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  • 7 October
    • Internet Safety from Protect MI Child - MSU Extension
      Date: Tue Oct 7
      Time: 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar

      October 7: Internet Safety from Protect MI Child

      Screens are everywhere, and young children are spending more and more time in front of them. Discussion topics will include the following:

      •What steps can I take at home to keep my kids safe while they are online?

      •What popular apps are kids using, and are they safe?

      •What apps are traffickers or other predators using to contact children and what are their tactics?

      •What are the laws in Michigan when it comes to sexting and sextortion?

      •What is the Michigan Child Protection Registry and how does it work?

      •How can I assist in getting this important information out to more people?

      Extension Extras Parenting Hour is a free online series of parenting workshops that provides guidance for parents of young children as they navigate the challenges, joys, and concerns of parenting.

      https://www.canr.msu.edu/events/online-parenting-hour-protect-mi-child-10-7-25
  • 8 October
    • Food Pantry - Loving Hands Pantry at First Church of God
      Date: Wed Oct 8
      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 Oct 8
      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 Oct 8
      Time: 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
      Location: 502 W. Main St., Owosso, MI 48867
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
    • Play and Storytime - Durand Library
      Date: Wed Oct 8
      Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
      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.

      • Little ones can explore and enjoy our collection of toys and learning kits,                                                                         
      • Students from Durand High School’s Child Development class will read books.                                                                 
      • After storytime, children can participate in a hands-on activity or craft.

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

       

      View the event in the library's calendar.
    • Story Time & Craft - Bancroft Library
      Date: Wed Oct 8
      Time: 11:15 AM to 12:00 PM
      Location: 3719 Grand River Rd, Bancroft, MI 48414
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar

      Join us for stories, crafts, and snacks.

      Pre-registration is required. 

      View the event in the library's calendar.
    • WOW! Candy Sushi Workshop - Corunna Library
      Date: Wed Oct 8
      Time: 2:45 PM to 3:30 PM
      Location: 210 E Corunna Ave, Corunna, MI 48817
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar

      WOW! (Wacky on Wednesday)

      Come and create your own sushi out of candy!

      Pre-registration is required.

      View the event in the library's calendar.
    • Lego Club - New Lothrop Library
      Date: Wed Oct 8
      Time: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
      Location: 9471 Genesee St, New Lothrop, MI 48460
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar

      Join us at the library for LEGO Club, held on the second Wednesday of each month for ages 8–12. 

      Take on fun building challenges, get creative, and show off your skills—Legos are provided, just bring your imagination!

      Registration required.

      View the event in the library's calendar.
    • Zumbini - Shiawassee Family YMCA
      Date: Wed Oct 8
      Time: 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Music & movement
      Ages 0-4
      Wednesdays 5:00-5:45pm
      Session 1: September 10-October 15
      Session 2: October 29-December 10
      OR Saturdays 11:00-11:45am
      Session 1: September 20-October 25
      Session 2: November 1-December 13
      Member: $35/child & caregiver
      Non-member: $45/child & caregiver
      www.shiawasseeymca.org
    • Tiny Tigers Karate - Shiawassee Family YMCA
      Date: Wed Oct 8
      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
  • 9 October
    • Food Pantry - First United Methodist Church - New Lothrop
      Date: Thu Oct 9
      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
    • Perinatal Support Group - Shiawassee Health & Wellness
      Date: Thu Oct 9
      Time: 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
      Location: Memorial Healthcare Hospital, 826 W King St, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Are you pregnant or recently had a baby? Starting April 24th, join our Perinatal Support Group hosted by Memorial Healthcare in collaboration with Shiawassee Health & Wellness, for a safe, supportive space to talk about the emotional journey of pregnancy and new parenthood. This is a free support group thanks to a grant from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund! If interested, you may sign up here, https://shorturl.at/tWWa3
    • Food Pantry - First United Methodist Church - Corunna
      Date: Thu Oct 9
      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 Oct 9
      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
    • Storytime - Morrice Library 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM
      Storytime - Morrice Library
      Date: Thu Oct 9
      Time: 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM
      Location: 300 Main St, Morrice, MI 48857
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar

      Come to the library for stories, an activity, and a snack! Storytime is geared toward children 0-4 years old, however children of all ages are welcome to attend with their caregiver!

      Please pre-register.

      View the event in the library's calendar.
    • Pottery on the Wheel - Shiawassee Arts Center
      Date: Thu Oct 9
      Time: 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
      Location: Shiawassee Arts Center, 206 Curwood Castle Dr, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Experience the magic of turning mud into Art! (Students will need to sign up for the glazing class on October 23 to finish their clay creations after the bisque firing.)Ā Ā Ā Ā https://shiawasseearts.org/youth-classes/
    • Food Pantry - MI Turning Point
      Date: Thu Oct 9
      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,Ā personal care items,Ā household goods 989-277-5507
    • Support Group - Voices for Children
      Date: Thu Oct 9
      Time: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
      Location: The Child Advocacy Center of Shiawassee County, 1216 W Main St, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Join us for an in-person support group for survivors of abuse and neglect and their caregivers!
      Register atĀ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSed9QbvpLuMQ0DYJX0XfPd-gkopqiQSIh10ekTDHWoCPTE23A/viewformĀ or 810-238-3333 x 225
    • Make Parenting A Pleasure 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
      Make Parenting A Pleasure
      Date: Thu Oct 9
      Time: 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
      Location: Bryant Elementry School, 925 Hampton Ave, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Topics include:
      • Self care
      • Stress
      • Anger management
      • Communication skills
      • Positive discipline
      • Support emotional development
      • ...much more!

      Register atĀ bit.ly/4j0XOngĀ or by callingĀ Jennifer Babcock

      989-725-2581 x 2150

      Free Dinner & Supervised Care*

      September 11 - October 16

      Every Thursday

      5:30 - 8:00 pm

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.

 

 

 

Join Us!

  • 9 October
    • Make Parenting A Pleasure 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
      Make Parenting A Pleasure
      Date: Thu Oct 9
      Time: 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
      Location: Bryant Elementry School, 925 Hampton Ave, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Great Start Shiawassee
      Topics include:
      • Self care
      • Stress
      • Anger management
      • Communication skills
      • Positive discipline
      • Support emotional development
      • ...much more!

      Register atĀ bit.ly/4j0XOngĀ or by callingĀ Jennifer Babcock

      989-725-2581 x 2150

      Free Dinner & Supervised Care*

      September 11 - October 16

      Every Thursday

      5:30 - 8:00 pm

  • 16 October
    • Make Parenting A Pleasure 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
      Make Parenting A Pleasure
      Date: Thu Oct 16
      Time: 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
      Location: Bryant Elementry School, 925 Hampton Ave, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Great Start Shiawassee
      Topics include:
      • Self care
      • Stress
      • Anger management
      • Communication skills
      • Positive discipline
      • Support emotional development
      • ...much more!

      Register atĀ bit.ly/4j0XOngĀ or by callingĀ Jennifer Babcock

      989-725-2581 x 2150

      Free Dinner & Supervised Care*

      September 11 - October 16

      Every Thursday

      5:30 - 8:00 pm

  • 28 October
    • Halloween Fun Night - Family Coalition
      Date: Tue Oct 28
      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 November
    • Family Fun - Family Coalition
      Date: Tue Nov 25
      Time: 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
      Location: Shiawassee Family YMCA, 515 W Main 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
  • 27 January
  • 24 February
  • 24 March
    • 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

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