Inspire your baby or child's love of music as they sing, dance, wiggle and giggle at a free Kindermusik and Music for Little Mozarts demo class. Reservations are required.
The sample class includes a variety of musical styles, singing, movement, dance, and instrument play. Demo classes are free for kids ages birth to age 6 with a parent or caregiver. Those who attend a demo class will receive a $10 discount if they sign up for the fall series of classes beginning between Aug. 31 and Sept. 12 (depending on location). Classes are sponsored by the Community Music School of Webster University.
Demo classes will be held:
Saturday, Aug. 13 at 9:30 a.m. at the Community Music School of Webster University in Webster Groves
Saturday, Aug. 13 at 1:30 p.m. at the Strauss Center in Faust Park, Chesterfield
Monday, Aug. 15 at 9:30 a.m. at The Lodge in Des Peres
Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 9:30 a.m. at the Kol Rinah Children's Center in University City
Saturday, Aug. 20 at 9:30 at the JCC in Chesterfield
Demo classes are free but reservations are required. Reservations can be made online at webster.edu/kindermusik
Celebrating the history, culture, and people of Japan, the Japanese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden is one of the largest and oldest festivals of its kind in the United States. Your family can enjoy guided walking tours, bonsai, cooking, martial arts and origami demonstrations, sumo wrestling, and special activities for kids.
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.
Wagon rides, live entertainment, great festival foods, a petting zoo and much more make this an apple pickin' good time for the whole family. There will be pony rides, a children's carnival, opportunities to feed goats and other farm animals, caramel apples, funnel cakes and more.
See the Zoo's California sea lions perform acrobatic and athletic feats, including Olympic-style dives on a high-diving platform, flipper walks, frisbee tosses and plenty of surprises. While on stage with the sea lions, the Zoo's trainers explain sea lion behavior and positive-reinforcement training, in addition to the need for conserving the sea lion's ocean habitat.
LEGO Club at the St. Louis County Library is a free opportunity for kids to gather and have fun building with LEGO bricks. LEGOs are provided.