERS

behavior-analysis.org, Davie: 954-577-7790 Kendall: 305-273-3773

EASTER SEALS SOUTH FLORIDA

1475 NW 14th Ave., Miami easterseals.com, 305-325-0470

CROHN’S & COLITIS FOUNDATION

Provides services, education, outreach, and advocacy so people with autism and other disabilities can live, learn, work and play.

21301 Powerline Road #301, Boca Raton ccfa.org, 800-932-2423 or 561-218-2929

EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA

Programs provide state-of-the-art services to individuals with autism and related disabilities to provide and advocate for clinically-effective behavioral treatment.

FLORIDA CENTER FOR ALLERGY & ASTHMA CARE

Dedicated to curing Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and to improve the quality of life of those affected by these diseases.

efof.org, 877-553-7453 Fort Lauderdale: 954-779-1509 Doral: 305-670-4949 West Palm Beach: 561-478-6515

CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION

A community-based network of organizations that help people with epilepsy and seizure disorders find and access important services.

cff.org, 800-344-4823 Fort Lauderdale; 954-739-5006 West Palm Beach; 561-683-9965

fication of disabilities or learning problems.

Locations in all three counties florida-allergy.com, 877-4-ALLERGY Allergy testing and shots, pulmonary functioning tests, food allergy diagnosis and education, clinical research studies and patient education.

FLORIDA DIVISION OF BLIND SERVICES

Foundation funds research and works to provide access to quality, specialized care and effective treatments for people with CF.

EQUINE-ASSISTED THERAPIES OF S.FLORIDA

DEAF FAMILY LITERACY ACADEMY

Dedicated to providing therapeutic riding and equine-activities to children and adults with special needs.

alfanocenter.com, 305-461-4702 Serves deaf children from birth to age 12 and their families in need of assistance with language, literacy and communication in American Sign Language (ASL), at no charge.

DISABILITY RIGHTS FLORIDA

disabilityrightsflorida.org, 800-342-0823 Statewide designated protection and advocacy

Tradewinds Park North, 3600 W. Sample Road, Coconut Creek equineatsf.org, 954-974-2007

dbs.myflorida.com, 800- 342-1828 Miami: 305-377-5339, Sunrise: 954-7461770, West Palm Beach: 561-681-2548 To ensure blind and visually-impaired Floridians have the tools, support and opportunity to achieve success.

FLORIDA’S HEAD START FDLRS/CHILD FIND

fdlrs.org Child Find provides free hearing, vision, language and motor development screening for children ages birth to 21. It also assists school districts and other agencies in the early identi-

floridaheadstart.org, Miami: 786-469-4622 Fort Lauderdale: 754-321-1959 West Palm Beach: 561-233-1600 Provides early, continuous, intensive and comprehensive child development and family support services to low-income families to enhance

MIAMI-DADE PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACES DEPARTMENT

THE

DISABILITY SERVICES

SPECIAL NEEDS SECTION

DIVISION OFFERS RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING AFTERCARE, SEASONAL CAMPS, AND ADAPTED SPORTS TRAINING FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES. LEARN • GROW • DEVELOP LIFE SKILLS • HAVE FUN

Specialized programs and inclusive events are open to children and adults with intellectual, visual and physical disabilities and are managed

by Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialists.

For more, contact Miami-Dade Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department Disability Services at 305-755-7848 or email Mary.Palacios@miamidade.gov.

To request materials in accessible format, sign language interpreters, and/or any accommodation to participate in any Miami-Dade Parks sponsored program or meeting, contact Mary Palacios, 305-755-7848 or Mary.Palacios@miamidade.gov at least 7 days in advance to initiate your request. TTY users may also call 711 (Florida Relay Service).

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children’s physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development.

FLORIDA MENTOR

Locations in all three counties fl-mentor.com, 954-283-3823, 305-2780859 ext. 201, 561-533-0555 Provides services for adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities and youth with emotional, behavioral or medically complex conditions build increasingly healthy, independent lives.

Wellington: 561-795-7647

music, dance and massage therapy.

A growing chain of hair stylists who receive special training to meet the needs of children with autism.

THE CHILDREN’S TRUST

SPECIAL OLYMPICS

specialolympicsflorida.org Miami: 305-406-9467, Davie: 954-2622150, Lake Worth: 561-966-7019 Special Olympics offers year-round sports training, competitions and sport skill development activities for children 8 and older with intellectual disabilities.

FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF MIAMI,NORTH DADE

3150 SW Third Ave., (Coral Way), Miami thechildrenstrust.org, 305-571-5700 The Trust advocates and funds quality services, including early intervention and those that help remove barriers between children with disabilities and those without.

CCDH INC.

7990 SW 117th Ave., Suite 135, Miami ccdh.org, 305-596-1160

4200 Biscayne Blvd. Miami, 305-330-5653

THE ALFANO CENTER

Caters to the needs of special children and their families. Teenage volunteer opportunities to make a difference in the community.

6840 SW 40th St. (Bird Road), Suite 211A, Miami, alfanocenter.com, 305-461-4702

A coalition that focuses on those with developmental, physical, sensory and other disabilities.

CCDH advocates, coordinates and provides supports and services.

Provider of occupational and speech therapy in Miami that provides professional support to individuals with communication challenges.

CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SOUTH FLORIDA

MIAMI PROJECT TO CURE PARALYSIS

4770 Biscayne Blvd. , Suite 150, Miami cilsf.org. 305-751-8025

Lois Pope LIFE Center, 1095 NW 14th Terrace, Miami, themiamiproject.org, 305-2436001 or 800-STAND-UP

Assists anyone with a disability to achieve an independent lifestyle, and advocates equality, dignity and the elimination of barriers.

HEALTHY NUTRITION FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

200 SE 19th Avenue, Pompano Beach bcckids.org/nutrition, 954-649-7362 Specializes in helping children, and young adults with special health care needs and offers health, wellness, education, recreation, therapeutic, daily living and advocacy services.

JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Committed to finding a cure for paralysis resulting from spinal cord injury and to seeing millions worldwide walk again. Palm BeachBroward chapter also available.

jdrf.org, 954-565-4775, 561-686-7701 Dedicated to finding a cure for diabetes through funding and research; provides support and referrals, and family mentoring programs.

LAUREN’S KIDS

safersmarterkids.org or laurenskids.org, 786-288-5045 Crisis hotline: 888-956-RAPE (7273) Specialized lesson plans that cater to children with special needs, incorporating visual aids to educate children about the importance of body boundaries and personal safety.

LEARNING ALLY

learningally.org, 800-221-4792 A collection of more than 80,000 digitally recorded textbooks and literature titles for children and adults who cannot read standard print because of blindness, visual impairment, dyslexia or other learning differences.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR DOWN SYNDROME

nads.org, 630-325-9112 Provides families with Down syndrome members with information and resources to enable them to access and evaluate services.

STEP UP FOR STUDENTS

stepupforstudents.org, 877-735-7837 All counties. The program provides Tax Credit Scholarships to students in K-12 from lowincome families to allow students to attend a private or out-of-district school.

SNIP-ITS AUTISM SUPPORT

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HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

kidsandhearingloss.org, hearingloss.org, 301-657-2248

CHILDREN’S SPEECH CENTER

12494 SW 127th Ave., Miami csc4me.com, 305-255-5980 Center treats all types of speech and language disorders in children with music therapy and intensive language intervention.

Empowering parents of hard of hearing and/or deaf children by providing needed resources.

CREATIVE LEARNING AND PLAY

UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF S. FLORIDA

An inclusive after-school and summer camp program for children age 5 and older with special needs.

ucpsouthflorida.org, Miami: 305-325-1080 Fort Lauderdale: 954-584-3151 Lake Worth: 561-357-7779 Serves infants, children and adults with developmental disabilities (cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, autism, spina bifida, prematurity, hearing, intellectual disabilities and speech delay) at more than 60 locations.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ACADEMY FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION

8950 NW Second Ave., El Portal, 305-4602946 or 305 995-1000, api.dadeschools. net/schoolwebsite/#?schoolId=8019 A school for at-risk students in 9th to 12th grades in Miami-Dade County. ACE provides a small class experience in a disciplined and unique learning environment.

CARRIE BRAZER CENTER FOR AUTISM AND ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES

cbc4autism.org, Sunset Campus: 305-2718790 (Preschool and Elementary) South Dade campus: 305-234-0490 Full-day therapy programs, behavior modification, speech, language, occupational and physical therapy, psychotherapy, support groups, diet and nutrition, summer school, field trips, and

7400 W. 24th Ave., Hialeah hialeahfl.gov, 305-818-9143

FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF S. FLORIDA

1393 SW 1st St, Miami frcflorida.org, 305-374-6006 Works to provide services in the community to prevent and treat child abuse and neglect through the strengthening of families.

MAKING SCHOOL WORK, P.L.

1550 Madruga Ave., Suite 333, Coral Gables 305-663-9233, makingschoolwork.com Private law firm helps parents understand the services entitled to their children; attends meetings with parents; and more.

NICKLAUS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL REHABILITATION SERVICES

nicklauschildrens.org, 305-666-6511 Full range of diagnostic and therapeutic services to deal with Down syndrome, muscular and neurological disorders, spinal cord injuries, ADD and developmental delays.

PARENT TO PARENT OF MIAMI

7990 SW 117th Ave., Suite 200, Miami, ptopmiami.org, 305-271-9797 Provides information, educational training and support to families who have children with dis-

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abilities or special needs.

SHAKE-A-LEG MIAMI AQUATIC CENTER AND MARINE ACADEMY

2620 S. Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove shakealegmiami.org, 305-858-5550 People of all abilities can learn skills to enhance their enjoyment of water activities.

BROWARD COUNTY ABI’S PLACE

1710 University Drive, Coral Springs abisplace.com, 954-753-4441 Nonprofit school for ages 3 to 12 with mental or physical disabilities. Each child is evaluated and receives a personalized education plan.

AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

apd.myflorida.com, 954-467-4218, 561-837-5564 The APD works in partnership with communities and private providers to assist those with developmental disabilities and their families.

ANN STORCK CENTER

1790 SW 43rd Way, Fort Lauderdale. annstorckcenter.org, 954-584-8000 Serving children and adults who have developmental disabilities.

AUTISM SOCIETY OF BROWARD COUNTY

10250 NW 53rd St., Sunrise,

Serving both Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties

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Operating through the Miami - Dade County Public Schools, in conjunction with the Florida Department of Education, we are a special education support system for parents, professionals and others who work with children with disabilities, ages birth - 21 years.

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Family support, children’s programming, public outreach and autism awareness campaigns.

Funds over 100 programs that serve the children and families of Broward County.

Private nonprofit that addresses the needs of people who are deaf or physically or intellectually challenged in South Florida.

BIT-BY-BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER

EQUUS FOR HUMANITY

3141 SW 118th Terrace, Davie bitbybittherapy.org, 954- 246-9171

18130 SW 50th Court, Southwest Ranches equusforhumanity.com, 954-661-8586

Safe horse interaction, grooming, leading, tacking, arts and crafts, etc. Individual treatment plans. Scholarships and sliding-scale fees.

Provides equine-facilitated psychotherapy.

FAMILY NETWORK ON DISABILITIES

FNDBroward.com, 754-444-6550 BRAINCHILD INSTITUTE

4350 Sheridan St., Suite 101, Hollywood brainchildinstitute.com, 954-987-8887

Provides advocacy training for parents who have children with developmental disabilities.

SWIM WITH MR. BLUE

11401 NW 56th Drive, Coral Springs 8200 Peters Road, Plantation swimwithmrblue.com, 954-956-9955 Private and group lessons for children of all abilities, plus Children with Autism and Down Syndrome swim lessons.

THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PARKLAND

7170 Loxahatchee Road, Parkland floridafriendshipcircle.com, 954-970-9551

Helps address Auditory Processing and Sensory Processing Disorders; ADD/ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Brain Injury, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Dyslexia and other learning disabilities.

GOD’S LITTLE ACRES

Provides a day of fun for children with developmental handicaps or serious illnesses.

Brings together teenage volunteers and children with special needs in the Jewish community for hours of fun and friendship.

BROWARD CHILDREN’S CENTER

HEALING HOOVES PSYCHO THERAPY

THE KIDZ KORNER AT PLANTATION

200 SE 19th Ave., Pompano Beach bcckids.org, 954-943-7336 ext. 114

Southwest Ranches - Serving Broward/Dade therapybarn.org, 954-907-6862

4250 NW 5th St., Plantation Plantationkidzkorner.com, 954-587-3296

Offers group homes, home care, nursing facility for special medical needs, pediatric clinic, pediatric extended care program, preschool, social services, respite care and therapy.

Equine therapy designed to promote mental health and positive change.

High-tech pediatric inpatient setting for medically fragile and/or ventilator dependent children from preemies to age 21.

BROWARD GOLD COAST DOWN SYNDROME ORGANIZATION

9900 W. Sample Road, #339, Coral Springs, bgcdownsyndrome.org, 954-825-0400

4551 NW 39th Ave., Coconut Creek godslittleacres.org, 954-984-0787

LEARNING SMART

13790 NW Fourth St., Suite 102, Sunrise startlearningsmart.com, 954-247-4226 Educational therapy focusing on auditory and visual processing, attention and focus, and discrimination and memory skills.

Family support, education and social activities.

TOMORROW’S RAINBOW

4341 NW 39th Ave., Coconut Creek tomorrowsrainbow.org, 954-978-2390 Miniature horse interactions are incorporated into therapeutic play and facilitated peer support for children who have lost a loved one.

LIGHTHOUSE OF BROWARD

Lois L. Deicke Center, 650 N. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale, lhob.org, 954-463-4217

CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY

1040 NE 45th St., Oakland Park catdogs.org, 954-990-5175 Free pet therapy for both children and adults.

Provides specialized rehabilitation and collaborative healthcare solutions for children and adults who are blind or visually impaired.

CENTER FOR HEARING, COMMUNICATION

2900 W. Cypress Creek Road, Fort Lauderdale, chcheaing.org; 866-954-8129 Voice: 954-601-1930, TTY 954-601-1938 Assistance for infants, children and adults with all degrees of hearing loss.

CHILDREN’S CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR

440 Sawgrass Corporate Parkway, #106, Sunrise, childpsych.org, 954-745-1112, 866-290-6468, Supports social, physical, intellectual, creative, emotional and developmental growth. Assessments and treatment options for children with developmental delays, including autism.

NICKLAUS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL DAN MARINO OUTPATIENT CENTER

2900 S. Commerce Parkway, Weston nicklauschildrens.org, 954-385-6200 Evaluation and treatment of children with special needs, support groups, sports medicine and neurosurgery consultations.

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY HEALTH CARE CENTERS

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NSU MAILMAN SEGAL CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

1401 S. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale childrensdiagnostic.org, 954-728-8080

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Family support, family AIDS program, medical and dental services and more for families with newborns through age 3 who are premature, at high-risk or developmentally delayed.

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Dial 211 or visit 211palmbeach.org/specialneeds or 211-broward.org/specialneeds.htm or broward.org/service/special-needs/ Free, confidential help on health care options, financial assistance, support groups and more.

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9801 Donna Klein Blvd., Boca Raton levisjcc.org, 561-852-3200 The Levis JCC Schwedelson Special Needs Programs strive to enhance the lives of children, teens and adults with disabilities.

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2728 Lake Worth Road, Lake Worth co.palm-beach.fl.us/parks/therapeutic_recreation/recreation_complex, 561-966-7015 The center provides a place for people of all abilities to meet and socialize and participate in accessible, therapeutic recreation programs.

GOLD COAST DOWN SYNDROME

915 S. Federal Highway, Boynton Beach goldcoastdownsyndrome.org, 561-752-3383 Assisting individuals with Down syndrome and other related disabilities.

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8480 Lantana Road, Lake Worth pbsfa.org, 561-533-9917

Notprofit dedicated to the introduction of the sport of surfing to children with special needs.

Developmentally appropriate education using behavioral strategies for students with autism spectrum disorder and related disabilities.

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PERSONAL PONIES

Instructors certified in Adaptive Aquatics and working with children with special needs.

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THE PLACE OF HOPE

Provides children with special needs a Miniature Shetland pony to love and care for completely free of charge.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS YOUNG ATHLETES PROGRAM

CMAA Therapeutic Recreation Complex, 2728 Lake Worth Road, Lake Worth specialolympicspalmbeach.org, 561-966-7072

9078 Isaiah Lane, Palm Beach Gardens placeofhope.com, 561-775-7195 Provides family-style foster care (emergency and long-term); family outreach and intervention; maternity care; and other therapies.

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2728 Lake Worth Road, Lake Worth vsapbc.com, 561-966-7015

Sports play program for ages 2-7 with intellectual disabilities, such as Autism and Down Syndrome.

Programs improving the quality of life for children and adults with special needs by promoting the arts, education and creative expression.

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Services for ADHD, Asperger’s/high functioning autism, learning disabilities, language impairments, NVLD, and symptoms of anxiety.

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Back to Basics: Cooking classes teach children vital life skills they will carry into adulthood

BY REBECCA MCBANE The kitchen is the heart of the home – it’s the reason the “open concept” kitchen is such a popular home design. It makes the kitchen the center of our lives, instead of hidden off in some corner.

Children know this instinctually; it’s why they leave their toys in the playroom and come to the kitchen to pull open cabinet doors and pull out Tupperware and pots to bang on with big wooden spoons.

We’re just now getting back to our kitchens after a generation that reveled in the invention of TV dinners and fast food.

We’re realizing there’s more to eating than not being hungry.

The slow food movement is – somewhat ironically – overtaking fast food.

We’re ditching take-out and packaged foods for made-from-scratch goodness and being counseled to shop the edges of the grocery stores and avoid any ingredient we can’t pronounce or identify.

So it shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that cooking classes for children have also become wildly popular.

Kids cooking classes are nothing new.

But in recent years, they’ve popped up at community centers, libraries and schools, helping the upward trend of children whipping things up in the kitchen.

Food educator, artist and vegan Ami Lawson said childhood fooducation can’t come soon enough.

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“Food Play started in 2008 as a way to educate inner city youth and make them more comfortable with vegetables,” Lawson said. “I started with young kids, 3 to 5 years old, who really had no access to these foods. They lived in a food desert.

I would speak to them and show them this tomato, and they would have no idea what it was. I didn’t understand how children were so far removed from their food.”

Having spent her childhood alongside her grandmother in the kitchen, the idea that children could know so little about fruits and vegetables shocked and appalled Lawson. She was moved to do something to change that.

“Children don’t have an opportunity to play in the kitchen anymore. I grew up in the Midwest, and I was always in the kitchen. I think it’s generational. People now are just trying to feed their kids fast, and so now I’m just trying to get them to cut up the food and play with it.”

Food Play evolved as a way for Lawson to communicate with children as an artist.

Many of the children she teaches come from underprivileged, inner city neighborhoods. Since these are young children who can’t even name a tomato or a bundle of spinach on sight, Lawson’s class isn’t about food as ingredients or even eating, necessarily. It’s more like basic plant biology meets art.

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looks like inside. Then from pea to corn to radishes. And then they’re realizing that a radish is harder than a tomato.”

She encourages the children to play with the different foods in a tactile way and to use them to build cars, boats and robots. And, yes, eventually, most of the building materials get eaten.

It’s all about inspiring children to get interested in food. The secret, Lawson said, is to get creative.

“It’s amazing because once you show them what’s inside a pea, they want to see more and more. Then I’ll mess around with them and make balls of frozen peas, and then I’ll hide them in an orange rind.

When they peel the orange and find the ball of peas, they’re like ‘What?!’ And that’s never going to go away for them.

They’re interested now. They have a different relationship with food now.”

Thinking about food in outside-thebox ways can encourage picky eaters to explore foods they might never have allowed on their plates before.

“I let anyone come to the table and bring whatever expectations they might have. I’ve had people bring me their kids and say, ‘My kids hate cauliflower.’

They’ll give me a list and by the end, I’ll get them to eat that food. I had one kid who would only eat peas. And by the end, I realized it was the size, the texture [that he liked], so I started cutting everything up into these small round pieces, and he ate it all.”

About a year ago, Alice Colin of Chef Alice Cooking in Pompano Beach added a “parent and me” class to her teaching repertoire. It’s a traditional cooking class, but simplified for 2- to 5-year-olds being assisted by their parents.

Colin, who has more than 15 years of experience teaching both children and adults to cook, is glad to see what seems to be a generational return to foodie foundations.

“Take-out seems so common and not eating together is very common because kids have so many activities. With both parents working and kids watching more TV, I think that parents are cooking less, but kids are interested more. The popularity stems from the Food Network and all the programming that is geared to kids.”

The rise of celebrity chefs and chefdriven restaurants has encouraged adults to branch out and try foods they never tasted growing up, and Colin said time spent in the kitchen can help children do the same.

“Kids learn best when they have a hands-on activity. I think they’re more prone to try new foods when they’ve had a hand in making them. They take pride

in what they made, so they’re more apt to try something they wouldn’t have before.”

While the focus of childhood food and cooking education might largely be on healthy eating, the benefits of learning to cook go far beyond what you put in your stomach.

“The skill is so important,” Colin said.

“Following directions. Learning to clean as you go. These are all good life skills.

Any of the preparation involved is a life lesson that they should apply to their everyday lives. When you’re part of a family, you have to help out. So you learn not just the skill [of cooking] but that you also have to clean up before you move on to the next task. You learn table manners.”

Colin gives parents helpful handouts that outline age-appropriate kitchen tasks, from tearing lettuce or kneading dough for the 2- to 5-year-olds to using an electric mixer for the 8- to 9-year-old group.

“Anything you can do to prepare kids

for adulthood and to be a productive independent person is all good,” Colin said.

“There’s nothing wasted in that. I think cooking is a skill that everyone should at least know the basics of so that you can fend for yourself.”

And there is perhaps no skill more basic and necessary to life and well-being as being able to choose healthy foods and prepare nourishing meals.

For artist and educator Lawson, there’s nothing more important.

“I once held up a grapefruit and 66 second-graders in Miami didn’t know what it was. We had to talk it through: spinach, mushroom. They know the words, but they have to connect to it. And I’m thinking, I’m gonna be 80 years old, living in a nursing home, and I’m gonna be starving because this generation doesn’t know what food is,” Lawson said. “I want to see cooking classes everywhere all the time.”

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Wash and sanitize all work surfaces, cutting boards and utensils after they have come into contact with raw meat, fish, poultry or eggs.

Before you begin, adults should demonstrate how to use all equipment, including knives, appliances and equipment, even potholders.

Time your projects so food does not sit at room temperature for more than two hours. Do not sample food that contains raw eggs, such as cookie batter.

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KIDS COOKING CLASSES MIAMI Food Play For Kids: Kids use peas, carrots, okra and more to make art while adults enjoy lunch. $25. 1-3 p.m. Sundays. The Wynwood Yard, 56, 64 and 70 NW 29th St., Miami. Tickets at bit.ly/FoodPlayWynwood.

The Real Food Academy: Age-appropriate cooking skills in a variety of classes for ages 4-13. $35, or 10 classes for $250. 9612 NE 2nd Ave., Miami Shores.

10-11:30 a.m. Saturdays and 4-5:30 p.m.

Tuesdays. therealfoodacademy.com BROWARD Chef Alice Cooking: Parent & Me Cooking Class: Ages 2-5 learn basic cooking skills, kitchen safety and simple recipes with an adult caregiver. $25. Locations and times vary. chefalicecooking.com

Nutrition Education Program: Children of all ages with special needs will learn about nutrition and food preparation. Parents and caregivers may also attend. Free.

Broward Children’s Center, 200 SE 19th Ave., Pompano Beach, and 3891 Stirling Road, Dania Beach. bcckids.org

PALM BEACH Kids Can Cook: For children in grades 3-5. Nov. 16 at the Mandel Public Library, 411 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. Call KidSpace at 561-868-7703 to register.

Kids Topics: Ages 8-12 learn cooking fundamentals at the Publix Apron Cooking School, 5050 Champion Blvd., Boca Raton. “Big Chef, Little Chef: Cookies,” 10 a.m. Nov. 4 and 18, $75. “Gingerbread Houses,” 10 a.m. Nov. 24-25 and 1 p.m.

Nov. 26, $60. 561-994-8350 or publix.com

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6 Great Reasons to Cook with Your Kids

BY SARAH LYONS Cooking with kids takes extra time and patience, but it has many benefits.

As more families rely on fast food for mealtime and childhood obesity rises, parents can make a lasting difference in their children’s overall health by cooking meals at home and getting the kids involved.

Here are other good reasons to bring your kids into the kitchen while preparing food for your family: MATH LESSONS Cooking is a practical math lesson. Preschool-age kids can practice counting as they add two eggs and three teaspoons of this or that. Elementary-age kids can learn about fractions in a real-world setting. If the recipe needs to be doubled or halved, kids can use their multiplication and division skills to calculate the new amounts.

Kids of all ages will learn to follow directions as they read the recipe carefully and help add ingredients.

SELF-ESTEEM Kids build their self-confidence as they learn something new and see the end result of their hard work. They can get immediate positive feedback from family members who taste the food the kids have made. Kids will see the effort involved in cooking and appreciate it more when a parent works hard on a delicious meal.

Cooking can also teach good work ethic, because failures can teach kids the importance of doing their best work and not taking shortcuts.

LIFE SKILLS Homecooked meals are less common in our society as people rely more on fast food. Children

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who learn to cook at a young age will be more likely to prepare meals at home when out on their own. Cooking is one of the most practical life skills you can teach your children. It provides them with health benefits and cost savings as well.

SCIENCE LESSONS Cooking doesn’t just teach math, but science as well. What happens if you add too much baking soda? Not enough flour?

Kids will learn how things work and the importance of following directions and using the correct measurements. They will learn attention to detail and what happens if a mistake is made.

ONE-ON-ONE TIME Kids crave one-on-one time with their parents, and cooking provides a great opportunity for some together time. Kids who cook with their parents are more likely to open up and talk about their day and what is going on in their lives. Cooking doesn’t have to be a chore; make it fun and take advantage of the time to laugh and talk together as you work.

HEALTH BENEFITS There are many health benefits to cooking at home. Meals are more likely to be well-balanced, have better portion control, contain less salt and fat, and just taste better. By cooking at home with your children, you are providing them with lifelong habits that improve overall health by training their palate to enjoy healthy foods.

Cooking meals at home with your kids shows them that family time and healthy meals are a priority. By teaching them this practical life skill, you are showing them you value their help and want to spend time together.

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Family Friendly Holiday Drink Recipes

BY CAROL J. ALEXANDER Nothing speaks holiday like mulled cider, gingerbread and candy cane. Whether you are chilling with the family or having friends over for an evening of holiday cheer, you want something seasonal to serve. Add a big bowl of popcorn or a plate of cookies and you are ready for games, storytelling or just good conversation.

The following drink recipes can help get your guests in the holiday spirit.

Spiced Cranberry Cider INGREDIENTS: 2 quarts apple cider 6 cups cranberry juice ¼ - ½ cup brown sugar 3 cinnamon sticks 1 teaspoon whole cloves 1 lemon, sliced INSTRUCTIONS: In a large stockpot, combine all ingredients.

hol in it, the kids feel special about being able to join the adults around the punch bowl.

INGREDIENTS: 3 eggs, beaten 1/3 cup white sugar Dash of salt 3 cups milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup heavy cream 2 tablespoons powdered sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla extract Nutmeg INSTRUCTIONS: Combine eggs, white sugar and salt in a saucepan, then gradually stir in milk.

Cook for 10 to 15 minutes over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened.

Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.

Cover and refrigerate to cool.

Once the custard is cool, combine cream, sugar and vanilla extract in a chilled bowl. Beat to form stiff peaks. Fold into the cooled custard. Pour into punch bowl, sprinkle with nutmeg and serve.

Candy Cane Cocoa Children, candy canes and hot cocoa just go together. Adding peppermint extract and a candy cane stir stick to your drink gives it a special touch.

INGREDIENTS: 3 1-ounce squares unsweetened baking chocolate, grated 1 ½ cups water 1/3 cup sugar Dash of salt

4 ½ cups milk ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract 1 cup whipped cream 4 small peppermint candy canes INSTRUCTIONS: Heat water and chocolate, stirring constantly, until the chocolate melts.

Stir in the sugar and salt. Bring to a boil then reduce heat and allow to simmer a few minutes, stirring constantly.

Add milk and continue to heat just until hot. Do not allow to boil.

Remove from heat and add peppermint extract.

Pour hot cocoa into four mugs and add a dollop of whipped cream on top of each one.

Serve with a candy cane stirring stick.

Russian Tea Russian Tea makes a wonderful gift when given in a decorated Mason jar or special tin. Print the instructions on nice card stock, cut out with fancy-edged scissors, and tie on with a ribbon.

Kid-friendly Eggnog

INGREDIENTS: ½ cup plain instant tea powder 2 cups orange-flavored drink mix 3 ounces lemonade-flavored drink mix ¾ cup white sugar ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon ground allspice ¼ teaspoon ground cloves

For family gatherings or parties including children, this alcohol-free eggnog is smooth and creamy. Folding the whipped cream into the cooled custard makes all the difference. And since there is no alco-

INSTRUCTIONS: In a large bowl, mix together all ingredients.

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Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.

Remove cinnamon, cloves and lemon slices before serving.

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ALLERGIES AND ASTHMA: How to Avoid Holiday Stress

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This is the time of the year when we all look forward to the holiday season, gathering of friends, office parties, school potlucks, hosting guests and traveling to reunite families. It can get crowded, busy, frantic, stressful no matter how in advance you “deck the halls” and organize.

When it comes to allergies and asthma, anxiety can easily insinuate if you are not prepared, organized. Finding the balance between gratitude and safety can present its challenges, but it’s what we call an inclusive environment.

We at FCAAC with the help of our doctors and qualified staff, would like for everybody to celebrate the holidays as the most wonderful time of the year, not the most dangerous, and we thought of sharing useful information on how to do so.

How do you speak to friends about your food allergies?

If you or any of your children live with food allergies, by now you know that ingestion and contact, also called cross contamination, must be avoided at all times. There’s no need to fear of appearing judgmental, no need to be apologetic, keep your talk educational, short and explain the restrictions. Create a list of your allergies, a list f your medications and where they are in case they are needed. Present the condition with the solution so that the person in front of you feels informed and ready to cooperate.

As far as food allergies are concerned, caution and preventative steps can make celebrations memorable and pleasant. Take a mental note that the following rules apply to whether you are a guest or a host: • Have your epinephrine prescription, asthma medications and anti-histamines handy and not expired; • Prepare in advance; • Communicate with the host or guest; • Avoidance is your number one priority, especially when you are visiting; • Consult in advance about menu and ingredients. Remember that who doesn’t have allergies, may not think of cross-contamination and you don’t want your aunt’s stuffing being remembered as the culprit of that rush to the hospital; • Collaborate by providing alternative recipes that do not contain allergens and by bringing cooked libations; • Eat prior to the event, to prevent any risk of arriving hungry and fall into the trap of inadvertently munch from the wrong tray; • Especially in presence of food allergic children, make sure that allergens are out of sight or reach and, when possible, substituted with appropriate equivalents safe for everyone; • Sometimes you must just say “no” politely if you suspect the environment will not be inclusive or safe.

Common allergy and asthma triggers, other than food, could be lurking our homes • Scented candles and potpourri may not be appropriate with asthmatic patients; • Coniferous trees and garlands – if you live in Florida and visit a colder state, you may be allergic and not know about it as they are not common trees in the South. The notorious fragrance of the Christmas tree can cause reactions that go way beyond a jolly celebration of the holiday season. Also, consider that they are cut and stored before being shipped and mold spores find comfort in hiding within the branches and cause various allergic reactions; • Stored decorations – may contain mold and dust. Best practice is to clean them before displaying; • Make sure that the filters of the heating vents are changed – dust particles can accentuate discomfort with breathing; • Smoke from the fireplace; • Sudden change in temperature

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‘Helloflo’ is the period book your daughter needs — even if she doesn’t know it yet

BY HEIDI STEVENS CHICAGO TRIBUNE Learning about your period is a bunch of things: essential, a rite of passage, weird.

Fun? Not so much. Not usually.

“Helloflo: The Guide, Period” (Dutton) aims to change all that. Written by entrepreneur Naama Bloom, this jaunty little puberty guide is not afraid to go there.

“There will be questions you were afraid to ask and ones you didn’t even know existed,” Bloom writes in the introduction. “There will be answers. There will be jokes. There will be stories. Many true, sometimes, mortifying, stories. There will be pictures. There will be drawings.

There will be Instagrams. There will be Beyonce. And most definitely there will be blood.”

Periods are the star of the book — why girls get them, how they might affect girls’ moods, what sorts of products girls need, how to insert a tampon (complete with diagram).

(If you were at one time a girl, you know that last one’s huge.)

But “Helloflo” doesn’t stop there.

Other changes that accompany puberty also make an appearance: breast development (“Is there such thing as a normal nipple?”), pubic hair, friendship drama — even changes in the brain.

“Your limbic system wants you to feel good,” Bloom writes.

“It’s the part that loves your friends.

Because it’s fully developed before your prefrontal cortex, your rational brain, sometimes it can get you in difficult situations.”

Bloom places a strong emphasis on listening to your own instincts and comfort level and provides ageappropriate

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historical context for many of the topics.

Pubic hair, for example.

You might think girls as young as 10 are not worrying about how to groom the hair down there — who even sees it?

Other girls in the locker room, for starters. Friends at a sleepover. Someone at the public pool if even one hair sneaks out of place.

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editor once who said the majority of the questions submitted online to her site deal with pubic hair grooming.

Bloom offers a quick jaunt through pubic hair history — from the 15th century, when lots of hair signaled wealth and good health (no lice; no medications that make your hair fall out), to the invention of bikini waxes.

“As with everything else about your body, you need to do what feels right for you,” she writes. “Not what you think other people want you to do. … Part of becoming an adult is learning what you like and don’t like and being OK with it.”

She offers a similar lesson in the history of “ideal” breast size.

“In the 1960s in America there was Twiggy, and in the 1990s there was Kate Moss; both were the biggest supermodels in the world and both were flat-chested,” she writes. “In the 1950s there was Marilyn Monroe and now we have Kim Kardashian, both of whom are, er, busting out.

“Are you thinking those women lucked out because they just happened to be born with the type of breast that people thought were fashionable at the time? Not true!

When each of these women became well known, their shape was the exact opposite of what was in fashion at the time; they just owned what they had.”

I like how much care Bloom takes to make girls feel both normal and empowered. Puberty is such a bewildering part of life, and even kids with access to excellent resources can feel overwhelmed by it all.

A friend of mine who’s a gynecologist tells a story about explaining to her daughter, after her first period arrived, that it might take her a few months before it arrives regularly, at the same time of the month.

“You mean it comes back?” her daughter replied, horrified.

Even with a mom who deals with periods for a living, she was under the impression that it was a one-and-done occurrence. They laugh about it now, but when you’re in the thick of it, not much seems funny.

“Helloflo” helps.

If you have a girl nearing puberty in your life, I recommend grabbing a copy for her. And I recommend paging through it yourself. I even learned a few things.

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What ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’ taught me about children’s brain research

BY HEIDI STEVENS CHICAGO TRIBUNE The first time it happened, I didn’t think much about it.

My daughter was bopping around the house, scouring the cabinets for a snack, texting a friend, dropping a trail of wrappers and dirty socks in her wake. The usual.

She was singing as she went, which is also the usual. But I perked up a bit because it was a song that I sang to her as a baby — “Baa Baa Black Sheep” — and it made me nostalgic for the days when she fit inside my arms and I could stare into her little eyes until they gave in to slumber and she never texted anyone.

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stages A few weeks later, I heard her singing another song from her baby days. How funny, I thought. Why are these popping in her head?

Then, a few days ago, we were on the way to school when she spontaneously burst into “How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?” — a tune I must have sung 7,000 times before she turned 2 and can’t remember uttering since.

I don’t think these songs are popping in her head, I thought. I think they live there.

Scientists have spent decades quantifying the neurological fireworks show that happens in a child’s brain before age 5 — synapse connections and language recognition and all sorts of other life-changing developments that I affectionately think of as miracles.

But I hadn’t noticed such an obvious sign of those early moments lodging themselves in my own child’s brain and staking out a permanent home. Until I started tuning in to her songs.

I wrote a little something about it on Facebook, and an acquaintance of mine, Lisa Mohl Kaplin, replied.

“It’s called procedural memory and I did my dissertation on it,” she wrote.

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“It’s so crucial during those very early years that we sing, read and speak to them with love and compassion. They don’t remember it in a conscious way, but they absolutely remember it in an unconscious, feel safe (or not) in the world kind of way.”

Kaplin is a psychologist, author and mother of three. She earned her doctor of psychology degree at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology while her children were little, and she remembers wondering, at the time, how much of those exhausted, chaotic years they’d remember.

(They’re now 17, 20 and 24.)

I called her to hear more.

“People say to you, ‘Oh don’t worry.

They don’t remember anything from that young,’” Kaplin told me. “But they remember it in their body.”

Procedural memories often refer to motor skills that we learn to such a degree that they become automatic — walking, talking, eating. They’re stored in our subconscious, and we usually don’t even remember learning them.

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in her body is triggered when she hears that song.”

(Mine too.)

A beautiful little dialogue broke out in my Facebook comments after I posted about my daughter singing.

“When my daughter was born, I used to sing ‘You Are My Sunshine’ to her, substituting her name for ‘sunshine,’” my friend Viki wrote.

“I had no idea why. I couldn’t remember ever singing that song before, but it was such a strong connection. I even bought a plaque with the opening line on it to hang over her crib. Sometime later my mother told me she used to sing it to me when I was a baby.”

Another friend shared a poignant memory about her mom.

“Taking this to the flip side,” she wrote, “my mom died very recently and when she was unresponsive in hospice care, I sang the little nonsense ditty to her that I sang to my daughter, mom sang to me and her mom sang to her. I swear I saw the hint of a smile. Anyone else know ‘Skinamarinky-dinky-dinky, Skinamarinky-do, I love you!’?”

Several people did.

Another friend joked about watching “Golden Girls” for the first eight weeks of her son’s life.

“If he busts out the theme song at 11,” she wrote, “I will feel like I have done everything right as a mother.”

My warm memories of my kids’ newborn years are also tinged with loneliness.

I remember long stretches of feeling pretty isolated as I tried to figure out these little creatures.

I derived more immediate joy from the days when they cried less and talked more and I began to feel like we were keeping each other company, rather than me just keeping them alive.

Hearing my daughter sing our baby songs now, at 11, reminds me that she was very much my companion all along — soaking in my words, my voice, my kisses.

You sort of know it at the time, but you sort of don’t.

“Being touched and loved and sung to affects them for the rest of their lives in an unconscious but very profound way,” Kaplin said. “It stays in their body. It affects how they react to the world.”

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When should parents talk to kids about internet porn? Sooner than they think

BY CHRISTIE TATE SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON POST “We have to check the browser history,” I said to my husband, as soon as our dinner guests left. He grimaced. I knew what he was thinking: I cannot believe we have to do this so soon.

“You deal with the kids, and I’ll handle the computer,” he said.

I was relieved that my duties involved the familiar, if tedious, task of shepherding the kids through their bedtime ritual, rather than the novel undertaking of reviewing what they’d searched on the computer during a playdate with a family we’d recently met.

Up to this point, my 6-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter had been interested only in playing games and watching kids’ shows on the ancient tablet we bought five years ago. I routinely left my computer running on my desk, never dreaming they would use it, much less for nefarious

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Suddenly we were thrust into the reality that our kids are savvy enough to find things on the computer that we are not ready for them to see.

We knew something was up when my son called down from my office, “Mommy, how do you spell ‘naked?’ “ I immediately went to investigate. As I took the stairs two at a time, I had the naive thought that the boys were writing notes to the girls about a clubhouse, or making a map to a secret Pokémon treasure.

But as soon as I saw my daughter sitting at my desk and the other kids huddled around her, I knew they weren’t playing post office.

I shooed them away from the computer.

“We don’t do screen time during a playdate,” I growled at my kids. “We certainly don’t search the word ‘naked.’ “ I didn’t even know my kids knew how to use a search engine.

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After a few minutes, my husband announced, “There’s good news and bad news.” The good news was that they spent most of their time looking at pictures of candy bars.

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stages » child eyes shut and preserve the illusion of my children’s everlasting innocence. Instead, I saw dozens of images of a well-known celebrity’s amply chronicled backside.

It could have been much worse. None of the pictures were fully naked or involved risqué acts. But regardless of what my kids turned up, we were facing a big parenting moment, and I wanted to get it right. My anxiety spiked when I realized I had 60 seconds to prepare for our first conversation about the dangers of the internet. My goal was to set clear boundaries without stigmatizing sex or stoking a curiosity that would only fuel future secret searches.

If given more lead time, I would have talked to other parents, my therapist and the school counselor. Maybe I would have read the latest research about how to talk to school-age kids about internet safety.

But this moment, like so many others, was thrust upon us before we had the chance to nail down our talking points.

We gathered the kids for a family meeting. “It’s OK to be curious about bodies and wonder what they look like. And you’re right that the internet is a place to find those kinds of pictures. But our family rule is that you can’t do internet searches without an adult.”

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In their chastened eyes, I could see the question they were too afraid to ask: Why? They deserved an answer, and we told them the truth: “The internet has pictures that are upsetting, scary and confusing for young kids. And worse, many of the pictures are harmful to girls.”

Both kids’ eyes grew wide. I turned to my daughter and told her that a search on the internet might bring up images of only one type of body. “If your body doesn’t look like the bodies you see — if it’s smaller or bigger or a different shape — then you may start to feel shame about how your body looks.”

While this was our first conversation about internet safety, we’ve had many conversations about body image. She knows how seriously I take this issue.

My husband assured them that when they are older, they can make their own decisions about what to view. “But for now, we believe you are too young to look at pictures of naked people on the computer, and we are going to fix the computer so you won’t be able to see them.”

The following morning, I dove into the research, which suggested that in addition to enabling restrictions on all our devices, parents should also block YouTube. While most of the articles I found

concerned teens and technology, Devorah Heitner, author of “Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World,” confirms that parents “can talk about potential issues as early as third grade, because even the youngest children can pretty easily find things like pornography online.”

My impulse was to keep this incident a secret because of the shame I felt, both about the kids’ search and my lapse that enabled it. But as I became willing to talk to other parents of school-age kids, I learned I am not alone. There were plenty of parents who had similar stories, and others were grateful for the warning. My secrecy would have kept me isolated and wouldn’t have helped anyone.

I’m sad we’ve crossed into the unfamiliar world of talking to kids about internet pornography, but this new land is filled with people just like us, and the more we talk about keeping our kids’ relationship to technology healthy, the better.

Christie Tate is a lawyer and writer who lives in Chicago with her husband and two children.

She’s on Twitter @ChristieOTate.

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1 WEDNESDAY Dia de Muertos Celebration. Create a painted sugar skull, taste authentic Mexican food and drink and enjoy music and dance performances. RSVP required.

Free. 6-9 p.m. HistoryMiami, 101 W. Flagler St., Miami.

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Movies on the Mile. Watch “The Goonies.” First Thursday of every month. Free. Grounds open at 6 p.m.

Movie starts at 7 p.m. The Plaza, 150 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables. coralgables.com

3 FRIDAY Family Movie Night. Enjoy Batman Lego activities and then see watch “The Lego Batman Movie.” Free.

7-9:30 p.m. Heritage Park, 19200 Collins Ave., Sunny Isles Beach. sibfl.net Coral Gables Gallery Night. See various works from European and Latin American artists. First Friday of every month. Free. 6-10 p.m. Various galleries, Coral Gables. coralgables.com Laser Fridays. A fusion of music and old-school laser light visuals under the Planetarium’s 67-foot dome. First and third Friday of every month. Adults, $10; children, $8. Shows every hour starting at 1 p.m. and ending at 1 a.m. Frost Planetarium, 1101 Biscayne Blvd., Miami. frostscience.org

4 SATURDAY Hands-on History: Native American Heritage. Join a Museum Educator for story time followed by a related art activity. Free. 2-3 p.m. HistoryMiami, 101 W. Flagler St., Miami. historymiami.org

Discovering Design Free Family Day: Colors, Lines, Graphic Design! Create your own poster. Free. Noon- 3 p.m. The Wolfsonian, 1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. wolfsonian.org

First Saturday. Enjoy trains, history, food and fun. First Saturday of every month. Free. 1 a.m.-4 p.m. 12450 SW 152nd St., Miami. gcrm.org/free-first-saturday

Fashion + Art + Music Nights: First Saturdays. Participating CocoWalk galleries, restaurants and businesses will host artists, live music and promotions.

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Concert for Kids: Star Wars Spectacular. Come as your favorite character as the dark side is defeated on stage. Arrive early to meet the New World Symphony Fellows at the Instrument Petting Zoo. $20. 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. New World Symphony, 500 17th St., Miami Beach. nws.edu

Saturday, November 11 PALM BEACH COUNTY show, and space explorer training in the newest exhibit, Astronaut. Participants supply their own sleeping bag, twin-sized air mattress or foam underlay, pillow and personal hygiene materials. Registration required. One adult chaperone must accompany every 5 children. Ages 3 or older. Cost includes hot pizza dinner, continental breakfast and all activities. $35 members, $40 non-members. 8 p.m.-8 a.m. South Florida Science Center and Aquarium, 4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach. sfsciencecenter.org

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Storytime. The kids can have a laugh while reading “Bruce’s Big Move” as a group. Free. 11 a.m. Kendall Village West, 12405 N. Kendall Drive, Miami; The Shops at Sunset Place, 5701 Sunset Drive Suite 196, S. Miami; and 152 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables. barnesandnoble.com

5 SUNDAY Concert for Kids: Star Wars Spectacular.

Come as your favorite character as the dark side is defeated on stage. Arrive early to meet the NWS Fellows at the Instrument Petting Zoo. $20. 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. New World Symphony, 500 17th St., Miami Beach. nws.edu

Founders Day: 22 Years Celebrating Excellence. The City of Aventura celebrates its 22nd year of incorporation with stilt walkers, jugglers, activities, a Green Market, games, art and science station, Toddler Town, food trucks and more. Free. Noon-5 p.m. 3105 NE 190th St., Aventura. cityofaventura.com Vintage Auto Show. Classic cars, a children’s scavenger hunt, Pinewood Derby Car races, lawn games and tours of historic houses and natural areas. Food and beverages available for purchase. Adults, $12; children ages 4-14. $7. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Deering Estate, 16701 SW 7nd Ave., Miami. deeringestate.org/

8 WEDNESDAY Citi Cinema Series at SoundScape. Watch “The Lion King.” Free. SoundScape Park at the New World Center, 500 17th St., Miami Beach. nws.edu/eventstickets/wallcast-concerts-and-park-events

10 FRIDAY Coconut Grove Veterans Day Parade and Celebration. Parade and community gathering with

food, music and guest speakers. Free. Remembrance ceremony, 9:30 a.m. at Charlotte Jane Memorial Cemetery, 3650 Charles Ave., Coconut Grove. Parade, 11:15 a.m.

Starts at Playhouse Parking Lot, 3500 Main Highway, Miami. GroveVeteransDayParade.com

11 SATURDAY Veterans Day Ceremony. The event will include the Mayor as master of ceremonies, presentation of colors, local scout troops and guest speakers. Light refreshments will be served. Free. 10 a.m. Veterans Park, 8791 Collins Ave., Surfside. townofsurfsidefl.gov Free Family Fun Day: Wild About Weather.

Discover the ins and out of how weather works: sunshine, rain, storms, and wind. Free. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. HistoryMiami, 101 W. Flagler St., Miami. historymiami.org Storytime. Kids can learn the benefits of friendship while reading “Too Many Carrots” as a group. Free. 11 a.m. Kendall Village West, 12405 N. Kendall Drive, Miami; The Shops at Sunset Place, 5701 Sunset Drive Suite 196, S. Miami; and 152 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables. barnesandnoble.com Family Day. The museum will be turned into Hogwarts to celebrate 20th anniversary of Harry Potter. Free. 2-5 p.m. Coral Gables Museum, 285 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables. coralgablesmuseum.org Veterans Day Celebration. Honor Military Veterans and recognize the 2017 additions to the Sunny Isles Beach Memorial Wall. Free. 9:30 a.m.- noon. Heritage Park, 19200 Collins Avenue. sibfl.net Veteran’s Day Ceremony. The annual ceremony includes local veterans sharing personal reflections, patriotic performances by Aventura City of Excellence School,

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12 SUNDAY Secrets of Spring Garden Walking Tour with Dr. George. Stroll with HistoryMiami Museum’s resident historian through Miami’s most hidden neighborhoods.

Members, $20; Non-members, $30; Children 12 and under, $10. 10-11:45 a.m. HistoryMiami, 101 W. Flagler St., Miami. historymiami.org

13 MONDAY Turkey Trot. A 1K run for children ages 6-13 with the chance to win prizes, trophies, Thanksgiving turkeys and more. 3 p.m. Milander Park, 4820 Palm Ave., Hialeah. bit.ly/COHTrot17

15 WEDNESDAY Food Truck and Music Festival. Free. 5-10 p.m.

North Shore Bandshell Collins Avenue and 73rd Street, Miami Beach. miamibeachfl.gov

17 FRIDAY Triangle Park Tree Lighting Ceremony. Live entertainment, food trucks, visits from Santa and Mrs. Claus, and a lights display. Free. 6-10 p.m. Triangle Park, South Okeechobee Road and Palm Avenue, Hialeah. hialeahfl.gov Laser Fridays. A fusion of music and old-school laser light visuals under the Planetarium’s 67-foot dome. First and third Friday of every month. Adults, $10; children, $8. Shows every hour starting at 1 p.m. and ending at 1 a.m. Frost Planetarium, 1101 Biscayne Blvd., Miami. frostscience.org Bite Nite. Food trucks and entertainment. Third Friday of the month. Free. 6-10 p.m. Cutler Ridge Park, 10100 SW 200 St., Cutler Bay. cutlerbay-fl.gov

18 SATURDAY Hands-on History: Native American Heritage. Join a Museum Educator for story time followed by a related art activity. Free. 2-3 p.m. HistoryMiami, 101 W. Flagler St., Miami. historymiami.org Turkey Trot 2017. A 5k run/walk. Entry fee is $10 and two canned goods. Registration, 6- 6:45 a.m. on race day. Race starts at 7 a.m. Miami Springs Community Center, 1401 Westward Drive, Miami Springs. miamispringsfl.gov Storytime. Celebrate Thanksgiving with a reading of “Bear Says Thanks.” Free. 11 a.m. Kendall Village West, 12405 N. Kendall Drive, Miami; The Shops at Sunset Place, 5701 Sunset Drive Suite 196, S. Miami; and 152 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables. barnesandnoble.com Arts for Wellness Day. Families are invited to explore their creativity and imagination through a variety of interactive expressive arts and healing modalities in an inclusive and supportive community setting. $5. 11am - 3pm. Pinecrest Gardens, 11000 Red Road, Pinecrest. allkidsincludedmiami.org Conservation & Wilflife Expo. Exhibitors will be displaying proper management of native and exotic wildlife as well as their efforts to conserve South Florida environments. $7 per person for ages 4 and up. 10 a.m.4 p.m. Deering Estate, 16701 SW 72nd Ave., Miami. deeringestate.org

19 SUNDAY Annual Botanical Bazaar. Local artisans sell botanically themed products and garden-inspired creations. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Miami Beach Botanical Garden, 2000 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach. mbgarden.org

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Kendall Village West, 12405 N. Kendall Drive, Miami; The Shops at Sunset Place, 5701 Sunset Drive Suite 196, S. Miami; and 152 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables. barnesandnoble.com Hip Hop Holidays. Dance contest, face painting, holiday craft with games and prizes. Free. 1-3 p.m. Center

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26 SUNDAY 69th Annual Parade. Marching bands, colorful floats, community groups and creative parade units. Free.

4 p.m. Downtown Coral Gables. jrorangebowl.org/parade/ Art in the Park with Marie. Ages toddlers-8. Create something new each month out on the lawn under the shade of the Banyan tree. Supplies included. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Last Sunday of the month. Miami Beach Botanical Garden, 2000 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach.

305-673-7256 Family Days. Activities include a ‘Design Challenge’, action guides for gallery exploration, performances and guest appearances. Free. 2-4 p.m. The Bass Museum of Art, 2100 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. thebass.org Wiggle & Paint Classes. Two classes will take place at the same time: a free Latin dance lesson where you can learn to salsa, merengue, and mambo and a free landscape painting lesson on the beach. Painting supplies will be given to registered participants. Free. Samson Oceanfront Park, 17425 Collins Ave., Sunny Isles Beach.

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BROWARD 1 WEDNESDAY Polliwogs Program. Ages 3-5. Activities include simple investigations, stories, crafts, games, and an exploratory hike. First Wednesday of every month. Registration required. $5 per child. 9:30-11 a.m. Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area, 5591 NW 74th Place, Coconut Creek.

Health and Education Fair. Health screenings, exercise class demonstrations, entertainment, 50 exhibitors, giveaways and more. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Carl Shechter Southwest Focal Point Community Center Campus, 301 NW 103rd Ave., Pembroke Pines. ppines.com

2 THURSDAY Star Party. Learn about the moon and stars overhead and look for satellites. Telescopes will be available. Free.

7-9 p.m. Alvin Sherman Library, 3100 Ray Ferrero, Jr. Blvd., Davie. sherman.library.nova.edu

3 FRIDAY Movies on the Lawn. Bring blankets, lawn chairs and picnics to watch “Pete’s Dragon.” Free. 7 p.m. The Great Lawn, Atlantic Boulevard and Pompano Beach Boulevard. pompanobeachfl.gov Rockin’ at Provident Park. Free concert series.

Bring chairs, picnic baskets, snacks, family, and friends to enjoy music outdoors. Free. 7-10 p.m. Provident Park, 1412 NW Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale. fortlauderdale.gov/ rockin Movie in the Park. Dress up as a pirate and watch “Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl.”

Blankets, chairs and coolers allowed. 6:30 p.m. Community Center, 1100 Lyons Road, Coconut Creek.

4 SATURDAY Food Distribution and Mural Painting. Join the City of Pembroke Pines, Feeding South Florida and Cushy Gigs Creative in a free food distribution for those in need with a live interactive community mural painting. Register at thefrank@ppines.com. Free. 9 a.m.-noon. Pines Place Apartments/Howard C. Forman Human Services Campus, 8210 Florida Drive, Pembroke Pines. ppines.com Miles for Smiles 2017. 5k benefits the Broward Children’s Center. FREE food, vendors, family fun and live entertainment. Adult participants, $30 plus service fee; children 10 and under, free.

New York Life’s Child ID Program. Children can learn how to stay safe in the home and at play. Receive a free children’s I.D. kit. Included with museum admission.

Noon-4 p.m. Museum of Discovery and science, 401 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale. mods.org Moonlight Movie in the Park. Bring blankets and lawn chairs to watch “Moana.” Free. 7:30 p.m.

Weston Regional Park, 20200 Saddle Club Road, Weston. westonfl.org Youth Fishing Clinic. Learn about ethical angling, fish habitat, baiting hooks, fishing regulations, where fish feed, rigging, circle of safety, knot tying and casting.

Registration includes souvenir youth fishing pole, pizza and drink. Ages 4-15. $20 per team of junior angler and parent/guardian. $10 for each additional ticket. Corporate Pavilion at Central Park, 9151 NW Second St., Plantation.

954-452-2558 Storytime. The kids can have a laugh while reading “Bruce’s Big Move” as a group. Free. 11 a.m. The Shops at Pembroke Gardens, 14572 SW Fifth St., suite 10140, Pembroke Pines; 2790 University Drive, Coral Springs; 11820 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines; 591 S. University Drive, Plantation. barnesandnoble.com Night Hike. Naturalist-led walk through nature. Registration required. $5. 6 p.m. Secret Woods Nature Center, 2701 W. State Road 84, Dania Beach. 954-357-8884 Full Moon Drum Circle. All skills levels welcome for a guided drum circle at ArtsPark. Bring a drum or percussion instrument. 7-9 p.m. ArtsPark at Young Circle, One N. Young Circle, Hollywood. visithollywoodfl.org/events. aspx

5 SUNDAY Sunday Jazz Brunch. Enjoy concerts at Riverwalk.

Bring well-behaved, leashed pets, chairs, blankets and picnic baskets. First Sunday of every month. Free. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. fortlauderdale.gov/departments/parks-recreation/special-events/jazz-brunch Downtown Hollywood Dream Car Classic.

Find vintage cars, collectible vehicles and vendors at this family-friendly event. First Sunday of every month. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 1900 block of Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood. cobrajoeproductions.com

6 MONDAY Food Trucks at ArtsPark. Bring blankets and chairs and choose from more than 20 food trucks. Free. 5:30-10 p.m. every Monday. Arts Park at Young Circle, Hollywood Blvd. and U.S. 1, Hollywood. visithollywoodfl.org

10 FRIDAY Movies in the Park. Bring blankest and lawn chairs for a family night out. Snacks and refreshments will be available for purchase. Free. 7-8:30 p.m. Villages of Hillsboro Park, 4111 NW Sixth St., Deerfield Beach. deerfield-beach.com Music Under the Stars. Beatlesmaniax will perform Beatles favorites under the stars. 7-9 p.m. The Great Lawn, Atlantic Avenue and Pompano Beach Boulevard.

954-786-4111 Mr Nice Guy. Performance includes the best music from the ‘60s to today. Free. 6-9 p.m. A1A and Los Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale. fridaynightsoundwaves.com One Day Art Camp. Kids are taught a new art making process by professional artists through hands-on themes.

Extended care, lunch and snacks available for purchase.

Ages 3-4, 5-12. Members, $55 per day; non-members, $60 per day. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Young at Art Museum, 751 SW 121st Ave., Davie. youngatartmuseum.org

11 SATURDAY Eats ‘n’ Beats & Veteran’s Day Ceremony.

Live music and food trucks. Free. 5:30-9:30 p.m. Amphitheater, 10561 Trails End, Parkland. cityofparkland.org Veterans Day. Honor veterans with the City of Plantation as well as officials and local dignitaries. Free. 9:30 a.m. Plantation Veterans Park, 1776 Lauderdale West Drive, Plantation. plantation.org

International Science Center and Science Museum Day. Enjoy the Reptile Show, Kaboom Show and Nitro Show. Included with museum admission. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Museum of Discovery and Science, 401 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale. mods.org Make a Card for a Veteran. Table of supplies and a collection box will be available. Free. Drop in between 1 and 4 p.m. Alvin Sherman Library, 3011 Ray Ferrero Jr. Blvd., Davie. sherman.library.nova.edu Veterans Day Ceremony. Honor men and women of the U.S. military. Presentation of colors and guest speakers. Hot dogs and refreshments will be served at the end. Free. Noon. Charles F. Dodge City Center Memorial Park, 601 City Center Way, Pembroke Pines. ppines.com/ specialevents Frogs, Bugs and Dancing Slugs. Make big bug shadow puppets with colored gel and learn shadow puppetry skills and techniques. Ages 6 and up. Younger siblings welcome with caregiver. Free. 2-3 p.m. Alvin

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Sherman Library, 3011 Ray Ferrero Jr. Blvd., Davie. sherman.library.nova.edu Veterans Day Ceremony. Join for the reading of stories and letters from soldiers in each of the U.S. wars.

Free. 11 a.m. Haven Park Community Center, 2020 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors. wiltonmanors.com Veterans Day Ceremony. Honor military veterans.

Free. 10-11 a.m. Veterans Park, 5750 SW 39th St., Davie. davie-fl.gov/963/Upcoming-Events Veterans Day Ceremony. Join the City of Cooper City to recognize local veterans. Light refreshments will be served. 11 a.m. 9001 SW 51st St., Cooper City. coopercityfl.org Veterans Day Ceremony. Honor veterans who served the U.S. Free. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Jaco Pastorius Park, 1098 NE 40th Court, Oakland Park. oaklandparkfl.gov Storytime. Kids can learn the benefits of friendship while reading “Too Many Carrots” as a group. Free. 11 a.m. The Shops at Pembroke Gardens, 14572 SW Fifth St., suite 10140, Pembroke Pines; 2790 University Drive, Coral Springs; 11820 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines; 591 S. University Drive, Plantation. barnesandnoble.com

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First 25 participants receive an IKEA gift. 4-6 p.m. IKEA Sunrise, 151 NW 136th Ave., Sunrise. ikea.com/us/en/ store/sunrise Coral Springs Farmers’ Market. Vendors sell fresh and organic produce, herbs, flowers, baked goods and more. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. ArtWalk, 9405 NW 31st Court, Coral Springs.

15 WEDNESDAY Sunset Hike. Naturalist-led walk through nature. Registration required. $5. 5 p.m. Miramar Pineland, 3600 S. University Drive, Miramar. 954-357-8776

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» fairs & festivals FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW Nov. 1-5. Cruise into the world of luxury boating. The 58th boat show will host runabouts, sportfishers, high-performance boats, cabin cruisers, catamarans, superyachts and more.

Exotic cars, yachtbuilders and brokers will also be on display. $29; children 6-15, $12; children under 6, free. Prime Time Preview, $46.50. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Nov. 1-4; ends at 6 p.m. Nov. 5. 801 Seabreeze Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Flibs.com FLORIDA DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION Nov. 2. Ofrenda exhibit, Craft Crypt bazaar, folk performances and Skeleton Processional.

Free. 4-10 p.m.; processional lines up at 6, starts at 6:30. Various locations; main event at 100 SW Third Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Dayofthedeadflorida.com ST. JUDE CHURCH FALL FEST Nov. 2-5. Carnival rides for all ages, bingo, live music, great food, beer and more. Oneday wristband, $35; four-day wristband, $60; 40 ride tickets, $30. Thursday, Nov. 2, 5-10 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 3, 4-11 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 4, Noon- 11 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 5, 1-8 p.m. St. Judge Church, 21689 Toledo Road, Boca Raton. stjudeboca.org SANTA’S ENCHANED FOREST Nov. 2-Jan. 7. Holiday theme park with rides, shows, games, displays and more. Single pass, $24.30 for children ages 3-9, $33.64 for adults 10-64, $18.69 for seniors 65 and up. Season pass available; reduced price through Nov. 2. 7900 SW 40th St., Miami.

Santasenchantedforest.com HAWAI’I FESTIVAL Nov. 4. Showcase authentic hula performances, live island music, Polynesian vendors, Hawaiian barbecue, kids’ games and more.

Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Free. 3-7 p.m.

Mickel Park, 2675 NW Seventh Ave., Wilton Manors. facebook.com/halauhulaonalikoaopuna KIDS LOVE & FAMILY EXPO Nov. 4. Parents can check out products and services from more than 75 exhibitors; kids can enjoy interactive shows, character meet-and-greets, art, animals, an astronaut and celebrity couple Erin and Ian Ziering.

Adults, $16; kids 2-12, $13; grandparents, $15; military with ID, $13. Buy tickets at kidslove2017.brownpapertickets.com. Museum of Discovery and Science, 401 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale. Kidslovefamilyexpo.com LAGOONFEST Nov. 4. Celebrate Lake Worth Lagoon with tours, wildlife presentations, kids’ activities, exhibits and water sports. Free. 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

West Palm Beach Waterfront, 101 S. Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach. LagoonFest.com IHEARTRADIO FIESTA LATINA Nov. 4. Join the crowd at AmericanAirlines Arena and sing along with Nacho, Gente De Zona, Don Omar, CNCO, Camila Cabello and more stars. From $29. 8:15 p.m. 601 Bis-

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cayne Blvd., Miami. News.iheart.com/featured/ iheartradio-fiesta-latina SUPER TOY SHOW Nov. 4-5. Explore retro toys (’60s to ’90s), comic books and games, compete in the game room and browse the vendors. $10. 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

Universal Palms Hotel, 4900 Powerline Road, Fort Lauderdale. Ultraconofsouthflorida.com ROCKFEST 80’S Nov. 4-5. Sixteen bands including Lynyrd Skynyrd, Cheap Trick, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Muscle cars, street art, hair/makeup salon, vendors and local DJs. Single day, $79; weekend, $129; VIP tickets available. Noon10:30. C.B. Smith Park, 900 N. Flamingo Road, Pembroke Pines. Rockfest80s.com CHAMBERSOUTH SOUTH MIAMI ART FESTIVAL Nov. 4-5. Sunset Drive in South Miami hosts more than 100 artists from around the world, plus food vendors. Free. Chambersouth.com SWAMPFEST BLUEGRASS FEST Nov. 11. Enjoy bands including America’s Got Talent 2015 semifinalist Summer Brooke and the Mountain Faith Band, family band Lonesome Meadow, and locals Jacksonian Music Factory, Alligator Alley and Pine Island Express. Visit the Jam Tent with your acoustic instrument to make some music of your own. Ages 12 and up, $19.95; ages 3-11, $12.95. Free for children 2 and under and members of Flamingo Gardens or the South Florida Bluegrass Association. Admission includes narrated tram tour. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Flamingo Gardens, 3750 S. Flamingo Road, Davie. Flamingogardens.org/swampfest-bluegrass-festival.html DOWNTOWN MIAMI RIVERWALK FEST Nov. 11. Boat parade, entertainment, pageantry; cooking, baking and decorating contests; kids’ activities, food and drink. Free. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Miami Riverwalk. Miamiriverwalkfestival.com EVERYDAY GREEN EXPO Nov. 11. Get sustainable with exhibitors, a holiday gift shop, farm-to-table demonstrations and Pet Expo. Events include a canoe race, ecomural creation, kids’ corner and performances by Earthman. Free; park entry fee $1.50 for ages 6 and up. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Quiet Waters Park, 401 S. Powerline Road, Deerfield Beach. Broward. org/parks or GreenExpo@Broward.org JOHN OFFERDAHLS GRIDIRON GRILL-OFF Nov. 11. Food and Wine Festival including a grill-off with NFL legends and South Florida celebrity chefs. Wine samples, food and Cornhole Tournament. Tickets from $25. Noon-5:30 p.m. Pompano Beach Amphitheater, 1801 NE Sixth St., Pompano Beach. Gridirongrilloff.com ART IN PARADISE Nov. 11-12. Art in the Park juried fine arts and crafts show presented by Plantation Junior Woman’s Club. Kid corner, live music and food along with the work on display. No pets. Free.

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HOLIDAY FANTASY OF LIGHTS 5K RUN & FITNESS WALK AND FAMILY BIKE NIGHT Nov. 11-12. Participate in a timed 5K, a fitness walk or a kids fun run on Saturday night, complete with food, refreshments, entertainment and T-shirts for each paid participant ($25-$55). On Sunday night, bring your bikes to ride through 3 miles of Tradewinds Park’s beautifully illuminated path featuring thousands of lights and largerthan-life animated displays from 6 to 8 p.m. Food trucks will be on site, and bike decorations are encouraged. $8 per bike, registration begins at the park at 5:30 p.m. Tradewinds Park & Stables, 3600 W. Sample Road, Coconut Creek.

Holidaylightsdrivethru.com CAMELOT DAYS MEDIEVAL FEST Nov. 11-12 and 18-19. Watch jousting, living chess and comedy shows, get food and drink, and stroll the Artists’ Market. Free crafts for kids, medieval games and storytelling. Celtic Mayhem plays Celtic traditional music and folk songs both weekends. $15; ages 5-12, $3. 10 a.m.5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. T.Y. Park, 3300 N. Park Road, Hollywood. Camelotdays.com GRACE JAMAICAN JERK FEST Watch cooking demonstrations, enjoy international acts and vendors, and of course visit the food court for jerk flavor. Performers include Morgan Heritage, King Yellowman and Sagittarius Band, and more. Kidz Fun Zone, Party Pavilion and Domino Tournament. $30 and up. 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Markham Park, 16001 W. State Road 84, Sunrise. Jerkfestival.com FESTIVALS OF SPEED Nov. 12. Motorsports show hosts more than 200 exotic cars, motorcycles and luxury vehicles.

Appreciate the designs of Lamborghini, Jaguar, Porsche, Ferrari and more. Wines, cigars, jazz and more. $20; children 12 and under, free. VIP tickets $125. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Diplomat Golf & Tennis Club, 501 Diplomat Parkway, Hallandale Beach. Festivalsofspeed.com DAN BARROW MEMORIAL BLUEGRASS JAM Nov. 12. Unplugged jam session for bluegrass, folk and mountain music. Bring an instrument and join in! Free. 2-4 p.m. Fern Forest Nature Center, 201 S. Lyons Road, Coconut Creek. Broward.org/parks MIAMI BOOK FAIR Nov. 12-19. A series of literary events with authors of all genres, plus Destination: Comics and a weekend-long street fair. See some of the hottest authors for kids and young adults, including Gene Yang, Mercedes Lackey, Kwame Alexander and Mariko Tamaki. The street fair’s Children’s Alley will host magicians, stilt-walkers, pop-up theatre performances, storytelling and live music Nov. 17-19. Events free Nov. 17. $8 on Nov. 18-19 ($5 for ages 13-18, free for 12 and under). Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, 300 NE Second Ave., Miami. Miamibookfair.com BROWARD COUNTY FAIR Nov. 16-26. Agricultural exhibits, a 60-ride midway, carnival games, farm animals, cotton candy, fair food and more. Gulfstream Park, 901 S. Federal Highway, Hallandale Beach. Browardfair.org

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HOLIDAY FANTASY OF LIGHTS Nov. 17-Jan. 1. Drive through three miles of holiday displays and illuminated trees. $16 per car; $40 per bus (15 or more passengers); $3 for three pairs of holiday 3-D glasses. $11 on Value Nights. A portion of proceeds will benefit local charities. 6-10 p.m. Tradewinds Park & Stables, 3600 W. Sample Road, Coconut Creek. Holidaylightsdrivethru.com GET LIT: LIGHT UP LAUDERDALE Nov. 17. Holiday kick-off and display lighting includes musical performances, train rides, crafts, face painting and vendors. Displays along Riverwalk on both sides of the New River. Free. 6-8:30 p.m. Esplanade Park, SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale. Goriverwalk.com SOUTH FLORIDA PARENTING HOLIDAY FESTIVAL Enjoy tubing on a real ice hill, snow play, games, crafts, prizes, entertainment, South Florida’s Got Talent auditions, Santa visits and much more at this 24th annual holiday event at Tradewinds Park in Coconut Creek.

The event is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday only. SouthFloridaParenting.com

P1 AQUAX GRAND PRIX Nov. 18-19. Personal watercraft racing series with Jet Ski, WaveRunner and Sea-Doo racers.

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P1FtLauderdale.com THE POLAR EXPRESS TRAIN RIDE Nov. 24- Dec. 24. Take a 50-minute roundtrip journey to the North Pole, complete with hot chocolate, treats, Christmas carols and a reading of “The Polar Express.” Coach, $40; First-class, $70; children under 2, free. Gold Coast Railroad Museum, 12450 SW 152nd St., Miami. gcrm.org

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FORT LAUDERDALE HOME DESIGN & REMODELING SHOW Nov. 17-19. Browse home products and services and meet industry experts. Furniture, cabinets, bathroom, decor and art, windows, roofing, landscaping, storage, automation tech and more. Ages 12 and up, $10. Discount online. 3-9:30 p.m. Nov. 17, noon-9:30 p.m. Nov. 18, noon-7:30 p.m. Nov. 19. Broward County Convention Center, 1950 Eisenhower Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Homeshows.net

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10 a.m.-4 p.m. Deering Estate, 16701 SW 72nd Ave., Miami. Deeringestate.org

HOLIDAY CRAFT SHOW AND GREEN FAIR Nov. 18-19. Visit more than 100 vendors at a craft fair and green market. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Bergeron Rodeo Grounds, 4271 Davie Road, Davie. Davie-fl.gov BUCKLER CRAFT FAIR HARVEST FESTIVAL Nov. 18-19. Crafts include country, folk, Victorian, Southwestern, Christmas and more.

Visit Santa and Mrs. Claus and look at classic cars. $10; ages 3-12, $5. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. Early bird 8-10 a.m. is $12 in advance, $15 at the gate, $5 per child.

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SUNNY ISLES BEACH JAZZ FEST Nov. 18. Legendary R&B recording artists, The Spinners, with guests, Cornell Gunter’s Coasters featuring Edwin Cook. General admission, $10. Reserved seating, $20; VIP with food, beverage and seating, $50. 7-10 p.m. sibfl.net

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» exhibits for families ASTRONAUT Through hands-on and full-body displays, investigate the reality of what it takes to be a space explorer. Its 26 exhibits - including a rocket launch simulator and a human gyroscope - show the physical and psychological effects of living in microgravity on the human body and the technology used to complete a mission. South Florida Science Center and Aquarium, 4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach. sfsciencecenter.org/astronaut BRAIN: THE INSIDE STORY Explore the human brain through art, brainscan imaging and interactive exhibits.

Interactive brain teasers, puzzles and a build-a-brain exhibit. Featuring a 6-foot-tall artificial humanoid, a three-pound preserved brain, and a “brain lounge,” where visitors can watch brain scans of a professional basketball player in action. Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, 1101 Biscayne Blvd., Miami. Members, $23.80; non-members, $28; ages 3-11, $20. 305-434-9600 or frostscience.org/exhibition/brain DESIGN: FORM / FUNCTION / FUN Featuring an eye-popping interactive designscape by Milagros. Young At Art Museum, 751 SW 121st Ave., Davie. Youngatartmuseum.org DINO ISLAND Through Jan. 7, 2018. Kids can be paleontologists as they dig for dinosaur eggs, examine bones and make salt dough fossils. Miami Children’s Museum, 980 MacArthur Causeway, Miami. miamichildrensmuseum.org

p.m. Main Beach Parking Lot, 149 SE 21st St., Deerfield Beach. deerfield-beach.com Puppy Pajama Party. Parents can enjoy a night out while the kids enjoy activities, popcorn, pizza, movies and furry friends. Ages 4-12. $40 per child. 5:30-9 p.m.

Humane Society of Broward County, 2070 Griffin Road, Fort Lauderdale. Humanebroward.com Hayride & Campfire Series. Admission includes one hayride and one bag of fixings for s’mores. Registration required. Ages 3 and up. Quiet Waters Park. 7-9:30 p.m. 401 S. Powerline Road, Deerfield Beach. 954-3575110. T.Y. Park. 6-9 p.m. 3300 N. Park Road, Hollywood.

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Night Hike. Naturalist-led walk through nature. Registration required. $5. 6 p.m. Highlands Scrub Natural Area 4050 N. Dixie Highway, Pompano Beach. 954-357-8109

18 SATURDAY South Florida Kids God Talent Auditions.

Kids ages 5-17 can audition to compete to win a $500 grand prize. Schedule your audition by Wednesday, Nov. 15. Free. Call 954-446-0813.

Art & Antique Walk. Tour and shop the eclectic of Oakland Park’s vintage and antique stores along Dixie Highway; what was once old is new again. Free. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Dixie Highway, Oakland Park. oaklandparkfl.gov Touch a Truck. Children and young adults with special needs are invited to spend the morning with fire and police personnel, learn about the equipment and explore emergency vehicles. Free. 10 a.m.-noon. 2801 Coral Springs Drive Coral Springs. coralsprings.org Granny’s Attic. The City of Pompano Beach Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Arts Department will host a giant

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AMAZING BUTTERFLIES MAZE EXHIBIT Through Jan. 7, 2018. Interactive experience where families can shrink down into the undergrowth and learn about the challenges butterflies face every day. Museum of Discovery and Science, 401 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale. $16; ages 2-12, $13; seniors, $15; military, $13. mods.org KNIGHTS OF THE AIR: AVIATOR HEROES OF WORLD WAR I Through Dec. 31. Exhibition features works of art, artifacts, and photographs showcasing the World War I aviator and his legacy after the War. Free admission to active duty, reserve, and retired U.S. Military each Wednesday. Flagler Museum, One Whitehall Way, Palm Beach. $18; ages 13-17, $10; ages 6-12, $3. flaglermuseum. us HURRICANE ANDREW: 25 YEARS LATER Through Jan. 14, 2018. Learn about the most destructive hurricane in U.S. history through first-person accounts, documentary photography, artifacts and artwork inspired by the event.

HistoryMiami, 101 W. Flagler St., Miami. historymiami.org MONSTER FISH: IN SEARCH OF THE LAST RIVER GIANTS Through spring of 2018. Learn about ancient fish that roam the depths of the oceans. Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, 1101 Biscayne Blvd., Miami. frostscience.org/exhibition/ monster-fish

DOUBLE VISION Through April 1, 2018. Vienna-based design studio Seite Zwei transforms The Wolfsonian’s façade and lobby with typefaces, abstract forms, and color schemes derived from the work of Julius Klinger. The Wolfsonian, 1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. wolfsonian. org/explore/exhibitions/double-vision SOUTH BEACH, 1974-1990: PHOTOGRAPHS OF A JEWISH COMMUNITY Through Apr 1, 2018. Personal portraits of the neighborhood in an era when South Beach was predominantly an elderly Jewish community. The exhibition will also feature the documentary, “A Bie Gesunt” (As Long As You’re Well), cameras, and archival material related to the highlighted photography projects.

HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler St., Miami.

Adults, $10; ages 6-12, $5. historymiami.org CHESS TABLES BY JIM DRAIN Through June 30, 2018. Inspired by public chess tables in other urban parks, Drain’s exhibit features two chess tables and four chairs, designed to provide a social gathering point for chess enthusiasts in Collins Park.

Visitors are encouraged to borrow chess (or checker) pieces from the museum’s front desk during museum opening hours. The Bass Museum of Art, 2100 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. thebass.org

indoor garage sale. Free. 8am-2pm. Emma Lou Olson Civic Center, 1801 NE 6th Street. pompanobeachfl.gov Storytime. Celebrate Thanksgiving with a reading of “Bear Says Thanks.” Free. 11 a.m. The Shops at Pembroke Gardens, 14572 SW Fifth St., suite 10140, Pembroke Pines; 2790 University Drive, Coral Springs; 11820 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines; 591 S. University Drive, Plantation. barnesandnoble.com

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food, games, contests, science experiences, historical fun facts and more. Noon-4 p.m. Included with museum admission. Museum of Discovery and Science , 401 SW 2nd St., Fort Lauderdale.mods.org One Day Art Camp. Kids are taught a new art making process by professional artists through hands-on themes.

Extended care, lunch and snacks available for purchase.

Ages 3-4, 5-12. Members, $55 per day; non-members, $60 per day. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Young at Art Museum, 751 SW 121st Ave., Davie. youngatartmuseum.org

Jazz in the Pines. Bring blankets and lawn chairs to enjoy a relaxing afternoon of jazz. Free. 3-5 p.m. William B. Armstrong Park, 1700 Dykes Road, Pemboke Pines. ppines.com Craft and Talent Show. Showcase for handmade goods, arts and more. Noon-6 p.m. Weston Town Center, 1675 Market St., Weston. Westontowncenter.net/events Free Arts! Family Days. Interactive arts activities.

Free. Noon-4 p.m. Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, 1650 Harrison Street, Hollywood. artandculturecenter.org

20 MONDAY STEM for Tweens. Explore STEM concepts with awesome activities, excellent experiments, dynamic demonstrations and phenomenal guest presenters. This program is designed for children ages 8 – 12. Registration required. Free. 4-5 p.m. Alvin Sherman Library, 3100 Ray Ferrero Jr. Blvd., Davie. sherman.library.nova.edu

22 WEDNESDAY Pineland at Night Hike. Wear sturdy closed-toe shoes for an hour-long hike. Flashlights, drinking water, and insect repellent are also recommended. Registration required. $5 per person. 5:30 p.m. Miramar Pineland 3600 S. University Drive, Miramar. broward.org/Parks

process by professional artists through hands-on themes.

Extended care, lunch and snacks available for purchase.

Ages 3-4, 5-12. Members, $55 per day; non-members, $60 per day. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Young at Art Museum, 751 SW 121st Ave., Davie. youngatartmuseum.org

24 FRIDAY 25th Anniversary Celebration. Special activities,

25 SATURDAY Cars & Coffee. Have breakfast and check out classic cars on the last Saturday of every month. Free. 9 a.m.noon. Gateway Classic Cars of Fort Lauderdale, 4020 NW 126th , Suite 108, Coral Springs. gatewayclassiccars.com Storytime. Children can enjoy a reading of “Everything is Mama” and related activities. Free. 11 a.m. The Shops at Pembroke Gardens, 14572 SW Fifth St., suite 10140, Pembroke Pines; 2790 University Drive, Coral Springs; 11820 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines; 591 S. University Drive, Plantation. barnesandnoble.com

26 SUNDAY Panthers in the Park Family Fun Day. Polar Express, Fair Super Slide, kids town, face painting,

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10 a.m.-3 p.m. Seminole Hard RoackHotel & Casino Hollywood, 1 Seminole Way, Fort Lauderdale. WinterfestParade.com

30 THURSDAY Tree Lighting Ceremony. Children’s play area, light refreshments and a special guest to arrive by fire truck.

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PALM BEACH 1 WEDNESDAY Coffee with a Cop. Ask questions, voice concerns and get to know the officers in the neighborhood while enjoying coffee and donuts. Free. 9-10 a.m. Juno Beach Town Center, 340 Ocean Drive, Juno Beach. juno-beach.fl.us

2 THURSDAY Hack Shack Tech Club. we’ll look at the basics of underwater unmanned robotic vehicles. You’ll assemble and operate miniature remote operated underwater vehicles. Open to fifth-eighth grade students. . Members, $15. Nonmembers, $20. 5-7 p.m. Stiles-Nicholson STEM Education Center across from the South Florida Science Center, 4801 Dreher Trail N., West Palm Beach. sfsciencecenter.org Heritage Reggae Band. Live music, food for purchase and sidewalk shopping at Clematis By Night, a weekly concert series. Free. 6-9 p.m. 100 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. wpb.org/events

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Children’s Special: Carrie Sue Ayvar’s “All Aboard.” Take an imaginary journey across continents and around the world through international folktales in Carrie Sue Ayvar’s “All Board: Traveling the World Through Stories.” Children 8 & under must be accompanied by an adult. Free. 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Spanish River Library, 1501 NW Spanish River Blvd., Boca Raton. myboca.us Drop-in Demo Day. KidzArt instructor will lead an interactive drawing-based art class using our line-by-line approach to creating a unique work of art. Free. 2-3:30 p.m. Sugar Sand Park Community Center ,300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. sugarsandpark.org Eyes to the Skies. Use a telescope to explore the skies. Free. 7 p.m. Children’s Science Explorium at Sugar Sand Park Community Center, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. scienceexplorium.org

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a sensory modified setting with sound and lighting adjustments. Free. 9-10 a.m. Children’s Science Explorium at Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. scienceexplorium.org Deck the Palms. Come shop from over 135 vendors showcasing holiday and home décor, children’s goods, ladies apparel, jewelry, and men’s clothing and accessories from local businesses. The event is kid and family friendly with a Santa meet and greet, kid’s arts and crafts, holiday themed entertainment and silent auctions. All proceeds benefit Junior League of the Palm Beaches. Free.

9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Palm Beach County Convention Center, 650 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. jlpb.org/deckthe-palms 3D Printing and Design 101. Interactive workshops for two age groups to work with Allaxis 3D printers. $50 per person. Ages 10-14, 10 a.m.-noon. Ages 15 and up, 1-3 p.m. South Florida Science Center, 4801 Dreher Trail N., West Palm Beach. sfsciencecenter.org/3D-Printing Storytime. The kids can have a laugh while reading “Bruce’s Big Move” as a group. Free. 11 a.m. University Commons, 1400 Glades Road, Boca Raton; The Shoppes at Wellington Green, 10500 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington. barnesandnoble.com Jupiter Golden Jubilee. Sun and surf with friends, family and of course our Golden Retrievers at Jupiter, Florida. The gathering brings awareness to the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study. Registration required. Free. 10 a.m.-noon: Jupiter Beach playtime. 4:30-7:00: Meet at Harbourside at Pucci and Catana located at 108 Breakwater Court for a raffle, parade and more fun. Jupiter Dog Beach Mile Marker #27, Jupiter. jupitergoldenjubilee.com/

5 SUNDAY Punkin’ Chunkin’ at the Park. Using Science

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Center slingshots and trebuchets, send your old jack-olanterns and pumpkins flying through the park. Guests can also enjoy pumpkin crafts, science demos, and discounted admission to the Science Center. All ages welcome. $3 per team. Noon-5 p.m. South Florida Science Center and Aquarium, 4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach. sfsciencecenter.org Jazz Sundays. Listen to the smooth sounds of live jazz music in Centre Court. Free. 1-3 p.m. Downtown at the Gardens, 11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Ave., Palm Beach Gardens. downtownatthegardens.com

7 TUESDAY Explorium Science Squad. Kids investigate a topic as a team through hands-on learning. Ages 5-6. Resident, $10. Non-resident, $12.50. 4 p.m. Friday Children’s Science Explorium at Sugar Sand Park Community Center, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. scienceexplorium.org

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8 WEDNESDAY Explorium Science Squad. Kids investigate a topic as a team through hands-on learning. Ages 7-9. Resident, $10. Non-resident, $12.50. 4 p.m. Friday Children’s Science Explorium at Sugar Sand Park Community Center, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. scienceexplorium.org

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9 THURSDAY Professor Pennygoode’s Mighty Flea Circus.

Live music, food for purchase and sidewalk shopping at Clematis By Night, a weekly concert series. Free. 6-9 p.m.

100 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. wpb.org/events Road Rascals & Art of Speed Car Show. Second Thursday of every month through December. Free. 6-9 p.m. Lake Worth Beach Complex, 10 S. Ocean Blvd., Lake Worth. lakeworth.org/events/

10 FRIDAY Screen on the Green. “The Lego Batman Movie.”

Bring blankets and lawn chairs. Popcorn, snacks and beverages available for purchase. Waterfront Commons, 100 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. wpb.org/Departments/ Waterfront/Community-Events/Screen-on-the-Green Food Truck Invasion. Bring blankets and lawn chairs.

Second Friday of the month. 5-9:30 p.m. Abacoa Town Center, 1200 Town Center Drive, Jupiter. foodtruckinvasion.com

11 SATURDAY Spectacular Space Family Sleepover. Astronomy crafts and demos, a special Night Skies planetarium showand experience space explorer training in our newest exhibit. Participants supply their own sleeping bag, twinsized air mattress or foam underlay, pillow and personal hygiene materials. Registration required. One adult chaperone must accompany every 5 children. Children must be 3 years or older. Cost includes hot pizza dinner, continental breakfast, and all activities. $35 for members, $40 for non-members. 8 p.m.-8 a.m. South Florida Science Center and Aquarium, 4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach. sfsciencecenter.org Storytime. Enjoy a reading of “A Loud Winter’s Nap.” Free. 11 a.m. University Commons, 1400 Glades Road, Boca Raton; The Shoppes at Wellington Green, 10500 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington. barnesandnoble.com Veterans Day Ceremony. Featuring veterans groups, city officials, music by Ft. Lauderdale Highlanders and Boca Raton Community High School Band; drills by Boca Raton Community High School NJROTC; and Boca Raton Police and Fire Honor Guards. Volunteers provided by Boca Raton Kiwanis. Free. 9-10 a.m. Boca Raton Cemetery, 451 SW 4th Avenue, Boca Raton. myboca.us Veterans Day Concert. “An American Tribute” will feature the Florida Wind Symphony under the direction of Kyle Prescott. Free. 7 p.m. Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. myboca.us Veterans Day Ceremony. Join the City of Palm Beach Gardens for a ceremony to honor those who have served and those who are currently serving in the armed forces. Featuring the Palm Beach Gardens Police and Fire Honor Guard. Free. 11 a.m. Veterans Plaza Amphitheater at City Hall, 10500 North Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens. pbgfl.com Veterans Day Evening Service. A flag-raising ceremony will be followed by a motivational presentation.

Enjoy free refreshments and a live musical performance provided by the RPB Community Band following the ceremony. Free. 6 p.m. Veterans Park, 1036 Royal Palm Beach Blvd., Royal Palm Beach. royalpalmbeach.com

Expedition: Sugar Sand Park Science Playground. Take a closer look at the scientific principles found within the inclusive Science Playground. Free. 9-10 a.m. Children’s Science Explorium at Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. scienceexplorium.org

12 SUNDAY Character Breakfast. A meal, activities, and fun with favorite Disney characters. Costumed encouraged. Ages 6 and under. Members, $10; guests, $12. 9:30 a.m. Mandel Jewish Community Center of the Palm Beaches, 5221 Hood Road, Palm Beach Gardens. jcconline.com

13 MONDAY Food Trucks Invasion. Second Monday of every month. 6-10 p.m. Cultural Plaza, 414 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. foodtruckinvasion.com/ Once upon a Happily Ever After. Workshop for creative writers, ages 9-12. Spend time getting ideas, creating characters, and finding new stories to tell.

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» theater, shows, & concerts JOHN CLEESE, LIVE ON STAGE Nov. 1. Screening of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” followed by an audience Q&A with the actor. Tickets from $40. 8 p.m.

Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Kravis. org/events/holygrail or 561-832-7469 EVERLY BROTHERS EXPERIENCE Nov. 1. The Zmed Brothers pay homage to Don and Phil Everly, who combined country, R&B and rock to inspire the Beatles, Bob Dylan and others. Tickets from $35. 7:30 p.m. Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St., Aventura. Aventuracenter.org or 305-466-8002 HOW TO SURVIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL Nov. 2. Comedian Robert Post presents a multimedia performance about issues facing students. $10; lap tickets available for children 12 months and under. 10 and 11:30 a.m. Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St., Aventura. Aventuracenter.org or 305-466-8002 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Nov. 2. Watch this season’s most popular dancers and routines. Tickets from $34.50; VIP packages available. 8 p.m. Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Browardcenter.org or 954462-0222; box office at 954-468-3280 TARZAN THE STAGE MUSICAL Nov. 2-5. First produced on Broadway, the theater adaptation of the Disney film features music by Phil Collins. Sensory-friendly performance available. Tickets from $47; discounts available for students under 25 years old.

Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Browardcenter.org or 954-462-0222; box office at 954468-3280 NEW WORLD DANCE ENSEMBLE Nov. 3. “Dances of the 21st Century” includes New World School of the Arts alumnae. $12.

8 p.m. Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St., Aventura. Aventuracenter.org or 305-466-8002 LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Nov. 3-5. A mysterious and dangerous plant threatens the neighborhood in this Florida Children’s Theatre Teen Repertory production. $25 in advance, $30 at the door. FLCT Studio Theatre at the Galleria Mall, 2542 B E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Flct.org or 954-763-6882 DREAMGIRLS Nov. 3-Dec. 10. Love, singing and showbusiness drive the story of three Motown stars. $48. Broward Stage Door Theatre, 8036 W. Sample Road, Margate. Stagedoorfl.org/ dreamgirls or 954-344-7765 MISS NELSON IS MISSING Nov. 4. In this adaptation of the children’s

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book, an unruly class tries to find their favorite teacher, Miss Nelson, while facing substitute Viola Swamp. $20. 2 p.m. Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables. Actorsplayhouse.org or 305-444-9293 ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Nov. 4. Program includes Amit Poznansky/“Footnote,” Suite for Orchestra; Ravel/ Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2; and Straus/Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40. 8 p.m.; preceded by a Beyond the Stage talk by Regional Arts programming associate and classical music journalist Sharon McDaniel, 6:45 p.m. Tickets from $39.

Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Kravis.org/ events/israelphil or 561-832-7469 JUNIE B. JONES Nov. 6. Junie B. stars in a musical about friendship and first-grade adventures. $10; lap tickets available for children 12 months and under. 10 and 11:30 a.m. Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St., Aventura. Aventuracenter.org or 305-466-8002 DUDLEY SAVES THE EARTH Nov. 6-9. Flown Ranger Dudley R. Spoonbill needs the audience’s help to stop the Polluting Pigs from destroying the Everglades. Sensoryfriendly show Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. Free. Fantasy Theatre Factory, 6101 NW Seventh Ave., No. 79, Miami. Ftfshows.com or 305-284-8800 THE KING AND I Nov. 7-12. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s musical follows the King of Siam and British schoolteacher Anna Leonowens. Tickets from $28. Preperformance talk by Steven Caras, Nov. 7, 6:45 p.m., and free musical presentation by DeGeorge Academy Singers in the Dreyfoos Hall lobby, 7:15 p.m. Free musical presentation by Broadway Reach in the Dreyfoos Hall lobby, Nov. 11, 1:15 p.m. Dreyfoos Concert Hall, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Kravis.org/events/kingandi or 561-832-7469 BLACK ANGELS OVER TUSKEGEE Nov. 9. Off-Broadway production tells the true story of African-American pilots who fought in World War II and struggled with racism at home.

Tickets from $35. 8-10 p.m. Miramar Cultural Center Theater, 2400 Civic Center Place, Miramar. Miramarculturalcenter.org or 954-602-4357 WHEN ALIENS FALL FROM THE SKY Nov. 9-10. Tony Award-winning poet Lemon Andersen performs 13 journeys of real citizens to explore America’s crisis of identity. $32. Rinkler Playhouse, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Kravis.org/events/lemon or 561-832-7469 PETER AND THE STARCATCHER AT BROWARD CENTER Nov. 9-26. Tony-winning show reveals the backstory of Peter Pan. $45; students under 25, $25 in advance, $20 two hours before performance.

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Chairs and blankets welcome; chairs for rent, $5. No outside food or beverages; items available for purchase inside. Rain or shine.

Free. 7 p.m. Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. Myboca.us or 561393-7890 PRINCE & MICHAEL JACKSON EXPERIENCE Nov. 11. A tribute to two pop legends by Bobby Miller and band. Tickets from $28.62.

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Coralspringscenterforthearts.com/event/thepurple-madness or 954-344-5990 MIAMI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: MISO-CHIC Nov. 12. Works by Fauré, Debussy, Arnold, Wagner, Brahms and Strauss, combined with visual arts. Tickets from $35. 6 p.m. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami. Arshtcenter.org or 304-949-6722 DAKHABRAKHA Nov. 12. Quartet combines Ukrainian folklore, theater and instruments from around the world. $32. 7 p.m. Rinkler Playhouse, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Kravis. org/events/dakhabrakha or 561-832-7469 AVENTURA MALL YOUNG STARS SHOWCASE Nov. 12. Featuring young South Florida singers performing Broadway hits. Benefits AMC’s Education Foundation. Tickets from $25; free lap tickets for children under 4 years old. 5 p.m. Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St., Aventura. Aventuracenter.org or 305-466-8002 LYSANDER PIANO TRIO Nov. 14. Acclaimed ensemble makes its South Florida debut through the Young Artists Series. Program includes Granados/ Intermezzo (from the opera Goyescas), Op. 49; Gilad Cohen/Around the Cauldron (2016); Liszt/Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9, “Le Carnaval de Pest,” S. 379; and Brahms/Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8. $30. Rinkler Playhouse, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Kravis. org/events/lysander or 561-832-7469 MOSCOW STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Nov. 15. Program includes Rachmaninoff/ The Rock, Op. 7; Tchaikovsky/Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23; and Scriabin/ Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 29. Tickets from $35. 2 p.m. Dreyfoos Concert Hall, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Kravis. org/events/moscowstate or 561-832-7469 BUMPER JACKSONS Nov. 15. Jazz, blues and country swing tell America’s story from New Orleans to

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17 FRIDAY Stuffed Animal Sleepover. Drop off your favorite stuffed animal and enroll it at the Youth Services desk any time from 9:00am-5:00pm for their sleepover. Pick up your stuffed-animal friend on Saturday, November 18, at 11:00am and watch a video of all the fun it had. Enjoy snacks, drinks, and a special activity. Downtown Library, 400 NW 2nd Avenue, Boca Raton. myboca.us Music on the Rocks. Bring beach chairs and blankets for a fun night out. Food truck items, beverages and cocktails will be available for purchase. Free. 6-10 p.m.

Ocean Avenue Amphitheatre, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. catchboynton.com Friday Night at the Museum. Movie, science experiment and a pizza dinner for ages 7-12. $20 for residents; $25 non-residents; $7 discount for each additional child. 7-9:30 p.m. Children’s Science Explorium at Sugar Sand Park Community Center, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. scienceexplorium.org

Stories In The Garden: Trees & Garden of Well Being. Interactive stories, songs, and tours of various gardens for ages 2-6. Free. 10-11:30 a.m. Mounts Botanical Garden, 531 North Military Trail, West Palm Beach. mounts.org

18 SATURDAY Yoga Power Hour. Read a book, power through some yoga poses and finish with a relaxing craft. Bring a mat or towel, and wear comfortable clothing. First come, first served. Ages 3-6. Free. 11 a.m. Main Library, 3650 Summit Boulevard, West Palm Beach561-233-2600

19 SUNDAY Grandparent’s Day. Celebrate the bond between grandparents and grandchildren with hands-on science activities, live interactive demos, exhibit exploration, BOGO mini-golf and more. Included with paid admission. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. South Florida Science Center and Aquarium, 4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach. sfsciencecenter.org Sunday on the Waterfront. Live music by the Wildflowers, a Tom Petty tribute band, on the West Palm Beach Waterfront. Third Sunday of every month. Free. 4-7 p.m. West Palm Beach Waterfront, 105 Evernia St., West Palm Beach. wpb.org/events/ Debate Club. Learn about debate and how to craft a winning argument. Presented by Aihber Khan, an awardwinning debate contestant and published author. Ages 9 & up. Registration required. Gardens Branch Library, 11303 Campus Drive, Palm Beach Gardens. 561-626-6133 FAU Band-O-Rama. Including FAU Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, chamber ensembles and the Marching Owls.

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25 SATURDAY Storytime. Children can enjoy a reading of “Everything is Mama” and related activities. Free. 11 a.m. University Commons, 1400 Glades Road, Boca Raton; The Shoppes at Wellington Green, 10500 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington. barnesandnoble.com Kids Anime Club. Meet likeminded people and bring cards to trade. Ages 7-12. 4020 Lantana Road, Lake Worth. 561-304-4500

Book Club Play Dates: “Make Way for Ducklings,” by Robert McCloskey. Read books, play games, make crafts, and have lots of fun! Ages 2-6. Registration required. Free. 11 a.m. Main Library, 3650 Summit Boulevard, West Palm Beach. 561-233-2600 Sensory Story Time. Short stories, songs and movement activities for children with special needs. All ages.

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