"Positive Parenting" Workshop Sunday, September 21 10:00-11:30
Do naughty steps and sticker charts work? And what about the “time out?” What kind of discipline is right for you and your toddler?
Join us for this FREE interactive workshop designed to teach parents how to provide Positive Discipline to their children.
Explore different parenting styles and learn practical and effective ways to encourage cooperation, mutual respect, and self-discipline in your toddler.
Childcare in the Museum available with a fee. Please email familyprograms@habitot.org or call (510)647-1111 ext 16 for more information.
Don't Throw It Away! Stuffed Animal Repair
FREE with admission Saturday, September 21
1:30 - 2:30
Does your child have a stuffed animal that has been loved until the seams have split? We'll have stuffing, sewing supplies, and staff ready to help parent and child pairs make repairs. Or, if you have a perfectly healthy stuffed animal, you can make a felt bandaid, just like the ones in our Animal Hospital Exhibit, to take home for dramatic play.
Fall Member & Donor Appreciation Event Sunday, September 22
10:00 - 1:00
We are very grateful for your support of the Museum through your membership, attendance and donations. Habitot’s Executive Director Gina Moreland, and Members of the Board would love to share with you the impact you have made and thank you for your support. All donors and current members are invited to join us for special access to the Museum, a bagel breakfast, and time to meet other Habitot families. Register
Parents' Night Out Friday, September 27
5:30 - 9:30
$44 child/$34 siblings
Enjoy a date night out! Drop off your kids, 2-7 years old, for play and fun at Habitot while you enjoy an evening out! Cheese pizza for dinner included. More Info
September's Parent's Night Out has the Aurora Theatre option. You can catch Exit Strategy at the Aurora while your kids play at Habitot and save money on the whole package. Buy Tickets for the Aurora Theatre and Habitot Combo
Freight Fest
FREE Event Saturday, September 28
11:00 - 6:00
Berkeley's highly-regarded performance venue for traditional music, Freight & Salvage, is hosting a great family event with music on multiple stages (Alphabet Rockers at 11:30), dancing, food trucks, and family-friendly activities. Habitot will be there to share our Imagination Playground blocks and our love of learning through play. Register
Weekly Events
Jamaroo Wednesdays
FREE with admission 10:30 - 11:00am Jamaroo Kids teacher, Kelty, will get those wiggles out while helping little kids develop coordination, strength, balance, flexibility, and self-esteem.
Pizza Fridays
11:30am -12:30pm
Easy peasy pizza lunch gives you more time to play! The pizza comes in kid-size slices that are $1.50 each. Parents are welcome to fill up on kid slices too.
Recycled Art Fridays
FREE with admission 10:00am - 2:00pm
Let your imagination go wild! The Recycled Materials Art Cart holds industry cast-offs, and both unusual and household items that would otherwise be destined for the dump. Come give these objects a new life by creating art! Sponsored by.
STEM Saturdays
Movable Ramp & Maze
FREE with admission 2:30 - 4:30pm
Experiment with ramps and ball runs using repurposed paper rolls and velcro. Create your own pathway and maze. (Photo courtesy of ducksnarow.com)
Coming Events
Make a T-Shirt Cape
A Reuse, Reduce Waste Activity!
Parent-Child Workshop
FREE with admission Saturday & Sunday
October 7 & 8
1:30 - 2:30
Be a recycling superhero when you turn an old t-shirt into a new superhero cape. Bring an old colored, adult-sized large t-shirt to the Art Studio (we'll have some on hand). Together, you'll cut it into a cape and then design your own superhero crest to iron on!
Indigenous Peoples' Day Monday, October 14
9:30-2:00 (Extended Hours)
Art Studio: Art activity inspired by Ohlone basket making. Weave and decorate, or make a natural materials collage. Have you ever wondered about contemporary Ohlone basket making? Here's a video of the Ohlone Basket Weaver, Linda Yamane, keeping her cultural traditions alive.
Museum: Check out our photo essay celebrating people and history North America's indigenous people. Join in a community weaving project inspired by the upright looms used for Navajo rug weaving. Curious about this tradition? Here's a video of Vanessa Begay-Lee weaving a Navajo rug.
Not-Too-Spooky Halloween Sunday, October 27
9:30 - 4:30
Fun, treats, and prizes at our Not-Too-Spooky Halloween! Not-Too-Spooky decorations will start going up in mid-October and stay through Halloween. Come show us your costume anytime!
Art Studio: Excavate bugs from frozen monster hands. Paint miniature pumpkins, while supplies last. Come play with pumpkin slime.
Museum: Play miniature golf in the Toddler Garden tombstone graveyard. Visit the Witches Apothecary in the grocery store for some Not-Too-Spooky sensory play. Pizza lunch $1.50 kid slices.
October is Fire Safety Month! Saturday, October 19
9:30-10:00
FREE with admission
With the support of the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation, local puppeteer Toni “Tone” Mikulka, will present an original work featuring a fire fighter and a fire-burping dragon to help young kids learn safety tips and how to respond in the event of a fire. Thoughout the month, there will be pop-up mini-puppet shows in the Fire Engine Exhibit. Dates TBA.
