(Berkeley, CA) September 18, 2006—
Engage in weekly classes for lifelong learning! Habitot's classes for ages 14 months to 7 years offer innovative opportunities for discovery and growth. Talented, caring, and experienced educators create a safe, fun, and engaging environment that foster children's curiosity, exploration, and creativity.

Habitot's classes provide a variety of hands-on, open-ended sensory activities to support each child's growth and development. Children can make music, dance, cook, or draw, and freely explore the world around them to gain confidence, and build skills in language, literacy, math, and science. Most importantly, in Habitot's classes, children learn social skills that help them make friends and successfully interact with other children.

For parents and caregivers, Habitot's classes provide a community of support and an opportunity to broaden their knowledge about early childhood development.

During Habitot classes, children learn while they play and grown-ups learn to value play! Classes begin September 18 and run through February 2. More information is available at our website, www.habitot.org. Habitot Children's Museum is located on 2065 Kittredge Street in downtown Berkeley.

Habitot Children's Museum is the East Bay's award-winning hands-on discovery museum for young children. Its mission is to nurture and enrich the lives of young children, their families, and the adults who care for them by providing an environment for early childhood learning and exploration, parenting education and community outreach. Habitot ensures its accessibility for all Bay Area families through its Family Outreach Program that brings more than 8,000 low-income and at-risk children into the museum every year through scholarships, subsidized memberships and free admissions days.

More than 500,000 people have enjoyed the museum's interactive exhibits, art programs and classes since its opening in 1998. Not just a place to entertain young children, Habitot provides resources and support for early childhood learning, parenting success, and community connection.