Newspaper Rock in southern Utah is one of many ancient rock art sites in the area. Rock art has real appeal for kids, from circles and squiggly lines, to human forms, footprints, and animals such as big horn sheep and horses.
Read more…See the Sea Otters
One summer weekend, our destination on the California central coast – Morro Bay. Watch our video of an adorable sea otter mother and pup, and find out why kelp is a “floating blankie.” Plus children’s books.
Read more…“WildCard” at the Exploratorium
Looking for creative ideas for Amazon cardboard shipping boxes?
Brand new – “WildCard” exhibit at the Exploratorium San Francisco. Science, conservation and creativity are alive in the Exploratorium!
Read more…A Winter in Valley Forge
Visit Valley Forge, winter encampment of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Kids can step in replica log huts, run around the grassy parade ground where young soldiers trained, climb on cannons, and walk through George Washington’s headquarters – history comes alive!
Read more…Petaluma Adobe: Rancho Living History Day
On Living History Day at the Petaluma Adobe, step back in time to a working ranch of 1840. Volunteers dress up in historic clothing, and kids have fun with hands-on activities – write with a quill pen, stamp designs on leather, weave a basket , rope a “bull,” listen to music, find out what life is like 150 years ago.
Read more…Sonoma Farm Trails: Hello baby goats & lambs
Kids will have fun on spring Farm Trails, a weekend visiting working farms in Sonoma County, seeing (and petting) baby goats, lambs, pot-bellied pigs, chickens, miniature horses, and sampling locally produced eggs, cheese, honey.
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