281 programs. Classes, camps and activities for children, with dates, prices and where to sign up.
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Starts Wed, Oct 14, 10:30 AM · Free
Storytime at Wernersville Public Library is a read-aloud program for children. It meets Wednesday mornings at 10:30. Families can drop in and listen together. This session features "Dozens of…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
Wed, Oct 14 to Wed, Oct 28 · Free
The West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library holds enrichment classes for homeschool students. The classes meet on Wednesday mornings at the library. Sessions are designed for children and teens ages 5 to…
Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn
Starts Wed, Oct 14, 5:00 PM · Free
Celebrate the season at the Boyertown Community Library with an hour of pumpkin decorating. Come with family or friends, pick up your pumpkin, and make it your own. Paint one with your little ones…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Fri, Oct 16, 10:00 AM · Free
Kutztown Community Library hosts a virtual presentation on cyber security led by Member's First Credit Union. The session runs in the morning and covers the topic as presented by the credit union.…
Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown
Starts Fri, Oct 16, 6:00 PM · Free
Families paint pumpkins together at the Wernersville Public Library. Come as a group, decide on a design as a team, and bring it to life on your pumpkin. Pumpkins and all supplies are provided, so…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
Starts Sat, Oct 17 · $40 ($30 members)
A Halloween and autumn craft session for kids and teens who like anything spooky. Makers work on clay charms shaped like cats, witches and monsters, ghost banners made from fabric, spooky friendship…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Sat, Oct 17, 10:00 AM · Free
Boyertown Community Library hosts a STEM workshop led by Miss Julia. This session centers on structures, and children create, learn and discover how things are built and held together. The workshop…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 2:00 PM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00
This family clay workshop at GoggleWorks pairs each child with an adult. Together you shape a pinch pot and then turn it into a creature of your own design. Instructor Zoungy Kligge leads the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 2:00 PM · Member: $39.10 / Non-Member: $46.00
Children and a grown-up work side by side to sew colorful mismatched throw pillows. Pairs share the experience of learning to use a sewing machine, and there is one machine for each parent and child.…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Mon, Oct 19, 10:15 AM · Free
Miss Amber leads a pumpkin themed story time at the Boone Area Library. Children gather to hear books and stories on a pumpkin theme. The program meets on a weekday morning at the library on North…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Tue, Oct 20, 10:00 AM · Member: $63.75 / Non-Member: $75.00
This workshop introduces the basics of glassblowing and is designed just for homeschooled students. Students learn how hot glass is blown and sculpted, and pick up some of the chemistry behind the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Tue, Oct 20, 6:00 PM · Free
Hamburg Public Library hosts a board game night for families and friends. Players pick something from the library's game collection or bring a favorite game from home to share with others at the…
Run by Hamburg Public Library · Hamburg
Starts Wed, Oct 21, 10:15 AM · Free
Boone Area Library brings story time outdoors with a field trip to French Creek State Park. Meet us at the park's main office on Park Road in Elverson for a story time with a nature theme. The…
Run by Boone Area Library · Elverson
Starts Thu, Oct 22, 10:00 AM
Spend a morning at The Reading Public Museum exploring Hispanic heritage through culture, art and legacy. Museum educators lead special tours and hands-on projects that the whole family can take part…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Thu, Oct 22, 11:00 AM · Free
Pumpkins are the starting point for a morning of science, technology, engineering and math activities at Boyertown Community Library. Children look at the parts of a pumpkin, test whether pumpkins…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Fri, Oct 23, 6:00 PM · Free
Families gather at Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center for an evening of stories and a walk in the dark. The program starts indoors at McConnell Hall with a storytime book read by Ms Andrea…
Run by Nolde Forest - Sawmill · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 24 · $40 ($30 members)
Kids build a miniature Halloween world of their own design. Using a mix of materials, students put together tiny seasonal scenes such as a pumpkin patch, a group of trick or treaters, or even a…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Mon, Oct 26, 10:15 AM · Free
Boone Area Library hosts a Halloween story time built around silly scares and creepy creatures. Children listen to seasonal stories together in a light, playful setting made for young readers and…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Tue, Oct 27, 10:00 AM · Free
Brandywine Community Library brings storytime outdoors at Berks Nature in Reading. A local librarian shares a story, and an educator leads a hike along the trails, so kids get a morning that mixes…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Reading
Starts Tue, Oct 27, 10:45 AM · Free
Early Intervention professionals join library storytimes and play dates at Exeter Community Library. Children play at learning stations while parents and caregivers talk with the visiting…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Tue, Oct 27, 1:00 PM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00
This single session workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts is built for homeschooled students ages 10 to 13. Students begin with the basics of drawing and still life, then build their skills by…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Tue, Oct 27, 5:00 PM · $95 ($85 members)
Pop Art Adventure is a visual art class for kids at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education. Students explore Pop Art approaches to making bold designs, drawing ideas from comic books, graffiti art…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Wed, Oct 28, 10:15 AM · Free
Boone Area Library hosts a Halloween themed story time for children at its Mill Street location in Birdsboro. The stories fit the spooky season, so children can settle in and listen to Halloween…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Wed, Oct 28, 10:30 AM · Free
Wernersville Public Library hosts an interactive storytime built around "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" by Linda Williams. Children listen along and take part as the story is…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
Starts Thu, Oct 29, 10:30 AM · Free
Tinker Tots is a building and making session for young children at Boyertown Community Library. Kids get plenty of blocks, building toys and other things to tinker with, so they can stack, sort and…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Sat, Oct 31, 11:00 AM · Free
Reading Public Library hosts an afternoon of movies and snacks at the Main Library. Families and visitors of all ages settle in to watch a film together, and the group makes themed snacks to enjoy…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Sun, Nov 1, 1:00 PM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00
Children and their grown-ups work side by side to build a pinch pot turkey out of clay. In this family workshop with instructor Karen Adam, you learn basic pinch pot and handbuilding techniques, then…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Tue, Nov 3, 10:30 AM · Free
The Reading Public Library teams up with a nature resource specialist for a guided walk on the Squirrel Run Trail at Blue Marsh Lake. Walkers look at the changing colors of fall and talk about the…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Tue, Nov 3, 4:00 PM · $75 ($65 members)
Art That Glows is a hands on art class for young children at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education. As the days get shorter, students make projects built around light and shine, from glowing…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Wed, Nov 4, 10:30 AM · Free
Storytime meets on Wednesday mornings at the Wernersville Public Library. The session starts at 10:30 and runs about an hour. It is a series, so families can come back week after week. The library…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
Starts Thu, Nov 5, 10:00 AM
Spend a morning at The Museum with Reading Public Museum educators for special tours and hands-on projects that the whole family can take part in. This session carries the theme Inventors and…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Thu, Nov 5, 7:00 PM · $60 ($50 members)
Food Creations is a ceramics class where kids make food art out of clay, just for looking at and not for eating. Students hand-build playful ceramic versions of pizza, hamburgers, cupcakes and other…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Sat, Nov 7 · $30 ($20 members)
This visual art class at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education invites young artists to explore the season of thankfulness. Taking inspiration from the book The Giving Tree, students talk about…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Sun, Nov 8, 1:00 PM · Member: $63.75 / Non-Member: $75.00
Children learn the basics of sewing in this hands-on workshop at GoggleWorks. Students practice using a sewing machine, read simple patterns, and make a small apron to take home while building…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 10:00 AM · Free
Reading Rangers is a monthly outdoor program from Mifflin Community Library. Miss Andrea from the library and Miss Sarah from Nolde Forest pick a new topic each month that exists in nature or affects…
Run by Mifflin Community Library · Reading
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 5:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
Teens make a ceramic mug by hand in this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks in Reading. Using a template and slabs of clay, students shape a mug for their favorite drink and press textures into…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 5:00 PM · $60 ($50 members)
Young artists draw their favorite holiday characters with instructor Shawna Hansberry. The group may take on Santa Claus, elves, Frosty, the Grinch, angels, wise men or reindeer, and the class…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 6:00 PM · $65 ($55 members)
Kids imagine what kind of house an elf would live in, then build one. First they make an elf figure out of polymer clay or soft air dry clay. Next they create the elf's workshop and fill it with…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 7:00 PM · $60 ($50 members)
This seasonal ceramics class has kids making fall clay art built around turkeys and pumpkins. Students hand-build a variety of projects, including turkeys and pumpkins as flat tiles and as small…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Wed, Nov 11, 7:00 PM · $60 ($50 members)
Students make their own beads out of polymer clay, then turn them into earrings, necklaces, pendants and other pieces of jewelry. The finished pieces make good holiday gifts. The group also decorates…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 AM · Free
Firefighter Storytime is a read-aloud program for children at the West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library. One of Spring Township's own firefighters reads the story, so kids get to meet a local first…
Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn
Starts Fri, Nov 13, 6:00 PM · $60 ($50 members)
Students paint holiday scenes and subjects in this Friday evening class with instructor Shawna Hansberry at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education. Each student picks the paint they want to work…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Fri, Nov 13, 8:00 PM · $60 ($50 members)
Anime and manga are two popular forms of Japanese animation with a similar look. Anime usually turns up in TV shows and movies, while manga appears in comic books and graphic novels. Both use a…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Sat, Nov 14 · $30 ($20 members)
Young artists make pumpkins, gourds and turkeys full of pattern and personality. Along the way they try collage, layering and touchable textures, which is an easy first step into mixed media art.…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Sat, Nov 14 · $35 ($25 members)
Kids ages 7 to 10 build their own cornucopia centerpiece out of upcycled materials. Working with everyday items that would otherwise be thrown away, students turn them into a symbol of abundance and…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Sun, Nov 15, 10:00 AM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00
Kids and a grown-up work side by side to make a working fused glass nightlight for a child's room. A GoggleWorks art instructor walks the pair through safety tips, cutting glass, and how the fusing…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Thu, Nov 19, 10:00 AM
Museum educators lead a morning about medieval Europe, with knights, castles and clues to piece together. The session mixes special tours of the Museum with hands-on projects, and the whole family…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Sat, Nov 21, 11:00 AM · Member: $63.75 / Non-Member: $75.00
Young makers try glassblowing in a short workshop built for beginners. Working in the hot shop with a GoggleWorks instructor, each participant learns how hot glass is blown and shaped, then makes a…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Thu, Dec 3, 7:00 PM · $60 ($50 members)
This ceramics class lets kids ages 5 to 12 make food out of clay that looks good enough to eat, but is purely for fun. Students hand-build playful versions of favorite treats such as pizza…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Sat, Dec 5 · $30 ($20 members)
Kids make personalized ornaments and keepsakes for the people they love in this gift making workshop at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education. Students work with a variety of materials and their own…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn