Mark Your Calendar: Kids’ Day At The Mansion on Saturday, October 11

A Tori’s Critters sampling of some of the expected Reptile “Visitors”

David C. Wood Mansion House, 821 Columbia Ave., Millville. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. History and science await children ages 4 to 8 at the Millville Historical Society. There will be a variety of fun activities for the children to participate in, including:

• A reading of Mary Had a Little Zoo by Deborah Boerner Ein portraying Mary Treat.

• Hands-on learning with a variety of insects and reptiles from Miss Tori’s Critters.

• Birds and binoculars lessons from Dr. Nadya Sotnychuk.

• Simple crafts such as making a paper butterfly and drawing a bird.

• Potting plants with the Master Gardeners.

• Playing the drum with Cynthia Smith.

• A Histories Mysteries Scavenger Hunt in the 1814 Wood Mansion.

• Early American games.

The cost is $5 per family; a light lunch and snacks will be provided. Children must be accompanied by a fun-loving adult. Parking is available behind the Mansion from Church Street.