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- Saturday, May 11
- 8-18 year-olds are invited to explore electricity while building simple circuits that make motors move, lightbulbs light, and buzzers buzz. You’ll even make a circuit using a piece of paper. This workshop is designed for children aged 8-12 years old but teens are welcome as well. Grown ups should plan to participate, as sometimes a helping hand is needed!
- We are offering two sessions, so please choose either 11:00am, or 2:00pm.
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Check out one of our collection's fourteen new English language or fourteen new bilingual English/Spanish Vox Books!
Vox Books and WonderBooks are print books with audio players built-in that read out loud as you follow along. You can find them on the blue cart near the Picture Books, and on the blue Spanish Language Collection cart near the front desk. Try one today! |
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The second Sunday in June is a time to celebrate mothers and all those who are like mothers. This book discusses the origins of Mother's Day and explains how songs, poems, and food can prove useful in showing our appreciation for mothers, stepmothers, aunts, grandmothers, and sisters. |
Ming and Meilin are the perfect mother and daughter. They work as a team, and each always seems to know what the other is thinking. But one day, something shocking happens: Mei poofs into a red panda. |
Snuggle with Mom for this sweet book about a mother as seen through her son's eyes. To him, she is a surgeon when she repairs his favorite stuffed animal, a chemist when in the kitchen, and an architect when they play with toy blocks. But no matter what happens, she is always his mama, and that's the most important thing of all. |
Pre K-Gr. 2. Children can set up a course of ramps, pendulums, hammers, switches and more, then drop a ball onto the tracks and go for the goal box! After each test run, kids will fine-tune the placement, distance and angle of each piece—getting firsthand practice with STEM concepts such as gravity, force and momentum! |
Ages 4+. Create a winding gear train, a cranking tower with a fan or any wacky interlocking contraption you can imagine! Build tall, build wide … Or both! The possibilities are endless! Supports STEM by encouraging creativity, design, critical thinking, problem solving and step-by-step construction. |
Ages 8+. Develop a concrete understanding of gravity, energy, friction and more as you experiment with forces & learn how they affect motion. Follow simple instructions to complete hands-on experiments--from creating pendulums and experimenting with friction to measuring pull forces and building inclined planes. |
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TumbleBooks TumbleBooks is an online collection of e-books for children. They are a great way to encourage tech-savvy kids to enjoy reading! There are over 250 animated, talking picture books. The site also features Spanish and French books, read-along chapter books, nonfiction books, graphic novels, and exciting games and puzzles!
You can use your computer, tablet, or mobile phone to access TumbleBooks. All you need is an internet connection. There are no downloads: books are streamed right to your device at the click of a button.
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- TALK sends 2-3 text messages with fun activity suggestions each week that parents and caregivers with children 5 and under can do to build school readiness skills.
- TALK, developed by librarians and based on the Every Child Ready to Read program, encourages parents to Read, Write, Sing, Talk, and Play with their little ones daily.
- With TALK you’ll also get occasional text notifications for library storytimes and other free youth events!
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- Use acrylic inks to paint rocks for holidays or fun!
- Log in to creativebug with your library card, search for the class, and get started today!
- Get started here!
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