Events
Events
Family & Community Events
The LRC-South offers FREE interactive sessions, educational activities and resources to foster family engagement and help support children's learning and social and emotional well-being.
We are offering the following events and look forward to working with you!
FREE Family Events
› Sweet Gingerbread Family Fun
Saturday, December 5th | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join us for an adventurous family event as we participate in STEAM and play-based learning activities around the beloved folk tale of The Gingerbread Man. Families will engage in content-based activities such as constructing and decorating their own gingerbread houses, making cinnamon applesauce ornaments, and other sweet family fun! Don’t miss the sweet fun!
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Registration for our Winter Family Events COMING SOON!
Check back in December to register for our Winter Family Events!
Past Events
2024-2025 Fall/Winter Family Events
› If You Take A Mouse To the LRC-South
He’ll ask for a back-to-school storytime adventure
Saturday, September 28, 2024 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join us for a fun and interactive back-to-school family event (ages PreK-2nd) as we read Laura Numeroff’s beloved story, If You Take a Mouse to School. We will engage in play-based learning activities across content areas.
› Catch Us If You Can: Family Fun with The Gingerbread Man
Saturday, December 7, 2024 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join us for a fun and interactive back-to-school family event (ages PreK-2nd) as we read Laura Numeroff’s beloved story, If You Take a Mouse to School. We will engage in play-based learning activities across content areas.
Registration is now closed.
› A Day At The LRC Museum
Saturday, January 25, 2025 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
We are all artists and have many creative talents! This family event will focus on the many types of art mediums that we find in some of our most beloved children’s books. Families will participate in process-based art techniques including collage, painting, and sculpture. Your refrigerator is the best museum for highlighting your children’s masterpieces!
Registration is now closed.
› Let's Build and Create: Using Blocks to Learn and Play
Saturday, February 22, 2025 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Block play is one of the most open-ended types of play in the learning environment. This family event will look at how blocks can be infused in all the interdisciplinary subject areas such as math, science and literacy. Don’t miss the chance to build, create and have fun!
Registration is now closed.
› M is for Motion
Saturday, March 15, 2025 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join us for some family fun as we look at how motion and movement are forces in the world around us and in everything we do from art experiences, using ramps and pathways as well as gross motor experiences. Don’t miss the fun that will keep us moving!
Registration is now closed.
2024 Summer SEL Family Series
Celebrating YOU and all the Wonderful Things YOU Are!
Join us for our LRC-South Summer Family Events, held Tuesday mornings from June 18th through July 23rd in James Hall on Rowan University's Glassboro campus. Each week will feature learning activities highlighting children's books addressing each of the five competencies of social-emotional learning (SEL): self-awareness, social awareness, responsible decision-making, self-management and relationship skills.
Family events were held at the LRC-South at Rowan University
Family events were held at the LRC-South at Rowan University
James Hall, Room 1119 | 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Please note that children must be accompanied by their parent/guardian at all times.
2023 - 2024 Family Learning Activities
› Sweet Gingerbread Family Fun
Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Run, run to the LRC as fast as you can so you can catch the gingerbread man! Join us for a FREE Family Event for all things adventurous and fun. We'll explore the principles of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) as we share stories, construct and decorate our own gingerbread houses, and make cinnamon applesauce ornaments. Don’t miss all the sweet fun! (Children ages 3-7)
› Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
Saturday, January 20, 2024 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Calling all polar bears! Join us for some frosty family fun as we explore the beloved story Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You See by Eric Carle. We will share the story and then create our own polar bear facts big book, paint with marshmallows, play in the “snow” and other fun surprises! (Children ages 3-7)
› Love Is All Around Us!
Saturday, February 10, 2024 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
It may be cold outside, but it is warm and caring inside the LRC! Come explore Valentine’s Day with Pete the Cat and all of his friends. We will decorate Valentine's card boxes, design stamps, and create a special heart canvas. We are sure you will have a lovely time! (Children ages 3-7)
› Goldilocks and The Three Bears Explore STEAM!
Saturday, March 23, 2024 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Goldilocks and three bears who were interested in exploring STEAM together! This FREE family event at the LRC will provide opportunities for families to engage in activities and explore engineering and design principles that promote critical thinking and creativity. (Children ages 3-7)
Summer SEL-A-BRATION 2023
It's a SUMMER SEL-A-BRATION at the LRC-South!
Tuesdays, 10 am - 12 pm | FREE Family Event
Each Tuesday families were invited to join the LRC-South staff for engaging stories and activities designed to inspire young learners (PreK-5th) to keep striding toward their goals while developing the self-awareness, self-control and interpersonal skills that are vital for success!
SEL Activities Schedule
June 20th | Let's Be Ourselves
June 27th | Let's Make Good Choices
July 11th | Let's Be Kind
July 18th | Let's Be Problem Solvers
July 25th | Let's Be Fantastic Friends
Spring 2023 Family Events
› Frosty Family Fun
with the Jason Verdone | Saturday, January 21, 2023 | Free Family Event
Brrrr, it sure is cold outside, but warm inside the LRC! Calling all penquins, polar bears and winter friends (Grades: PreK-2nd) join us for a free family event focusing on all the fun things that winter offers, such as reading stories, building snowmen and talking about animals tracks and hibernation. Don’t miss the “frosty” fun!!!
› Frosty Family Fun Fantastic Fairy Tales
with the Jason Verdone | Saturday, March 25, 2023 | Free Family Event
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! All little knights, unicorns and dragons (PreK-2nd) are hereby summoned for a free family-friendly event. Enjoy an enchanted twist on traditional fairy tales and explore hands-on magical activities.
› Spring is Popping Up All Over
with the Jason Verdone | Saturday, April 22, 2023 | Free Family Event
Spring has sprung! Inviting all of our peeps (PreK-2nd) to shake off the winter blues! Join us this Earth Day as we explore all of the wonders that spring brings while engaging in learning activities about the natural world around us.
Summer 2022 Programming | Be Your Best 'SEL'F with the LRC-South
› Be Your Best 'SEL'F with the LRC-South
All summer, families were invited to attend LRC-South's summer programming centered around the five competencies of social-emotional learning (SEL).
Each Wednesday reading and activity events were provided to highlight children’s books to support positive decision making, create caring communities, and encourage self-management and social awareness.
SEL Activities Schedule
- June 22, 2022 | We Are All Alike, We Are All Different!
- June 29, 2022 | Let’s Stop, Think and Make Good Choices!
- July 6, 2022 | K is for Kindness!
- July 13, 2022 | Dear Boys and Girls We’re Glad You’re Here!
- July 20, 2022 | Who is On Your String and in Your Heart?
- July 27, 2022 | Fabulous Friends!
Blast Off Into Space with STEAM
› Blast Off Into Space with STEAM Family Event
We were over the moon to see so many families come out to our STEAM Family Event on Saturday, Feburary 26, 2022. Thank you to everyone who participated. We can’t wait to see you all again soon!
Learn & Create with the LRC-South
Make learning fun with these hands-on educational activities and helpful resources for parents and educators. Ice Cream Sight Words | Prop Box | Ten Frame Counting Match | Young Authors Become Engaged Readers | What’s the Weather Interactive Chart | Beginning Sounds Roadway - Learn More
