- Story Time with a Celebrity - stories read aloud throughout the day by local celebrities including Washington Redskins defensive end Jarvis Jenkins, The Voice’s Erin Willett, 94.7 Fresh fm Morning Show Host Tommy McFly, MCPS Superintendent Dr. Joshua Starr, Miss Teen Maryland International Layilah Nasser, and more! Complete list of celebrities and times!
- Visit with The Cat In The Hat from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., hosted by the Gaithersburg/Germantown Jaycees!
- American Girl activities with Tysons Corner’s American Girl Store
- Story Telling & Activities with Arianna Ross- StoryTapestries
- Tucker the Turtle Arts and Crafts Project with Family Services, Inc.
- Story Activities with Yvette Lewis of “So This Is Opera!”
- Origami crafts with local Origami Artists
- Washington Parent Information Fun Booth
- Build a Kite with Dr. Klemm the Numbers Lady, author of Numbers Alive! Washington D.C.
- Donate a new or gently used book at the Gaithersburg Community Services Booth
- Brain Quest Obstacle Course: It’s fun to be smart. Don’t believe us? Come see yourself and move your way through an obstacle course while answering Brain Quest questions. The Brain Quest Challenge is sponsored by Chrysler Town & Country.
- Stay Fit and Increase Your Brain Power with Girls on the Run
- Enjoy a puppet story and make some bookmark art with Montgomery College Early Childhood Club
- Celebrate the Girl Scouts 100th Anniversary and make a bookmark for Girls Reading
- Sign-up to Read for the World Record with Scholastic
Children's Village
All Children’s Workshops are free!
Sign-up is required and will be available next to the listed workshop location throughout the day. Sign-ups will be taken on a first come, first served basis. Please note age restrictions and limited openings per workshop.See Workshops for ages 13-Adult Workshop Registration Form
Brain Quest Challenge- FREE!
Presented by:
Brain Quest , in partnership with Chrysler
Let’s see how smart you really are. Kids of all ages have a chance to flaunt their smarts by answering questions in a quiz-show type setting. Brain Quest brings its fast-paced, curriculum-based question and answer game to life with Brain Quest Team Challenge. The team to answer the most questions correctly wins the challenge. Sign-up at the Brain Quest Tent.
View Full Workshop DetailsNo Strings! A Pinocchio Adaptation – FREE
Presented by:
Adventure Theater Summer Camp Staff
Join Adventure Theatre MTC for some musical theatre fun with No Strings! A Pinocchio Adaptation! The workshop will include a short excerpt reading of Carlo Collodi's original children's novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio, followed by an open dance call and musical rehearsal led by our professional summer staff- a one-time free experience that mirrors our famous summer camp! After only 40 minutes parents will be wowed by their kids' musical theatre number on stage. The workshop will conclude with a brief discussion about how a famous classic piece of literature comes to life on the stage through theatre.
View Full Workshop DetailsCreative Kids – FREE
Presented by:
Lenore Blank Kelner
A mini-workshop exploring children's stories through drama. The group will create and act out their own original stories based on specially selected children’s books.
View Full Workshop DetailsGroup Story: Kids writing Collaboratively – FREE
Presented by:
Kathy Crutcher
Workshop participants will be energized through a collaborative writing exercise in which they create a group story full of original characters and dramatic conflict. Writers will be challenged to engage in creative problem-solving and to create strong voices on the page.
View Full Workshop DetailsRead and Rise Parent and Child – FREE
Presented by:
Scholastic
A parent and child workshop on literacy development featuring Scholastic's Build-A-Book activity. Parents will meet with educators, while kids do a fun reading activity...then parent and child will Build-A-Book together. Parent participation required.
View Full Workshop DetailsAccordion Bookmaking – FREE
Presented by:
Heidi Bishop
What better way to celebrate books then to make your own! In this activity children will learn about book arts and then create their very own accordion style book. This dynamic structure will challenge them to think creatively and explore new ways to tell their story through artwork.
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Find a wonderful world of activities for families in the Children’s Village* and Young Adult Pavilion
Sponsored by: Washington ParentAward-winning children’s authors will be on hand to entertain, inspire, intrigue and interact with children, pre-teens and teens. Presentations will be immediately followed by a book signing. Don’t miss Andrew Clements, Tom Angleberger, Kate Feiffer, and many more award-winning and best-selling children’s authors presenting on the Children’s Pavilion Stage.
