Keep Kids Occupied with PV Stories, Pottstown Playdate

Looking for things to do with the kids? Let them enjoy six weeks of hour-long story time in local parks, presented by the Perkiomen Valley Library. Also, try a creative playdate Friday at the Children’s Discovery Center in Pottstown.

PV Library Staff Continues Its ’Stories in the Parks’

SCHWENKSVILLE PA – Kids love to have stories read to them, and the Perkiomen Valley Library at Schwenksville is accommodating their craving.

Six more dates remain during which library representatives will conduct its summer “Stories In The Park” program for local families. The roughly hour-long sessions are being held Thursdays through Aug. 14 beginning at 10 a.m. in Skippack, and Perkiomen townships, and the boroughs of Trappe and Schwenksville.

Look for the library’s banner planted in a different park each week. Here are locations still on the schedule:

• July 17, at Palmer Park, 4022 Heckler Rd., Skippack PA;
• July 24,, at Perkiomen Park, 1 Trappe Rd., Perkiomen;
• July 31, at Sisca Community Park and Garden, 525 W. Main St., Trappe;
• Aug 7, Meadow Park, 300 Main St., Schwenksville; and
• Aug 14, Coble Park, 1342 Gravel Pk., Lower Frederick.

Want more information? See the library website; visit it in person at 290 Second St., or call 610-287-8360.

Graphic provided by Lower Frederick Township
Top photo by Leo Rivas on Unsplash, used by Travels With The Post under license

Children’s Discovery Center Plans Friday Playdate

POTTSTOWN PA – A “creative playdate” for children ages 5 and older, which encourages them to have fun while thinking about the future, is scheduled for Friday (July 18, 2025) from 1-3 p.m. at the Pottstown Children’s Discovery Center, 95 S. Hanover St.

Among the tools kids are likely to enjoy using is a three-dimensional printer.

The program requires the attendance of a parent or caregiver, who also can be involved in the activities.

Space in the event is limited. The event is free, but advance online registration and a daily admission ticket (its cost is $10 per child) are required. Children of families with an annual center membership are admitted free.

For more information, call the Discovery Center at 215-872-4728, or send an e-mail from its website.

Graphic provided by the Pottstown Children’s Discovery Center