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Vote in the library or online beginning Monday, March 6. New winners will advance to the next round each week, with the ultimate champions crowned on April 3. Best of all, voters will be entered in a drawing to win the year's winning books! One entry/vote per week per person. 

Have you ever thought about how animals build their homes and what kinds of tools they use?  Explore different bird nests, use beaks as tools, and create a nesting orb for area birds when Kohl Children's Museum comes to Glencoe!

Join us for a very special storytime featuring Piggy and her best friend, Gerald the Elephant. We might even have a surprise guest join the festivities! We’ll read, sing and laugh together, then stay for games, crafts, and general silliness!

What goes up must come down! Design and build a marble run out of recycled materials! Work solo or on a team to create the unique course of your dreams. 

Registration required

Do you dream of creating art like Eric Carle? Drop in during spring break to design one-of-a-kind collage art using unique pre-made textured papers. Use liquid watercolors to make your own textured paper as well.  

Join us for music, movement, and fun at our preschool dance party. We'll feature dance-along favorites and hits from kid friendly musicians like Jim Gill and Laura Doherty. Tutus welcome! 

Learn basic techniques to create polymer clay charms, figurines, and more. Follow along with a shared project, or let your own creativity flow. 

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Build early literacy skills with songs, rhymes, bounces, and books while enjoying the company of other babies and caregivers! 

After attending Baby Time, stay and play for a while! 

Join us for books, songs, and more to build early literacy skills, then stick around after stories to play and socialize. 

Stories: 10:30-11

Play: 11-11:30

Join us for books, songs, and more to build early literacy skills, then stick around after stories to play and socialize. 

Stories: 10:30-11

Play: 11-11:30

Keep your Peep safe from predators!  Construct a nest and the tallest tree possible to hold your Peep high above the ground.  Are you up for the challenge?

Friday Sessions: 
March 3, 10, 17 (Register)

April 14, 21, 28 (This session)

The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 lasted less than a minute, but destroyed over 80% of the city from the quake itself and resulting fires.  Can you build a structure that can withstand an earthquake? Test your engineering skill to see if you can survive the destruction!

Monday Sessions: 
March 6, 13, 20 (Register)

April 17, 24, May 1 (This session)

Build early literacy skills with songs, rhymes, bounces, and books while enjoying the company of other babies and caregivers! 

After attending Baby Time, stay and play for a while! 

Build reading and comprehension skills with friends! We'll read a short book together, talk about it, and do a book-connected activity. No reading assignments, no homework, just fun! 

Participants receive a free copy of the book discussion title to keep!

Join us for books, songs, and more to build early literacy skills, then stick around after stories to play and socialize. 

Stories: 10:30-11

Play: 11-11:30

Join us for books, songs, and more to build early literacy skills, then stick around after stories to play and socialize. 

Stories: 10:30-11

Play: 11-11:30

Nothing says spring like a wind chime swaying in the breeze.  Create your own wind chime to decorate your garden!

Friday Sessions: 
March 3, 10, 17 (Register)

April 14, 21, 28 (This session)