Visit the Saint Louis Zoo during its first-ever Intrnational Tiger Day. Your family can learn how the Zoo cares for its awesome tigers and how you can help save tigers in the wild. Children will be able to have their faces painted like tigers, and the zoo keepers will have special enrichment activities for the Amur tigers. Visitors will also have the opportunity to enter to win a behind-the-scenes tour when they pledge to help save the tigers.
Noon to 2 p.m. in the Big Cat Country Plaza at the Saint Louis Zoo. Free and for all ages.
More information: stlzoo.org
Take your family to watch birds of prey fly right over your head, meet the wonderful bird ambassadors of the World Bird Sanctuary up close and much more.
Kids can work on existing gym skills, learn new skills or just play around during Open Gym at Miss Kelly's Gym in Creve Coeur.
Aquarium visitors will be immersed in a world of shark-centered adventures and have opportunities to get up close to the sharks during Shark Week at the St. Louis Aquarium.
The Preschool Science Series is an open exploration learning lab for young scientists, ages 18 months to 5 years and their families. Activities are designed around research that shows children learn best through play, inquiry and shared experiences with their parents and caregivers.
Open Gym at Miss Kelly's Gym is an opportunity for any child to have supervised free play in the gym. They can work on existing skills, try something new, or simply play around. It is completely up to them! Open Gym is open to both members and non-members ages 12 and under.