Baby Bookworms
Baby Bookworms is a first time library experience for our youngest patrons. Children birth-23 months will enjoy library time complete with rhymes, songs, movement activities, a short story, and a hands on craft or art activity. Caregivers will enjoy meeting other parents and grandparents in the community and learning ways to promote early literacy skills at home! Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to share the library with your child. It is never to early to promote literacy!
Our next session is:
Wednesday mornings at 10:30
February 5th-March 12th
Please pre-register by contacting the youth services desk
Pre-registration is required to attend!
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Terrific Tots
Storytime for two and three year olds includes crafts, songs, books, and exciting get up and move activities. Storytimes are held on Tuesdays at 9:30 and 10:45 am for 2 year olds and 3 year olds. Pre-registration is required. Register at the Youth Services Desk.
April 1: Fly Butterfly Fly
Today we’ll continue with the caterpillars as they become beautiful butterflies. We’ll create our own butterfly magic with our craft. Pre-registration is required.
April 8: Spring Flowers
Spring is bursting out all over! Join us as we read “Ava’s Poppy” by Marcus Pfister and other springtime stories. Our artwork will be spring flower bouquets. Pre-registration is required.
April 15: Easter Celebration - 10:30am for both groups
Hop on over to our storytime today for Easter bunny stories. We’ll be decorating jumbo Easter eggs. We’ll also have an Easter Egg Hunt. Pre-registration is required.
April 22: Earth Day
Today we’ll learn what we can do to take good care of our world and all the animals living in it. We’ll create a planet earth craft. Pre-registration is required.
April 29: Birds
Birds are everywhere! We’ll read stories about birds that come in all colors, shapes and sizes. We’ll make a nest full of baby birds. Pre-registration is required.
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Preschool Pals
Preschool Pals is designed for children ages 4-5 that have not begun school yet. Join us for a fun filled hour of stories, games, songs, crafts and other educational activities with a creative focus on skills needed for kindergarten.
Every other Thursday at 11:00 a.m.
Pre-registration is required. Register at the Youth Services Desk.
April 10: Birds
Birds are everywhere! We’ll read stories about birds that come in all colors, shapes and sizes. For our craft, we’ll be painting bird houses. Pre-registration is required.
April 17: Easter Celebration
Hop on over to our storytime today and enjoy Easter bunny stories. Our artwork will be Easter decorations. We’ll also have an Easter Egg Hunt. Pre-registration is required.
April 24: Earth Day
Today we’ll learn what we can do to take good care of our world and all the animals living in it. We’ll create a planet earth craft. Pre-registration is required.
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Cool Kids Club
Cool Kids Club is designed for children in grades K-2. Club times may vary depending on activities planned.
Tuesdays at 4:00pm. Pre-registration is Required
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Please join us for movie day. We will be watching the Disney movie Planes. This movie is rated PG and showtime is from 4:00 pm to 5:32 pm. From above the world of “Cars” comes “Disney’s Planes” an action packed animated comedy adventure featuring Dusty, a plane with dreams of competing as a high-flying air racer. But Dusty’s not exactly built for racing, and he happens to be afraid of heights. So he turns to a seasoned naval aviator who helps Dusty qualify to take the defending champ of the race circuit. Dusty’s courage is put to the ultimate test as he aims to reach heights he never dreamed possible, giving a spellbound world the inspiration to soar. Snacks and juice will be available. Pre-registration is required.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
This storytime is in celebration of National Poetry Month. We will be reading hilarious poems from Shel Silverstein’s books. Answer a few poetry riddles, and make your own poem to take home. We will also be writing color descriptive poems on paint swatches that will go on our Poet-Tree display in the Children’s Room. Enjoy a Poetry Popsicle for snack. Pre-registration is required.
Tuesday, April 16, 2014
Are you ready for an Action Packed Egg Hunt? We will be reading a few Easter stories, and then go outside on the front lawn for the Egg-citing fun! Some of the eggs that you will find will be filled with prizes, and others will be filled with ctions written on paper that you must do! This is not your ordinary egg hunt. Be sure to bring your baskets! Make a Bunny Ears Crown, Stained Glass Easter Egg Window Decoration, Bunnies and Chicks out of paper cups, and a Cotton Ball Bunny! Pre-registration is required.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Happy Earth Day! Today is our Earth Day celebration. We will be reading stories about our Earth, learning about recycling and playing EcoTrivia. We will also be going outside to the front lawn to play parachute games! While outside we will collectnature items to bring back inside, and make an Earth nature sign. We will also make poured paint Earth Rocks, and Swirly Earth Cookies for snack! Pre-registration is required.
Tuesday, April 28, 2014
Get your gardening gloves out! Today our storytime is all about gardening! Listen to the fun stories of The Gigantic Turnip by Aleksei Tolstoy and Muncha, Muncha, Muncha by Candace Fleming. Play Name That Veggie, Chef Salad, and Garden Bingo. Make a Twirling Ladybug to hang on your tree at home, Drip Paint a seed planter, and make a Tin Can Garden creature to put outdoors at your house! Please bring any tin or aluminum cans that you have from home for this craft. Play clothes are suggested for today, since we will be painting Pre-registration is required.
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Library Explorers
Library Explorers is designed for children in grades 3rd to 5th grade. Club times may vary depending on activities planned. Registration is required.
Thursdays at 4:00 pm
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Today we will be watching the movie How to Train your Dragon. The movie showtime is from 4:00 pm to 5:38 pm. Long ago up North on the island of Berk, the young Viking Hiccup, wants to join his town’s fight against the dragons that continually raid their town. However, Stoik the Vast, will not allow his small, clumsy, but inventive son to do so. Regardless, Hiccup ventures out into battle and downs a mysterious Night Fury dragon with his invention, but can’t bring himself to kill it. Instead, Hiccup and the dragon, whom he dubs Toothless, begin a friendship that would open up both their world as the observant boy learns that his people have misjudged the species. This movie is open to all children in grades 3rd to 5th. Pre-registration required.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Are you ready for Easter? Come to the library to make an Extraordinary String Art Egg! We will be using balloons, different types of string, yarn, and glue to make these beautiful decorations. These eggs make a great Easter gift to give to a friend, parent, or your grandparents. Old clothes are suggested to wear since this project will be a messy one! Pre-registration is required.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Please join us for the Spring Challenge in the Lego Club today? We will be building flowers, bunnies, chicks, butterflies, caterpillars, frogs, snails, bees, and turtles! The best structures will be displayed in the Children’s Room, and one winner will receive a small prize. Pre-registration is required.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Do you enjoy Splatter Painting? We will be studying the works of Jackson Pollock who is know for splatter painting. We will go outside to the front lawn and work as a team to create a huge splatter paint canvas. This canvas will be displayed in the Children’s Room in our Reference/Media area. The canvas will remain there as artwork in honor of the Library Explorers group! Also, if you have any items from home that wish to splatter paint, bring those too! Please wear old clothes since we will be splatter painting. Pre-registration is required.
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