Miss Marsha Happy Dance

Jane is always so excited to come to see her Literacy Tutor, Marsha; they love each other! Mom said that Jane did a Miss Marsha Happy Dance this morning when she heard they were coming to the Playhouse for Literacy!

Our Gala – a Success!

Thank you to all of our sponsors and donors and volunteers!

FAMILY FUN NIGHT!

Friday, March 46:30-8:30pmLet's celebrate St. Patrick's Day together! Bring all of your little leprechauns to the Playhouse on Friday night! Wear green! Bring the whole family!RSVP with the number of adults & kids attending to hoffmanestates@gigisplayhouse.orgSee you Friday!

Getting To Know You at Kids Club!

Our 9-12 year old group had a GREAT time this month! Our theme was Getting to Know You! We drew pictures of some of our favorite things and shared our drawings with the group. We also brought things from home to show/demonstrate! Everyone was able to showcase their interests, talents...

Local News Story

There was a great story about a girl with Down syndrome and her service dog in a local paper, check it out!http://beaconnews.suntimes.com/lifestyles/3771644-423/service-dog-known-to-tattle-on-girl.html

Nuestros Angeles Family Playgroup

Sunday, March 1311:15am - 1pmBring the whole family!

Math Program begins at the Playhouse!

We are so excited to have our Math Program! The Literacy Program is a HUGE success at the Playhouse, now we are expanding our educational programming!We have an eight-week pilot going on right now, and are off to a great start!There is a great fundraiser to help support this program....

Open Play – Join Us!!

Open Play is every Thursday at the Hoffman Playhouse!12:30-2pmJoin us! Bring the entire family!

Friday Friends – Dancing the Night Away!!

Club GiGi was the place to be on Friday night! The Hoffman Estates Friday Friends invited the McHenry Playhouse Friday Friends to join us!What a great Valentine's Dance. What a fun night!! We are looking forward to visiting them soon, we had so much fun together!

Amazing Response from the Playhouse family!!!!

Last month, we asked friends of the Playhouse to help a mom who had been displaced from her home, was staying with family, raising four little ones (one with Down syndrome).  She had several needs, and the families and friends of the Playhouse responded in such an amazing way!** If...

Love is in the air for our Hop Skip & Jumpers!

Come join us for Valentines Fun!  We will be making clay hearts, pinning lips on a giant Hershey’s kiss, listening to a Valentine story and singing Valentine's songs, and of course playing with our favorite friends.Invite your friends from school to to the Playhouse!!

Valentines for our Volunteers!

Kids Club and a team of 8th graders from St. Theresa's Church in Palatine surprised our regular volunteers with Valentine's cards to thank them for everything they do for the Playhouse!!  There were lots of smiles!!!