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14 | May 4, 2017 | The Northbrook tower News northbrooktower.com Worm composting, instrument ‘zoo’ among attractions at Healthy Kids Day Hilary Anderson Freelance Reporter The 26th annual Healthy Kids Day once again brought dozens of families to Northbrook’s North Suburban YMCA. At the event Saturday, April 29, part of a national YMCA initiative, youngsters learned about yoga and played many of the games at the Youth Yoga and Meditation room. Parents had a hard time convincing their children to move on to other activities. Elizabeth Mikhaul, 8, and sister, Magdalena, 5, didn’t want to leave. “I had fun learning how to do different poses,” Magdalena said. “I liked the games we played,” Elizabeth added. Even Darryl and Marlene Angelico had a hard time convincing their granddaughter Eliana Gillespie, 4, to try another activity. “Healthy Kids Day was an opportunity for families to play, connect and learn,” said Kathy Fielding, vice president of member engagement. “We had a wide variety of activities to appeal to all ages and interests.” Ellie Mogilner and daughter, Abby, drew a crowd with their worm bin. The two explained how they put food scraps like fruit and vegetables in the bin along with Red Crawler worms they get from a pet shop and cover it with newspaper strips to keep the worms warm. “The worms make a kind of good dirt that we then put in our garden,” Ellie Mogilner explained to an interested Carly Franklin, 7. “That helps make our garden grow really well.” “Don’t the worms ever crawl out?” Franklin asked. “No,” Abby Mogilner said. Finn and Eliot Lewis helped their father, Robert, plant a variety of seeds in tiny dissolving vases that will be transferred to a big plot in their backyard. “I liked the free food they had and planting the seeds,” Robert Lewis said. “We have carrots, radishes, peas, basil and pumpkin seeds.” “Making the kites was nice,” said Finn Lewis, “but the room with the obstacle courses was the best.” Sunset Foods, Subway, Noodles & Company, Tiny but Mighty Popcorn, Pinstripes and Go Go Squeeze Yogurt provided free samples of their food at the event. Face painting was big on youngsters’ lists as were kite-making and animal balloons. Keaton Spaniak, 3, showed off his goldfish balloon as he trotted down the hall. There were Summer Safety, Healthy Eating and Your Child and Technology presentations. The latter drew a crowd of interested parents. “Know your children’s codes and passwords but that’s not enough,” cautioned social worker Dori Mages. “Talk with your children about what’s appropriate online and what are the consequences of doing things that are not appropriate. Know how your kids use social media. If it interferes with eating, sleeping, family activities, social events, then there is a problem.” A big crowd draw at the event was music historian Jim Kendros, director of community outreach for Mia Joy Holden-Hergott gets her hands on a string instrument at the instrument petting zoo as Susan Bengtson supervises Saturday, April 29, at the North Suburban YMCA. Photos by Miroslaw Pomian/22nd Century Media Northbrook’s Ellie Mogilner (right) guides Asa Sanders as he sprays water into a composting bin containing worms. the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra. He and violist Susan Bengtson and percussionist Nick Kabat had what they called an instrument petting zoo. They gave youngsters the chance to touch and play actual instruments, including historical ones. Caroline Yuan, 4, turned the crank on the hurdygurdy, a medieval stringed instrument, while Victoria Artega, 9, and sister Yoli, 7, listened intently as Kendros played the nyckelharpa, circa 1390. They originally were liturgical instruments.
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