Community Happenings

Weekend Watch: fresh produce and/or music in the streets! Two fun options unique to our county! You'll find our First 5 booth tomorrow morning at the SLO Farmers' Market in Madonna Plaza... but can also pack up the family and head south for the annual Stone Soup Music Festival Food & Street Fair in Grover Beach! Check out the link below to view the line up of artists! https://www.southcountychambers.com/events/details/2019-stone-soup-music-festival-food-street-fair-28551 City of Grover Beach SLO County Farmers' Market Association SLO County Farmers Market Saturday Morning

Talk Read Sing Time! Join us!

Before you start doing that weekend dance, let's share some songs and silliness together! Talk.Read.Sing. Time Friday! LIVE here on our Facebook page. 7:30am tomorrow! It's 15 minutes of family fun with your happy host Jason, whose stories are guaranteed to fire up our brains better than morning coffee! (That said, it's entirely acceptable to sip a cup while cuddling with the kiddos and enjoying some imaginative play to start the day 😊) 📚🎼 Please join us! Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, Inc. Parents Helping Parents of SLO United Way of San Luis Obispo County County of San Luis Obispo Public Libraries ShareSLO Central Coast Breastfeeding Coalition Tolosa Children's Dental Center Promotores Collaborative of San Luis Obispo County San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department

What's Up? Wednesday: IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW... First 5 San Luis Obispo County offers early-childhood event sponsorship funds!!! Is yours a good fit? Click on the image for details! Or... go straight to our web page for more info and to fill out an application. Please share and help us spread the word! https://www.first5slo.org/event-sponsorships.php

Talk Read Sing Time!

Hey Friends! Are you ready to get silly tomorrow?😋Let’s have some fun by Talking Reading and Singing first thing in the morning!🌞You can find our Talk Read Sing Time Fridays right here on our Facebook page. We’ll be live at 7:30AM Friday morning. Join us for 15 minutes of silly songs and story time for your little ones! . #talkreadsing #first5 #first5slo #talk #read #sing #school #silly #brainbuilding #moms #dad #dads #play #kids #grow #thrive #sanluisobispo #shareslo #slo #slocounty #california

What's Up Wednesday? Lights, camera, kids in action! A quick sneak peak at next month's Hands-on Hero! Be sure to be watching your feed to find out who's in our September spotlight! 😊 #handsonheroes #first5slo

Mark-it-Down Monday: An upcoming educational opportunity! An Active Parenting (birth to 5) certification course-- worthwhile training for early childhood educators, parent educators, and parenting coaches. DATES: 3 Thursdays - September 12th, 19th, and 26th, 2019 TIME: 4-7pm FEE: $75 + Active Parenting materials LOCATION: Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo Campus (Room 4730) Register at: https://www.cuesta.edu/communityprograms/community-education/personal_development_wellness/parent-coaching.html In addition to the class fee, participants need to order the training materials directly from Active Parenting (the link is on the class registration page).

Talk Read Sing Time!

Say WHAT??? It’s almost back to school time?! Let’s get ready by Talking, Reading and Singing about it! Remember— we moved Talk.Read.Sing. Time Fridays HERE to our Facebook page. We’ll be live at 7:30AM Friday morning. Join us for 15 minutes of songs and story time for little ones! Go to our page or look for our feed in your stream Facebook.com/first5slo County of San Luis Obispo Public Libraries San Luis Obispo County Office of Education Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, Inc.ShareSLO . #talkreadsing #first5 #first5slo #talk #read #sing #school #silly #brainbuilding #moms #dad #dads #play #kids #grow #thrive #sanluisobispo #shareslo #slo #slocounty #california #music #opera

Tasty Tuesday: healthy nutrition all around the county! It's National Farmers' Market Week! So celebrate by taking the family for fresh, homegrown produce at one of our many wonderful community outlets. You'll find times and locations on the link below! And we'll see you at the SLO Farmers' Market @Madonna Plaza, with our First 5 Booth, later this month-- Saturday, August 24th! #2 on the Children's Bill of Rights for SLO County: "May we each eat healthy and plentiful meals every day." https://slocountyfarmers.org/

Mark-It-Down Monday: Get Connected! with our friends and partners at Parents Helping Parents, serving families of children with special needs. Next Wednesday, August 14th! Check out the flyer for times and locations. 😊

Talk.Read.Sing. Time!

Hey Friends! Tomorrow we are really putting the SING in Talk Read Sing time! We’ll have a talented friend of First 5, Caroline Goodwin @carolinemarie898 joining us. Caroline studies opera at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and is an intern this summer at @opera_slo. What a wonderful world it will be when you join us for a very songful Talk.Read.Sing Time!! Remember-- we moved the segment here to our Facebook page! We’ll be live at 7:30AM Friday morning. Join us for 15 minutes of songs and story time for little ones! Go to our page or look for our feed in your stream Facebook.com/first5slo. #talkreadsing #first5 #first5slo #talk #read #sing #songs #silly #brainbuilding #moms #dad #dads #play #kids #grow #thrive #sanluisobispo #shareslo #slo #slocounty #california #music #opera Opera San Luis Obispo County of San Luis Obispo Public Libraries San Luis Obispo County Office of Education Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, Inc. Parent Connection of San Luis Obispo County - sloparents.org Tolosa Children's Dental Center United Way of San Luis Obispo County Parents Helping Parents of SLO Parent Participation ~ San Luis Coastal Center for Family Strengthening Family Care Network, Inc. ShareSLO Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

Vibrant, enthusiastic and giving… those are words used to describe this month’s Hands-on Heroes, Noa Kamplain & Kira Guillermo! They’re a dynamic, young team of mentors for Outside Now’s Coyote Pups program. Kiddos catch the adventure bug— and develop an abiding relationship with nature-- thanks to the experiences and talents of Team Noa & Kira. Push play to be absorbed into a whimsical world of discovery and connection with the gifts of our earth! Representing #8 on the Children’s Bill of Rights for SLO County: “May we each explore a variety of experiences that illuminate the world’s natural beauty, richness and human creativity—arts, nature, culture, music.” #handsonheroes #first5slo #outsidenow Outside Now San Luis Obispo County Office of Education ShareSLO @First 5 California @First 5 Association of California

What's Up Wednesday?: an opportunity ahead to buy affordable handmade goodies, made by kids, for our community! Saturday, August 10th from 10am-2pm is the 11th annual Youth Craft Faire at the Los Osos Library! Those 17 and under will sell their creations at a price of $8 or less. Registration to sell is required and can be done online, or through the Los Osos Library. ☺️ https://losososlibraryfriends.org/

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Tuesday’s Triumph: YES! 🎉 😍 🦷 Because every child deserves to have access to quality dental care/oral health services! #6 on the Children’s Bill of Rights for SLO County... #dentalhealth #healthykids https://ksby.com/news/2019/07/29/atascadero-dentist-provides-free-care-to-child

Mark-It-Down Monday: Join the global gathering to support breastfeeding! It's taking place at locations all around the world!... but you can be part of The Big Latch On here locally this Saturday, August 3rd at Santa Rosa Park in SLO. Hosted by Sierra Vista. Event runs 9-11am. Registration is at 9:30am. Latch On is promptly at 10:30am. Check out the link below for more details. #healthybabies #strongfamilies Central Coast Breastfeeding Coalition Sierra Vista Birth Center Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center https://biglatchon.org/

Talk Read Sing Time!

Rise and Shine, Friends! It's almost time for Talk.Read.Sing. Time Friday-- this week on Facebook LIVE coming up at 7:30am! Join us for 15 minutes of songs and story... for little ones AND adults who wanna kick it like a kiddo heading into a great weekend! 📚☺️🎼 Grab your coffee or tea or milk or OJ and get your silly on with the First 5 family! #TalkReadSing #earlyliteracy #songs #stories

From our friends and partners at United Way of SLO County: VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED to help Stuff the Bus on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, August 9th, 10th & 11th at 5 locations countywide: Atascadero - Kmart Arroyo Grande - Walmart Arroyo Grande Cambria - Cookie Crock Super Market Paso Robles - Staples & Walmart Paso Robles San Luis Obispo - Staples To sign up individually or as a team, visit www.volunteerslo.org/stuffthebus