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  • 17 March
    • Exploring Parenting Styles - Virtual - MSU Extension
      Date: Tue Mar 17
      Time: 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar

      Register: bit.ly/winter2026extras

      This free series of parenting workshops will provide parenting guidance for parents of young children as they navigate the joys, challenges and concerns of parenting. Participants may register for as few or as many workshops as they wish. The workshops are as follows:

      January 6: RELAX - Alternatives to Anger for Parents and Caregivers 
      January 13: How Soon is Too Soon? Teaching Your Children Money Habits 
      January 20: Positive Discipline 
      January 27: Together We Can: Co-parenting 
      February 3: What Children Need to Know to Start School 
      February 10: Back to the Basics: Skills in Infant and Toddler Care 
      February 17: ABC’s of Early Literacy 
      February 24: Thriving Together: Parenting and Family Relationships When a Family Member has a Disability 
      March 3: Importance of Outdoor Play 
      March 10: Talking With Kids About Differences 
      March 17: Exploring Parenting Styles 
      March 24: Setting the Stage: Promoting Social Emotional Health in Children 
      March 31: Mathematics for Infants and Toddlers
  • 18 March
    • Food Pantry - Loving Hands Pantry at First Church of God
      Date: Wed Mar 18
      Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
      Location: The HUB Owosso First Church of God, 2100 North Michigan 52, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Perishable, Non-perishable 989-723-4510
    • Food Pantry - Loaves and Fishes - Vernon
      Date: Wed Mar 18
      Time: 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
      Location: 202 E Main St, Vernon, MI 48476, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Non-perishables, Hygiene 989-288-3063
    • Storytime with Miss Natalie - Owosso Library
      Date: Wed Mar 18
      Time: 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
      Location: 502 W. Main St., Owosso, MI 48867
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      View the event in the library's calendar.
      Come for stories, music, crafts and more!  Aimed toward preschool aged children, but children of all ages are welcome. Dress for a mess!
    • All About Insects (K-3) - DeVries Nature Conservancy
      Date: Wed Mar 18
      Time: 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      During this session, students will learn about the following topics through short, engaging lessons, crafts, activities, and time in nature!

      We will learn about:
      🐛 Types of Insects
      🐛 Insects of Michigan
      🐛 Pollination
      🐛 Metamorphosis- with LIVE BUTTERFLIES🦋

      Class Dates:
      🐝Wednesday, February 18th
      🐝Wednesday, March 18th
      🐝Wednesday, April 15th
      🐝Wednesday, May 20th

      Class times:
      🦋Grades K-3rd: 10-11:30AM
      🦋Grades 4th-6th: 1-2:30PM

      Cost: $40 per child (for the entire session, not per class)

      Our homeschool classes are drop off style programs. Parents are welcome to stay in the anture center or explore the grounds during classes, but typically do not participate in classes. We are happy to make exceptions and accomodations for students with special needs.

      Registration is required and spaces are limited! To register, please visit our website at www.devriesnature.org or call the nature center at (989) 723-3365! Registration will open to DNC Members on Monday, January 5th. Registration opens to the public on Monday, January 12th.
    • Play and Storytime - Durand Library
      Date: Wed Mar 18
      Time: 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
      Location: 700 N. Saginaw St., Durand, MI 48429
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar

      Parents, caregivers, and children are invited to join us for a fun and interactive Play & Storytime session at the library. It's a great time to introduce your child to the library.  

      • Little ones can explore and enjoy our collection of toys and learning kits,                                                                         
      • Miss Abra will read stories.                                                                 
      • Children can participate in hands-on activities or crafts.

      Play and Storytime is planned for preschoolers, but all ages are welcome.  

       

      View the event in the library's calendar.
    • Food Pantry - Bethel Evangelical Church
      Date: Wed Mar 18
      Time: 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Shiawassee County 959-723-2274 Perishable and Non-Perishable Food
    • All About Insects (Grades 4-6) - DeVries Nature Conservancy
      Date: Wed Mar 18
      Time: 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      During this session, students will learn about the following topics through short, engaging lessons, crafts, activities, and time in nature!

      We will learn about:
      🐛 Types of Insects
      🐛 Insects of Michigan
      🐛 Pollination
      🐛 Metamorphosis- with LIVE BUTTERFLIES🦋

      Class Dates:
      🐝Wednesday, February 18th
      🐝Wednesday, March 18th
      🐝Wednesday, April 15th
      🐝Wednesday, May 20th

      Class times:
      🦋Grades K-3rd: 10-11:30AM
      🦋Grades 4th-6th: 1-2:30PM

      Cost: $40 per child (for the entire session, not per class)

      Our homeschool classes are drop off style programs. Parents are welcome to stay in the anture center or explore the grounds during classes, but typically do not participate in classes. We are happy to make exceptions and accomodations for students with special needs.

      Registration is required and spaces are limited! To register, please visit our website at www.devriesnature.org or call the nature center at (989) 723-3365! Registration will open to DNC Members on Monday, January 5th. Registration opens to the public on Monday, January 12th.
    • Byron Library ~ Video Game Club
      Date: Wed Mar 18
      Time: 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
      Location: 312 Maple St, Byron, MI 48418
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar

      A student-run club to talk all things gaming! Participants are encouraged to bring their own hand held devices, however the library can provide access to tablets if needed.

      View the event in the library's calendar.
    • Corunna Library ~ WOW! (Wacky on Wednesday)
      Date: Wed Mar 18
      Time: 2:45 PM to 3:30 PM
      Location: 210 E Corunna Ave, Corunna, MI 48817
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar

      Join Alyson & Danielle for the most chaotic, creative, and totally slay activities around! Games, laughs, surprises, food ---you don't wanna miss it!

      Wednesdays: Bring your vibe, bring your friends!

      Pre-registration is required. Be there or be meh!

      View the event in the library's calendar.
    • Morrice Library ~ Super Strong Spider Web STEM Challenge
      Date: Wed Mar 18
      Time: 3:15 PM to 4:00 PM
      Location: 300 Main St, Morrice, MI 48857
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar

      Spider webs are soft when spun but become incredibly strong when woven — inspiring scientists to design better structures. Now it’s your turn!

      Use yarn, tape, and plastic cups to build a structure that holds as many cubes as possible (without linking them). Work alone or with a partner, get creative, and test your design!

      Think like a spider. Build like a bioengineer.

      Please register online or by calling the branch.

      View the event in the library's calendar.
    • Game Night! - Owosso Library
      Date: Wed Mar 18
      Time: 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
      Location: 502 W. Main St., Owosso, MI 48867
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar

      Tweens can stop by the Owosso children's library to enjoy some snacks and board games provided by the library!

      View the event in the library's calendar.
    • Tiny Tigers Karate - Shiawassee Family YMCA
      Date: Wed Mar 18
      Time: 5:15 PM to 5:45 PM
      Location: Shiawassee Family YMCA, 515 W Main St, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Ages 3-4
      Wednesdays 5:15-5:45 and
      Saturdays 1:15-1:45
      $48/member (per month)
      $64/non-member (per month)
      New sessions begin each month!
      www.shiawasseeymca.org
  • 19 March
    • Food Pantry - First United Methodist Church - New Lothrop
      Date: Thu Mar 19
      Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
      Location: First United Methodist Church, 7495 Orchard St, New Lothrop, MI 48460, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Perishable, Non-perishable 810-638-5702
    • Food Pantry - Loving Hands Pantry at First Church of God
      Date: Thu Mar 19
      Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
      Location: The HUB Owosso First Church of God, 2100 North Michigan 52, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Perishable, Non-perishable 989-723-4510
    • Food Pantry - First United Methodist Church - Corunna
      Date: Thu Mar 19
      Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
      Location: Corunna United Methodist Church, 200 W McArthur St, Corunna, MI 48817, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Perishable, Non-perishable 989-634-5724
    • Food Pantry - Hope Vineyard Church
      Date: Thu Mar 19
      Time: 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
      Location: Hope Vineyard Church, 119 N Delaney Rd, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Perishable, Non-Perishable 989-723-2495
    • Lennon Library ~ Taste the World
      Date: Thu Mar 19
      Time: 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
      Location: 11904 Lennon Rd, Lennon, MI 48449
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar

      A variety of salty and sweet snacks are specially brought in from a different country each month. Kids are invited to join the fun and experience flavors from around the world on the 3rd Thursday of each month.

      Please register online or call the branch at 989-320-4429.

      Disclaimer(s)

      Adult Supervision
       
      Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult.
      Food Allergies
       

      Please let us know if you have food allergies.

      Registration Required
       
      Due to seating limitations pre-registration is required. Thank You!
      View the event in the library's calendar.
    • Children’s After School Art Classes - Shiawassee Arts Center
      Date: Thu Mar 19
      Time: 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      $10 SAC Member/$12 Guest  Student annual memberships are $20 (Note: A 3% processing fee is applied to all online purchases of SAC classes)


      https://shiawasseearts.org/youth-classes/

      January 8 – Snowy Owl in Oil Pastel – on black textured pastel paper– Snowy Owls are a stunning species with bright yellow eyes and soft white feathers. They are the largest owl species in North America by weight. Myleigh Rohner, Guest Instructor

      January 15 – Snowflake Painting – Watercolor with a touch of acrylic

      January 22 – Celebrating Michigan’s Birthday with a Clay Hand Building Project – As of January 26, 2025, Michigan is 188 Years old! It became the 26th state to join the United States in 1837. Celebrate this birthday my making your own Michigan themed clay try with some of your favorite Michigan symbols. (students will need to sign up for the Glazing class on March 5 to finish their project.)

      January 29 – National Puzzle Day – Create your own 8×10 inch puzzle design using paint markers.

      February 5 – Vintage Valentine Theme Mixed Media Collage – and cards if time permits. Collage is adhering images and scrapes of paper in an overlapping manner. There can be pop-outs, stamping, dry brush techniques with a little paint and more! Myleigh Rohner, Guest Instructor

      February 12 & 19 – Two Week Wendy’s Whimsical Birds of a Feather Exhibit – For Wendy’s Celebration of Youth Art Month in March! Think about the whimsical bird species that you would like to create out of Wendy’s containers and plastic ware. Must be able to attend both of these sessions to finish.

      February 26 – Clay Slumped Texture Bowl – (Hand Building) Learn about adding different textures to a slab of clay to make a bowl that is uniquely yours! (Students will also need to sign-up for the Glazing class on March 5 to finish their project.)

      March 5 – Glazing – Finishing the two clay projects from January 22 and February 26. Clay projects will be fired a second time and available at the next class.

      March 12 & 19 – Two Week Spring Themed Glue Batik – Must be able to attend both sessions. Using glue as the resist, students will create a design then let it dry until next week for painting with fluid acrylics. When dry, the glue will be washed out.

      March 26 – Glass Fused Dish – Create a spring design on a 6inch square glass tile that will be fused flat and then fired a second time, slumped in a mold (Finished dish will be 5.5 inches)

    • Food Pantry - MI Turning Point
      Date: Thu Mar 19
      Time: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
      Location: MI Turning Point, 102 Lovejoy St, Durand, MI 48429, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Mondays and Thursdays 4 - 6 pm Wed 9 am - 2 pm Clothes, small food pantry, personal care items, household goods 989-277-5507
    • Corunna Library ~ Victorian Era Dessert Demonstration
      Date: Thu Mar 19
      Time: 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
      Location: 210 E Corunna Ave, Corunna, MI 48817
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar

      Join the Owosso Culinary Arts sous chefs as they demonstrate how to prepare Victorian Era Desserts.

      Please register online or by calling the branch.

      View the event in the library's calendar.

Mobile Story Walk

The Great Start Family Coalition has a variety of mobile Story Walks available free to non-profits and educational institutions. 

Story Walk lengths vary, with the maximum being 16 placards long. Each placard is 3 1/2 feet tall by 2 feet wide. They are lightweight with aluminum frames. The number of placards borrowed will depend on the length of the story you choose. The borrower is responsible for picking up and returning the Story Walk. 

Books available include: 

  • Bugs A-Z
  • Fish Eyes
  • Let's Go Bikes 
  • Bee Dance 
  • Hey Coach 
  • Farm Animals 
  • Belly Breathe 
  • Be Who You Are 
  • Gardens are for Growing 
  • Five Little Ducks
  • It's Okay to be Different

Book your mobile story walk by completing this form or by calling 989-725-2581!

Milestones Matter

The CDC has a free milestone checklist to help you learn more about how your baby is developing.  Click here or on the image to visit the CDC's website.

Milestones Matter Poster

 

Literacy Essentials

The General Education Leadership Network (GELN) has created Essential Instructional Practices in Language and Emergent Literacy to help foster literacy in Michigan.  They have literacy resources for birth to though grade 12 on their website at LiteracyEssentials.org.
 

 

Talking is Teaching

Talking, singing, and reading to your child can help build their brain and develop the social-emotional skills that they need.  Talking is Teaching's website, TalkingisTeaching.org, is continually updated with free, fun activities designed to help your child grow. Resources are available in both English and Spanish.

Lets talk about what makes you unique with a multicolored phrases saying what makes people unique

Zero to Three

Zero to Three has resources for parents and grandparents to support them in promoting their children's growth and development.  Resources are available in both English and Spanish at Zerotothree.org.

Two girls playing with a toy.

 

 

 

  • 18 March
    • Play to Learn Playgroup - Great Start Shiawassee
      Date: Wed Mar 18
      Time: 9:45 AM to 11:00 AM
      Location: Louise Peacock Elementary School, 485 E McArthur St, Corunna, MI 48817, USA
      Calendar: Great Start Shiawassee
      Full

      Registration Opens Wednesday, February 11
      For families and children ages 0-5
      To register 989-743-8848
  • 20 March
    • Play to Learn Playgroup - Great Start Shiawassee
      Date: Fri Mar 20
      Time: 9:45 AM to 11:00 AM
      Location: Byron Elementary School, 401 Maple St, Byron, MI 48418, USA
      Calendar: Great Start Shiawassee
      Full

      Registration Opens Wednesday, February 11
      For families and children ages 0-5
      To register 810-266-6323
  • 24 March
    • Play to Learn Playgroup - Great Start Shiawassee
      Date: Tue Mar 24
      Time: 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
      Location: Morrice Area Elementary School, 111 Mason St, Morrice, MI 48857, USA
      Calendar: Great Start Shiawassee
      Full Registration Opens Wednesday, February 11 For children 0-5 Questions 517-625-3141
    • Grow Into Reading Kids Night - Family Coalition
      Date: Tue Mar 24
      Time: 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
      Location: Early Childhood Learning Center, 114 W North St, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Great Start Shiawassee
      Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the Month from 5:30 - 7:00 pm. Dinner is served at 5:30, discussion starts at 6pm.


      www.SRESD.org or register directly at https://bit.ly/ShiawasseeFamily
  • 25 March
    • Play to Learn Playgroup - Great Start Shiawassee
      Date: Wed Mar 25
      Time: 9:45 AM to 11:00 AM
      Location: Louise Peacock Elementary School, 485 E McArthur St, Corunna, MI 48817, USA
      Calendar: Great Start Shiawassee
      Full

      Registration Opens Wednesday, February 11
      For families and children ages 0-5
      To register 989-743-8848
  • 27 March
    • Play to Learn Playgroup - Great Start Shiawassee
      Date: Fri Mar 27
      Time: 9:45 AM to 11:00 AM
      Location: Byron Elementary School, 401 Maple St, Byron, MI 48418, USA
      Calendar: Great Start Shiawassee
      Full

      Registration Opens Wednesday, February 11
      For families and children ages 0-5
      To register 810-266-6323
  • 31 March
    • Play to Learn Playgroup - Great Start Shiawassee
      Date: Tue Mar 31
      Time: 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
      Location: Morrice Area Elementary School, 111 Mason St, Morrice, MI 48857, USA
      Calendar: Great Start Shiawassee
      Full Registration Opens Wednesday, February 11 For children 0-5 Questions 517-625-3141
  • 1 April
    • Play to Learn Playgroup - Great Start Shiawassee
      Date: Wed Apr 1
      Time: 9:45 AM to 11:00 AM
      Location: Louise Peacock Elementary School, 485 E McArthur St, Corunna, MI 48817, USA
      Calendar: Great Start Shiawassee
      Full

      Registration Opens Wednesday, February 11
      For families and children ages 0-5
      To register 989-743-8848

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