Exciting Field Trips Coming Up!

Our November and December field trips are set to be released tomorrow, Tuesday, September 27 at 9 a.m. via e-mail and Facebook !

Homeschool Day at SeaWorld in San Diego
Date: Wednesday, November 2
Time: 9:15 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Cost: $6.25

Enhance your home education program with an instructional field trip to SeaWorld! This program provides your learners with an unforgettable day of exploration as they connect to wildlife and the world we share. The program includes:
An educational animal presentation.
Self-guided viewing of SeaWorld’s animal habitats. On the day of the visit, each adult chaperone will receive a field trip guide to facilitate learning.
A science activity guide that provides additional educational value to your SeaWorld field trip.
SeaWorld’s instructional field trip program supports California Science Content Standards.

Questions? Contact Nicole Schwartz

Ronald McDonald House Service Project at Kenneth Hahn Park, L.A.
Date: Wednesday, November 9
Time: 10 a.m. – noon
Cost: Free

Join us at Kenneth Hahn Park to make “Snack Packs” for the children at the Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House! Families staying at the Ronald McDonald House are dealing with serious childhood illnesses and face financial hardships as they are spending all of their time focusing on their children’s medical issues. They spend long days at the Children’s Hospital for appointments and treatments. Let’s help them out by providing some snacks and cheer for their hospital days.

We will meet at the dragon playground at the top of Kenneth Hahn Park to decorate paper snack bags, make encouraging cards, and fill the bags with healthy snacks.

Donations of healthy snacks and drinks are needed! Suggestions are non-perishable juice or milk boxes/pouches, granola bars, nut/trail mix packs, fruit snacks, apple sauce pouches, other fruit pouches, or crackers/chips. Please bring pre-packaged single serving snacks that don’t expire until 2017 or later. If you’re unable to donate snacks but would like to attend to decorate bags and make cards, you’re still welcome to join us!

Questions? Contact Maggie Pulley or Gillian Bayer

Sea Discovery at Waterfront Education in Redondo Beach
Date: Monday, November 14
Time: 9:30 a.m. – noon for grades TK-3
1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. for grades 4-12
Cost: $30/ticket

Come make discoveries at sea! We have an amazing opportunity aboard a classroom on a boat, with activities including an otter trawl for local marine life, a plankton pull, etc. Based on the age of your learner, there are two opportunities available. If you have learners in both age groups, you can decide which age group fits your family best. The trip is $30/person. Learners may use funds, while other family members must pay through Eventbrite. Siblings younger than 3 are discouraged, as there are limited life jackets available.

Questions? Contact Erin Munavu

Toys for Tots Drive Service Project in Costa Mesa
Date: Wednesday, November 16
Time: 10 a.m. – noon
Cost: FREE

Join us for a toy drive and park clean up! Please help Toys For Tots reach their goal of providing joy to less fortunate children around the USA by bringing a toy donation. We would love for every family to bring a new, unwrapped toy to donate and then stay to help clean up the park. We will be meeting at Tewinkle Park located at 970 Arlington Drive in Costa Mesa. At 10:00 am, we will meet at the picnic shelter next to the playground to drop off the donated toys. After you drop off your toys, please walk around the beautiful park and help pick up trash. Once you have contributed to the trash clean up, please feel free to picnic at the beautiful park while socializing and enjoying a fun hangout time with other iLEAD families.

Questions? Contact Allison Smith

Underwood Farms in Simi Valley
Date: Friday, November 18
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $8/ticket

Come join us for a morning tour of a working farm and enjoy a presentation from the farmer, a vintage tractor-drawn wagon ride around the farm, vegetable picking, and lunch in a shaded picnic area (bring your lunch).

Questions? Contact Carol Bunch

The Nutcracker performed by The Bob Baker Marionettes
Date: Tuesday, November 29
Time: 10 a.m. – noon
Cost: $10/ticket

Join us for a Los Angeles holiday tradition to see The Nutcracker performed by the Bob Baker Marionettes! The amazing puppeteers bring a holiday classic to life with music and dance. This show is great for children of all ages. After the show, everyone is invited to an ice cream party!

Questions? Contact Maggie Pulley or Gillian Bayer

The Nutcracker at the Barclay
Date: Thursday, December 8
Time: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $10/ticket

Festival Ballet Theatre’s production of The Nutcracker, part of Children’s Invitation to the Ballet, was especially designed to introduce elementary and junior high school learners to the beauty of classical ballet and music.

The company’s lavish one-hour, narrated rendition of The Nutcracker returns to the Barclay. Featuring magical effects, dazzling sets and opulent costumes, this professional production of The Nutcracker highlights FBT’s exceptional company dancers and budding young talent from across southern California. Celebrate the season with our heroine Clara, the Sugar Plum Fairy, and a cast of hundreds as they take you on a magical journey to the mystical Kingdom of Sweets.

Questions? Contact Tricia Lorenzen

Red Chair Nutcracker in Pasadena
Date: Friday, December 9
Time: 9 am
Cost: $3/ticket; ONE adult ticket per family

These tickets sold out so quickly last year that we wanted to offer it again this year! Please join us for this magical holiday tradition adored by children for generations.

The stunning performance is located at the beautiful Alex Theatre in Glendale! This show is for kids, by kids! All the performers are between the ages of 5 and 18, and the caliber of artistry from these young artists is indeed a spectacle! This lavish show has been hailed by RedTri as L.A.’s best Nutcracker for kids and has no shortage of glitz and glam. (Please note that this show is appropriate for ages 5-18. Siblings younger than 5 may find the show challenging to sit through.)

Questions? Contact Mandy Schutt