Children's Services


Welcome to the Children's Room where young people will experience a sense of joy and wonder by exploring the world through their library. The Children's Room and librarians provide a positive experience by maintaining a wide range of materials for young patrons to check out and presenting quality story times, clubs, and other special programs for children.

 

 

Story Times are in the meeting room located by the front door.

Bouncing Babies (ages 0-2) story time will be on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10:30 a.m.  This is a lapsit program where the children and parents/caregivers are interacting with one another during the story time. We will share rhymes, songs, and books that are best suited for babies. These activities will help enrich the communication between the baby and the parent/caregiver, help entertain, and be soothing. This is a sharing program where everyone sings and chants and enjoys the books together.  *No story time on Nov. 3, 24, and 27.

 

Toddler Time (ages 2-3) will be on Tuesdays and Fridays at 11:30 a.m.   This story time will approximately be 20-30 minutes long.  This story time is filled with rhymes, music, stories, and a craft especially for toddlers.  *No story time on Nov. 3, 24, and 27.

 

Preschool Story Time (ages 3-6) will be on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 and 1:00 These story times are approximately 40 minutes long full of stories, songs, rhymes, and practicing the early literacy skills to get your children ready to read before they enter school.  No Story Time on Nov. 25 and 26.

 

Music and Movement (all ages) will be on Mondays at 10:30 a.m.  It is a fun half hour of rhythm and music with your children.  *No class on Nov. 16.

 

Monday at the Movies (all ages) will be on Mondays at 4:00.  *No movie on Nov, 16.

 

Art Start  Nov. 5  School Age Students  Grades K-4 from 4-5 p.m. and Grades 5-12 from 5-6 p.m.   The first Tuesday of each month you will explore a different art medium.

Dinner and Book with Dad  Sat., Nov. 7  Ages 2 and up     Eat lunch, read stories, and take a book home with you.

Great Stuff for Good Listeners  (Grades K-4)  4-5 p.m.  Nov. 10   Come listen to a few stories, have a snack, and do an activity.

Lab at the Library  Nov. 11   4-5 p.m. (Grades 1-4)  5-6 p.m.  (Grades 5-12)

High Seas Adventure  Nov. 17  4-5 p.m.

Home School Group Story Time    Nov. 17   1-2 p.m.  Join other home school families for a story time with books, music, rhymes, and a craft.

Family Story Time   Nov. 16th   6:30-7:30 p.m.  Join us by celebrating Idaho Family Reading Week.  The theme is "Idaho is Wild About Reading".  We will be reading campfire stories, doing activities with animal tracks, having snacks and drinks, as well as having prizes that help celebrate the Idaho outdoors.

**The Library is closed on Thanksgiving and the day after.  (Nov. 26 and 27)


Any questions? Call Kelly at 237-2192.

Make sure you check out the Tumblebook Library on our homepage for some great online books you can read with your child at home.  There are also many more Spanish Tumble books.  

This is a really good site for your child(ren) to listen to and read along with hundreds of books.

 

 

 


Last updated: October 27, 2009 - 12:24pm by childrens