Tweens
Resources for Families with Tweens or Teens
Upcoming Events Good for East Bay Tweens
Thursday, July 3, 2025
9:00 am – 12:00 pm: Play at Splash Park @ El Cerrito Swim Center 10:00 am – 4:00 pm: Community Picnic @ Grove Park 10:30 am – 11:15 am: Reptile Show @ Lakeview Branch | Oakland Public Library 10:30 am – 11:00 am: Toddler Storytime & Playtime @ Rockridge Branch | Oakland Public Library 11:00 am – 11:45 am: Puppet Art Theater Co. @ Melrose Branch | Oakland Public Library 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Richmond Fireworks @ Marina Park (Richmond)Friday, July 4, 2025
7:30 am – 12:00 pm: Orinda July 4th Breakfast & Parade @ Orinda Theatre Square 7:45 am – 9:15 pm: July 4 Fun Run, Party & Fireworks @ Pleasant Hill Park 8:30 am – 12:00 pm: Alameda 4th of July Fun Run & Parade @ Downtown Alameda 10:00 am – 4:00 pm: 1900-Style Independence Day @ Ardenwood Historic FarmRecent Posts about Tween Stuff
Our holiday traditions start with high tea
Thanks to Berkeley mom Lisa Fontaine for contributing her holiday tea traditions today. Over the years, our family has built many traditions around the holiday ...
Tips for raising a reader with CommonSense Media
Two of my children are pretty avid readers so I want to share a few of the things we are doing (right, wrong, and otherwise) ...
Treebones Resort, kid-free vacation inspiration
For my birthday last year, I enjoyed the luxury of a few kid-free days driving down the coast with my husband. With only three days to ...
Jewelry-making birthday parties in the East Bay
We just discovered Dragonfly Designs, a traveling jewelry-making birthday party service, and thought that you’d like to learn more about it. Parents may select either ...
Safari West: An Oakland family surprises the kids with a mystery trip
Thanks to Oakland writer Nancy Davis Kho for sharing her story with us today. When I was a kid in Upstate New York, my parents ...
A great time for camping at Half Moon Bay
This guest post was submitted by Peggy, who has lived all over the Bay Area but now calls El Cerrito home. Since having her son, ...
5 Family-friendly road trips from Oakland
Looking for a fun day trip or mini vacation for your long weekend? These fellow Bay Area bloggers have a few inspiring ideas and photographs ...
Back-to-school checklist
Back-to-school prep in the East Bay: hair, shoes, backpack, lunchbox, clothes, what else do you need?
You read the site — now get the t-shirt!
T-shirts for sale! T-shirts for sale! Last week I posted our {510} tshirts in an online store so that you can order them at your ...
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 ...
