Please note date, time and location when registering.

If registering for multiple activities on the same day, please indicate with is your first choice in the comments section at the bottom of the registration form.  

Adult-Child Interactions

Baby Time 👶🏻

Learning to read starts at birth. Peoria Main Library is proud to present: Baby Time for ages 0-18 months. Join us for songs, stories, and playtime.
Ages: 0 to 18-months-old
Date: Monday, November 1st
Time: 10:30am
Location: Sky View

Dia de los Muertos **FULL**

Whether you are a stranger or not to Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead), we invite you to celebrate and honor this Latin American tradition.
Ages: 0 to 5-years-old
Dates: Monday, November 1st / Monday, November 1st / Tuesday, November 2nd
Time: 10:00am / 5:30pm / 10:00am
Location: Desert Palms / Desert Palms / Sky View

**Choose date & location on registration form

Purposeful Play Group 

Join Benevilla’s Ms. Gabby to learn creative ways to stimulate your child’s brain development through play. Come have fun with your little one while you both learn! 
Ages: 1 to 5-years-old
Dates: Wednesday, November 3rd / Thursday, November 4th
Time: 10:00am
Location: Country Meadows Park / Cholla Park

**Choose date & location on registration form

Author Visit w/ Debi Novotny "What Do You Do When the Couch Eats Your Shoe?" 🛋️👟 **FULL**

Join children's author Debi Novotny for a morning of reading, drawing, and building fun!

Ages: 3 to 5-years-old
Date: Wednesday, November 3rd
Time: 10:00am
Location: Sky View

Sing & Move 🎶 **FULL**

Join us for simple songs and fingerplays to jumpstart your baby’s language and motor development!
Ages: 0 to 2-years-old
Date: Thursday, November 4th
Time: 10:00am
Location: Desert Palms

Sensory Play **FULL**

Join Ms. Rosemarie for messy, fun sensory exploration, designed specifically for your little one!
Ages: 6 months to 2-years-old
Date: Friday, November 5th
Time: 10:00am
Location: Desert Palms

FocusedKids™ Playgroup **FULL**

Come join the fun as we learn about neurodevelopment and how to support healthy brain growth in children through this interactive 3-week playgroup.
Ages: 3 to 5-years-old
Date: Fridays - November 5th, 12th & 19th
Time: 10:00am
Location: Sky View

Yummy Discovery "Round is a Tortilla" ⚪ **FULL**

Play with your food? Absolutely! After listening to a story, discover ways to make healthy food fun to eat!
Ages: 0 to 5-years-old
Date: Monday, November 8th / Tuesday, November 9th / Wednesday, November 10th
Time: 10:00am
Location: Country Meadows / Desert Palms / Sky View

**Choose date & location on registration form

Play. Learn. Connect!

Play is the foundation of learning for young children; it’s key to your child’s physical, cognitive, and social development. And your active participation is crucial. Come and enjoy engaging in play with your child!

Ages: 0 to 5-years-old
Time: 10:00am - 11:00am
Country Meadows: Thursday, November 18th
Sky View: Monday, November 8th / Tuesday, November 16th

**Choose dates & locations on registration form

Science Center "Germ Busters" 🧫 **FULL**

Join the Arizona Science Center online for hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) experiences! 
Ages: 3 to 5-years-old
Date: Wednesday, November 10th
Time: 10:00am
Location: Country Meadows

Family Storytime 👨‍👧‍👧📖 **FULL**

Join the Glendale Library’s Ms. Noelle for stories, songs and FUN! Then take the treasure of reading home, with a free book from our treasure box.
Ages: 0 to 5-years-old
Date: Friday, November 12th
Time: 10:00am
Location: Desert Palms

Family Storytime 👨‍👧‍👦📖 **FULL**

Join the Peoria Library's Ms. Mary for stories, songs, poems, and lots of fun, and let your imagination run wild!
Ages: 0 to 5-years-old
Date: Monday, November 15th
Time: 10:30am
Location: Sky View

Mad Science "Mad Mixtures" 🥼🧪 **FULL**

Mad Science workshops are fun and highly interactive to feed preschoolers’ natural desire to test and explore. Hands-on activities and age-appropriate vocabulary introduce them to basic scientific concepts.
Ages: 3 to 5-years-old
Date: Monday, November 15th
Time: 10:00am / 11:00am
Location: Country Meadows

**Choose time on registration form

Leaftastic Process Art 🍂 **FULL**

Process art is about the method behind the creation, and allowing your child to explore art in an open-ended, unstructured way. Come explore the endless possibilities. With a fun fall twist!
Ages: 0 to 5-years-old
Dates: Tuesday, November 16th / Wednesday, November 17th
Time: 10:00am
Location: Desert Palms / Sky View

**Choose date & location on registration form

Song*ercise 🕺🏿💃🏻 **FULL**

Join Benevilla’s Ms. Gabby to learn creative ways to stimulate your child’s brain development through play. Come have fun with your little one while you both learn!
Ages: 1 to 5-years-old
Date: Thursday, November 18th
Time: 10:00am
Location: Rio Vista Recreation Center

** Masks required 😷

Give Thanks & Yoga 🧘🏾‍♀️ 

Using all the benefits of traditional yoga, this class is uniquely designed for children, incorporating movement, music, and meditation. 

Ages: 0 to 5-years-old
Date: Friday, November 19th 
Time: 10:00am
Location: Rio Vista Recreation Center

Fall Fitness Fun 🍁 **FULL**

They don’t call it fitness; it’s just being a kid. There’s no counting reps or tracking who was the fastest, it’s just about having fun and moving those bodies!

Ages: 0 to 5-years-old
Date: Tuesday, November 30th 
Time: 10:00am
Location: Rio Vista Recreation Center

Adult Workshop

First Aid/CPR

Receive your 1st Aid & CPR certification. Presented by the Peoria Fire-Medical Department.

Ages: Parents/caregivers of children ages 0 to 5-years-old 
Date: Monday, November 29th
Time: 9:00am-1:00pm
Location: Sky View

If you would like to be placed on a waiting list please email us at FamilyResourceCenter@PUSD11.net
with the following information:

Subject Line: "Title of Activity" Waitlist

Date, Time, Location

First & Last name of all adults that would be attending
Phone Number
Names & ages of all children that would be attending

Please note date, time and location when registering. Most activities will be held at our three locations:

Sky View Elementary - 8624 W Sweetwater Ave, Peoria, AZ 85381

Desert Palms Elementary - 11441 N 55th Ave, Glendale, AZ 85304

Country Meadows Elementary - 8409 N 111th Ave, Glendale, AZ 85345

Occasional activities will be held at partnering locations:

Rio Vista Recreation Center - 8866W Thunderbird Rd, Peoria, AZ 85381

Glendale Main Library - 5959 W Brown St, Glendale, AZ 85302