Abrakadoodle inspires the artist in every child. The national mobile arts education program meets both the National and State Standards for visual arts education. Classes are developmentally appropriate and introduce kids to color, texture, shape, and creativity. Abrakadoodle programs are broken into age-appropriate groupings, including Twoosy Doodlers, for children age 20-36 months; Mini Doodlers, for children age three through Kindergarten; Doodlers, for children in grades one through six.

A summer camp, Camp Abrakadoodle, is offered for children ages three through 12. Abrakadoodle Parties are led by an art teacher and feature age-appropriate activities and art lessons, plus each party guest leaves with a framed piece of their own original art.

BounceU is a climate-controlled bounce arena featuring multiple rooms of arcade games and interactive, inflatable play equipment including slides, a rock climbing wall, basketball, boxing, and more.

Birthday party packages are available.

Busy Bees Studio offers courses in Itsy Bitsy Yoga, Spanish, French, art, Etiquette, Baby Signs, Music Pups, Music for Young Children, hip hop dance, fitness, cooking, and kindergarten readiness.

The studio also offers a variety of day camps and is available for birthday parties.

The winner of our 2008 Parents' Picks quest to find the best Artsy Class for Teens in Sacramento, the Children's Creative Arts Center offers art classes in a variety of mediums for students at many levels of expertise. Piano, guitar, and voice classes are also available.

Children's Creative Arts Center teaches special summer and school vacation day programs.

Effie Yeaw Nature Center is an award-winning environmental and cultural education center located in Carmichael, California.

The center offers programs for children and adults, interactive exhibits, school programs, educational workshops, and many volunteer opportunities.

Fulton-El Camino Recreation and Park District, in operation since 1956, hosts a wide variety of community events and workshops each year, including health and safety classes, sports classes, afterschool programs, camps, and other youth programs.

iD Tech Camp is a week-long, day and overnight program for kids ages seven to 17. Campers build robots, create video games, design websites with Flash, film digital movies, and learn programming. Special teen programs include iD Gaming Academy, iD Film Academy, and a Study Abroad program in Spain.

Mad Science is on a mission to stimulate scientific learning through hands-on fun and activities that will get kids excited about science.

Mad Science offers birthday parties for groups of any size, ideal for children ages five to 12. A Mad Scientist comes to your house and presents a 45-minute show, adapted to the ages of the kids in your group, combining high-energy, interactive fun with entertaining science experiments that appeal to kids' penchant for goo, pop, and fizz. A variety of 15-minute "finales" are available for an extra charge: dry ice, a laser show, hovercraft rides, or a rocket launch.

Other options, for an additional charge, include a cotton candy machine, goody bags, or invitations.

Mad Science also offers summer camps at several locations throughout the Sacramento area. Half-day and full-day camps run weekly from June through August for children ages six to 12. Registration and other information is available on the website.

The Sacramento YMCA offers a variety of youth and family programs, including aquatics, fitness, and sports.

LIke its sister facility in Culver City, STAR ECO Station is an environmental science and wildlife rescue center in a tropical jungle setting. Through a partnership with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, STAR ECO Station rescues and houses at-risk and endangered exotic wildlife.

Visitors study ecology and environmentalism during a wild and fun encounter with the STAR ECO Station's rescued tropical birds, exotic reptiles, wildcats, and
ocean life. The Station's interdisciplinary, hands-on lessons of compassion and empathy for the natural world inspires visitors to a deep understanding of their role in protecting their Earth.

The ECO Station is also available to host a variety of special events throughout the year, including birthday parties. Birthday party packages include a guided tour and private party time. For additional fees, the station can provide (or book) custom invitations, custom goody bags, a Moon Bounce, cotton candy, popcorn, nachos, sno-cones, hot dogs, gourmet dogs, and more.

Offered during summers and school holidays, Camp ECO invites kids to spend their vacation with Caiman alligators, felines, tropical birds, reptiles, arachnids, and other exotic creatures in a place that looks, feels, and sounds like the real jungle. Children learn environmental science while working alongside real scientists and ecologists.

The winner of our 2008 Parents' Picks quest to find the best Day Camp for Big Kids and best Day Camp for Little Kids in Sacramento,, The Sacramento Zoo is home to more than 600 animals. The zoo hosts many public programs and classes, and showcases a variety of exhibitions.

The winner of our 2008 Parents' Picks quest to find the best Day Camp for Teens in Sacramento, Young Chefs Academy is a cooking school just for kids that offers classes, camps, and birthday parties.