Signing Time! With Rachel Coleman LIVE!

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Rachel Coleman LIVE! In KC

Signing Time!


When:  Saturday, April 9, 2011

Time:   4:30PM

Where:  Blue Valley North High School

12200 Lamar Avenue

Overland Park, KS  66209

For Information call:

1.800.838.3006

Ticket Pricing:

Children $5.00 – VIP $10

Adult (13+) $10.00 – VIP $20

Advance tickets available or can purchase at door.

www.signingtimefoundation.org/kansas-city

You may have seen Ms. Coleman on PBS kids or NickJr singing and signing some of her children’s songs.  You might have heard of babies and children benefiting from sign language, by effectively communicating with their caregivers.  But Rachel Coleman has an amazing story which shouldn’t be missed, for she has a mission to help children around the world communicate better.  Whether it is for early communication, autism, down syndrome or English as a second language, Signing Time can benefit children and their families.

Rachel Coleman has three children – two of which are special needs.  But they began to flourish in communication when Ms. Coleman introduced them to American Sign Language (ASL).  Then in 2002, she and her sister created the first volume of “Signing Time.”

“In only a few years, Signing Time has spread by word of mouth to all 50 states and over 20 countries. Signing Time is used widely by educators, pediatrician, home-schoolers, speech therapists, public schools, daycare centers, libraries and families as the most fun and easy way to introduce children to sign language.”

If you are interested in learning more about her techniques, come join the Emmy nominated Rachel Coleman entertain Kansas City kids and parents with her songs, stories and methods.

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New Pediatrician office opening in Kansas City

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(This is a new pediatric office that is opening tomorrow in Leawood, KS.  Great pediatricians and very nice people.  If y0u live in the area and are looking for a new office, I would recommend giving them a look. Below is a letter they have sent to their current patients.   **OBTW…they are not paying me to say this.  I just like them.) ~ Nurse Mommy

Dear Valued Patient-

We are excited to announce that Leawood Pediatrics will be open for business on Thursday March 10, 2011!  On Thursday and Friday of this week, we plan on seeing scheduled sick patients and walk-in sick patients.  We will also be seeing new infant follow-ups at this time.  We will start seeing limited well visits the week of March 14th.  Please be patient with us in this early opening time, as we will be in our temporary space and have limited phone access.

Because of that, we will also be accepting appointment requests through our email account, leawoodpediatrics@gmail.com.  We would ask that when you email, please include the patient’s name, physician, his/her date of birth, reason for visit, desired date and time of appointment, and the best phone number to reach you for a return call.  When we receive that email during business hours, please expect a return call within 2 hours to confirm or edit the appointment.  If the email is received after business hours, please expect a call during the first two hours of the next business day.

Leawood Pediatrics is located at 5401 College Boulevard, conveniently located at the Southeast corner of College and Nall and right off of I-435 and Nall.  We currently are in our temporary Suite, Suite 203, until the construction is completed on our permanent home, Suite 102.  Our permanent Suite will be located on the first floor and have its own entrance from the outside directly to the clinic.  That means you can park less than 50 feet from the front door!  We will have a completely new space, and we know that all of you are going to be really pleased.

We will be utilizing an electronic health record, and that will come on board in May. As for the space itself, we will have both a sick and well waiting room and have 15 patient exam rooms.  Our color scheme will be bright and kid-friendly, but pleasing to the eyes of parents as well.  We will have a conference room, and plan in the near future to have classes led both our physicians and outside sources.  We will continue to have lactation services for our youngest patients and their parents.

Also, you will see many of your favorite faces throughout, not just the doctors, but nurses and other support staff!  We are incredibly excited about building our new place and hope you are just as excited about your child’s new medical home.

If you are interested in obtaining a release of records form, please contact us at leawoodpediatrics@gmail.com.  Furthermore, if you are on Facebook, you can “like” us at keyword: Leawood Pediatrics for the most up to date information.  And as a last word, our website should be live but not fully functional this week!  Please visit www.leawoodpediatrics.com !

Sincerely,

Dr. Mary Hamm

Leawood Pediatrics, LLC

Dr. Megan Loeb

5401 College Blvd Ste 203

Dr. Mary Nagy

Leawood, KS 66211

Dr. Aundria Speropoulos

(913) 825-DOCS (3627)

Current Schedule for Leawood Pediatrics:

Thursday March 10th- 8:00AM-5:00PM sick patients/walk in sick visits/new baby follow-ups

Friday March 11th-8:00AM-5:00PM sick patients/walk in sick visits/new baby follow-ups

Saturday March 12th-9:00AM-12:00PM walk in sick visits/new baby follow-ups

Monday March 14th-Friday March 18th 8:00AM-5:00PM sick patients/walk in sick visits/new baby follow-ups/limited well visits

Saturday March 19th-9:00AM-12:00PM walk in sick visits/new baby follow-ups

We will be starting Monday/Thursday evening hours the week of March 21st

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Italian Snowballs Discovered in Kansas City

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"Now that's an icy meatball!"

Today my 4 year-old and I were driving down the road and she called out from her car seat, “Look Mama!  A great big snowman!!”  Luckily, I saw the 6 ft., inflatable, faux “Frosty” just seconds before because Kansas for some reason isn’t into snow this year like the rest of the country!  I otherwise might have thought she was bored and making up stories.

Glancing in the rear-view mirror, I respond, “Can you believe it?  He is so huge and there isn’t even any snow on the ground!”

Then the headline of the day was voiced… “Mama, that snowman has a great big meatball in his hand with white frosting on it.”  She then proceeds to laugh with a true belly laugh – not because she thought she had made a joke, but because who would have a snowman holding an iced meatball in their front yard!?  What fools!

Now I know that this munchkin of mine is not fond of cold weather, coats, hats, boots (or any other foot coverings), and heaven forbid a mitten could stay on her bright red fingers, but how did she truly miss out on the teachable moment of snowballs in the last four years of her life?

We’ve read stories about snow, snowmen, and snowball fights (repeatedly); but this kiddo missed the message.  The imagination is a wonderful thing to waste… I didn’t correct her.  Just laughed and said, “Icing on meatballs?  Ew, gross!”  She agreed on the ridiculousness of the winter yard art and we went on our merry way.

So to all of you Northerners and East-coasters out there…be wary this wintery, snow filled season.  You think you have it bad having to shovel truckloads of snow…it could be worse.  When you’re not looking, you could get an “white butter cream meatball” right in the noggin’!

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