Build early language and large motor skills through rhyme, songs, book sharing, and hands-on activities with your child. Ages 3-24 months with caregiver. Registration for this 5 week-long series is required.
Help prepare your child to enter school ready to read! This storytime includes books, rhymes, and literacy activities that emphasize alphabet and letter recognition, plus activities that support independence and confidence building.
Come learn and play at the library! Pre-readers and early readers will create interactive stories and games using Scratch Jr .Grades K-2. Registration required.
Learn how to complete common basic tasks in Microsoft Word, including creating and formatting simple documents. Prerequisites: Ability to use a computer mouse/keyboard or have taken Computers for Beginners.
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Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. Please note: This is a social event for both caregiver and child, as opposed to a traditionally structured program.
Boost independence and develop social skills using writing activities, basic concepts (i.e., colors, shapes, letters, etc.), large muscle movement, and social-emotional learning opportunities focusing on the whole child. Age 2 with a caregiver.
Boost independence and develop social skills using writing activities, basic concepts (i.e., colors, shapes, letters, etc.), large muscle movement, and social-emotional learning opportunities focusing on the whole child. Age 2 with a caregiver.
With increased focus on more complex books, we emphasize alphabet and letter recognition, shapes, hands-on activities, as well as independence and confidence building. Age 3 with caregiver. Registration for this 5 week-long 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.
Help prepare your child to enter school ready to read! This storytime includes books, rhymes, and literacy activities that emphasize alphabet and letter recognition plus activities that support independence and confidence building.
Come and enjoy and age appropriate craft that your child can participate in between Storytimes. Each Make & Take Craft will be based off of something that was learned in Storytime and further enrich your child's knowledge.
Boost independence and develop social skills using writing activities, basic concepts (i.e., colors, shapes, letters, etc.), large muscle movement, and social-emotional learning opportunities focusing on the whole child. Age 2 with a caregiver.
Bring your preschooler to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math in this interactive series. Age 3-5 with caregiver. Registration for this 5-week series is required.
Move and learn! This creative movement storytime will feature simple, child friendly yoga poses and engaging stories. Age 3-5 with caregiver. Registration is required.
Use Scratch Jr., a fun and interactive coding app, to explore the basics of how to program and design games! Grades 3-5. Registration is required.
Interested in discovering your ancestry? The Who, What, Where, When and How you are who you are? This course is for you. Learn how to harvest information from US Census, Vital Records, and more. Tour the Meyera E.
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 as we emphasize alphabet and letter recognition and do 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 a Holi Story and Craft event. We will read stories, sing songs, and create a Holi craft to take home. Grades K-2nd. Registration is required.
Join us Wednesdays 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!
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Come join us as we create a mounted faux taxidermy insect! Please note the craft needs to be sealed, so the final product will be picked up on a different date. Adults. Registration is required.
"Spring Has Sprung" will feature Tonya Hopson's floral and nature-based paintings. Most are inspired from photos of her late mother Theresa Schulte’s colorful gardens.