Week Calendar

Build early language and large motor skills through rhyme, songs, baby sign, book sharing and hands-on activities. Ages 6-24 months with caregiver. Registration for this 5-week-long series is required.

Due to staffing limitations at Kempsville Library, the first week of Just 2s Storytime has been canceled for Monday January 10th at 9:30am.  We hope to resume for the second week. 

Enjoy stories, rhymes, songs, concepts (i.e. colors, shapes, etc.) and early literacy tips with your curious toddler, as he develops independence as well as pre-literacy and social skills. Age 2 with caregiver.

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Due to staffing limitations at Kempsville Library, the first week of Just 2s Storytime has been canceled for Thursday January 13th at 9:30am.  We hope to resume for the second week. 

Join us for an all ages storytime including books, songs, rhymes and literacy activities to help children develop a lifelong love of reading! Ages 2-5 with caregiver. Registration is required. This program is outdoors on the lawn.

Build early language and large motor skills through rhyme, songs, baby sign, book sharing and hands-on activities. Ages 6-24 months with caregiver. Registration for this 5-week-long series is required.

Build early language and large motor skills through rhyme, songs, baby sign, and book sharing. Ages 6-24 months with caregiver. Registration for this 4 week series is required. 

You are your child’s teacher! In this 45 minute virtual session, parents and caregivers will learn techniques to support early literacy at home through daily routines as they sing, talk, read, write, and play together.

Enjoy a casual chat about popular books. Talk about titles you like and hear what others enjoy. Swap favorites old and new or spread the word about your favorite reads. 

Learn more about working with data using formatting, tables and charts, and sorting/filtering. Prerequisites: Ability to create simple spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel or have taken Microsoft Excel for Beginners.

Enjoy stories, rhymes, songs, concepts (i.e. colors, shapes, etc.) and early literacy tips with your curious toddler, as he develops independence as well as pre-literacy and social skills. Age 2 with caregiver.

We encourage everyone over the age of two to wear a mask and continue to practice social distancing. 

We emphasize alphabet and letter recognition and activities that support independence and confidence building. This storytime includes books, rhymes, and literacy activities to help children enter school ready to learn to read.

Storytime includes books, rhymes and literacy activities to help children enter school ready to learn to read. Ages 3-5. Registration for this 5-week virtual series is required. 

We emphasize alphabet and letter recognition and activities that support independence and confidence building. This storytime includes books, rhymes and literacy activities to help children enter school ready to learn to read.

Join us for the Winter Wildlife Festival StoryWalk® featuring Carme Lemniscates' Birds.  We hope that you will enjoy this StoryWalk®, presented by the Virginia Beach Parks & Recreation and Virginia Beach Public Library.

Bring your preschooler in to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math in this interactive series. Age 3-5 with caregiver. Registration for this 5 week-long series is required. 

Learn how to use a web browser to access the web and practice useful strategies for finding and evaluating information on the Internet. Prerequisites: Ability to use a computer mouse/keyboard or have taken Computers for Beginners. Adults.

Explore Science, Engineering, Technology, Arts and Math in this interactive series.  Ages 3-5 with caregiver. Registration is required. 

Learn how to save, organize, and locate files and folders on a computer. Prerequisites: Ability to use mouse and keyboard or have taken Computers for Beginners. Adults. Registration required.

We emphasize alphabet and letter recognition and activities that support independence and confidence building. This storytime includes books, rhymes, and literacy activities to help children enter school ready to learn to read.

For children 3-7 years old. Snowballs and mittens, snowflakes and snow kittens, these are few of my favorite things! Join us for snow stories, then stay and make a snowy craft.

We emphasize alphabet and letter recognition and activities that support independence and confidence building. This storytime includes books, rhymes and literacy activities to help children enter school ready to learn to read.

Bring your preschooler in to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math in this interactive series. Age 3-5 with caregiver. Registration for this 5 week-long series is required. 

Learn how to get the most out of your disability benefits! In this webinar Lizna Odhwani, Social Security Public Affairs Specialist will present an overview of Social Security Administration programs. Find out which programs can benefit you!

Launch into the Science of Flight and get ready to take off with this simple introduction to aerospace engineering and paper airplanes.

Grades K-2.  Registration required.

Bring your preschooler in to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math in this interactive series. Age 3-5 with caregiver. Registration for this 5 week-long series is required.  

If you are a non-native English speaker, join us to practice your conversational English in a friendly setting. Each week we discuss a different topic and do fun activities!

Adults. Registration is not required.

This online group is an informal space to build confidence and practice speaking skills for anyone who is learning English.

Join us to connect with other community members and with the Virginia Beach Public Library.

Calling all board game lovers! Come hang out with other teens and check out our board game collection- or bring your own!

Grades 6-12, registration is required.

Bring your Nintendo Switch and enjoy a fun, relaxing afternoon of hanging out and gaming! Meet fellow adult gamers and play together. You can even explore the games available for you to check out at the Library. Adults 18+.

Perform, create, and have fun!  Join us to explore various art forms. Each class features a new skill, artist, artistic movement or technique. Grades K-2.  Registration is required.

Explore Science, Engineering, Technology, Arts and Math in this interactive series. Grades K-2.  Registration for this 5 week-long series is required. 

Join us Tuesday nights for teen-only activities. Enjoy movies, games, crafts, and more, with different selections each week.

Grades 6-12. Registration is not required, drop in any time!

Weekly Themes:

Create your very own masterpiece. Join us for a step-by-step painting tutorial where we will create our painting in the style of Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night! Grades 3-5. Online registration is required.

Explore Science, Engineering, Technology, Arts and Math in this interactive series. Grades 3-5.  Registration for this 5 week-long series is required. We will not be having class on January 27th.

Birds who visit Hampton Roads in the winter time endure many challenges and risks on their way to warmer climates.

It’s a paint party! Create a beautiful painting following step-by-step instructions or free-style your own masterpiece. Grades 6-12. Registration is required.

Living Room Conversations offers a simple, sociable and structured way to communicate across differences while building understanding and relationships.

Test your knowledge and compete to become the virtual trivia master! Answer a variety of trivia questions to earn points and get your mind fired up! Youth, grades 3 - 5.

Test your knowledge and compete to become the virtual trivia master! Working alone or in teams, answer a variety of trivia questions to earn points and get your mind fired up! Adults 18+. Registration is required.

Meet us at Tapped Crafthouse in Red Mill Commons to discuss this month’s selected title: The invisible life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab. Book club copies are available for check-out at the Princess Anne information desk.