Wednesdays
3:00PM
FREE

Ages 5-11 meet to create challenging structures.

www.aclib.us/events

Selected Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
After School - Times vary by library
FREE

Kids can enjoy playing Wii games at the library. Check the website for dates, times and locations

www.aclib.us/events

Third Wednesday of the month
2:00PM - 3:00PM
FREE

WILD WEDNESDAYS -take advantage of the school district’s early release Wednesdays and bring your children/grandchildren/homeschoolers to play and explore at the Tuscawilla Preserve in Micanopy. This spring season, TLC volunteers will introduce various environmental educational concepts using games and activities. Participants will learn and connect with nature while they play. What better way to learn?! Geared for children ages 4-8, with accompanying adults, but all are welcome to come explore outdoors. There is no cost to attend these spring sessions.

tuscawillalc@gmail.com
www.alachuaconservationtrust.org

All ages are invited to learn American Sign Language!

ASL Basics: This class will teach the sign language alphabet and basic word signs and sentences.

ASL II: This class is for students who already know the sign language alphabet and basic word signs and sentences.


www.aclib.us

Wednesdays 9:30AM - 11:30AM
Ages 3-5 years old
$80 for a 4 week block

Bubbles and Butterflies is a small child enrichment program. The maximum enrollment per class is 4 children. The small groupings make it a good starting point for children new to preschool programming or children who are a little bit more introverted or shy. The curriculum will include school readiness activities, art, music, large and small motor, indoor and outdoor play.

thesocialelement@gmail.com

One Sunday a month 3:30PM
All ages
FREE

Contadores de Estórias de Gainesville is a storytelling group in Portuguese that meets once a month at the Millhopper Branch Library. Our goal is to celebrate various brazilian holidays and interact our children with the brazilian culture and traditions through songs, games, books and storytelling. All the meetings are spoken in portuguese to preserve our language.

contadoresgnv@gmail.com
www.contadoresdeestoriasgainesville.shutterfly.com

Wednesdays 9:00AM - 11:00AM October - July only
All ages
$5 per vehicle | No charge for materials

Dudley Farm Crafts and Demonstrations: A resource person person will teach a variety of domestic skills. This includes: Quilting, Weaving , Rug-crocheting, Basketry, Woodworking, and Corn shuck crafts. Workshops meet at the Visitor Center, except the 3rd Wednesday.


www.friendsofdudleyfarm.org/events/crafts.html

2nd Saturday of every month 10:00AM - 2:00PM  /   October - May only
All ages
FREE with park admission

Dudley Kids: a volunteer at Dudley Farm teaches children how make a craft or perform a common activity from the 1800's.  Check the website for details on the scheduled activity.

Check the website for schedule of events!


friendsofdudleyfarm.org/events/kids.html

Saturdays 9:00AM - 4:30 PM
All Ages
FREE

All Morningside Nature Center Programs have paused for the summer and will resume in September.

Living History Days: Step back in a time when the roosters’ crow and the rising sun, not an alarm clock, welcomed a new day!   The Living History Farm comes to life with staff interpreting day-to-day life on a rural Florida farm.   Sample biscuits, fresh butter and a slice of life from 1870!   The heritage breed farm animals are fed twice daily around 9:00 am and 3:00 pm. FREE.

The Living History Farm is open to the public from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm Tuesday through Saturday.
Morningside’s Living History Farm is a ten-acre re-creation of a single-family rural holding in the year 1870.  The Farm centers on the McCarroll’s, an Alachua County Irish immigrant family who built the oldest of the structures: Hogan’s Cabin.  The farm includes the 1840’s cabin, 1900’s board and batten kitchen, 1880’s twin-crib barn, Half-Moon one-room school house, reproduction out-buildings, heirloom garden and field crop areas and live heritage breed farm animals.  You can step into the life of an 1870’s family during special events and programs.

Barnyard Buddies, Frogs and Friends Fridays and Living History Days are suspended until September. Take a cool break and visit one of the many nature parks in the City of Gainesville! Gainesville’s premier nature park, Morningside Nature Center is open daily 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (May–Oct), has more than six miles of trails that wind through sandhill, flatwoods, and cypress domes. The park has wheelchair accessible restrooms, ample parking, and it will be sure to become a favorite destination. The Living History Farm is open from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, Tuesday through Saturday. A Cell Phone Tour will guide you through the Living History Farm. Visit today and find your favorite nature park!


www.natureoperations.org

The Reichert House Youth Academy is a program that provides services designed to give young men opportunities to learn about themselves and their community.   The cornerstone of the Reichert House program centers around three elements: RESPECT, RESTRAINT and RESPONSIBILITY.   The program helps youth to develop, achieve and maintain a lifestyle that is free from substance abuse, crime and other situations that plague young men.   The Reichert House provides youth with the opportunity and support to build positive lives for themselves so they can move into contributing roles in society.

www.reicherthouse.org

Santa Fe College offers a variety of community education classes for kids each semester. Visit the website for details on specific class offerings.

www.dept.sfcollege.edu/ce/classesKids.html

Saturdays 10:30AM - 11:00AM
All ages
$7 per skater

Skate Station Funworks offers a beginning skating lesson program. Skaters learn the basic skills of forward and backward skating, starting and stopping correctly, proper posture, balance and falling, as well as skating and equipment safety.


www.funworks.com/gainesville/skate-lessons/

Yopp offers enrichment classes for kids aged 2-18. Class offerings change seasonally and may be taken individually, or for a whole semester as desired. Class offerings include dance, drama, art, fitness and more. Visit the website for details on the current classes being offered.

www.yoppinc.com