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Follow a short trail and read a childrenโs nature story along the way. Then stop by the Museum to pick up an activity bag so you can start your own adventure at home.
Stop by the Youth Services department to pick up your very own craft kit to enjoy at home, available while supplies last!
What can you make with our Legos, a theme, and your imagination?
Stop by Whalon Lake during Fun & Food Trucks to put your native mammal knowledge to the test with the Hidden Oaks Nature Center naturalists! Touch the teeth on an animal skull and decide: Is it a carnivore or herbivore? A predator or prey? What animal is it? Next, feel some animal furs, check out...
Bring your engineering creativity and build a structure that will protect a raw egg from a 15-foot drop! Weโll provide the eggs, supplies, guidance, height and clean up!
Welcome to the Grove, where plants and creatures and children all grow together. Through songs, play, and stories, little ones and their grown-ups will discover the forest around them and learn how we are all connected. By: Co-created by Eleanor Kahn, Katie Norregaard, and Julie Ritchey
Plant-stravaganza: pollinator nest building, seed sculptures, and native seed give away. In collaboration with the Sherman Park Library and the Keller Science Action Center of the Field Museum, the Pollinator Solace Columns project hosts a community eco workshop focused on supporting native species in Chicago. Star Farms will join the fun with a pop-up produce...
All aboard! It's time to kick-off the summer reading program with a big summer party! Get your hand or face painted, watch a movie, craft, play outside with bubbles and chalk, try an indoor scavenger hunt, and have an ice cream treat. Wait until you see the cool summer reading decorations--and destinations--we have waiting for...
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