Interactive learning centers include a barn slide, apple orchard and chicken coop. Maggie, a life-sized fiberglass milking cow sponsored by Golden Oaks Farm in Wauconda, will be the focus of the new exhibit. Maggie is over five feet tall and features a working udder that recirculates the water that children "milk."

Learn more about the nonprofit organization's vast array of services and take a guided tour of Anixter Center to see the many programs and services. Guests have an opportunity to meet and greet with Anixter Center clients, volunteers and staff and hear their inspiring stories. Refreshments will be served. To RSVP, to arrange for accommodations or to learn more about the Open House, please contact Anand Varghese at (773) 973-7900 ext. 249 or via email at avarghese@anixter.org.

After school programming for kids with special needs that includes a healthy snack, arts and crafts, physical activity, and socialization.

Programming promotes appropriate behavior and interaction for tweens and teens with special need, utilizing the 5-point scale, social stories and other visual aides to increase socialization. Ideal for individuals with autism.

Classes are designed to generate interest in science in children with Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) or Apsergers' and encourage them to develop questions about our natural world. They have opportunities to question and problem solve alongside their peers in a supportive environment. ​In class we will explore things like: what is a scientist?; movement and motion of objects; the growth and development of living things; social interactions and group behavio; relationships in ecosystems; adaptation; weather and climate; the roles of water on earth; earth materials; space science; dinosaurs.