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Ludlow
(behind school at
Southington and
Keswick roads)
– Play area for
children ages five
to 12.
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Menlo Tot Lot
(Menlo Road
near Scottsdale
Boulevard) – Play
area for children
ages five to 12.
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Sussex
(Shaker Family
Connections
- Lomond
Boulevard and
Norwood Road)
– Play area for
children ages two
to 12.
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Thornton Park
(3301
Warrensville
Center Road)
– Play area for
children ages two
to 12.
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Winslow
(Winslow and
Ingleside roads)
– Play area for
children ages five
to 12.
Shaker Family Center, 19824 Sussex Road,
216-921-2023 familyconnections1.org.
Daily drop-in playtime at the Patricia S. Mearns
Family Playroom is available on Monday,
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Call for playtime
hours. The Family Center’s large muscle room and
Open Gym are open Saturdays. Cost is $7/drop-in
or purchase a three-month pass for $70. Annual
passes also available.
Malvern resident Carisa Tilton calls the Saturday
Open Gym at the Family Center “amazing” for her
active three-year-old, Owen. “It’s fantastic,” Tilton
says, especially when the weather is cold. “It’s just
this huge room with trikes and space for him to run
around. It’s fantastic. There aren’t many towns that
offer an open gym. That’s a real bonus for sure.”
Shaker Heights Public Library, shakerlibrary.org/kids
Main Library, 16500 Van Aken Boulevard, 216-991-2030.
Weekly storytimes for preschool-age children, and Shaker Library Play and Learn
Station for children birth to five on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
See the website for a calendar of scheduled storytimes.
Bertram Woods Library, 20600 Fayette Road, 216-991-2421.
Weekly storytimes for preschool-age children, and occasional Pajama Stories, a
bedtime story event for children at night. Call the Library for more details or visit the
Shaker Public Library website for a calendar of children’s events.