Goodbye February, Hello March Updates!

Happy Leap Day, everyone! Another month has come and gone and we have a few updates for you!

Parent's Night Out

Our February PNO Valentine's party was a huge success! We have had some new faces join us the past few months, and has been so fun to watch the friendships form. A wonderful parent donated a Nickelodeon dance game for our XBox Kinect and the kids (as well as a couple of supervisors) danced their hearts out all night. Check out the pictures below. An important announcement about March PNO-- By popular request, our next PNO will be on a Saturday afternoon! Guess you could call it PDA (Parent's DAY Out). We are still working out a couple of details (date & time) but keep checking back.

"Learn In Stepps" - Social & Academic Support Classes

We are excited to introduce a new and awesome program that is available to the children in our community!

"Learn In Stepps" is designed to give your child a boost in their social skills and in areas of academics! We provide the convenience and benefits of small group learning, high staffing ratios, and individualized goals/programs (homework too if you request it). Help your child reach their social and academic potential by signing them up for a class that is both valuable and FUN! Classes will be divided into age groups and each series runs for 12 weeks.  

The first series starts March 24th. For more information, pricing, or to sign your child up please email info@instepps.com. Hurry, space is limited!

Open House

Hope you marked your calendars because March 10th is quickly approaching! We are busy getting everything ready for our big Open House Event! There are so many fun activities planned (like face painting, games, balloons, a bounce house, photo opportunities, and more) plus BBQ food, resources, raffle prizes, and a chance to hang out with your favorite In Stepps team members! We hope you are as excited as we are! Please be sure to RSVP by responding to our Evite and noting the number of adults and children will be attending. This will help us be sure there is enough fun to go around! :) You can find our evite here.  

Coming up ...

Stay tuned for these future blog posts: Our new In Stepps Star, insurance information from Dr. McNerney, dates for March Parent's Day Out, and the announcement of our first Family Night Out!

There are a few easy ways to contact us with any questions, inquiries, feedback, or to sign up for any event:

Email: info@instepps.com 
Call: (949) 474-1493
Facebook: "Like" In Stepps on Facebook to get updates directly to your news feed
NEW! In Stepps is now on Twitter! Hooray! Follow us at www.twitter.com/in_stepps or send us a tweet @in_stepps!

Here are the pictures we promised:

Come One, Come All: In Stepps Open House

"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success."- Henry Ford

It is official...
Our First Annual In S.T.E.P.P.S. Open House is set and the planning has started! Woohoo!

Come on out for food, fun, and games! We have a TON of cool things planned including...

-Bounce house
-Face painting
-Raffle prizes
-Meet & greet with staff
-Free Child ID cards
-Games
-Food & beverages
-Arts & crafts
-Resources
...and more!

Date: March 10, 2012 at 11:30a.m.

Location:

The In Stepps Office

18008 Sky Park Circle #110

Irvine, CA

RSVP

email us info@instepps.com or call us at (714) 474-1493

Or comment below with your email address and we'll send you the Evite! You can also find the Evite on our Facebook page.
Raffle Information:

We have had some AMAZING donors contribute prizes that you would not believe! Stay tuned and we will feature some items in upcoming blogs (we have to keep you in a little suspense, you know, to build anticipation). Trust us, you're going to want in on these prizes!

Here is what you need to know:

In Stepps team members will be selling raffle tickets up until the Open House. Tickets will also be sold the day of the event.

The In S.T.E.P.P.S. raffle will be held during the First Annual Open House on March 10^th, 2012 between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Participants need not be present to win. If you are unable to make it to our Open House, prizes can be picked up at the In S.T.E.P.P.S. office during business hours after March 12^th.  Anyone can participate in the raffle, so let us know if you would like to help us sell them (we'll make sure you get all the materials you need). All proceeds go towards program development at In S.T.E.P.P.S.

Prices: Single tickets- $2; 6 ticket bundle-$10; 20 ticket bundle $20

If you would like to purchase raffle tickets, send us an email at info@instepps.com or ask your In Stepps parent consultant or supervisor.

A big, huge, gigantic, enormous, and heartfelt THANK YOU goes out to all of the wonderful people who have personally contributed raffle prizes and to businesses that have donated their products and services. Your generosity is truly appreciated!

Finally, a message for all of our In Stepps families:

For your convenience, In Stepps will now be using Evite for upcoming events such as Parent's Night Out and our Open House. Please check your email filter/spam settings to ensure that you receive all invitations! If you have any difficulty, if you have changed your email address, or if you are not receiving Evites please email info@instepps.com

We can't wait to see all of you on March 10th! It will be an awesome event and we hope you can all be a part of it!

 

January PNO Recap

Hi All...

Wow, we had an AMAZING Parent's Night Out in January. What a terrific group of kiddos that came out!

There is something so magical about watching friendships form and social skills evolve, and those who supervised PNO this past month (Thanks to Lindsey, Nicole H., and Nicole F.) were lucky enough to witness it first hand! We hope the parents who had the night off went and did something fun, because fun was all we had at the In Stepps office!

Just a reminder: Our February Valentine's Day PNO will be on February 24th from 6:30-9:30pm. Be sure to sign up by the 17th by emailing info@instepps.com or by calling the office at (949) 474-1493. You can also request to be put on our "Evite List" so you will be able to easily register your child every month.

Also, be on the lookout for some PNO changes coming up in March! PNO will become PDO-- Parent's DAY Out and will be on a Saturday! We are super excited about being able to reach more families and allow parents to have lunch together, run some errands, and get some of those weekend tasks marked off the "to do" list.

Check out the pictures below (we are using them with parent permission, of course) of our exciting January PNO!

New friends and computer games!

Just relaxin'!

It's movie time!

Playing XBox Kinect with a supervisor-- so fun!

Our very own Super Hero!

 Moving around playing XBox Kinect!

 Lights out for the movie!

Too cool for words!