Preschool

Let's Learn About St. Louis

Bring your preschooler to a morning of storytelling and St. Louis-themed activities, including a visit with FredBird!

This free event, for ages 2 to 6 celebrates a newly published curriculum "Let's Learn About St. Louis" by The Wilson School's pre-kindergarten teacher Linda Noel. It also features local author June Herman and her book Goodnight St. Louis. Both books will be available for purchase.

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Kids Night Out at Indian Hills Swim Club

Kids Night Out at Indian Hills Swim Club is where your kids can have a blast with their friends while you have a fun adult night out. Kids ages 5 to 12 will swim, enjoy a pizza party and have fun with their friends. Both members and non-members are welcome. Kids need swimsuits, towels, socks, tennis shoes, sunscreen, and swim goggles. 

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Ice Cream Social

Kids love ice cream, and at this event, it's free! Bring your kids to Indian Hills Swim Club for the free ice cream social with ice cream provided by Mr. Wizards. For kids age 12 and under. Stick around and check out the pools!

2 to 3 p.m. at Indian Hills Swim Club.

More information: indianhillsswimclub.com

For information about summer camps at Indian Hills Swm Club, click here

 

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Grant's Farm Friday Family Flicks

Grant's Farm is staying open late on Friday nights in June for Family Flicks Night. Guests are invited to gather at the Bauernhof after regular Farm hours and watch a family-friendly movie.

Grant's Farm will open its doors on Family Flicks Night at 6 p.m. and the movie begins at approximately 8 p.m. after the sun sets. 

The movie schedule includes:

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Construction Junction

Your kids will provide the imagination and the library will provide the toys at Construction Junction. Kids have been playing with building toys since the library was founded 150 years ago. At this free event, they'll get to play and build wit the toys of today as well as the toys of our grandparent's generation.

There will be LEGO bricks, K'Nex, Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, Erector sets and even Play-Doh. 

11 a.m.. to noon at the Central Library branch of the St. Louis Public Library. Free. 

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Family Night Hike

Enjoy Shaw Nature Reserve at night with your family. On this guided hike, you'll use your five senses to observe the surroundings and uncover the secrets of the darkness.

 

Activities will focus on the brain's ability to be fooled by the night and ways to improve night vision.

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Little Nature Explorers: April Showers Bring May Flowers

Little ones ages 3 to 5 will explore all kinds of weather while they interact with other children at the Shaw Nature Reserve. Little Nature Explorers classes are a great way to prepare your child for kindergarten. Classes include multiple hands-on indoor and outdoor activities designed to strengthen your child's connection to the world around them.

9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Shaw Nature Reserve in Gray Summit.

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Owl Prowl at the World Bird Sanctuary
Sunday, January 19, 2025
Sunday, February 2, 2025

Come over to the dark side and meet the amazing birds that exist by moonlight. Owl Prowls are an opportunity for families to learn about owls from the naturalists at the World Bird Sanctuary.

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Family Sunday at the Saint Louis Art Museum
Sunday, January 19, 2025

Families are invited to the Saint Louis Art Museum on Sunday afternoon to participate in free hands-on art activities with fun themes and to explore the galleries. Each Family Sunday focuses on a different family-friendly theme. 

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Science Storytime at the Saint Louis Science Center

Young visitors and their families are invited to the Life Science Lab Classroom at the Saint Louis Science Center to enjoy interactive read-alouds of science-themed picture books. Story times are followed by a short demonstration or discussion connected to the book's main concepts. 

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