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  • 13 December
    • Holiday Village - Corunna Historical Village
      Date: Sat Dec 13
      Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
      Location: Corunna Historical Village, Village Dr, Corunna, MI 48817, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Concessions Carriage Rides Entertainment in the Church
  • 14 December
    • Arthur Christmas - NCG Holiday Film Fest
      Date: Sun Dec 14
      Time: 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
      Location: NCG Cinemas - Owosso, 314 E Comstock St, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      https://www.ncgmovies.com/movie-theater/owosso/family-film-festivals

      🎄 It’s the most movie-full time of the year! 🍿

      ✨ Sensory-Friendly shows every Saturday at 10:30 AM

      🎟️ Free tickets available now for all NCG locations (while they last!)

      💚 The Grinch (Dec 5–7)

      🎁 Arthur Christmas (Dec 12–14)

      🚂 The Polar Express (Dec 19–24)

    • Holiday Village - Corunna Historical Village
      Date: Sun Dec 14
      Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
      Location: Corunna Historical Village, Village Dr, Corunna, MI 48817, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Concessions Carriage Rides Entertainment in the Church
  • 15 December
    • Food Pantry - Elsie 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
      Food Pantry - Elsie
      Date: Mon Dec 15
      Time: 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
      Location: 219 S Ovid St, Elsie, MI 48831, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Non-Perishable / hygiene
    • Free Walk-In Breastfeeding Clinic - Shiawassee County Health Dept
      Date: Mon Dec 15
      Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
      Location: Shiawassee County Health Department, 149 E Corunna Ave #2nd, Corunna, MI 48817, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Latch assistance questions weight checks weighted feed pump support  supply issues Every Monday 9am - noon  (closed holidays) 989-743-2383 Additional support available by appointment
    • Food Pantry - Laingsburg United Methodist Church
      Date: Mon Dec 15
      Time: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
      Location: Laingsburg United Methodist Church, 210 Crum St, Laingsburg, MI 48848, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      All are welcome. Perishable and Non-Perishable Food
    • Taste the World - New Lothrop Library
      Date: Mon Dec 15
      Time: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
      Location: 9471 Genesee St, New Lothrop, MI 48460
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar

      Join us as we Taste The World!

      A variety of sweet and salty snacks are specially brought in from a different country every month. Kids are invited to join the fun and experience flavors from around the world on the third Monday of every month. Fun facts will also be shared.

      This event is for ages 6 and up. Please pre-register.

      View the event in the library's calendar.
    • Food Pantry - MI Turning Point
      Date: Mon Dec 15
      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
    • Morrice Library ~ Christmas Cookie & Treat Exchange
      Date: Mon Dec 15
      Time: 4:15 PM to 5:00 PM
      Location: 300 Main St, Morrice, MI 48857
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar

      🎄 Christmas Cookie & Treat Exchange 🎅

      You’re invited to a delicious holiday gathering for all ages!

      More than cookies are welcome—brownies, bars, candies, cupcakes… if it’s sweet and festive, bring it along!

      Bring:
      • At least one dozen of your favorite Christmas cookies or baked treats
      • A copy of the recipe to share with others (extra copies will be made at the library)

      Fun Extras:
      🏆 Prizes will be awarded for:
      • Best Tasting
      • Most Creative
      • Most Festive

      Please pre-register.

      View the event in the library's calendar.
    • Gymnastics - Bitty Bugs for Ages 1-2 - Shiawassee Family YMCA
      Date: Mon Dec 15
      Time: 6:15 PM to 6:45 PM
      Location: Shiawassee Family YMCA, 515 W Main St, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Bitty Bugs for Ages 1-2
      Mondays, 6:15-6:45
      Tiny Tumblers for Ages 3-5
      Mondays 6:45-7:15
      Session 2: October 27-December 15
      Space is limited.
      Parent participation required for Bitty Bugs.
      $60/members
      $75/non-members
      www.shiawasseeymca.org
    • Gymnastics - Tiny Tumblers for Ages 3-5 - Shiawassee Family YMCA
      Date: Mon Dec 15
      Time: 6:45 PM to 7:15 PM
      Location: Shiawassee Family YMCA, 515 W Main St, Owosso, MI 48867, USA
      Calendar: Shiawassee County Community Calendar
      Tiny Tumblers for Ages 3-5 Mondays 6:45-7:15 Session 2: October 27-December 15 Space is limited. Parent participation required for Bitty Bugs. $60/members $75/non-members www.shiawasseeymca.org

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.

Little boy with magnifying glass looking for preschool

 

 

 

Join Us!

  • 27 January
  • 24 February
  • 7 March
    • Infant, Child, & Adult CPR/AED/First Aid Training - SRESD
      Date: Sat Mar 7
      Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
      Location: Shiawassee RESD College and Career Readiness Center, 201 E Washington Ave, Vernon, MI 48476, USA
      Calendar: Great Start Shiawassee
      Call to Register 989-725-2581
  • 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
  • 28 April
    • Exploring Parenting Styles - Family Coalition
      Date: Tue Apr 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
  • 26 May
    • Parent Cafe - Family Coalition
      Date: Tue May 26
      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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