Free Online Early Readers Book Club Join us for a Free Community Book Club! Our book clubs are designed to strengthen your child’s reading foundations and help them become a successful reader. Our book clubs are live, interactive, and fun! We incorporate reading lessons, games, discussion, and crafts all led by a reading expert! […]
Joya at Harvey West Park Thursdays, 10am Joya is back to doing Mothersong in person (after 31 years)! Such a sweet time outdoors under the redwood circle by the playground at Harvey West Park on Thursdays at 10am. Lots of room to keep your safe covid space! Bring a blanket to sit upon. Unborn babies, […]
Join us for a Free Community Book Club! Free Online Early Readers Book Club: Our book clubs are designed to strengthen your child’s reading foundations and help them become a successful reader. Our book clubs are live, interactive, and fun! We incorporate reading lessons, games, discussion, and crafts all led by a reading expert! During […]
Join us for a Free Community Book Club! August 12, 4-5pm Our book clubs are designed to strengthen your child’s reading foundations and help them become a successful reader. Our book clubs are live, interactive, and fun! We incorporate reading lessons, games, discussion, and crafts all led by a reading expert! During this book club, […]
Drawing Out & About One day workshop, Saturday, August 14, 10-4:30pm This will be a full day of learning to draw for fun. Urban sketching and sketch crawling are now being practiced worldwide. This enjoyable day should prepare you for a lifetime of outdoor drawing pleasure. It will give you great ideas for improving and practicing […]
Seymour Center Outdoors! Open outdoors only on Saturdays from 11am – 2pm Tide Pool Investigation: Hone your observation skills and watch animals such as sea stars, sea urchins, and hermit crabs gracefully move in their environment. Outdoor Scavenger Hunt: Explore the Pathway of Giants and find nine outdoor objects hidden around the Seymour Center. Larval […]
Fascinating Fish Bones Eréndira M. Quintana Morales, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department, UC Santa Cruz At coastal archaeological sites, thousands of fish bones represent the discarded remains of past meals. Fish bones provide important clues about how people of the past lived and how their daily activities shaped the identity of coastal residents, their relationships, […]
A Striking August: Lightning and Wildfires with Chris Giesige Monday, August 16, 6-7pm In August 2020, Northern California was ignited by a series of 650 wildfires spurred by dry lightning from rare, massive summer thunderstorms. Today, all of California is experiencing drought conditions and fire season is well underway. Join the Santa Cruz Museum of […]
Joya at Harvey West Park Thursdays, 10am Joya is back to doing Mothersong in person (after 31 years)! Such a sweet time outdoors under the redwood circle by the playground at Harvey West Park on Thursdays at 10am. Lots of room to keep your safe covid space! Bring a blanket to sit upon. Unborn babies, […]
Seymour Center Outdoors! Open outdoors only on Saturdays from 11am – 2pm Tide Pool Investigation: Hone your observation skills and watch animals such as sea stars, sea urchins, and hermit crabs gracefully move in their environment. Outdoor Scavenger Hunt: Explore the Pathway of Giants and find nine outdoor objects hidden around the Seymour Center. Larval […]
Fire and the Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve with Dr. Jodi McGraw (online) Tuesday, August 24, 6-7pm Many of our native plants in the Santa Cruz Mountains are fire adapted, from the familiar coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) to the extremely rare Santa Cruz cypress (Hesperocyparis abramsiana) and Santa Cruz wallflower (Erysimum teretifolium). However, decades of fire […]
Joya at Harvey West Park Thursdays, 10am Joya is back to doing Mothersong in person (after 31 years)! Such a sweet time outdoors under the redwood circle by the playground at Harvey West Park on Thursdays at 10am. Lots of room to keep your safe covid space! Bring a blanket to sit upon. Unborn babies, […]
Seymour Center Outdoors! Open outdoors only on Saturdays from 11am – 2pm Tide Pool Investigation: Hone your observation skills and watch animals such as sea stars, sea urchins, and hermit crabs gracefully move in their environment. Outdoor Scavenger Hunt: Explore the Pathway of Giants and find nine outdoor objects hidden around the Seymour Center. Larval […]
SPCA Education Programs In Full Swing Our Humane Education programs are back in full swing starting in September! We have a wide range of programs including classroom presentations, Community Service Saturdays, our popular PAWS programs, camps and more! The kids get to read to the animals, learn about humane treatment of animals and get to […]
Rockin’ Pop-Up: What even IS North America? Wednesday, September 1, 12-12:30pm Santa Cruz County is obviously a part of North America. Right? Well, it’s a little more complicated than that. There’s the continent of North America, but there’s also the North American tectonic plate — where Santa Cruz County does not reside! While our neighbors […]
