Toddlers
Favorite Places to Bring Toddlers in the East Bay
Upcoming Events for Toddlers and Parents in the East Bay
Sunday, December 7, 2025
10:00 am – 4:00 pm: Holiday Arts Festival @ Richmond Art Center11:00 am – 3:30 pm: Baby Rave @ Asian Art Museum
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Santa on Solano Ave. @ District Homes Office
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Selfies with Santa @ Jack London Square
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm: Family Storytime @ Main | Alameda Free Library
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm: Family Music Lab @ Albany Library
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Laurel District Santa Stroll @ Laurel District
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm: Merry Ferry @ Jack London Square
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Home Depot Menorah Workshop @ Home Depot, Newark
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Fish Feeding Viewing @ Crab Cove Visitor Center
Lots More Resources for Families with Toddlers
Saturday stroll: Art murmur for kids
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You read the site — now get the t-shirt!
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Cheap Eats in Eastlake
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New mom challenge: Find bookstore events for babies
Celebrate your local, independent bookstores by discovering a new one, visiting with your well-behaved children and buying a terrific book. Better yet, find out which ...
Reader tip: Alberrito Streets
Lest we forget our neighbors to the North, my friend Wendy reminded me that this Saturday is the Alberrito Streets extravaganza. It is a monster ...
Reader tip: Marinwood Pool in San Rafael
A good half-hour North of Berkeley, San Rafael offers weather that makes stripping down and jumping in the pool more tolerable. Reader Cori Kesler of ...
How to get your preschooler to talk about his day
This guest post comes to us courtesy of local parenting coach and new author, Tom Limbert. I posed this question to him myself, and he ...
Field trip: Farm day in Brentwood
I took the kids to an awesome pick your own farm and pumpkin patch out in Brentwood that I totally recommend!
5 East Bay outdoor birthday party ideas
I've put together a list of five options for outdoor birthday parties that are super fun and let kids run their ya-yas out around the ...
