Free “Week of the Young Child” Event to be held April 18th at the Monarch Training Institute in Butler

(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of The Butler County Early Care & Education Council)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Butler, PA) The Butler County Early Care & Education Council, which is a community collaboration to support school readiness, will be celebrating national “Week of the Young Child” with a free special event called “Early Learning is Dino-mite!” on Saturday, April 18th from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Monarch Training Institute at Monarch Place in Butler. This is especially designed for young children from birth through grade school and it includes more than 20 learning activities, a visit from Readasaurus the Dinosaur, a show from Mad Science, community resources, prizes and more. Each participating family will receive a free book that is called “Don’t Blow Your Top” while supplies last. According to a release today from the Butler County Early Care & Education Council, here are the scheduled activities for this event:

Scheduled Activities: 

10:30 am – 1:30 pm: Meet Readasaurus the Dinosaur! Photo opportunity provided by 

Family Pathways. 

11:30 am: STORY TIME “Don’t Blow Your Top” read by the South Butler Community Library. 

11:45 am: MUSIC “Roar and Restore!” with Create and Connect Therapy. 

12:30 pm: MOVEMENT “Dinosaur Yoga!” led by Early Learning Resource Center 3. 

1:15 pm: FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT: “Fire and the Ice Age” presented by Mad Science.