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Dive into STEAM based activities designed to build cultural awareness, critical thinking skills and promote collaboration through creative play. Recommended for ages 5-8. Celebrate Spring with a sensory splash! Monday, March 4: Experiment with the sorcery of scent Monday, March 11: Create a volcanic color eruption Monday, March 18: Produce a Purim parade Monday, March 25: Engineer a roller coaster thrill ride 

Kids ages 5-12 are invited to participate in a STEM (science, engineering, technology and math) activity each Monday afternoon. Come experiment, build, create, solve puzzles and more.

Maker Club at Woodridge is back! Join us on the last Wednesday of every month for a crafty new maker project. We'll be trying a wide range of projects from 3D printing to painting to making our own simple circuits. Many of these will be things you can take home, and some will even be things you can eat. All projects are open to kids aged 5 and up, but please make sure you have an adult with you. Here's a list of upcoming projects: January: Dry Ice Experimentation February: Soft Circuits March: Seed Starters April: Solar Ovens

Three local artists will demonstrate printmaking techniques and teach participants how to create their own prints. Try your hand at making screen prints, relief prints and monoprints! Space is limited, register for this event here. 

Join us for a building free-play program, geared toward our youngest library guests. Children can explore, build and construct using a variety of materials including wood blocks and DUPLOs.

Drop by and build during our weekly LEGO Club. Come and try something different every Thursday at LEGO Club: First Thursday - Lego Robots Second Thursday - Lego Free Play Third Thursday - All ages karaoke starts at 5:30 p.m. Fourth Thursday - Collective Design Challenge (build together - share together)  Recommended for ages 4-12.

Learn STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) concepts during this fun, interactive program! We begin with a short read aloud followed by hands-on science experiments, engineering challenges or technology tinkering. In celebration of Women’s History Month, this month we will focus on famous women in STEM. Ages 4 and up welcome. 

Build, explore and play with LEGOs and DUPLOs in the Children's Room from 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday. This program is designed for children ages 2-12 years old and their caregivers.  

Are you looking to learn to code? Do you want to build something amazing? Shaw Library has just the thing -- we're starting our very own Girls Who Code club!

Children 5 and under and their caregivers are invited to join us downstairs every Tuesday afternoon to unleash their imaginations and create their own "cardboard kingdoms" using a wide variety of simple supplies.     

/start program "Girls Who Code" /print "Hello World!" Are you looking to learn to code? Do you want to build something amazing? Woodridge Library has just the thing - we're starting our very own Girls Who Code club!

Drop by and build during our weekly LEGO Club. Come and try something different every Thursday at LEGO Club: First Thursday - Lego Robots Second Thursday - Lego Free Play Third Thursday - All ages karaoke starts at 5:30 p.m. Fourth Thursday - Collective Design Challenge (build together - share together)  Recommended for ages 4-12.

Build, construct, and explore with blocks, DUPLOS, and LEGOs  

Start your week with a little creativity and some left-brain exercises. Join us for craft-making, games and STEM projects. Part of the fun is the surprise. We'll provide all the materials (and sometimes treats); you bring your imagination. Projects vary with the seasons.  Crafternoons are held on the second Monday of the month for kids of all ages in the Children's Reading Room. All programs begin at 3:30 p.m.