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Join us every second and fourth Friday of each month while we create art in the Art Room for Open Art Studio Fridays!
Create art from 10am-12pm
Free with museum admission or membership
During this program for children 1 to 3 years of age and their grown-ups, children develop language, small motor skills, and social skills while engaging in hands-on exploration. Each class includes songs and musical instruments, a read-aloud story, time for play, and a visual art activity.
You can construct things with hand tools like hammers, saws, and screwdrivers, or with big machines like loaders, dump trucks, and bulldozers. What do you like to build?
Get up close to some cuddly, creepy, and crawly creatures! Come learn about animals with FPNC from 10-10:30am. We also invite you to the PlayHouse Nature Table and story time at 10:15 am.
Due to animal temperament or other factors, the animals available might change on short notice.
During this program for children 1 to 3 years of age and their grown-ups, children develop language, small motor skills, and social skills while engaging in hands-on exploration. Each class includes songs and musical instruments, a read-aloud story, time for play, and a visual art activity.
ABC’s for you and me! Do you know how to spell your name? In this session we will learn all about letters.
Join us every second and fourth Friday of each month while we create art in the Art Room for Open Art Studio Fridays!
Create art from 10am-12pm
Free with museum admission or membership
During this program for children 1 to 3 years of age and their grown-ups, children develop language, small motor skills, and social skills while engaging in hands-on exploration. Each class includes songs and musical instruments, a read-aloud story, time for play, and a visual art activity.
There is so much to do with sand. You can dig it, make sandcastles, and squish it in your hands. What is favorite thing about sand?
Get up close to some cuddly, creepy, and crawly creatures! Come learn about animal adaptations with Peoria Zoo from 10-10:30am. We also invite you to the PlayHouse Nature Table and story time at 10:15 am.
Due to animal temperament or other factors, the animals available might change on short notice.
Everyone loves a good story: explore some with us covering a variety of topics including holidays, cultures, and languages with people from our community. Most Storytimes will be bilingual with a language related to the culture or holiday we are covering.
Hindu New Year is called by many names across the country of India. We will learn about the holiday and Hinduism through children’s books. This Storytime will be in English and Hindi (one of the 22 recognized languages of India)! 
Storytime at the PlayHouse is on select Fridays and Saturdays.
Included with museum admission or membership.
During this program for children 1 to 3 years of age and their grown-ups, children develop language, small motor skills, and social skills while engaging in hands-on exploration. Each class includes songs and musical instruments, a read-aloud story, time for play, and a visual art activity.
There are so many fun shapes! Triangles, squares, rectangles, circles, hearts, stars, and so many more! Which one do you like best?
Join us every second and fourth Friday of each month while we create art in the Art Room for Open Art Studio Fridays!
Create art from 10am-12pm
Free with museum admission or membership
During this program for children 1 to 3 years of age and their grown-ups, children develop language, small motor skills, and social skills while engaging in hands-on exploration. Each class includes songs and musical instruments, a read-aloud story, time for play, and a visual art activity.
Our bodies are awesome! They let us run, play, dance, and so much more! What’s something your body can do?
Get up close to some cuddly, creepy, and crawly creatures! Come learn about animals with FPNC from 10-10:30am. We also invite you to the PlayHouse Nature Table and story time at 10:15 am.
Due to animal temperament or other factors, the animals available might change on short notice.
During this program for children 1 to 3 years of age and their grown-ups, children develop language, small motor skills, and social skills while engaging in hands-on exploration. Each class includes songs and musical instruments, a read-aloud story, time for play, and a visual art activity.
It’s time to take a bath, get on our pajamas, read some bedtime stories, and go to sleep! Let’s think about all the fun things we do to get ready for bed!
Feel free to wear your favorite pajamas to this special Tot Time!
Join us every second and fourth Friday of each month while we create art in the Art Room for Open Art Studio Fridays!
Create art from 10am-12pm
Free with museum admission or membership
During this program for children 1 to 3 years of age and their grown-ups, children develop language, small motor skills, and social skills while engaging in hands-on exploration. Each class includes songs and musical instruments, a read-aloud story, time for play, and a visual art activity.
All the cool bugs are outside playing in the summer, just like us! Spiders, ladybugs, butterflies, ants, and more are flying and crawling all around us. What is your favorite bug?