We are looking forward to hosting another inspirational Children’s Village in 2024!
Non-Stop Activities
Play, Draw and Write
Help Story Tapestries fill their Graffiti Wall with your poetry, stories and visual images. Take home an image you create with crayons, markers and shimmering with glitter. Explore Lunes, 11-word poems, easy to write and a gift for anyone you give it to. Finally, leave dancing to the tune of your stories with a piece of art and a book in your hands.
Typewriting
Visit the Activity Center and get hands-on experience with typewriters in this pop-up exhibit from Montgomery History
Sensory Activities, Arts & Crafts and Musical Activities
Compliments of Kiddie Academy of Gaithersburg.
Create your own bookmark
With Amazing Art Studio.
Make Interpretive Poetry Art
And paper raindrops based on the story, “Bring Rain to the Kapiti Plain,” by Verna Aardema with VisArts.
Encourage Empathy through Crafts and Story Time
Sharing the book “Be Kind,” about a new student whose grape juice spill is transformed from purple mess into a beautiful purple painting, The Dwelling Place, Inc. will incorporate all things purple into craft projects.
Get Creative with Your Vocabulary and Learn about Illustration
Pick up a special WordLibs game, join local artist Joan Waites for an illustration class at 11 a.m. or 2 p.m., and register for book bundle raffles, all sponsored by An Open Book Foundation.
Be Part of the Joke
The National Museum of Language will share its new exhibit on jokes in many of the world’s languages, and feature the world’s oldest joke book, “The Philogelos,” originally written in Greek and now in graphic story form.
Book Cover Buttons
Design your own book cover button among other crafts and activities, led by Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital.
Animal Lit Fun
Children can select large letters and match to the first letter of animal sculptures and books featuring those animals, then receive small cardboard animal figures to assemble and color, courtesy of Tumble Run Designs.
Pete the Cat, Rhyming Games, Stories and Bookmark-making
With Montgomery College Early Childhood Education, WDCE.
Jump into Literature
With an interactive obstacle course, sensory boxes, and arts and craft activities to get your child’s brain and body moving. Complete an Eric Carle animal walk, balance on the plank like a Dinosaur Pirate, hop from lily pad to lily pad for the Frog Olympics, and more, courtesy of Coconut & Palm Pediatrics, LLC. Clinicians also will discuss topics including how reading improves speech and language development, postural positions for reading endurance, and books to improve social-emotional regulation.
Explore Nature
Make your own binoculars and nature sketchbook, then pick up a scavenger hunt and start planning your next adventure, with the Montgomery County Public Library.
Enjoy Games and Books in Braille
And try your ability at picture description with The National Federation of the Blind, Sligo Creek Chapter.
