In case you haven’t heard, one of the biggest programs the library offers for kids is taking place on Saturday, August 20 from 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. The Kids’ Experience is a day full of short classes on subjects of interest to kids. Families come and spend as much time as they want, moving from class to class or trying some of the other activities. We hope that these introductory classes will give kids enough of a taste of a subject that they will want to explore it more through the materials in the library’s collection. Everything is FREE this day including a hot dog lunch! Classes include: money matters, face painting, balloon sculpting, magic, sign language, watercolors, pencil drawing, storytelling, origami, string stories, juggling, paper rockets, and illustration. Other activities include Miller’s Petting Zoo, music by Jeff Smallwood, and bubbles with the Family Museum. New this year is a visit from the LemonAid car and crew plus readings of a new book by Mike Whalen and Bill Douglas about the car.
Kids’ Experience is sponsored by Quad City Bank and Trust and the Bettendorf Public Library Foundation. Additional partners for this year’s event are the Friends of the Bettendorf Library, Greenspace Associates, Tracy Wachal Naab, State Farm Insurance and Doyle and Keenan, PC. Their support of the event means we can continue to offer everything for FREE! Thanks to all of them for their support!
No registration is required. A complete listing of the class schedule will be posted the week of the event on this website. For more information contact the Youth Services Department at 344-4178.