Elementary Age

COCA presents its summer musical, Matilda live on stage! Matilda Wormwood, a young girl with extraordinary powers, uses her love of reading and storytelling as an escape from her life with her neglectful parents. She befriends a kind teacher who encourages her to embrace her uniqueness, and leads her to discover her own remarkable powers. 

Executive Director Roger Holloway will be performing Raptor Project favorites like "Hawk of the Highway," "The Vulture Song" and "The Owl Song" while birds come out to greet the audience. This is a free event.

Spend the afternoon at Laumeier Sculpture Park on a fall hike through Laumeier's trails. Gather newly fallen  leaves and classify them using their shape and color. Practice examining different types of bark and limbs to master your tree identification skills. End the hike with a quick leaf printing activity to remember the day.

Celebrate Shark Day at the Saint Louis Zoo! Enjoy steel drummer entertainment, learn fascinating facts about sharks, including how conservation efforts upstream in St. Louis make a difference in the challenges sharks face in the ocean. Plus, guests who wear a shark costume will receive free access to Stingrays at the Caribbean Cove!

America's Biggest Birthday Party returns to the Gateway Arch grounds featuring free admission, live entertainment, a festival zone for family fun, a fairway with vendors, Purina's Incredible Dog Team and stunning fireworks displays.

This family workshop is an opportunity for you and your child to express yourselves through color and texture as you discover the unlimited possibilities of mono prints. Collaborate to create multi-layered mono prints using gelatin plates, stencils, ink and fouund objects.

Sign up for a day of free family fun with STEM workshops, activities, lunch and learning at the STEAM Day Festival. This free event is open to students in grades K-12 and their families.