It's officially spring — the first real warm-weather week of the year. 🌷 The rain this week turned every sidewalk into a puddle parade, and kids came home soaked, muddy, and absolutely delighted about it. Messy weeks are the best weeks (if you don’t have to do clean up after 🤣 ) .

This week's issue is packed with fresh finds. A guided bird walk, the Aga Khan Museum with a beautiful slow-looking gallery experience, and baby lambs taking their first steps. Plus Earth Day activities, survival skills, and a solar telescope session 🔭. As always, arrive early for the calmest experience. 🫶

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📍 McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg ·
🕐 Sun Apr 19 · 10:00 AM–4:00 PM · 💰 Free w/ admission

Drop-in art-making, storytelling circles, and puppet performance. Families can dip in and out . → Learn more

📍 Downsview Park, North York
🕐 Next Sun Apr 26 · 12:00–5:00 PM · 💰 Free

Outdoor science-based Earth Day event. Observation activities at your own pace, drop-in format. → Learn more

📍 1000 Murray Ross Pkwy, North York
🕐 Sat & Sun Apr 25–26 · 11:00 AM–4:00 PM · 💰 $14.95–$20.40

Baby lambs taking their first steps, spring cleaning demos, and a "passport" of hands-on discovery stations. Outdoors, spread across 30 acres — easy to find a quiet pocket. → Get tickets

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📍 Aga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford D, North York
🕐 Sun Apr 19 & Sun Apr 26 · 12:00–4:00 PM · 💰 Free w/ admission

Hands-on art stations plus a Slow Looking Experience in the galleries. Arrive at noon for the calmest window. → Learn more

📍 122 Ashworth Rd, Mount Albert
🕐 Sat & Sun Apr 18–19 · 10 AM–3 PM · 💰 $12.99

Last chance for wagon rides, sugar bush tours, and syrup and pancakes. → Learn more

📍 Michaels stores across York & Vaughan
🕐 Sun Apr 19 · 1:00–3:00 PM · 💰 Free

Drop-in clay crafts for kids of all age. Low-key, familiar retail setting. → Check locations

📍 Select Indigo/Chapters stores across York & Vaughan
🕐 Sun Apr 19 · 1:00–3:00 PM · 💰 $5.00 +Fees

Find animal clues hidden in-store for a prize, plus storytime. Structured, self-paced. Note: may be busy on Sundays. → Reserve a spot

📍 Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts
🕐 Wed Apr 22 · 6:30 PM · 💰 $25

Glow-in-the-dark puppet theatre, a friendly dinosaur adventure with puppetry, technology, and dance. Heads up: performed in darkness with bright glowing visuals. Best for kids who enjoy visual spectacle and are comfortable in dark theatres. → Tickets

📍 Newmarket Public Library
🕐 Thu Apr 23 · 4:00–6:00 PM (weekly)· 💰 Free

Quiet, structured. Ages 6–18. Great for kids who prefer predictable social engagement without open-ended chaos. Caregivers stay for under-11s. → Details

📍 Berczy (Wycliffe) Park, Markham
🕐 Sat Apr 25 · 10:00–11:30 AM · 💰 Free

Guided walk through forest trails, hushed voices, slow observation, and gentle heavy work. Bring binoculars. Unpaved trails, dress for spring woods. → Learn more

📍 9350 Markham Rd, Markham
🕐 Sat–Sun Apr 25–26 · Tours at 12:30 + 3:00 PM · 💰 $23 /family

Short guided sustainability tours across a 25-acre heritage property. Heritage orchard, pollinator stops, outdoor elements. → Learn more

📍 David Dunlap Observatory, Richmond Hill ·
🕐 Sun Apr 26 · 12:30–1:30 PM · 💰 ~$10–15

Look through solar telescopes in a wide-open field. Visually engaging, no synthetic noise, no crowds. Ages 6+, register in advance, weather dependent. → See sessions

📍 Art One Academy, 90C Centurian Dr, Markham
🕐 Sat Apr 25 & May 2· 1:00–2:30 PM · 💰 $88/2 sessions

Small studio sculpture workshop for ages 4–7. Clear format, one project focus, narrow age band keeps it calm. → Register

📍 Kortright Centre, 9550 Pine Valley Dr, Woodbridge
🕐 Sat Apr 25 · 1:30–3:30 PM · 💰 $89.25 per family (max 5)

Build a fire, make a shelter — hands-on outdoor skills. Great for kids who love physical, real-world learning. → See programs

🐾 Drop-in Sensory Social at Vaughan libraries

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Check out our event page to see more events. And we also put together a summer camp guide to line up early for the inclusive camps and funding. → Catch up here.

Wish you a recharging weekend with the spring smell in the air. ☺

See you next week,

Stella

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