Homeschool Math: Crazy 8s (K-2nd Grades)

Join Crazy 8s, a totally new kind of math club. You’ll get to build dazzling shapes with glowsticks, crack secret spy codes, toss and play with bouncy dice, and more! Each week is filled with get-up-and-move activities that will level up your math skills. There’s no grading or homework review – just fun with friends. We’re making math the cool thing to do!

The 9:30 am sessions are for:
• Kids in grades Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd
• Kids who can commit to showing up weekly for 8 weeks

Here are 3 reasons why your kid should join:
• It’s collaborative: Each week’s activity gets kids working together and moving around together so they can bond over math in a whole new way.
• It’s hands-on: Our high-energy activities explore the math behind kids’ favorite things like treasure hunts, card games, puzzles – even secret spy codes!
• It’s proven: Crazy 8s reduces kids’ math anxiety after only 8 weeks in the club and boosts their confidence in the classroom.

Weekly Sessions
✨ Week 1: Glow-in-the-Dark Geometry: It’s a geometric glow party! Create repeating patterns and cool 3D shapes with glowsticks, then flick off the lights to see it all shine.

🏖️ Week 2: Beach Ball Party: Beach balls aren’t just for summer! We’ll use a specially designed numbered beach ball to race our way through Zigzag Volleyball, Hot Potato and other fast-paced games. We guarantee you’ll have a ball!

🎲 Week 3: Bouncy Dice Explosion: It’s your big chance to throw things because you’re supposed to! Work as a team to discover which numbers roll most often, then face off against your opponent in Radical Bingo.

🏁 Week 4: Crazy 8s Race: Play a new board game! Roll dice to travel around a figure 8 racetrack and zoom forward when you land on a magic GO number. See who makes it to 8 x 8 first!

🟧 Week 5: Pixel-palooza: It’s hip to be square! Create large, pixelated pictures out of sticky notes. Dream up and plan out other creations and see if you can build them.

🎯 Week 6: Daring Darts: Supersize the math fun in this game of floor darts! We’ll learn how to keep score, then play a few rounds before our traditional game takes some twists and turns.

💰 Week 7: Funny Money: Money is no laughing matter! But we bet you’ll have fun comparing coins and earning money to buy a cool puzzle.

🕵️ Week 8: Spy Training: See if you have what it takes to be a spy. You’ll break different codes for clues to unlock the hidden spy gear!

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Ages: Grades 3rd, 4th, and 5th
Cost: Free! Sponsored by the Friends of the North Manchester Public Library
Registration: Yes, registration is required. Sign up here: https://engagedpatrons.org/EventsRegister.cfm?SiteID=2262&BranchID=&Branch=&EventID=577816
Location: Blocher Community Room

Professor Cassie Gohn and a team of Manchester University students will set up interactive science labs at the library for our first Homeschool Science Program of 2026! Come learn about many aspects of the human body and health in a go-at-your-own-pace setting.

This program is free for all elementary – high school age students!

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Program Cost: Free
Program Age Requirements: Kindergarten – High School
Registration: Yes. Sign up here: https://engagedpatrons.org/EventsRegister.cfm?SiteID=2262&BranchID=&Branch=&EventID=578202
Location: Blocher Community Room

Young chefs will roll up their sleeves and head into the kitchen for a fresh, flavorful cooking experience! In this hands-on Chefs on Wheels class, participants will learn how to prepare a bright and healthy tangerine pomegranate salad while building confidence with real kitchen skills.

Along the way, kids will explore citrus fruits up close, learning about the different parts of a tangerine and the many ways citrus peel can be used beyond the plate. We’ll talk about nutrition, including the importance of Vitamin C during the winter months, and practice safe food prep skills like peeling, sectioning, mixing, and measuring.

To wrap things up, participants will also learn how to make a ristra from the tangerine peels.

Note: We will be working with pomegranates, which may stain clothing. Please dress accordingly.

This program is made possible by the T-Mobile Hometown Grant.

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Program Cost: Free
Program Age Requirements: Elementary grades and up
Registration: None
Location: Blocher Community Room

Introduce your little ones to the wonderful world of languages with Spanish Storytime! Enjoy songs, a craft, and a special story read in both Spanish and English by Mackenzie Coulter-Kern of the Wabash County Diversity Coalition.
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Start building a love for languages with your little ones at this Storytime event!

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Program Cost: Free
Program Age Requirements: None
Registration: None​
​​Location: Children’s Department