
Events
April 18, 2026
Butler County Week of the Young Child: Early Learning is Dino-Mite!
Saturday, 10:30 am to 2:00 pm
Butler County will celebrate the Week of the Young Child with an event featuring learning activities, free books, snacks, and prizes.
Early Learning is Dino-Mite! will run from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 18 at The Monarch Training Institute, located at 100 Brugh Avenue in Butler.
The free event, which is aimed at children from birth to grade school, will include four live programs, music therapy, dinosaur yoga, storytime, free books, prizes, snacks, and a photo opportunity with a dinosaur. Every family that attends will receive a copy of Ame Dyckman’s “Don’t Blow Your Top.”
The day’s schedule will include:
- Meet Readasaurus the Dinosaur (10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Family Pathways)
- Story Time: “Don’t Blow Your Top” (11:30 a.m. at the South Butler Community Library)
- Music: Roar and Restore (11:45 a.m. at Create & Connect Therapy)
- Movement: Dinosaur Yoga (12:30 p.m. at Early Learning Resource Center 3)
- Family Entertainment: “Fire and the Ice Age” (1:15 p.m. at Mad Science)
For more information, check out the event’s flyer.

