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Drop in to learn safe practices for fire building and containment, make fire-inspired art, build your own fire and roast a marshmallow. Free, all ages.
Enjoy the beauty of winter outside with Garfield Park Conservatory’s Nature Educators! During the winter months, we will be outside in the Play & Grow Garden to experience a lot of fun outside, even when it’s cold. More dates later this Winter! Activities will include: Fort Building Fairy Furniture Whammy Doodles Smores And More! outdoor...
Learn and explore at our annual Science Fair. Families are invited to learn and explore at our Science Fair. The open-house format features stations from FrogLady Presentations, DuPage Children’s Museum, SciTech Museum, Illinois Storm Chasers, and more. Activities are suitable for children preschool-aged and older. Sponsored by the Friends of the Batavia Public Library.
Learn what, why and how staff feed the great diversity of birds, fishes, reptiles and amphibians at the nature center.
Have you ever thought, “I would love to share my passion for history” or “I would love to challenge my acting skills” or “I want to dress up?” Then living history volunteering might be for you! This program will consist of an overview of historical interpretation followed by a question-and-answer session with an interpretive naturalist....
Are you starting to think about preschool programs or child care for your little one? Discover what's out there and meet centers and family child care programs in Oak Park, River Forest, and neighboring communities. They will be available to talk to parents and caregivers about their program and answer questions they might have. Children...
Learn American Sign Language! Our mission is to come together as a community to learn American Sign Language (ASL) to bring awareness and communicate to individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and/or Non-Verbal. Play games and have fun while you learn the ASL alphabet and simple words and phrases!
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