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Facilitated by Tom Drouin, a SCORE Certified Master Mentor, come and engage in a lively conversation with fellow business owners about managing this key component for business success.

Register in advance for this virtual zoom meeting:
https://score.tfaforms.net/17?EventID=a100b000004O78y

Grades K-6
Can you stand on one leg for 30 seconds? Would you rather only eat pizza or ice cream for a week? You never know what activities or questions will come up when we spin the wheel of fun.

Join us via Zoom as Chopra Center certified instructor Stephanie Frantz teaches you a simple mindfulness meditation technique and a stress-buster breathing exercise to relax and increase your overall sense of wellbeing. Explore the benefits of developing a regular meditation practice to improve health, strengthen the immune system and release stress and anxiety.

This program is provided in the Zoom Meeting format so that you may better engage and interact with the presenter and other participants. If you feel comfortable doing so, please turn your microphone and/or camera on.

Join us for a virtual storytime via Zoom! Toddler Time is geared for 2-3 years. Please enter your e-mail address for instructions and connection details.

Grades 1-6
Are you ready to be challenged? We tackle one question about the natural world and try to discover the answer by experimenting with household items.

Grades 4-8
It's all things fantasy! We'll discuss Harry Potter read alikes, would you rather scenarios, and more!

Join us for a virtual storytime via Zoom! Great Beginnings is geared for birth-23 months. Please enter your e-mail address for instructions and connection details.

Are you interested in true crime novels or podcasts? Once a week during October we'll be discussing some cases, trading information, sharing our favorite crimes, and just talking criminology.

Please register with the best email to invite you to our programming space.

Grades K-6
Virtual Zoom program
Get your paper and pencils ready for a virtual drawing class led by cartoonist Mark Anderson! A total creative bonanza! Students will draw tons of crazy, unbelievable monsters. Weird blobby monsters! Scary pointy monsters! Funny hat-wearing monsters! Instagram influencing selfie-taking monsters! Include your email when registering to receive your invite and Zoom link closer to the class.

Artist Monica Acosta of Snow City Arts will lead us in a Zen-style, spontaneous approach to painting a sunset. We will use simple forms and organic shapes created by overlapping layers of color. Snow City Arts inspires and educates children and youth in hospitals through the arts. After registering, pick-up your art kit at the Information Desk or Curbside between October 1-16, while supplies last. Please allow 2 business days to process. Contact bericson@wheatonlibrary.org with questions.

Join us for a virtual storytime via Zoom! Preschool storytime is geared for 3-5 years. Each week, Monday's and Friday's class will be the same. Please enter your e-mail address for instructions and connection details.

Artist William Worcester will describe his methods to master color and composition while modeling his technique using palette knives, rags, and brushes. Provided in partnership with the DuPage Art League.
Register here for the Zoom webinar invitation:
>https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dtlgqG0rSK-lDe1s56UUmw

Although an independent press is crucial to a healthy democracy, partisanship, bias by omission, opinion, activism, and falsehoods are often replacing facts. Rather than critiquing specific sources, let's identify what we can and should expect.

This program is provided in the Zoom Meeting format so that you may better engage and interact with the presenter and other participants. If you feel comfortable doing so, please turn your microphone and/or camera on.

Although an independent press is crucial to a healthy democracy, partisanship, bias by omission, opinion, activism, and falsehoods are often replacing facts. Rather than critiquing specific sources, let's identify what we can and should expect.

This program is provided in the Zoom Meeting format so that you may better engage and interact with the presenter and other participants. If you feel comfortable doing so, please turn your microphone and/or camera on.

Join us for a virtual storytime via Zoom! Toddler Time is geared for 2-3 years. Please enter your e-mail address for instructions and connection details.

Children of all ages (geared for toddlers and preschoolers)
Grab your stuffed animal or puppet and join us for an interactive puppet playtime! We'll read a story and act out the pages together with our toy friends!

Children of all ages (geared for toddlers and preschoolers)
Get your teddies and teacups ready and join us for a Teddy Bear Tea Party! Registered participants can pick up a craft supply kit at the library beginning October 1. If you are unable to pick up a kit, a list of supplies will be emailed to you with your link to the event.

Grades K-6
Can you stand on one leg for 30 seconds? Would you rather only eat pizza or ice cream for a week? You never know what activities or questions will come up when we spin the wheel of fun.

Historian and educator Caroline Kisiel tells the largely forgotten story of the English Prairie settlement in early Illinois and how it played an important role in keeping Illinois free from slavery. Seeking a locale rich in agriculture possibilities and against human captivity, Morris Birkbeck and George Flower established two towns in southern Illinois, with Flower establishing Albion in 1818. Their thriving community drew scores of English and American settlers, forming one of the most important early statehood settlements.

Join us for a virtual storytime via Zoom! Preschool storytime is geared for 3-5 years. Each week, Monday's and Friday's class will be the same. Please enter your e-mail address for instructions and connection details.

Are you interested in true crime novels or podcasts? Once a week during October we'll be discussing some cases, trading information, sharing our favorite crimes, and just talking criminology.

Please register with the best email to invite you to our programming space.

Explore the struggle for suffrage with Leslie Goddard, from 1848 - when the first call was issued - to 1920, when women finally earned the right to vote. Co-sponsored with the DuPage Historical Museum and Wheaton League of Women Voters.
Register through the DuPage Historical Museum:
>https://www.eventbrite.com/e/votes-for-women-tickets-117772240943?aff=erelpanelorg

Halloween this year is looking a little grim, and we want to help make it a little more spooky!
Pop online during the week of October 25th thru the 31st and join our Kahoot Challenge for a chance to earn some candy and learn some creepy trivia!
-Please only sign up once for the event-

Children of all ages (geared for preschool)
Let's celebrate fall! Join us for a book and leaf art project. Be sure to keep an eye outside for fall leaves you can use for your project! Include your email address for connection details.