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HOME SCHOOL DAY
at the Fort Worth Zoo
Thursday, March 4, 2010

Register NOW!
All home-schooled children, and their families are invited to a fun-filled educational day in the wilds of the Zoo on Thursday, March 4, 2010. Keeper chats and activity stations tailor-made for home-schoolers will be available throughout the park. Enjoy asking keepers your best animal questions around the Zoo’s world-class exhibits, and consider purchasing additional tickets to the Zoo’s Wild Wonders Live Animal Program and/or lunch!

Wild Wonders Live Animal Program “Wild About Reptiles and Amphibians”:
The Wild Wonders Live Animal Program will focus on the amazing adaptations of reptiles and amphibians in celebration of our soon to open Museum of Living Art. The program will be presented inside the Education Center. You must pre-purchase your tickets by Wednesday, February 24, 2010 for this program as attendance is by reservation only. One ticket with total number of participants is issued for each group. Wild Wonders Live Animal Program times are listed on the registration link below.

Animal Adaptations Self-Guided Backpack Tour:

Challenge your observatory skills through a “Bingo” quest to find physical and behavioral characteristics. The Adaptations backpack comes with two pairs of binoculars, one nylon backpack, one elementary level and one secondary level scavenger hunt activity and a teacher’s guide. Cost is $10.00 per backpack.  Please visit us on-line for free pre and post visit activities to enrich your day.

Lunches:
Pre-ordered lunch pick-up will be located in the Bluebonnet Cafe in Texas Wild!. You must pre-purchase your tickets for this particular lunch as it is by reservation only. Refer to the registration link below to order your lunches and select a pick-up time. Please be aware if you are purchasing for a group, you will receive only one ticket with your group number for your entire group. Participants must have a ticket to receive lunches. Lunch includes hot dog, chips and lemonade.

Registration Information:
You may pre-purchase your discounted Zoo admission tickets, lunches and Wild Wonders Live Animal Program tickets by Wednesday, February 24, 2010. If you register on-site the day of the event, only discounted admission tickets will be available. Lunch and Wild Wonders Live Animal Program tickets are only available by pre-registering. Sorry, no phone registrations.

Early Ticket Pick-Up:
Pre-registered tickets may be picked up at the Guest Relations office at the front entrance of the Zoo starting on Friday, February 26, 2010 through Sunday, February 28, 2010 during normal Zoo operating hours from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pre-registered tickets not picked up during the early pick up period will be available at Will Call starting at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, March 4, 2010.

For questions, call the Fort Worth Zoo Education Department, 817/759-7200.

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Library Used Book Sales in North Texas

Lancaster – February 4-6
Lewisville – February 6-7
Wichita Falls – February 6
Cedar Park – February 20-22
Carrollton – February 25-28

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Dates of Classes: Wednesdays, March 3rd – April 21st (8 weeks)

Time of Classes: 10:00 – 11:30 am

Location: Meet at the Bear Creek Pavillion

Cost: $3/child per program

These hands-on classes will focus on the life sciences and will be interactive and engaging for all students, supplementing what is taught at home. Topics covered will include insects, wildflowers, the water cycle, soil and trees. All age ranges are accommodated during lessons.

Questions about the program? Or want to sign-up?

Contact:

Linda Dunn, Naturalist
Bear Creek Nature Park 1000 Bear Creek Road (physical address)
1700 Veterans Memorial Pkwy. (mailing address)
Lancaster, TX 75134
972-218-7339

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Saturdays, February 13th and 20th

1:00 – 3:30 p.m., Tech Lab

Center for Creative Connections, Dallas Museum of Art

Consider experiences and memories associated with private spaces like your home and public spaces like a museum.  This two-part workshop is designed for youth ages 14-18 and will be taught by Cassandra Emswiler, UT Dallas M.F.A. candidate and artist.  The workshop includes time in the galleries viewing work by artists in the Museum collection and time in the Tech Lab working in both traditional and non-traditional art media and processes.  Participants will sketch and photograph, as well as create images using Adobe Photoshop Elements software and Google Sketch-Up.  All supplies and equipment are included.  Email nstutzman@dallasmuseumofart.org to register.

This class is included in the price of admission.  Admission for middle school and high school students is $5 with a student i.d. card.

Visit the Dallas Museum of Art Educator Blog!

Do you own a natural family focused business in North Texas?

Would you like to reach your target market quicker, easier, and for FREE?

Enter to WIN:

TWO months FREE Featured Natural Business status on the North Texas Natural Family site!

What YOU Get:

FREE Featured Natural Business status on the NTNF website for the months of February and March

Featured Business status includes:

Prime Real Estate Ad Campaign – Top of sponsors list with a static banner (appears on every page), listed on our Sponsors page with a static banner.

Featured Listing in our resource directory – Top of directory listing for your appropriate directory, in addition to your free complimentary directory listing alphabetized in your appropriate directory.

ONE blog post featuring your business, organization, or other promotion pertaining to natural family living.

ONE  – NTNF Blog Talk Radio interview featuring your business, organization, or other promotion pertaining to natural family living.

All of this for FREE for 2 months!

How to Enter:

1) Reply to this post below in the comments; with your name, business name, and contact email. Tell us about your natural business and what you have to offer our community as a natural business professional.

Additional Entries:

1 additional entry – For every 5 friends you email about NTNF with Admin@NorthTexasNaturalFamily.com cc’ed or bcc’ed in the email!

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2 additional entries – FAN us on Facebook AND SHARE the NTNF page on your profile, and post on the NTNF page that you shared us with your network! If already a fan, just SHARE!

5 entries possible per business!

Contest entries BEGIN today, Thursday, January 28, 2010

Contest ENDS on Thursday, February 4, 2010.

The winner will be announced on Friday, February 5, 2010. All banners will be up as soon as graphics are received by the winner. Featured Business Post will be up as soon as winner submits desired posting along with desired date for post to be placed on the NTNF site. Interview will be scheduled with winner on Friday, February 5, 2010 and will air on winner’s desired dated.

EVERYONE IS A WINNER! Everyone who enters our contest will receive a complimentary directory listing along with a ONE month featured business status directory listing for the month of March, listing will be placed just below our Featured Natural Business winner if listed in the same directory!

Worried about termites? Squirrels in the attic driving you nuts? Experts in the pest control field will give you tips on protecting your home from unwanted visitors at this Living Green class at the TRAC, Saturday, November 21 at 10am. Learn from the professionals about safe, organic insect control and humane mammal exclusion & removal. We’ll focus on practical solutions that work without harming the environment. $20 per person. Reserve your place by calling Pauline Schafer at 214-309-5815 or register online at www.trinityriveraudubon.org.

The Trinity River Audubon Center is located at 6500 South Loop 12, just about 2 miles east of interstate 45 in Dallas.

Dallas/Fort Worth DiaperFreeBaby will hold its monthly meeting Thursday, Nov. 19 at 10 a.m. at the indoor play area of Irving Bible Church in Irving.  DiaperFreeBaby is a network of free support groups promoting a natural approach to responding to babies’ elimination needs. This practice is followed worldwide and is known as elimination communication, natural infant hygiene and infant potty training. The process involves observing one’s baby’s signs and signals, providing cue sounds and elimination-place associations, and can be done with or without any diaper use.

Event details:

Thursday, Nov. 19th

10 AM – 12 PM

Irving Bible Church
2435 Kinwest Parkway
Irving, TX 75063

Contact Natalie for more meeting details at 817-637-9156.

Visit DiaperFreeBaby online or join the local group.

Sunday, November 15, 2009, marks the 12th anniversary of America Recycles Day. America Recycles Day is a day that encourages us all to recycle and to purchase recycled products. This day was created by a partnership between Keep America Beautiful, Inc. and the National Recycling Coalition. Unite with other recylcing fans across America at LOCAL North Texas area events being held in:

Allen
Arlington
Colleyville
Coppell
Flower Mound
Fort Worth
Dallas
Glenn Heights
Grapevine
Irving
Lancaster
Mesquite
Plano
Richardson
Richland Hills

And many more areas throughout Texas!

For a complete list of all cities in Texas holding America Recycles Day events, and for the event details of the cities listed above please visit: America Recycles Day.org

The Homebirth Association of North Dallas (HAND) will be holding their Dallas area monthly meeting on Tuesday November 17th. Certified Professional Midwife, Molly Germash, of Hearts Desire Midwifery, will be leading the meeting on the following topics:

What does an ideal birth team look like and how can we arrange it – for a hospital birth, a birth center birth, or a home birth. If a midwife is involved, who assists her, how, and why? What components of birth produce deep joy and satisfaction when it is all over?

This is a great topic for any birthing woman or couple so please feel free to invite hospital birthing friends or even friends that are still just thinking about having babies.

When: Tuesday, November 17th 11 am-1 pm
Where: 330 Buttonwood Court, Coppell
Children and spouses very welcome!
Bring a potluck dish to share

Contact: Maria for more details or questions (bpokluda@yahoo. com or 214.223.0226)

Join the HAND Yahoo group or visit their website.

Dallas/Fort Worth Baby Wearing group will be holding their monthly social meet-up on Sunday, November 15th in Plano.

Come to meet other baby wearing moms and bring your stash to show off!

Meeting details:

Sunday, Nov. 15th

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Meeting Location:
1804 Lake Hill Ln
Plano, TX 75023

Visit the DFW Babywearing group for more information about babywearing and the Dallas and Fort Worth area meetups.