Friday,  January 24th, 2025 A fun School Day-Out Program for Guatemalan and Latino children in Cottage Grove, celebrating culture and civil rights in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Qualifying low-income families receive this program at no cost. It includes transportation, breakfast and lunch and all supplies. Our instructor, Janet Hernandez, is bilingual and […]

Raptor Art Challenge: Draw an Owl   Wed Feb 19th 3pm, FREE Location: Adventure! Children's Museum inside the Valley River Center Mall   Learn how to draw a Barn owl step-by-step in this art class for ages 8 and up. Children's art will be eligible for parents to enter in an art contest by the Cascades […]

Let's make a basket with sustainable materials! Together we will make a small basket from either cattails or tule and twined with raffia infused with local color.

Let's make a basket by hand! Together we will make a small basket from either cattails or tule and twined with raffia infused with local color. $65 per person ($30 materials, $35 instruction) The fee includes materials and three hours of instruction on basketry techniques using locally gathered and naturally dyed materials. Come weave with […]

History Camp for Children Looking for something fun to do over Spring Break? Join us for three fun filled days of history themed day camp at the beautiful Shelton McMurphey Johnson House in Eugene! On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday you can experience hands-on activities, games, cooking and outside time in a lovely Victorian mansion setting. […]

This fun spring break camp features games, art, movement, music, and activities about the history of South America. The camp is taught by Janet Hernandez, our Program Coordinator for the Los Pueblos programs. Janet has been teaching for SCEC since 2023 and is a mother of 4 children. She is bilingual English/Spanish and both languages […]

Each year in Spring and Fall, SCEC teaches the Kalapuya Ways program for Outdoor School in the Dorena area, for hundreds of children. We provide a 45 minute unit on the First Peoples of the Willamette Valley area, including either a stick dice game activity or throwing atlatls in the field (if the weather is […]