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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. 

Eye Thrive will provide free, on-site vision screenings, eye exams and prescription glasses to children ages 4 through 12th grade at these clinics held at St. Louis County Library locations. 

At Great Green Adventures: Weather Watcher, kids will observe and identify changes in the weather and how this seasonal change affects the plants in their garden.

Preschoolers ages 3-6 will explore areas of science, technology, engineering, art and math at Preschool STEAM. These free sessions are offered at various branches of the St. Louis County Library. Registration is required.

Bring your little ones, 6 months to 2 years, to Books for Babies on the Lawn at Kirkwood Public Library. There will be stories, songs, rhymes and lap bounces, along with time to socialize with other babies. 

The Missouri Botanical Garden is offering free admission to all visitors on June 19 in honor of Juneteenth. Admission to the Children's Garden will also be free for the day. 

Join family and friends for dinner al fresco at local parks, where the menus are mobile and the setting is beautiful.

Kids will hang out outside for story time then meet one of the Sanctuary's animal ambassadors!

Step into a visual feast inspired by world-renowned artist Radcliffe Bailey's original paintings, and discover the one superpower that fuels Granny's garden. The play promises to leave the very young nourished in body and soul. 

Shop a wide variety of items handmade by young entrepreneurs at the MADE for Kids Makers Market, plus, enjoy live music and food trucks.

Take your kids to a new reading program offered at the Gateway Arch Museum. Reading with a Ranger is a free program for families. You'll receive a copy of a themed children's book and read it together with a park ranger, have a group discussion, then explore the museum and Gateway Arch grounds. 

Join an educator at the Saint Louis Art Museum as you and your kids make your own bracelets with string and beads. Learn a simple technique for making a friendship bracelet, or experiment with your own designs.

Join an educator at the Saint Louis Art Museum as you and your kids learn to fold, design and fill your own accordion-style book. You'll explore books from the Ollie Family Resource Cart for inspiration.