Join your friends at the library for How Do Gardens Grow? Storytime at the library with Miss Nicole. We will explore gardens and how they grow more while we sing, rhyme, read, craft, and play together! Your child will have so much fun they might not even realize they are learning important skills for future […]
The Findlay-Hancock County Public Library's 2025 CommunityREAD selection is Gaining Ground: A Story of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, and Saving the Family Farm by Forrest Pritchard. Learn more about the […]
The Hancock Park District uses live animals for educational programs. You are invited to visit the Discovery Center, see the animals, and watch them eat. Hancock Park District Programs staff will talk about what animals eat and how that differs among herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and decomposers. Meet at the Discovery Center. This free program is […]
Join us for How Do Seeds Grow? Storytime at the library with special guest Miss Betsey. We will explore seeds and how they grow more while we sing, rhyme, read, craft, and play together! Your child will have so much fun they might not even realize they are learning important skills for future reading! This […]
Wear your favorite PJ’s, get together with family and friends, watch The Fox and the Hound, and enjoy popcorn on a Sunday afternoon. After the movie, there will be a scavenger hunt, either inside the Richard S. “Doc” Phillips Discovery Center or outside in the woodland. Meet at the Discovery Center. This program is open […]
Forests are full of life, including many different animals. The story titled, Bear Helps the Forest (Maybe You Help, Too) will be read. It is a picture book that highlights the life of a baby bear and other animals, such as squirrels, white-tailed deer, and Virginia opossums. After the story, we will hike the trails […]
Chris Allen from the Blanchard Valley Poultry Association and Hancock County Park District will be at the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library to talk about how to raise chickens – all ages welcome! This program is part of the 2025 CommunityREAD! Don’t forget to read this year’s CommunityREAD book, Gaining Ground by Forrest Pritchard!
It is that time of year when many animals build their nests and await the arrival of their babies. Learn about nests through play, such as what’s in my egg memory game and if I had a bird beak. You can try and build a nest using beak-like tools. Afterward, you will enter the Nature […]
In spring, Hancock Park District's wetlands are filled with the songs of frogs and toads. Learn why frogs and toads are calling this time of year and how to identify […]
Get ready for spring by attending this free seminar on tree care. Tree expert, Joe Puperi, will present what is known as the 3 legs on the stool of healthy […]
