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Summer Discover: License to Ride-Bike Safety- Grades: K-5

South Elgin Branch
2026-06-23 11:00:00 2026-06-23 11:45:00 America/Chicago Summer Discover: License to Ride-Bike Safety- Grades: K-5 Do your kids need some safety tips or reminders? Register for this fun program and create a bicycle license plate too! South Elgin Branch - South Elgin - Shales Children's Activity Room

Tuesday, June 23
11:00am - 11:45am

Add to Calendar 2026-06-23 11:00:00 2026-06-23 11:45:00 America/Chicago Summer Discover: License to Ride-Bike Safety- Grades: K-5 Do your kids need some safety tips or reminders? Register for this fun program and create a bicycle license plate too! South Elgin Branch - South Elgin - Shales Children's Activity Room

South Elgin Branch

South Elgin - Shales Children's Activity Room

Do your kids need some safety tips or reminders? Register for this fun program and create a bicycle license plate too!

PLEASE NOTE: Registration is not open until: FRIDAY, MAY 15th 2025 - 09:00am 


If you are unable to attend the event, please cancel your registration so a student on the waitlist can attend the event.  We will be taking attendance at the programs, and staff members reserve the right to move a registrant to the waitlist if they are found to be consistently absent from registered programs.

    
For a list of possible book titles that we will use in this program, please visit here. 

AGE GROUP: | Elementary School |

EVENT TYPE: | Activity |

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