Kids Events

Grades 3-6
Join us for an hour of Minecraft adventure.

Grades 3-6
Stop by after school and use our button maker! Create your own designs and turn them into wearable art!
No registration required.

Grades 3-5 with caregiver
Learn to sew with a favorite adult and stay warm this winter with your homemade heating pad! One registration per child/adult pair.
Registration required.

Grades 3-5 with caregiver
Learn to sew with a favorite adult and stay warm this winter with your homemade heating pad! One registration per child/adult pair.
Registration required.

Grades K-6 with caregiver(s)
See what you can accomplish with just a few materials and a whole bunch of family brain power!
Registration required. One registration per family

Grades 1 and up
Mr. Lincoln tells the story of how our national, annual observance of Thanksgiving came to be established during his presidency. There will be time for Q&A and photos and the end.
Registration required

All Ages
Whether your child likes to jam to the Beatles or nursery rhymes, Tim will get their feet moving and hands clapping

Grades 3-6
Join us in the Tween Center for the chance to invent and create something new.
No registration required

Ages birth-5 with caregiver
Jim celebrates families that dance, sing, sneeze, and play together! Special guest Don Stilles provides accompaniment on accordion. Pick up free tickets at the Youth Services Desk beginning November 10.

Read books, sing songs, and discover new ways to play. Fun for the whole family!

Ages 2-5 with adult
Join a naturalist from Lincoln Marsh at the Wheaton Public Library to listen to a nature-themed story and participate in a related craft and/or activity.

Presenter: Michelle Simmons
Michelle is a state certified Teacher of the Deaf and is now working with the Birth-3 population as a Developmental Therapist focusing on children with hearing loss. The presentation will give activities to include sign language into your child's daily life. It will also give samples of signs to bring home and use with your family.
Registration required.

Ages 15 months-4 years old
Join your toddler in singing, chanting, moving, dancing and listening in this fun musical experience. Presented by Nancy Kempe, MUSIKGARTEN instructor. Registration required.

Grades 3-6
Which flavor will win? Come taste and vote on your favorite. Please be aware of possible food allergies.
Registration required.

Grades 3-6
Join cartoonist Mark Anderson for an afternoon of drawing superheroes and villains!
Registration required.

All ages
Join us for this sensory friendly viewing for children of all abilities! Feel free to talk, dance, and sing along! We'll have the subtitles on, the lights turned up, and the volume turned down. Come and go as needed. No registration required.

All ages, children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.
Pick up a BINGO card and get ready to listen for your lucky numbers! Pick up free tickets at the Youth Services Desk beginning December 10.

Grades 3-6
Hand sew your very own felt creature to take home with you! Make an animal, monster, or your own design! Registration required.

All ages
Join us for this sensory friendly viewing for children of all abilities! Feel free to talk, dance, and sing along! We'll have the subtitles on, the lights turned up, and the volume turned down. Come and go as needed. No registration required.

All ages
Rated PG
Pick up free tickets at the Youth Services Desk beginning December 14.

For babies ages 6 to 23 months (must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver). During this 30-minute session, babies and their parents will share nursery rhymes, finger plays, songs and age-appropriate books. Child must be 6 months and not yet 2 by the date of the first storytime.

For babies ages 6 to 23 months (must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver). During this 30-minute session, babies and their parents will share nursery rhymes, finger plays, songs and age-appropriate books. Child must be 6 months and not yet 2 by the date of the first storytime.

Read books, sing songs, and discover new ways to play. Fun for the whole family!

Read books, sing songs, and discover new ways to play. Fun for the whole family!