Illinois's Family Guide

Apr. 11th - May. 2nd

Captain Brickbeard needs YOU! His precious Golden Treasure is missing, and time is running out. He needs more pirates to help him find the lovely loot! Are you ready to join his Pirate Crew? Pirate-y fun, prizes and adventures galore on LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago Island coming this spring!

When: March 25th - May 2nd

Activities Include:

Search LDC Island for the golden treasure in the treasure scavenger hunt!
Build your own pirate ship
Make an action-packed pirate adventure at our stop motion tables
Zoom your ship as fast as you dare at our zipline
Build the tallest, wackiest or wildest pirate ship and race against your family or other guests!
Search for Princess Argenta and her pirate crew in MINILAND

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Sep. 12th - Dec. 5th

Join us Tuesdays and/or Thursdays from 4:30am-6:00pm.

Recommended for kids aged 10-17

Minimum Required Skills
No experience needed!

Students will learn basic Spanish skills. The exact curriculum will depend on the skills, needs and interests of the enrolled students and will likely include:
- the alphabet
- greetings
- various uses of numbers
- simple yes or no questions and answers
- simple information seeking questions, and
- vocabulary that helps them express themselves on topics that are relevant to their life.

The curriculum is customized to the existing skills and knowledge of the students so if your student has done some Spanish in the past, they will work on learning new vocabulary while practicing grammatical concepts they are reviewing and learning new grammatical concepts with vocabulary they already know

For students who are taking this class to only fulfill their own desire to learn Spanish, the enrichment option offers that experience. For students who are also trying to fulfill a homeschool World Language requirement, the "for credit" add-on option will fulfill this requirement in most states. Please contact us if your state has very specific requirements and we will let you know if we can fulfill them. For credit students will receive a syllabus, graded assignments and assessments and a certificate of completion with covered Standards of Learning and grades notated on the "back". If digital versions of these are not acceptable, please communicate that to me and I can snail mail them to you.

This class meets via Zoom.

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Sep. 13th - Dec. 6th

Recommended for kids aged 4-6

Minimum Required Skills
No experience needed!

Students will learn basic Spanish skills such as colors, numbers, letters and more.

This class meets on Zoom.

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Sep. 14th - Oct. 31st

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Sep. 23rd - Nov. 2nd

Experience Brick-or-Treat, Schaumburg\'s best Halloween event built for families, happening this year from September 23rd - November 1st! Join the LEGO Monsters at their Brick-or-Treat Monster Party this Halloween to celebrate the release of their brand new 4D Movie, \'The Great Monster Chase!\' EXCLUSIVE to LEGOLAND! Packed with fun games and lots of LEGO Halloween activities, you won\'\'t want to miss THE LEGO party of the season. Come along and bring your best Monster moves too!

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Sep. 23rd - Oct. 31st

There's an awesome LEGO Brick-or-Treat Monster Party happening this Halloween and you're on the guest list!

Join the Monsters as they take over LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago to celebrate the release of their brand-new Halloween 4D Movie, 'The Great Monster Chase!'.

It's non-stop Halloween party fun, with spooky Halloween decorations, amazing LEGO activities, and a screening of the EXCLUSIVE NEW LEGO 4D Halloween movie.

Find the LEGO Monster band mates in MINILAND, take part in building a MASSIVE LEGO Vampire with our Master Model Builder, build with glow-in-the-dark LEGO bricks, search for LEGO pumpkins hidden throughout the Center, and so much more spooky fun!

You won't want to miss THE LEGO party of the season! Come along and bring your best monster moves with you!

When: September 23rd - October 31st

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Oct. 8th

Junior Scientists
From Oct 08, 2022 10:00 am until 2:00 pm
At Discovery Center Museum Categories: Special Events
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math take center stage at Discovery Center on this day devoted to connecting the next generation of potential and aspiring scientists to the science and stories of local STEM professionals. Solve STEM challenges, enjoy science demonstrations, and catch a planetarium show on this day devoted to inspiring young people to consider where their curiosities might take them! Activities included with museum admission. $10 Public; Free for Members and all children ages one and younger. Sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific and a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

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Oct. 28th

Spooky Science
From Oct 28, 2022 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm
At Discovery Center Museum Categories: Special Events
Come in dressed in your Halloween best for this not-so-scary day of spooktacular high-jinks at Discovery Center! Explore the museum and follow the map to find goodies galore from one exhibit to the next! Concoct gooey, glowing, globs of slime, create themed make-and-take projects, and engage in science activities that look like mystifying magic! It will be skele-tons of fun! Don't forget, all you daddies and mummies, you can come dressed up too! Sponsored by Aetna and Sjostrom & Sons and a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. $11 Public; $3 Members; free to children ages 1 and younger.

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Nov. 6th

Smashing Pumpkins
From Nov 06, 2022 11:00 am until 2:00 pm
At Discovery Center Museum Categories: Special Events
Bring your jack-o-lantern for pumpkin-smashing hijinks at Discovery Center. Explore ways to launch, crack, split and smash your pumpkin using the power of simple machine science like levers and pulleys. Used jack-o-lanterns will become parking lot projectiles when catapulted from our giant trebuchet built with a 400 pound counterweight. When the launching ends, pumpkin pieces will be collected and fed to local livestock. For extra fun, build your own mini catapult, play pumpkin games and craft fall creations. Dress for the weather since we'll be outside. Sponsored by Sjostrom & Sons and a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. Admission: Museum + outdoor activities $10/person and free to Members and all children ages 1 and younger.

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Nov. 9th - 10th

Hank the Cowdog's exciting new addition is "Ranch Weather." It's impact on cowboys' lives is caused by different weather affecting every aspect of ranching. Cowboys help cattle survive blizzards, droughts and floods!

Legendary Author John Erickson returns with stories and songs to tell us about Hank the Cowdog's adventures.

*Onsite registration now open
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Session 1: 10:30 - 11:30 A.M. CT
Session 2: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M. CT
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Session 3: 10:30 - 11:30 A.M. CT
Session 4: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M. CT

Location: Annenberg Presidential Conference Center (APCC) at Texas A&M University,1002 George Bush Drive West, College Station, TX 77843

Register for FREE onsite programs at: https://www.bush41.org/education/reservations.

Please stay informed by our website, bush41.org, about COVID-19 conditions affecting program policies.

Register at Connect2Texas.net to attend virtually or to receive a free recording afterwards.
1. Create an account.
2. Click on the Events tab and select George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, event "The Return of Legendary Author John Erickson and Hank the Cowdog"
Registration help: Contact Lori Hamm-Neckar at lhamm@esc11.net or 817-740-7156

*Pre-registered onsite participants will receive a free copy of "Hank the Cowdog: Ranch Weather."

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