Free/Cheap Stuff to do for 4TH OF JULY WEEK!!!!!!!!

Go check out my other blog Heather's Hot Deals and find a bunch of FREE or REALLY CHEAP stuff to do in the upcoming week with your kids!  It's all in the DFW/South Arlington-ish area,  and you'll find FREE fireworks/4th of July events Friday-Monday!!!! Even if you don't live around here, there are ideas for looking up FREE or REALLY CHEAP things to do with your kids in your area.  Check it out and follow me!!  I try to post weekly during the summer so keep coming back!

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Monitoring Your Child's Reading, Game, and Movie Exposure

ATTENTION ALL PARENTS:

I am in LOVE with this new resource I found from Focus on the Family.  It's a website called Plugged In.  This AMAZING resource is to help you to decide what is, or is not, appropriate for your child to watch, read and play.

There are some super hero parents out there that read books, watch movies, and play games before letting their child do them, and I wish I was one, but I'm not.  I think most of us regular parents, don't have time for that.  Instead, we just look at the rating and go by what other kids his/her age are allowed to do, and then regret it when our children ask about what certain words mean or pick up negative behaviors from it.

HALLELUJAH!!  Plugged In has come to our rescue!!  This (extremely thorough) website has cataloged thousands of TV shows, movies, books, video games and music with VERY DETAILED descriptions of the content for you to decide whether your child should be exposed to it or not.  For example, the new movie that's coming out today, Mr Popper's Penguins, is reviewed for parents beginning with positive elements and then moves on to include any violence, crude or profane language (bad words, kinda bad words, and almost bad words :) ), drug and alcohol content, sexual content, spiritual content or other negative content.  It does NOT end with a yay or nay vote on whether you should allow your child to see it or not, which I love.  It is purely non-biased information for parents to use in their decision making.

Thank you Focus on the Family for this invaluable parent resource!

A/B Honor Roll Students Swim FREE!!

Arlington Aquatics Honor Roll Day 
Thursday, June 16 

Free admission for students on the A or A/B honor roll. Must show proof of 2010-2011 school report card. For more information, call 817-459-5483.

FREE Stuff To Do Next Week!

Sunday (Father's Day) 6/19

• Dads swim FREE at all Arlington public pools
• Family Past Times- FREE kids admission @ Dallas Heritage Village 12-4pm

Monday 6/20

• Shirley Duke @ Betty Warmack Grand Prairie Public Library, 1:00

Tuesday 6/21

• 10:30 Story Time @ Southwest Arlington Library
• The Church on Rush Creek indoor play area open 10-4

Wednesday 6/22

• Aaron Nigel Smith @ Levitt Pavilion 7:30pm
• Story Time @ Betty Warmack Grand Prairie Public Library 11:00am

Thursday 6/23

• Story Time @ Lake Arlington Public Library 10:30am
• Preschool Splash Day @ The Church on Rush Creek 10a-12
• The Church on Rush Creek indoor play area open 10-4
• Wine Walk (Adults only) Uptown Cedar Hill 6-9pm

Friday 6/24

• Cedar Hill Uptown Village Jam To Give: Freddie Jones Jazz Group 7-9pm (bring notebook paper or pencils to donate)

Saturday 6/25

• Barnes and Noble Parks Mall Kids Fine Arts Celebration with authorsAmanda Thrasher and Tim Ostermeyer, 1:00
• Happy Birthday, Eric Carle! Arlington Public Library, 2-4 RegistrationRequired!

FREE/CHEAP Stuff to do this Week in Arlington/GP/Kennedale

Tonight: Secret Agent 23 Skidoo @ Levitt Pavilion, 7:30

Thursday, 6/9: 10:30 Story time @ Lake Arlington Public Library
                     10-4 The Church on Rush Creek indoor Playground open

Friday, 6/10: VERY EARLY (gate opens @ 9:30)- Free Admission to Hawaiian Falls Garland for the first
                   963 guests and $9.63 tickets after that with this coupon.

Saturday 6/11: BooksmART Festival FREE Family Day @ Dallas Museum of Art 11-5
                       12a-12p Scrapbooking Crop @ Kennedale Public Library

Monday 6/13: Grace Lutheran VBS "Pandamania" 9-12
                      1:00 Magician @ Betty Warmack Library (other GP libraries @ other times)

Tuesday 6/14: Grace Lutheran VBS "Pandamania" 9-12
                      10:30 Story time @ Southwest Library in Arlington

Wednesday 6/15: Grace Lutheran VBS "Pandamania" 9-12
                           3:15 Kazaam kids crafts @ Kennedale Public Library
                           Bad Konigshofen Family Swim 8-10 $5
                           Lannaya West @ Levitt Pavilion 7:30
 
Thursday 6/16: Grace Lutheran VBS "Pandamania" 9-12
                        9a-9p Trinity River Audubon Center FREE 3rd Thursday
                        10am Story time @ Lake Arlington Public Library

Friday 6/17: Grace Lutheran VBS "Pandamania" 9-12
                    Late Night @ Dallas Museum of Art 6-12pm $10 for adults, kids <12=Free

Saturday 6/18: 11-12 Reading by the River @ River Legacy

Sunday 6/19: Dads swim Free @ Arlington Pools
                     Family Past Times- Free Kids admission @ Dallas Heritage Village

Other FREE/CHEAP stuff to do any day:

Grand Prairie Pools and Splash Factory: $1 admission all the time
Northpark Mall: Check the schedule for events
Visit the Children's Medical Center Train
Watch the planes take off @ Founders Plaza DFW airport

Be sure to check websites before making your plans to be sure of dates, times, and costs.

Have fun!!