I Love Bugs Day! At Habitot Children’s Museum August 14, 2009

I Love Bugs Day! At Habitot Children’s Museum

(Berkeley, CA) August 14, 2009 – Discover the wonderful world of bugs at Habitot Children’s Museum on Friday, August 14 from 9:30 am–4:30 pm, with a full day of activities about our insect friends. Children can watch real live creepy-crawlies, and check out Habitot’s worm home to see how worms help plants grow. Families can build their own cricket houses with dirt, leaves and sticks in our Art Studio, and enjoy interactive storytelling about bugs in the Multi-Cultural Reading Tent at 11:00 am and 1:00 pm. Regular admission rates apply (Children $8, Adults $7). For more information about Habitot's events and free days, please visit http://www.habitot.org.

About Habitot:

Habitot Children's Museum is the East Bay's award-winning hands-on discovery museum for young children, recently nominated “Best Museum” in the Bay Area in Nickelodeon’s ParentsConnect.com’s 2009 Parents’ Pick Awards. In 2008, Habitot won “Best Museum for Little Kids” in the San Francisco Bay Area in the same contest.

Through early childhood learning, parenting education, and community outreach, Habitot helps parents and caregivers raise curious, creative, and confident children. More than 850,000 people have enjoyed Habitot’s interactive exhibits, art programs and classes since the museum’s opening in 1998. Habitot ensures its accessibility for all Bay Area families with its Family and Community Partnerships Program, which brings more than 10,000 low-income and at-risk children into the museum every year through scholarships, subsidized memberships and free admissions days. For more information please visit http://www.habitot.org.

Official Website: http://www.habitot.org