For the Kids

This event is a result of the partnership between MacPhail Center for Music and the Metropolitan Library Service Agency to provide public programs at libraries demonstrating ways to incorporate music and stories for children to create a connection between music and literacy. The Water Makes Music event explores lakes, rivers and oceans and finds the steady beat in all of them through musical play. Limit of 20 children. For children birth through age 5. Registration required. Read more about Water Makes Music

Tamarack Nature Center is embracing Easter this month with an egg-themed class for children ages 2 to 5, accompanied by an adult. Learn how strong, but still delicate, eggs can be, create an egg-themed art project, and pick up all kinds of fun trivia about the Tamarack baby animals who hatch from eggs. 651.407.5350. Read more about E is for Egg

Breaking out the books is the perfect way to help your kids combat the late-winter blues when afternoons are still too chilly to play outside. This monthly book club at the Wildwood Branch Library features a new book every month for third- and fourth-grade boys and girls. Registration required. 651.426.2042. Read more about Kids' Book Club

With the kids cooped up inside, it’s the perfect time to break out the books. This monthly book club at the Wildwood Branch Library features a new book every month catering to kids in the third and fourth grade. Registration required. 651.426.2042. Read more about Kids' Book Club

If the kids are cooped up inside, it’s the perfect time to break out the books. This monthly book club at the Wildwood Branch Library features a new book every month geared to third- and fourth-graders. Registration required. 651.426.2042. Read more about Kids Book Club

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Sneak in a little extra wish-list time with Santa Claus at this indoor open skate event. In addition to skating with the big guy, there will be face painting, crafts, presents, concessions, a DJ, and games to keep the little ones happy as the holidays approach. 651.429.8571. Read more about Skate with Santa

Cuddling up with a puppy has a lot of benefits, and for kids in kindergarten through seventh grades, one of those can be greater confidence reading. Stop by the Wildwood Branch Library, where children can read aloud to specially trained therapy dogs for 15-minute sessions to help them practice reading skills. Sessions will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, or you can call for a reservation. 651.426.2042. Read more about Dog Gone Reading

Take your little ones to the library, where it’s never too early to discover a love of reading. Story time offers fun activities for tots, including reading stories, singing songs and playing finger games. Parents with their children ages 2 to 5 welcome. 651.407.5302. Read more about Family Story Time

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