Kid's Directory Fall 2025 Events Edition

Kid’s Directory

FALL 2025

EVENTS EDITION

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OUR ADVERTISERS OUR FAMILY-FAVORITE Arkansas Childrens Hospital, Nutrition PARTNERS ..........................3 American Heart Association......................................... 16 ArkansasMuseum ChildrensofHospital. ........................................

30 Arkansas Fine Arts .................................... 32 ArkansasSkatium Skatium............................................................3 Arkansas ........................................................ 19 Ballet Arkansas.

16 Arkansas Soccer.............................................................

Club ......................................................8 BaptistArkansas Health...............................................................

31 Ballet ................................................................9 Barksdale Federal Credit Union......................................4 Baptist Health ..............................................................

18 Celebrity Attractions. ........................................................2 Barksdale Federal Credit Union......................................4 CentralAldersgate AR Pediatric Dentistry.......................................13 10 Camp .........................................................

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15 Central Pediatric Dentistry ........................... 30 Dancers'Tennis Corner...............................................................6 Conway ................................................................9 DHS - Better Beginnings. .................................................5 Dancers' Corner ...........................................................

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14 DHS – Better Beginnings ............................................. 28 Girl Scouts.....................................................................

14 Fancyful ........................................................................ 17 Grow Learning..............................................................

17 Girl Scouts .................................................................... 21 Jacksonville Parks........................................................6,209 Grow Learning..............................................................

Jax's Gym.........................................................................7 Jacksonville Parks .................................................. 10, 19 LittleGym Rock.....................................................................

Zoo..................................................................9 Jax's 11 Riff'sRock Notes....................................................................

11 Little Parks & Recreation ..................................... 10 SalonRock Jadore....................................................................8 Little Zoo .............................................................. 13 Special Olympics Arkansas........................................... 27 Old Statehouse Museum................................................4 The Muddy .............................................................31 17 Salon JadorePig. ................................................................

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18 Second Baptist (Lake Nixon) ........................................ 14 Travel

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17 The Decker School........................................................... ........................................................ 20 UCAPainted Reynolds Hall...................................12 32 The PigPerfomance ............................................................

UALR, SLUFY ....................................................................2 Yours Truly Consignment................................................5 PLUS Events & Festivals Across Arkansas..........................18-27 PLUS

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Play to learn

MATH

High-quality early care and education helps children learn math concepts through song and story, pretend play and games.

Families can help their children learn math concepts by naming colors and shapes, pointing out numbers in the grocery store or playing with puzzles and blocks.

Make a block house together or ask your child questions about the tower they just Scan the code below to visit our Family Resource made. “How tall is the tower? Is there an Library to get fun elevator? How many floors to reach the top?“ activities for learning at home.

Interacting with your child helps make Also en Español. learning about math fun and you are building bonds between you that can last a lifetime.

Click the orange banner on our website to find star-rated early educators who help children prepare for school with researchbased lessons and learning through play.

Paper Playground for Learning Fun Math • Creative Thinking • New Words

Rainy or cold weather doesn’t mean your child has to be bored. You can create your own activity right at home. You probably won’t even have to go to the store.

These activities are not about scoring (but you will make bigtime cool-parent points with your child).

The objective is to develop math concepts, physical skills and have fun. So, get creative. Make goofy sports equipment and a paper playground. Talk about numbers, distances and angles. Toss around some new words.

Find out more about what is learned on the next page.

You’ll need:

• Lightweight balls

• Any and all kinds of tape (whatever you have)

• Crayons or markers (let your child create a masterpiece decorating the plain surfaces) • Scissors

• Recycled newspaper funny pages, folders, wrapping paper, boxes and tubes • Paper cups

• Large serving utensils

Golf Ball Garage▲ t Croquet Course

Golf and croquet are sort of alike when you play them indoors.

Both require hitting a ball with a stick. In golf, the ball is struck with a club to go in the hole in as few strokes as possible. In croquet, the ball is struck with a mallet through wickets (hoops stuck into the ground). The goal of croquet is to be the first person to reach the end of a course and hit the center peg.

As you play, talk about how much force is needed to get the ball into the garage or down the croquet course. How many wickets are there to the course?

Ask how your child decided the color order of the course pieces.

Get details on how to make your own paper playground on the next page.

Get more fun ways to learn about math – visit our Family Resource Library here.

Click here to learn how to recycle to make your own musical instruments!

Click here to visit our Resource Library. You’ll find activities and tips to help you prepare your child for life.

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FALL 2025 SESSION 1 August 25 - October 9

FALL 2025 SESSION 2 October 20 - November 20 Quick Start - Ages 5 - 7 Monday & Wednesday 4-5pm

Future Stars - Ages 8 - 11 Tuesday & Thursday 4-5pm

Tournament Prep - Ages 11+ Tuesday & Thursday 5-630

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SCHOOL FOR DANCE

4 Years Running

Voted One of Arkansas's Top Rated Dance Schools

NOW ENROLLING! Child & Adult Classes Expert Faculty State-of-the-Art Facilities Flexible Schedules Affordable Tuition Scholarship Assistance YAGP Program Costumed Performances Fun, Fun, Fun!

Fall/Winter Productions

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow the Nutcracker Spectacular World-Premiere Cinderella

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The Decker School

Summer Camp 2025

This summer, students can unleash their creativity through art and drama, master life skills like cooking and sewing, develop strategy and teamwork with board games, embrace the great outdoors, embark on an exciting journey across the continents in a travel adventure, and more!

With something for every interest, our camps are crafted to spark curiosity, foster growth, and make learning fun!

DATES: June & July AGES: Kindergarten & Up COST: Varies 25706 Hwy 365, Maumelle

Visit thedeckerschool.org for more information and to register.

501.613.7232

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September 2025 - March 2026

EVENTS & & FESTIVALS FESTIVALS Family Favorite & Kid Approved

Arkansas Comic Con | Sept 12-1 Arkansas Comic Con | Sept 12-14

Little Rock •• Various Various Venues Venues Little Rock Ticketed event Ticketed event littlerock.com/events/arkansas-comic-con littlerock.com/events/arkansas-comic-con International Festival || Sept Sept 77 International Festival Fayetteville 2-6pm Fayetteville •• 2-6pm Free admission Free admission bgozarks.org bgozarks.org Downtown Food Truck Truck Festival Festival || Sept Sept 21 21 Downtown Food Little Rock •• 11am-6pm am-6pm Little Rock Free admission Free admission littlerock.com/downtownood-truck- estival littlerock.com/downtown-food-truck-festival Get Down Downtown Downtown || Sept Sept 26-27 Get Down 26-27 Searcy Various times times Searcy •• Various Free admission Free admission searcy.com/events/get-down-downtown searcy.com/events/get-down-downtown ACA NSA A rts Festival Festival || Sept Sept 4-20 -2 ACANSA Arts Little Little Rock Rock // North 1ort Little Little Rock Rock •• Various Various times times Ticketed Ticketed event event acansa.org acansa.org Jazz Jazz in in the the Park Park || Wednesdays Wednesdays in in Sept Sept Little Little Rock Rock •• 6pm 6pm Free Free admission admission littlerock.com littlerock.com 20 • Find us online at KidCentralAR.com

Arkansas State Fair | Oct 10-19 Arkansas State Fair | Oct 10-19

Little Rock • Gates open 11am daily Ticketed admission admission Ticketed arkansasstatefair.com arkansasstatefair.com War Eagle Fair || Oct Oct 16-19 War Eagle Fair 16-19 Hindsville •• Thu-Sat Thu-Sat 8am-5pm, 8am-5pm, Sun Sun 8am-4pm 8am-4pm Hindsville Free admission admission (parking (parking fee) fee) Free wareaglefair.com wareaglefair.com Hillcrest HarvestFest HarvestFest || Oct Oct 44 Hillcrest Little Rock Rock •• 8am-8pm 8am-8pm Little Free admission admission Free littlerock.com/events/hillcrest-harvestfest-2025 littlerock.com/events/hillcrest-harvestfest-2025 King Biscuit Biscuit B lues Festival Festival || Oct Oct 10-11 10-11 King Blues Helena- est Helena Helena •• All All day day Helena-West Ticketed event Ticketed event kingbiscuitfestival.com kingbiscuitfestival.com H t S rings Documentary ! cu entar Fil Festival || Oct Oct 10-18 10-1" Hot Springs Film Festival Hot Springs •• Various arious times times Hot Springs Ticketed event Ticketed event hsdfi.org hsdfi.org Fall Festival || Oct Oct 44 Fall Festival BBryant ryant •• 9am-2pm 9am-2pm Free admission Free admission bryantchamber.com bryantchamber.com Little Rock • Gates open 11am daily

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Arkansas Goat Festival | Oct 4 Perryville •• All All day day Perryville Arkansas Goat Festival | Oct 4

Free admission goatfestival.com goatfestival.com Free admission

Eureka Springs Zombie Cra l | Oct 2# Eureka Springs Afternoon Eureka Springs •• Afternoon Eureka Springs Zombie Crawl | Oct 25

Free *donations accepted+ zombiecrawl.com zombiecrawl.com Free (donations accepted)

Hillberry Music Festival | Oct 8-12 Eureka Springs All day day Eureka Springs •• All Hillberry Music Festival | Oct 8-12

Ticketed event hillberryfestival.com hillberryfestival.com Ticketed event

Bentonville Lighting of the Square | Nov 22 Bentonville Bentonville •• 6pm 6pm Bentonville Lighting of the Square | Nov 22

Free admission downtownbentonville.org downtownbentonville.org Free admission

Searcy Holiday of Lights | Nov 18 Searcy Holiday of Lights | Nov 18

Searcy • 5:30-6:30pm Free Free admission admission searcy.com searcy.com Searcy • 5:30-6:30pm

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Lights of the Ozarks | Nov - Jan Lights of the Ozarks | Nov - Jan

Fayetteville • Select Nights from 5pm Free admission admission Free experiencefayetteville.com experiencefayetteville.com Fayetteville • Select Nights from 5pm

GloWILD Little Rock Zoo | Nov-Jan GloWILD Little Rock Zoo | Nov-Jan

Little Rock • 5-9pm • Select Nights Ticketed event event Ticketed littlerockzoo.com littlerockzoo.com Little Rock • 5-9pm • Select Nights

Holiday Lights Garvan Gardens | Nov 23 - Dec 31 Holiday Lights Garvan Gardens | Nov 23 - Dec 31

Hot Springs • 4-9pm Ticketed event event Ticketed garvangardens.org garvangardens.org Hot Springs • 4-9pm

Spa Running Festival | Nov 15 Spa Running Festival | Nov 15

Hot Springs • #am start Registration fee fee Registration sparunningfest.com sparunningfest.com Hot Springs • 7am start

BIG Little Rock Holiday Parade | Dec 6 BIG Little Rock Holiday Parade | Dec 6

Little Rock • 4pm Free admission admission Free littlerock.com littlerock.com Little Rock • 4pm

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State Capitol Lighting Ceremony | Dec 6 Little Rock •• 5:30pm 5:30pm Little Rock Free admission Free admission arkansasstatecapitol.com arkansasstatecapitol.com North Little Rock Rock C hristmas Parade Parade || Dec Dec 77 North Little Christmas North Little Rock Rock •• A fternoon North Little Afternoon Free admission Free admission nlr.ar.gov nlr.ar.gov CChristmas hristmas in in the the Park Park (Creekmore Creekmore Park) Park) || Dec Dec Fort Smith •• 6-9pm - pm •• Weekends eekends Fort Smith Free admission Free admission fortsmithparks.org fortsmithparks.org Winter ayo Park Winter Wonderland Wonderland Illinois Illinois B Bayou Park || Dec Dec- "an Jan Russellville Select Days, Days, Dusk-10pm Dusk-10pm Russellville •• Select Free admission Free admission russellville.com russellville.com Santa s illage || Weekends Weekends in in Dec Dec Santa's Village CConway onway •• 1-5pm 1-5pm Free admission Free admission cityofconway.org cityofconway.org State Capitol Lighting Ceremony | Dec 6

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First Day Hikes | Jan 1 First

Statewide • Various times Free admission Free admission arkansasstateparks.com arkansasstateparks.com Statewide • Various times

Ozark Mountain Music Festival | Jan 17-19 Eureka Springs Eureka Springs •• All All day day Ozark Mountain Music Festival | Jan 17-19

Ticketed event ozarkmountainmusicfestival.com ozarkmountainmusicfestival.com Ticketed event

Eagles Et Cetera | Jan 23-25 Eagles Et Cetera | Jan 23-25

DeGray Lake State Park • Various times Free admission Free admission arkansasstateparks.com arkansasstateparks.com DeGray Lake State Park • Various times

SoMardi Gras Parade & Street Festival | Feb 2

SoMardi Gras Parade & Street Festival | Feb 2

Little Rock • 10:30am-5pm Free Free admission admission somalittlerock.com somalittlerock.com Little Rock • 10:30am-5pm

Eureka S rings Mardi Gras Parade | Feb 1 Eureka Springs Mardi Gras Parade | Feb 14

Eureka Springs • pm Free Free admission admission eurekasprings.org eurekasprings.org Eureka Springs • 2pm

Winter Arts Festival | Feb 15-16 Winter Arts Festival | Feb 15-16

Fayetteville •• Various Fayetteville Various times times Ticketed event Ticketed event fayettevilleflyer.com fayettevilleflyer.com

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World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade | Mar 17 Hot Springs Hot Springs •• 6:30pm 6:30pm Free admission Free admission shorteststpats.com shorteststpats.com Little Rock Little Rock St. St. Patrick's Patrick's Day Day Parade Parade || Mar Mar 14 14 Little Rock Little Rock •• TBA TBA Free admission Free admission irisharkansas.org irisharkansas.org Little Rock Little Rock Marathon Maratho Festival esti al || Feb e 27-March 7 March 11 Little Rock Little Rock •• All All day day Registration Registration fee fee littlerockmarathon.com littlerockmarathon.com World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade | Mar 17

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TIPS TO HAVE THE MOST FUN Call Ahead: Confirm details before traveling Check Weather: Many events are outdoors Arrive Early: Popular events fill up quickly Bring Cash: Many vendors prefer cash Pack Snacks: Keep little ones happy Bring Sanitizer: Better safe than sick Follow Social Media: Get real-time updates

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Fall Clay Classes Now Open + SPOOKTACULAR PAINTING Sign Up for Texts on Special Classes!

(There's a WICKED Event You Don't Want To Miss!)

Pottery Glaze Pumpkin

WORKSHOPS! 9/6 & 9/11 at 6pm

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Vintage Tree Party 9/20 & 9/25 at 6pm

NOW OFFERING

Walk-in Paint Your Own Pottery!

Sign Up Now For Fall Wheel Classes and Workshops Sign Up for Texts on Class Dates!

Adult Classes + Kid Classes + Workshops + Memberships

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Nutrition For School-Aged Kids At Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, we explore how diet and lifestyle can influence childhood nutrition, development and health.

Childhood is a great time to learn healthy eating habits. It’s an important time to stay nourished for proper growth and development - and a chance to begin making independent food choices.

Here are 4 Tips to Get You Started!

Get Moving aim for 60 minutes of physical activity every day - play a sport, ride bikes or jump rope - there are many ways to move!

Be a Role Model: Turn off the TV to connect at mealtime. Include kids in choosing foods while shopping and in creating meals to be shared.

Peeling, measuring, they can help!

Try a Variety of Fruits and Vegetables “Eat the Rainbow,” to get lots of colors and types of fruits and veggies. Fresh, Frozen, or even canned in light syrup - all are great choices to keep offering to kids.

Watch out for too much sugar! Not just candy, soda and dessert, but places like sweetened flavored yogurt. Ever tried sliced fruit mixed into plain yogurt? www.dietaryguidelines.gov

We are Currently Enrolling Participants We invite volunteers from Central Arkansas to participate in clinical research studies. Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center leads several clinical research studies, and many are currently enrolling participants.

Visit our website to learn more about the purpose of our clinical research and who can participate.

All research studies require potential participants to be screened over the phone. If you are interested in a study and would like to find out if you are eligible, give us a call.

501-364-3309

ArkansasChildresNutritionCenter

ACNCstudies@archildrens.org

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Care Centered Around Your Child’s Needs The Baptist Health Pediatric Clinic-Conway offers expert pediatric care for your children at every stage of their development.

Our Services Include: • Acute Care Management • Asthma and Allergies • Annual Physicals, CheckUps, School Physicals, Sports Physicals, Vision and Hearing Screenings, and Well Child Care • Immunizations, Colds and Flu, Migraines

• Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) • Cerebral Palsy, Neurologic and Muscular Disorders • Developmental and Behavioral Problems

• Newborn Care, Monitoring Child Development

Call (501) 358-6892 to schedule your child’s appointment today!

Conveniently located at 625 United Drive on the campus of Baptist Health Medical Center-Conway, directly behind the hospital.

baptist-health.com

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