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Reptile Smiles

An educational program featuring live reptiles!
2024-08-08 15:00:00 2024-08-08 16:00:00 America/New_York Reptile Smiles Reptile Smiles introduces and educates about a variety of exotic animals, allowing participants opportunities to pet and interact safely. *Tickets required Wheaton Library -

Thursday, August 08
3:00pm - 4:00pm

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Reptile Smiles introduces and educates about a variety of exotic animals, allowing participants opportunities to pet and interact safely. *Tickets required

With a focus on engaging education, Reptile Smiles creates an exciting adventure for people of all ages to learn and interact with exotic animals!  This program will take place in the Wheaton Library Multipurpose Room.  Tickets will be handed out, first-come first-serve, at the information desk 15 minutes prior to the program.  Space is extremely limited.

Questions about this program? Contact the branch 240-777-0678.

This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, Inc. 

Looking for something to do until this program? Sign up for the library's Summer Reading Challenge! Preregistration begins May 15. Log activities from June 14 – August 31, 2024.

Take a look at these resources for kids using your library card.

Don't have a card right now? No worries!  Find out how to Get a Library Card.

National Geographic Kids - Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. Best for children ages 6–14

TumbleBooks - books that read themselves 

Kanopy Kids- videos and animated books

BookFlix - animated stories

Explora Educators, Explora Primary School - education resources

Library Program Attendance (both virtual and in the branch) is limited to participants within the suggested age range of the program. Children attending an MCPL program under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Adults attending a program intended for children must have an accompanying child.

Accommodation Requests

People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

 

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AGE GROUP: | Preschool and Kindergarten | Elementary School |

EVENT TYPE: | STEM |

TAGS: | Summer Reading Challenge | STEM | Indoor Program | Friends of the Library |

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