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Family Storytime

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Glenville Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children, Families
Event Details:

Early literacy class for children birth to age 5, with adult caregiver. Stories, songs, activities and social interaction for the whole family.No registration required.

Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library
Age Group: Children, Families
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Early literacy class for children birth to age 5, with adult caregiver. Stories, songs, activities and social interaction for the whole family.

No registration required.

Imagination Stations

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room at Rotterdam Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Come check out our early literacy stations in the programming room, including a story time! We will have books previously selected for check out and a craft station every week! Act...

Library Branch: Rotterdam Branch Library
Room: Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Come check out our early literacy stations in the programming room, including a story time! We will have books previously selected for check out and a craft station every week! Activities and play stations will be different each week.

Paws for Reading

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room at Rotterdam Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Meet Genny, a therapy dog who would love to listen to you read a story. For children in grades K-5 with an adult.

Required
Library Branch: Rotterdam Branch Library
Room: Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Meet Genny, a therapy dog who would love to listen to you read a story. For children in grades K-5 with an adult.

Baby Lap Time

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
KBJ Slater Room at Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Bring your baby and bounce along to songs, rhymes, and stories! Learn about early literacy resources and connect with other caregivers. For babies 0-15 months and their caregi...

Required
Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Room: KBJ Slater Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Bring your baby and bounce along to songs, rhymes, and stories! Learn about early literacy resources and connect with other caregivers. 

Junior Writing Club

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Glenville Branch Library
Program Type:
Writing
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Get creative and focus on the fun side of writing at our Junior Writing Club! We will use our imaginations and a writing prompt to create a piece of writing each week. Meets e...

Required
Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Writing
Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Get creative and focus on the fun side of writing at our Junior Writing Club! We will use our imaginations and a writing prompt to create a piece of writing each week. Meets every other week throughout the winter and spring.

WMHT: All About Dinosaurs

Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
KBJ Slater Room at Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker, S.T.E.A.M.
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Join WMHT Public Television for a program of family activities. Enjoy a National Geographic story on Dinosaurs. Craft activities, and carry home the storybook shared.  St...

Required
Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Room: KBJ Slater Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker, S.T.E.A.M.
Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:

Join WMHT Public Television for a program of family activities. Enjoy a National Geographic story on Dinosaurs. Craft activities, and carry home the storybook shared.  

Family Storytime

Monday, February 3, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Scotia Meeting Room at Scotia Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children, Families
Event Details:

Early literacy class for children birth to age 5, with adult caregiver. Stories, songs, activities and social interaction for the whole family.No registration required.

Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library
Room: Scotia Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Families
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Early literacy class for children birth to age 5, with adult caregiver. Stories, songs, activities and social interaction for the whole family.

No registration required.

Story Art Lab

Monday, February 3, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:15pm
Bornt Meeting/Program Room 1 at Phyllis Bornt Branch Library & Literacy Center
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker, Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Get inspired by books! Join us to enjoy a storybook reading and create a masterpiece based on our book of the day. For children in pre-K to grade 5. Refreshments are provided.

Library Branch: Phyllis Bornt Branch Library & Literacy Center
Room: Bornt Meeting/Program Room 1
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker, Storytime
Event Details:

Get inspired by books! Join us to enjoy a storybook reading and create a masterpiece based on our book of the day. For children in pre-K to grade 5. Refreshments are provided.

Family Storytime

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Glenville Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children, Families
Event Details:

Early literacy class for children birth to age 5, with adult caregiver. Stories, songs, activities and social interaction for the whole family.No registration required.

Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library
Age Group: Children, Families
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Early literacy class for children birth to age 5, with adult caregiver. Stories, songs, activities and social interaction for the whole family.

No registration required.

Night Time Story Time

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
KBJ Slater Room at Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children, Families
Event Details:

An evening early literacy class for children birth to age 5, with an adult caregiver. Stories, songs, activities and social interaction for the whole family. Pajamas and stuffed an...

Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Room: KBJ Slater Room
Age Group: Children, Families
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

An evening early literacy class for children birth to age 5, with an adult caregiver. Stories, songs, activities and social interaction for the whole family. Pajamas and stuffed animals welcome and strongly encouraged.  

Baby Lap Time

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
KBJ Slater Room at Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Bring your baby and bounce along to songs, rhymes, and stories! Learn about early literacy resources and connect with other caregivers. For babies 0-15 months and their caregi...

Required
Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Room: KBJ Slater Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Bring your baby and bounce along to songs, rhymes, and stories! Learn about early literacy resources and connect with other caregivers. 

Spirit Animal Masks

Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room at Rotterdam Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Children, Teen & Tween, Families
Event Details:

A spirit animal is an animal which helps guide or protect a person on a journey and whose characteristics that person shares or embodies. What is your spirit animal? Make a mask th...

Required
Library Branch: Rotterdam Branch Library
Room: Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Teen & Tween, Families
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:

A spirit animal is an animal which helps guide or protect a person on a journey and whose characteristics that person shares or embodies. What is your spirit animal? Make a mask that reflects your special being!

Being Me Is Special!

Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:15pm
KBJ McChesney Room at Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness, Storytime
Age Group:
Children, Families
Event Details:

Join Tommie Burch, yoga instructor and local author of the picture book Being Me Is Special, for a yoga session focused on the whole family! Learn about breathwork, posture, and mo...

Required
Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Room: KBJ McChesney Room
Age Group: Children, Families
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

Join Tommie Burch, yoga instructor and local author of the picture book Being Me Is Special, for a yoga session focused on the whole family! Learn about breathwork, posture, and movement during this interactive yoga experience.

Story Art Lab

Monday, February 10, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:15pm
Bornt Meeting/Program Room 1 at Phyllis Bornt Branch Library & Literacy Center
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker, Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Get inspired by books! Join us to enjoy a storybook reading and create a masterpiece based on our book of the day. For children in pre-K to grade 5. Refreshments are provided.

Library Branch: Phyllis Bornt Branch Library & Literacy Center
Room: Bornt Meeting/Program Room 1
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker, Storytime
Event Details:

Get inspired by books! Join us to enjoy a storybook reading and create a masterpiece based on our book of the day. For children in pre-K to grade 5. Refreshments are provided.

Magic School Bus Club

Monday, February 10, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room at Rotterdam Branch Library
Program Type:
S.T.E.A.M.
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Join Ms. Frizzle, Liz and the whole Magic School Bus gang for a wild ride inside the human body! This is the first installment of a quarterly program being offered this year, where...

Required
Library Branch: Rotterdam Branch Library
Room: Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: S.T.E.A.M.
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Join Ms. Frizzle, Liz and the whole Magic School Bus gang for a wild ride inside the human body!

Family Storytime

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Glenville Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children, Families
Event Details:

Early literacy class for children birth to age 5, with adult caregiver. Stories, songs, activities and social interaction for the whole family.No registration required.

Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library
Age Group: Children, Families
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Early literacy class for children birth to age 5, with adult caregiver. Stories, songs, activities and social interaction for the whole family.

No registration required.

Imagination Stations

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room at Rotterdam Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Come check out our early literacy stations in the programming room, including a story time! We will have books previously selected for check out and a craft station every week! Act...

Library Branch: Rotterdam Branch Library
Room: Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Come check out our early literacy stations in the programming room, including a story time! We will have books previously selected for check out and a craft station every week! Activities and play stations will be different each week.

Paws for Reading

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room at Rotterdam Branch Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Meet Genny, a therapy dog who would love to listen to you read a story. For children in grades K-5 with an adult.

Required
Library Branch: Rotterdam Branch Library
Room: Rotterdam James W. Wingate Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Meet Genny, a therapy dog who would love to listen to you read a story. For children in grades K-5 with an adult.

Baby Lap Time

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
KBJ Slater Room at Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Bring your baby and bounce along to songs, rhymes, and stories! Learn about early literacy resources and connect with other caregivers. For babies 0-15 months and their caregi...

Required
Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Room: KBJ Slater Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Bring your baby and bounce along to songs, rhymes, and stories! Learn about early literacy resources and connect with other caregivers. 

Junior Writing Club

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Glenville Branch Library
Program Type:
Writing
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Get creative and focus on the fun side of writing at our Junior Writing Club! We will use our imaginations and a writing prompt to create a piece of writing each week. Meets e...

Required
Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Writing
Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Get creative and focus on the fun side of writing at our Junior Writing Club! We will use our imaginations and a writing prompt to create a piece of writing each week. Meets every other week throughout the winter and spring.

Sweet N Sour Hour

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 4:30pm - 6:00pm
KBJ Slater Room at Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts/Maker
Age Group:
Children, Teen & Tween
Event Details:

Stop by this open makers’ hour and get creative! Use our button-maker to make a Valentine (or anti-Valentine) pin, craft heart-filled slimes, make an edible diamond ring—or all thr...

Required
Library Branch: Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
Room: KBJ Slater Room
Age Group: Children, Teen & Tween
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Stop by this open makers’ hour and get creative! Use our button-maker to make a Valentine (or anti-Valentine) pin, craft heart-filled slimes, make an edible diamond ring—or all three!

STEAM Time: Light Up Circuit Valentines

Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Scotia Meeting Room at Scotia Branch Library
Program Type:
S.T.E.A.M.
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Join us for a hands on science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) activity! For kids in grades K-5.  We will be creating a simple paper circuit and turning that i...

Required
Library Branch: Scotia Branch Library
Room: Scotia Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: S.T.E.A.M.
Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Join us for a hands on science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) activity! For kids in grades K-5.  We will be creating a simple paper circuit and turning that into a fun card that lights up!

Registration required.

Family Fun: The Cat in the Hat with WMHT

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Glenville Meeting Room at Glenville Branch Library
Program Type:
Performance, Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Join Barbara Lukas from WMHT for a celebration of Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat! We will watch a short animated movie and enjoy craft activities based on the book character. The C...

Required
Library Branch: Glenville Branch Library
Room: Glenville Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Performance, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:

Join Barbara Lukas from WMHT for a celebration of Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat! We will watch a short animated movie and enjoy craft activities based on the book character. The Cat in the Hat himself will be making an appearance as well!