Kids, parents learn yoga in LaGrange

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Youngsters and their parents can participate together in Busy Star Baby & Me Yoga Jan. 24 at LaGrange Public Library. Class will be taught by Kristine Scott Schultz of Stardust Yoga Studios.

Updated: January 12, 2012 9:34PM

Kids old enough to crawl through kindergartners will do yoga with their parents at Busy Star Baby & Me Yoga, 3:45-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24 at LaGrange Public Library, 10 W. Cossitt Ave.

“The children become free weights,” joked Kristine Scott Schultz, director of Stardust Yoga Studio in LaGrange, who teaches the class. “It’s a great way to exercise your body but also have loads of fun with the kids. We do a lot of big movement with them. We work on fine and large motor skills.”

Parents move their baby’s body for yoga poses. “If they are crawling, we get them on their hands and knees and pull them back and forth,” Schultz said. “With the walkers, we do a lot of movement.”

Moms and dads reap benefits, too.”It’s a great way for parents to stretch their bodies because they’re spending so much time hovering over their baby,” Schultz said.

For details, call (708) 352-0576 or visit www.lagrangelibrary.org.

Escape to the Arctic

A favorite summer outdoor activity moves indoors for the Polar Pals Picnic, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 23 at Burr Ridge Community Center, 15 W. 400 Harvester Drive. Kids ages 2-4, with a parent, will get acquainted with polar bears and penguins, do crafts, hear stories and dine on fun food. Cost is $15 for residents, $18 for nonresidents. Registration is required.

For details, call (630) 920-1969 or visit www.brparks.org.

Catch some rays

A sparkly sun-catcher can brighten any window. Kids ages 4-12, accompanied by an adult, can make one at a drop-in family craft workshop, 1-3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16 at Elmhurst Historical Museum Education Center, 120 E. Park Ave. The cost is $2, free to members.

For details, call (630) 833-1457 or visit www.elmhursthistory.org.

For rock lovers

Geologist Sara Johnson will teach kids 8 and older and adults to make a basic mineral test kit at “Rock & Mineral Identification,” 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21 at Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, 220 Cottage Hill Ave., Elmhurst. The cost is $5, $3 for museum members. Reservations are required.

For details, call (630) 833-1616 or visit www.lizzadromuseum.org.

You go, girl!

Two exciting tales will be shared at Girl Superpower Storytime, 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Oak Brook Barnes and Noble, 297 Oakbrook Center. Kids will hear Princess Super Kitty by Antoinette Portis and Wonder Woman from the I Can Read series.

For details, call (630) 684-0586 or visit www.barnesandnoble.com.