☀️Christmas tree lighting, Santa Monica’s newest kids exhibit, and more new additions

11/15-11/21 Weekly Event Lineup

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🎵 Kids Edition of Sounds of Santa Monica @ Santa Monica Place
About: Join us in Center Plaza for live music featuring family-friendly programming, emerging local artists, and vibey DJs. Plus, visit us every Friday at 10:30a for our "Kids Edition" program with dance and sing-alongs that inspire laughter and learning.
Date: 11/15: 10:30am

🌟 Lite-Brite: Worlds of Wonder @ Santa Monica Place
About: Step into a nostalgic world of make-believe. Explore 11 fully interactive rooms that reimagine your favorite childhood games and activities with the magic of Lite-Brite. Dive into interactive artworks, explore sensory play stations, and play in a life-sized interactive arcade. Relive your childhood dreams in our 360-degree immersive theater where you’ll travel underwater, go back in time, and venture into outer space. Be inspired to dream, play, create, and remember what it’s like to be a kid again. Get your tickets now for Lite-Brite: Worlds of Wonder in Los Angeles! Discount alert! Use code SMWORLD for 10% off ticket purchases (1 per user)
Dates: 11/8-1/31

💃🏼 Parents Night Out @ Cayton Museum
About: Enjoy a night out while kids play at the Cayton after-hours! Three hours of play time including games, activities, and free play along with dinner, snack, and drink is a great play date for all. Cost: $50 per child, $45 per sibling. Ages 5-10
Dates: 11/16: 5:30-8:30pm

👶🏻 Baby Time @ Santa Monica Library
About: Introduce your child to storytime with interactive books, bounces, and more. Free tickets available at 10:15. For ages 0-17 months.
Dates: 11/18: 10:30am

💫 Little Souls Music Class @ Palisades Rec Center
About: Little Souls is a community that shares the importance and self-awareness of the connection of our body and soul, through music, meditation, sound healing, kids yoga, art, dance and movement. Note: there are multiple locations/times this class takes place on the Westside so check the link for more information. Discount alert! Use cold SMALLWORLD to receive $5 off, add code into description + name of child on Venmo transaction.
Dates: 11/18: 3:30pm

🎸Ryoji Music Class @ Penmar Park
About: Join me on this musical adventure, where we explore the world's rhythms, melodies, and the boundless imagination of children. Let's create memories and make music that will inspire and uplift young hearts. For additional class times/locations, check out link. Recommended age: 0-4 years. Cost: $20 per class
Dates: 11/18: 10am

📚Tuesday Tales: A traveling storytime @ Ocean Park Branch Library
About: This fun and engaging weekly series, featuring stories, songs, and rhymes, travels to a different library location each week. Free tickets are available at 10:15 a.m. For ages 2-5.
Dates: 11/19: 10:30am

🎶 Musical Storytime w/ Books & Cookies @ Ivy Station Culver City
About: Join Books and Cookies for story time on the lawn. We'll read stories, sing, dance, jam with musical instruments, play with the parachute, and get crafty. Bring a blanket or mat to sit on
Dates: 11/19: 10-11am

🥁 Kids Club in collaboration with Apple TV+ @ Palisades Village 
About: Every Wednesday in The Park | 10AM & 11AM Kids, parents and caregivers are invited to experience a weekly dose of fun, featuring live music, storytelling, puppet shows and so much more! This week’s guest: Storytime with Jen
Dates: 11/20: 10 & 11am

🎄Official City of Santa Monica Tree Lighting Ceremony @ Third Street Promenade
About: Downtown Santa Monica will be all dressed up for the holiday season! Join us for the Tree Lighting Ceremony, where Santa himself will light up our official holiday tree on Third Street Promenade between Santa Monica Boulevard and Arizona Avenue (1300 block). The holiday festivities will feature performances by local choirs, a special performance of the Nutcracker, and "snow" on Third Street Promenade. After the ceremony, guests of all ages are invited to take FREE photos with Santa, make holiday-themed crafts, and enjoy hot cocoa. A DJ will keep the festivities going with a holiday dance party. All activities at this event are FREE and open to all ages!
Dates: 11/21: 6-8pm

 🤖 Lego Club @ Santa Monica Library
About: Come explore the limits of your building imagination or try out one of our suggested builds. All materials provided. For ages 18 months – 11 years old.
Dates: 11/21: 4pm

💕 Things I’m loving this week!

New section alert! I’m constantly on the search for activities, experiences, gadgets, recipes, places, and more that will make my life easier as a mom of 2. Each week I’ll share 1-3 things, whether it’s a new restaurant that has a good environment for kids, a recipe that is kid-friendly and quick, while also being healthy (yes, I’m a mostly crunchy mom), an experience or service that will fill my mom self-care cup up, or just an in-home activity that we are loving that week. I thought I would share my experiences along the way with hopes it could also make your life easier or spark a moment of creativity for your own family.

Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy

With a 3-year-old who is constantly pushing boundaries, I’ve found this book to be incredibly helpful and insightful in providing ways to navigate this stage of toddlerhood with a gentle parenting approach that makes me have more compassion and patience for my toddler. 10/10!

Cold and flu season must have’s

Yes, we have entered our least favorite part of fall which is constantly dealing with a new mystery illness that finds its way into our home (uninvited obviously). Here are a few things I use to help combat flu season, hope it helps you too!

👋 Are you new here? (+ a little more about me):

As a mom of now 2 littles, I am constantly on the search for fun activities that would keep our family out of the house and trying new things as well as meeting other families in the community. Small world was born with the idea to create one space that could curate something for everyone whether that be storytime at the local library, music class in the park, holiday celebrations, and more (not to mention a lot of these activities are free). I love putting these newsletters together but as I do this in my (sparingly) free moments, I’d love for this community to grow into a resource that all families can depend on and use for their weekly activity guide, please share this with a friend/caregiver/family or anyone that would find this useful!

^{Disclaimer: Small World is not affiliated with any of the activities linked in the Airtable and does not receive compensation from any of the organizations. Please check live links for accurate schedule/pricing info.}