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Enjoy multiple activities both inside and outside the Nature Center, centered around amphibians and reptiles. 

Visit the Field House Museum to celebrate a favorite childhood toy - the teddy bear! All kids 15 and under will take home a new furry friend of their own.

Kids can get hands-on experience with cool tech tools that are made especially for them at this free workshop.

Children can read books to dogs, meet local authors and do some hands-on activities inspired by the books featured at this free story time designed to celebrate reading.

Celebrate Independence Day at the Old Courthouse with special ranger talks, mock trial vignettes, a public reading of the Declaration of Independence and a concert by the Independence Band.

Kids will learn about the variety of wildlife in their backyard and build a native species habitat to take home.

Preschoolers will learn about the colors of the rainbow and get creative with a color mixing activity.

Remember the old days of mud pits and mud pies? Here is the chance to relive some of the joys of your childhood with your children. Powder Valley will provide the dirt, you bring the clean clothes for the ride home.

Enjoy a free movie at the Edwardsville City Park Band Shell (by the library) at sunset.

Join Angela Speck, Director of Astronomy at the University of Missouri-Columbia, as she explains the upcoming solar eclipse and explains the best ways to view it at this free event.

After a story read by a firefighter, kids will watch a movie, then have the opportunity to climb on the firetrucks and ask the firefighters any questions they may have about fire safety.

Kids can learn more about the Solar Eclipse of 2017 (coming up Aug. 21) that will be visible in our region, including ways to safely view it and what to expect during the eclipse.

Bring your dancing shoes and join Jim "Mr. Stinky Feet" Cosgrove for a high-energy, interactive concert guaranteed to get the whole family rockin'.

Children 12 and under can register for Chalk Land, a kid-friendly area where kids can discover their inner artist with sidewalk chalking drawings, face painting, arts & crafts, music and more. 

See Beauty and the Beast, the classic story of a young woman and a prince trapped under an enchantress' spell, which only needs the power of love to break, performed live on stage.