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School Supplies at Locally-Owned Stores	After-School Care	Enrichment Classes and Kid-Friendly Businesses
Kaleidoscope is a toy store, a parent store and a teacher store! We have Story Time every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 4 til 4:30 pm. We have fun Saturday activities the first Saturday of every month from 10:30 til 12:30 pm http://www.kaleidoscopetoystore.com/ Palace Arts Santa Cruz Retail Store 1407 Pacific Avenue Santa Cruz, CA (831) 427-1550 Capitola Retail Store, 1501-K 41st Avenue Capitola, CA 95010 (831) 464-2700 http://gopalace.com/	Mantis Martial Arts is proud to offer our premier Kung Fu Kids after school service to the Santa Cruz community. We pick your child up from school and bring her or him to our training studio. With Kung Fu Kids, you won’t worry about getting off work early, arranging rides, or leaving your child home alone. Once in our studio, we provide a healthy snack, allow quiet time for homework, and offer training in traditional martial arts. Our program encompasses the benefits of martial arts while providing convenience for the modern parent. By enrolling your child in Kung Fu Kids, you free up evenings for what counts—quality time with your child. When you pick your child up at the end of the day, he or she has already had a snack, homework time, and been engaged team-building exercise. Please call 831-251-1269 or check out our website SantaCruzKungFu.com for more information Club Z Tutoring Yoga with Karyn Dancenter All About Theatre Kung Fu Kids Mantis Martial Arts Campus Kids Connection Aikido of Santa Cruz Developmental Learning Solutions Earth Art Studio International Academy of Dance Outdoor World Woodworm Party Store Lenz Arts Cabrillo Youth Chorus Outdoor World Science Exploration Elaine's Dance Studio Girl Scouts of Monterey Bay Boys and Girls Club Cross Fit for Kids Bir Brother Big Sister YWCA The 418 Project Quil Hollow Science Enrichment Program Outdoor Science Exploration Natural Science Disovery Lil' Chefs Cooking Classes Children's Creative Response to Conflict Family ROI	Willow Pond Ranch After School Program, Riding School - Our wonderful herd and skilled instructors teach all stages and most ages both horsemanship and all levels of English riding - from jumping to dressage. After school classes will be from 1 til 5 pm on Wednesdays and Fridays... we also have a Pony Club and Group and Private lessons, 477-7058, sharonray@WillowPondRanch.org Aux Trois Pommes Language Programs, fall classes start in September! call us at 421-0898, 765 Cedar Street, SC http://www.aux3pommes-ca.com French, Spanish, German, Russian, Dutch, Farsi, Italian, Arabic, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese Kids on Broadway www.kidsonbroadway.org is registering now for auditions for Bye-Bye Birdie which will perform November 5-21, 2011, 425-3455, ages 8-18 and *The Magic Paintbrush, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 til 5:30, September 14-October 21, 2010. info@kidsonbroadway.org Circus Arts with Rock Lerum at Orchard School Santa Cruz Gymnastics Elaine's Dance Studio WEST performing ARTS Cabrillo Youth Chorus International Academy of Dance Outdoor Science Exploration Santa Cruz Spanish Seven Directions Art Studio Kids Art Acting Studio Seahorse Swim School Bye Bye Birdie Little Mozarts 4 Fun* Music and rhythm class for preschoolers and their caregiver...preschoolers come and join Mozart Mouse and Beethoven Bear on a FUN musical adventure from the classroom music center to the concert! We will incorporate music, art, story-telling and movement to learn basic music concepts appropriate to 4, 5, and 6 yr olds. in Scotts Valley. Sam Allott at 831.439.9125 or email littlemozarts@mac.com Ventana Wilderness Society

Throughout Downtown Santa Cruz
Downtown Tuesdays Specials
The Downtown Association of Santa Cruz is proud to announce Downtown's own version of Local's Day -
with specials and discounts throughout Downtown Santa Cruz.

Explore all the delights Downtown Santa Cruz has to offer, with specials on dining, entertainment, and shopping! Visit this site
weekly for new, updated specials at many businesses throughout Downtown.
http://downtownsantacruz.com/events-cat.php?id=22&keywords=Downtown_Tuesdays
Explore Downtown Santa Cruz - It's All Right Here!

Hula's Island Grille and Tiki Room
Hoffman's Bistro and Patisserie, Center Street Grille
Baby Shoppe Santa Cruz, Museum of Art and History
Pacific Thai, Pacific Cookie Company
Rosie McCanns, Saturn Cafe
Stripe, Kiantis, Motion Pacific Dance Classes
Clouds, Bookshop Santa Cruz
Old School Shoes, Tonic Salon and Spa
Chocolate, Chef's Work, Santa Cruz Glass and Gifts
Kurios, Bugaboo Mountain Sports, Scout

SANTACRUZKIDS.COM

IS THE ORIGINAL ONLINE RESOURCE FOR SANTA CRUZ PARENTS AND SANTA CRUZ KIDS!

Founded in the year 2000, our web site continues to help families who are
new to Santa Cruz, visiting Santa Cruz
and local families who want to see ONLY family-friendly events on the calendar!
We personally post all of our calendar listings, AND our calendar looks like a CALENDAR!
TIRED of scrolling down those LONG LISTS to find the event you're looking for?
You probably won't see events on our calendar that aren't appropriate for your children.
You will probably WILL be able to navigate our web site to find whatever you want right away!

We were started in Santa Cruz, are locally run, locally designed and operated. We are NOT a FRANCHISE!

Our online summer camp resource guide is #1 and #2 on google:

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Check it out on the Sentinel's web site:

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We pride ourselves on the easy navigation that we've set up on our website: the navigation bars are at the top (and sometimes the bottom), and there are only 5 main categories to choose from. All of the pages in our site can be reached from one of the 5 main icons at the top of each page. Have fun! We are in the process of re-organizing some of our sections of the website...