🧸 Friday Stories at the Grover Center
Join us Friday mornings this summer for Friday Stories, a free weekly program designed to spark young imaginations with books, hands-on crafts, and fun inspired by real exhibits at the Grover Center!
Each week highlights a new theme connected to our museum exhibits, offering kids a fun and engaging way to learn, create, and connect with local history.
🎨 What’s Included:
✔️ A themed story read-aloud
✔️ A related craft or activity
✔️ Time to explore the museum
✔️ A fun, educational hour for kids!
📍 Event Info:
🗓 Fridays, June 6th – August 1st
🚫 No storytime on July 4
⏰ 10:00–11:00 AM (Doors open at 9:45)
🎟 Free | No registration required
📅 Weekly Themes:
June 6 – Cabin Week 🪵
📖 I Built a Cabin by Sara Jewell
🎨 Paper Plate Owls
June 13 – Train Room Week 🚂
📖 Bob the Railway Dog by Corinne Fenton
🎨 Paper Towel Roll Trains
June 20 – Hat Week 🎩
📖 TBD
🎨 Paper Bowl Hats
June 27 – Emporium Week 🛍
📖 Happy Root Beer Floats
🎨 Make (and drink!) Root Beer Floats
July 11 – Doll House Week 🧵
📖 If I Built a House
🎨 Yarn Dolls
July 18 – Japan Week 🌸
📖 Sakura’s Cherry Blossoms by Robert Paul Weston
🎨 Engraving Craft
July 25 – Photography Week 📸
📖 Delilah the Photographer by Caroline Evari
🎨 DIY Picture Frames
August 1 – Schoolhouse Week 🍎
📖 One Room School by Laurence Pringle
🎨 Tissue Paper Apples
Visit grovercenter.org > events for more details!
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