Seeking Activities in Lincoln Square Neighborhood

Hi K.,

I'm a member of a mom's group on meetup.com that is for mom's in the Lincoln Square/60625 area code. We are called The Little Lincoln Logs. It's a great group and we have lots of activities.

N.

I would HIGHLY recommend the Old Town School of Folk Music's "Wiggleworms" class. The class is located at Wilson and Lincoln. Wiggleworms is a 16 week class for babies 6 months - 12 months old. The class is hosted by a teacher who sings interactive songs to the babies that encourages them to dance and sing along. I started taking my daughter to the classes when she was 9 months old and she absolutely loved them. So much so that we are signing up for the 12 - 24 month Wiggleworm class this winter! Here's the link: http://www.oldtownschool.org/classes/wiggleworms/
Good luck!

Hi K.,

try meetup.com. There are tons of cool, and mostly free things!

Hi K.- I had the same issues as you are having (with my then 10 month old who is now nearing two). This is what I found- Old Town School has wiggleworms, Sheil Park (on southport) has baby classes starting at 6 months which I have taken (they are inexpensive but nice to get out and do something with other parents, always lots of parking or in the summer we take the train), I have heard Horner Park has some baby classes as well (winter sign up for all the parks is on Monday, November 30th- pick the park and then look under Early Childhood on the drop down list, the little babies classes are called Moms, Pops and Tots), I found a really great group in our area called Little Lincoln Logs- go to meetup.com and search for it. You can "apply" to be a member, they just ask several questions, and then once you join there is a whole calendar of varying things- storytimes, lunch out, playdates, checking out new places, yoga classes, etc. Most of it is free or inexpensive and you can commit to it a day before or the day of so if your nap schedule is off or whatever you have some options. Hope this helps, I did a lot and still do of this stuff with my son and we love it. If you need more specific details on the park stuff or group, send me a message. I had a hard time with the chicago parks website and finding the stuff, I don't think it is very user friendly. Welles and Chase have some stuff but it is mostly for older babies and Sheil is the only one I found for younger.

We used to live in that area and there are quite a few things to do. Check out Wiggleworms at the Old Town school on Lincoln or itsy bitsy yoga at Bloom Yoga studio at the Rockwell stop. I think some of the boutiques on Lincoln and/or on Rockwell have story time on Thursday mornings.

I loved the Old Town Scool of Folk Music when I lived close to that neighborhood!

Hi K.,

I would also check out your local library. Many of them have story hours. www.chipublib.org Large bookstore chains, like Borders and Barnes & Noble, often have story times, too, but I'm not sure if there is one that's convenient for you (or if the story times are age-appropriate).

Everything else I know about is in Lakeview/Roscoe Village. There's a great store, Be By Baby, at Roscoe and Lincoln that has classes. Go to their website www.bebybaby.com and give them a call to get on their e-mail list and receive the class schedule.

Best,
R.

Have you looked into the Old Town School of Folk Music?

Definitely do www.meetup.com! I also am in Little Lincoln Logs, as well as Big City Babies, the Chicago SAHM group, and Happiest Hip Mamas. And if there isn't a meetup on the day you're looking for one, you can always host one at your house!