With small solar lights to guide their way, hikers, skiers and snowshoers can traverse the 1.3-mile fitness trail at Old School Forest Preserve in Libertyville or the 1.65-mile hilly section of the Millennium Trail adjacent to the winter Sports Area at Lakewood Forest Preserve in Wauconda. Starting Sunday, Nov. 4, the trails and adjacent parking lots will remain open until 9 .m. daily until March 9.

Explore different stations while experiencing interactive fun. There will be time to play games and use the popular preschool fitness station where children test their strength and endurance on a treadmill, weight bench, cycle and elliptical machine. The snowball room will be back.

Using the Association of Library Services to Children (ALSC) guide, Every Child Ready to Read, explore the five main skills children need to have before they reach kindergarten and how to foster those skills at home. Materials are provided.