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Abrakadoodle Partnering With Leaping Lizards For Art Classes Abrakadoodle-West Palm Beach is partnering with Leapin Lizards, the new indoor playground and family education center, to deliver its “Paint, Rattle & Roll” art class for children ages 2 to 3 years old. The six-week class will be held on Mondays from 10 to 10:50 a.m. starting April 4 through May 9 for a cost of $100 (siblings receive a 50-percent discount) or a drop-in fee of $20 per class. “Paint, Rattle & Roll” is a series of classes that teach young children about color, texture and more while experimenting with new and innovative materials. Abrakadoodle’s Twoosy (age 2) and Mini Doodlers (ages 3 to 5) gleefully create their own masterpieces using a wide range of highquality art materials. Children develop important school-readiness skills such as fine motor skills, listening and following directions, cognitive skills, language and more in an enchanting environment that fosters individual creativity. “I think parents and kids alike are going to love this location for our hands-on creative art program,” said
Gillian Gordon, AbrakadoodleWest Palm Beach director and a Wellington resident. “Art is a fabulous first classroom experience for children because they get to explore art and creativity in a safe and nurturing environment that is fun and helps them build fine motor skills and so much more.” “I have worked with Abrakadoodle at another location and was impressed by the program,” Leapin Lizards General Manager Paul J. “P.J.” Abbott said. “Our Leaps and Bounds education center is designed to challenge children with fun and educational enrichment classes in such areas as art, music, tumbling and story time in an inspiring setting.” On Jan. 15, Leapin Lizards celebrated the grand opening of its 9,000-plus-square-foot premier indoor playground and family education center located in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach. Leapin Lizards is located at 416 Clematis Street in West Palm Beach. Parents can register at pj@leapin lizardspb.com or by calling Abbott at (561) 832-8140. To learn more about Leapin Lizards, visit www.
leapinlizardspb.com or www. facebook.com/leapinlizardspb. Established in 2002, Abrakadoodle is the most comprehensive art education company of its kind, offering extensive visual arts classes and programs for children ages 20 months to 12 years old. Abrakadoodle has been adding tens of thousands of new students every year by expanding across the U.S. and internationally. For more information about Abrakadoodle-West Palm Beach, visit www.abrakadoodle.com/fl10 or log on to www.facebook.com/ abrakadoodle.palmbeach.
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PBSC To Host Open House For Dental Health Professionals Palm Beach State College’s Dental Health Services Department will showcase its programs and offer continuing education units (CEUs) at its 13th annual open house. Designed to attract local dental health professionals, the event will be held on Saturday, April 9 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Dental Health Services Building on the college’s Lake Worth campus at 4200 Congress Ave. The cost of the event, which includes a continental breakfast and all CEUs, is $30. The open house gives dental health professionals the opportunity to network with colleagues and earn CEUs by attending presentations. Palm Beach State graduates from the dental assisting, dental hygiene and dental laboratory technology programs will participate, as well as dental health professionals from the Atlantic Coast Dental Research Clinic, including the event’s keynote speaker Dr. Paul Klein. Klein, an adjunct professor of pharmacol-
ogy in the college’s Department of Dental Hygiene and an expert in cosmetic and adhesive dentistry, will speak about “The Coolest Technology in Dentistry.” In addition, current students in Palm Beach State College’s dental assisting and dental hygiene programs will give their annual table clinics, in which they present research on oral health topics. The table clinics will be judged and winners will be chosen. “The open house offers a great way to earn required CEUs at a low cost and enjoy time with colleagues. It’s no surprise to us that this popular event is now in its 13th year,” said Colleen Bradshaw, Dental Assisting chair and associate professor at Palm Beach State College. For more information about the April 9 open house, or to register for the event, call (561) 868-3196. For additional information about the Palm Beach State College’s dental health programs, visit www.palm beachstate.edu/dentalhealth.xml.