Science Tots is designed for children ages 18 to 36 months. The class provides opportunities to support brain development and learning. Toddlers and their grown-ups will explore STEM topics through songs, stories, hands-on exploration and play.
Kids can meet a friendly CHAMP Therapy Dog and read to them to enhance their reading skills!
Families can enjoy an Easter egg hunt adventure around Edwardsville, collecting eggs to fill their egg carton at each stop. The Eggstravaganza includes a visit with the Easter Bunny at the Nickel Plate Station.
The PlantTech Jam is free hands-on science, tinkering, and robotics fun for the whole family. This interactive event, held at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, features science innovation and technology related activities for all ages.
St. Charles Community College invites parents and kids to attend the 2026 Summer Camp Celebration, a free, family-friendly event designed to help families plan an exciting summer.
Kids in grades K-5 can celebrate St. Patrick's Day by creating their own trap designed for leprechauns!
Bring your little ones for a "fin"tastic story time complete with a craft/experiment and a light snack before heading to the pool for Little Splashers swim time!
Did you know that February 14th is St. Louis’s birthday? The Missouri History Museum has created a new festival to celebrate, featuring activities, food, music, and fun.
Everyone is welcome at the Dive-In Movie at the Lodge of Des Peres. Enjoy a family movie while you float in one of the tubes or just play in the water in the indoor pool.
What does home sound like to you? During Music Without Boundaries, journey through music from around the world at the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra—each culture adding its own rhythm, style, and instruments.
Discover a community dedicated to empowering neurodivergent students at Miriam School and Learning Center. Miriam School is renowned for its personalized approach to education, supporting students with diverse learning needs including ADHD, autism, speech/language disorders, anxiety, specific learning disabilities, and sensory processing differences.
Dads & Daughters are invited to hit the ice at the Kennedy Recreation Center for the Dad & Daughter Skate Night.
Do your kids love the Olympics and want to compete in their own games? Register for the Indoor Olympics and they'll create their very own country and flag, then compete! The Indoor Olympics features classic Olympic challenges along with some outrageous new ones.
Thousands of candy filled eggs will await kids ages 1-11 at this egg hunt, along with a visit from the Easter Bunny himself!
Take a spin on the St. Louis Carousel in Faust Park to celebrate Cardinals Opening Day. Rides are $1.
This 7,000 square-foot makerspace is designed for kids to play, explore create and collaborate. Visitors have a chance to "paint" on the digital easel, use a pottery wheel to create a clay creation, design for a 3D printer, launch air rockets, build robots and circuits and more!
Join in on First Art, a free art program for toddlers where the focus is on the process of making art rather than the finished product. Dress to get messy!
Explore the Saint Louis Zoo in the evenings at the Chinese lantern festival Animals Aglow! Animals Aglow returns to illuminate the Saint Louis Zoo for the second year with dozens of new, towering lanterns and light displays.
Visit The Magic House for Toddler Time, a special early-morning program for toddlers. Children age 1-4 can take part in exhibits and exclusive interactive activities designed just for little ones. There are new themes every week!
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.
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.