Grade Schoolers
Thursday, April 25, 2024
8:00 am – 4:30 pm: Explore Blake Garden @ Blake Garden9:00 am – 7:00 pm: Play at Splash Park @ El Cerrito Swim Center
11:00 am – 12:30 pm: Hike and Storytime: Tilden Nature Area @ Tilden Nature Center
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm: MOCHA at the Elmhurst Library @ Elmhurst Branch | Oakland Public Library
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm: MOCHA Art Workshop @ Berkeley West Branch @ West Branch | Berkeley Public Library
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Read to a Dog @ Rockridge Branch | Oakland Public Library
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm: Stay & Play Bilingual Concert @ George Florence Park
Friday, April 26, 2024
10:30 am – 11:00 am: Story Time @ Crab Cove @ Crab Cove Visitor Center11:00 am – 3:00 pm: Open Hours at Shoreline Interpretive Center @ Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Visit with Wildlife @ Sulphur Creek Nature Center
Field Trip: Lindsay Wildlife Experience in Walnut Creek
At three different "Petting Circle" time slots each day, children can hold bunnies, guinea pigs, hamsters, or rats at the Lindsay Wildlife Experience in Walnut Creek. ...
Gem of the East Bay: Rock City Trail at Mt Diablo State Park
Rock City is a fun place to explore, climb, and maybe even spot tarantulas!
Pacific Pipe Climbing Gym in Oakland
Pacific Pipe climbing gym offers membership benefits and classes, plus opportunities for drop-in experiences.
Explore Dinosaur Gardens in the East Bay
Delight in a magical treasure: dinosaur gardens. Perfect to work into a family walk, we found seven locations walking around the East Bay.
Sweeney Open Space Park: Fab Playground in Alameda
Four tiers of rope climbing; a super-sized interactive chime instrument; an extra-wide slide with an AstroTurf-protected landing at the base; and, a zip-line with seat ...
Top Things to Do With Kids at Cal
Here are our top things to do with our kids at University of California at Berkeley's "Cal" Campus: climb, sing, dinosaurs, research, run, and play!
Discover San Francisco’s Randall Museum
The Randall Museum is a FREE wildlife museum with live animals, trains and is next to a short steep hike to a killer view.
Toddlers’ Guide to Lindsay Wildlife Experience
I am very happy to present this cheat sheet for Walnut Creek’s Lindsay Wildlife Experience for preschoolers, as part of our continuing series: The three-year ...
Birthday Party Ideas for Teens and Tweens
25 birthday party ideas for when your kids have outgrown Pump It Up.
Day Trip to Di Rosa: Kid-Friendly Art Museum in Wine Country
Wine country, art museum—these things may not initially strike you as family-friendly, but they totally are. Trust me on this one!