Grade Schoolers
Friday, April 26, 2024
11:00 am – 3:00 pm: Open Hours at Shoreline Interpretive Center @ Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center12:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Visit with Wildlife @ Sulphur Creek Nature Center
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm: MOCHA Art @ Berkeley Central Branch @ Central Library | Berkeley Public Library
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm: MOCHA Art in the West Oakland Branch @ West Oakland Branch | Oakland Public Library
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm: Free Telescope Viewings @ Chabot Space & Science Center
Saturday, April 27, 2024
9:00 am – 2:00 pm: Keep on Truckin' @ Lafayette Library and Learning Center9:30 am – 10:00 am: Saturday Morning Puppet Show @ Habitot Children’s Museum Bay Street
10:00 am – 2:00 pm: Albany Community Expo @ Albany Community Center
10:00 am – 1:00 pm: Drop-In Open Art Lab @ Sticky Art Lab
10:00 am – 1:00 pm: UnPeeled, a BANANAS Event (RSVP) @ Children’s Fairyland
Special time with your kid: 10 sibling-free outings
Leave the siblings at home. Anywhere you go together can be special. Here are 10 fantastic places to take your child for one-on-one time.
Day Trip: Sonoma Farm Crawl – Spring Tour Apr 27 + 28
Customize your own tour of the farms of Sonoma County with access to an interactive map and dozens of special activities scheduled for the weekend.
Cheap birthday party: Adventure Playground
Adventure Playground is a DIY playground and a special DIY birthday party destination. Tow party supplies to the adjacent Shorebird park and party on!
Tour Fentons Creamery in Oakland
Tour Fentons Creamery in Oakland on the arctic tour for age 6 and up. Brr.
Pitstop on 101: Tatum’s Garden Playground in Salinas
Road trip with kids to the Central Coast? Stop here!
School Break Camp Guide Submissions
We have an ongoing need for school break childcare in the form of day camp, whether it is spring break, winter break, Thanksgiving break, or ...
Junior Center of Art & Science
The Junior Center for Art and Science is a wonderful gem of a science museum and art studio located next to the bird sanctuary at ...
Kidpower safety courses for children
I attended a Kidpower workshop with my child. Safety and self-defense classes are taught in an age-appropriate way for three-year olds through teenagers.
Create your own gymnastics camp
School closed for a staff development day? Rally your fellow school parents to coordinate an impromptu mini-day camp with friends.
Winter is the Best Time to Explore the California Delta with Kids
Annie Burke is the creator of Outside Kids. In the summer months, those of us living in the hot inland areas head west on highways 580, 80, ...
