Help Your Child Become a "Safe Sitter" This Summer
We are excited to announce that we will be resuming in-person Safe Sitter classes this summer with extra…
FREE Kids Painting Class
Art Class for Youth Ages 6-12 hosted by Happy Little Trees Acadiana*FREE Arts & Culture community pro…
Storytime To-Go
Wish you could have storytime at home? Now you can with Storytime To-Go! These themed kits contain books,…
Free Camp For Teens
We teach teens relationship skills, communication skills, emotional awareness skills, healthy reactions,…
Arbor Day Celebration
This Saturday, January 22nd is Arbor Day. The event has been pushed back from 12 pm to 3 pm!There will be…
Sweet Peas Gymnastics
Sweet Peas is an educational gymnastics program designed to promote physical, social and cognitive develo…
September Is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
Our state has one of the highest rates of childhood obesity in the country. In the 2016–17 National…
Summer Safari Reading Passport for Children
Start your adventure by picking up a Summer Safari Reading Passport from the Main or Regional Libraries.…
Children's Museum Summer Hours & Programs
The Children's Museum of Acadiana has increased its hours and offerings for the summer! Spending the…
Check Out an Adventure Kit!
Patrons can get ready to dig deep into tech, science, outdoors, crafts, and early literacy. We’ve c…
Home-School: Black History Month Continues
Continuing our studies for Black History Month, this week we learned about Edmonia Lewis, a famous sculpt…
A Home-School Lesson and Important Advice
We kicked off Black History Month by watching A Ballerina’s Tale, a documentary about Misty Copeland…
Home-School Lessons & Adventures Continued...
This week we made a trip to the Louisiana Orphan Train Museum in Opelousas. The museum is only one of two…
Fun & Educational Outings For Home-Schooled Children
Olivia Soileau with Thyme to Liv led a soap making class for our homeschool group today. The kids learned…
More Home-Schooling Field Trips & Learning Ideas
One of our local veteran home-school moms, Erica Gardner, has begun offering a crash course in Entreprene…
Unique Home-Schooling Lessons For Every Child
We had a very cool field trip experience recently with Worm Lady Recycles. The kids learned about compost…
Kids on the Geaux - Every Monday in October!
Woman’s Foundation is bringing back Kids on the Geaux, every Monday in October! It is now combined…
56 Virtual Field Trips To Enjoy With The Kids
Who says you can't take a field trip from inside the comfort of your own home? Technology has made it…
Calling All Kid Authors - Get Your Work Published!
Do you have a creative child/tween/teen with a wild imagination who loves to write? Does the idea o…
Hilliard Museum to Host Free Family Day
Join us on Saturday, October 5 from 4pm to 8pm as we celebrate our new season of exhibitions, and Interna…
Local Moms Tell Us What They Wish They Had Known About Motherhood
We asked and you answered! The questions was simple; What do you wish you knew about Motherhood before be…
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