(Berkeley, CA) October 13, 2008—
Celebrate the art, culture, and history of the native peoples of the Americas at Habitot Children's Museum on October 13, from 9:30am to 12:30pm. Children ages 0-6 will make dream catchers to take home: hang these string and colorful bead creations over kids' beds to 'catch' good dreams! There's more art to enjoy: designing vibrant totem poles out of recycled cardboard tubes and paints, and face-painting in traditional designs. Children will build bark canoes to send down the river in Habitot's WaterWorks exhibit, while their baby brothers and sisters play with Native American rattles and colorful scarves in the Infant-Toddler Garden. All visitors can venture over to the Multicultural Reading Tent, for story-telling from Native American traditions from 11:00 to 12:00pm. For more information, please visit www.habitot.org.

About Habitot:
Habitot Children's Museum is the East Bay's award-winning hands-on discovery museum for young children, recently voted "Best Museum for Little Kids" in the San Francisco Bay Area by Nickelodeon's 2008 ParentsConnect.com's Parents' Pick Awards.

Through early childhood learning, parenting education, and community outreach, Habitot helps parents and caregivers raise curious, creative, and confident children. More than 750,000 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 about Habitot's events and free days, please visit http://www.habitot.org