Saturday, August 29, 2009

Children's Programs Aug. 30th-Sept. 5th

Monday August 31st, 4:30
Puppet Monday!
Join us for fun with puppets! Explore our puppet collection, watch puppet movies or TV shows, make puppets, and help perform stories with puppets.
All ages welcome, activities are most suitable for ages 3 and up.
Please note, this will be the last session of this program until further notice. Let staff know if you are interested in seeing it continue.
Maximum 30 people.

Tuesday September 1st:
10:00
Laptime @ the Library
Join us for short books with lots of songs, games and fingerplay, all designed to encourage literacy in the very young!
Ages 0-2 with an adult, maximum 20 people.

11:00
Preschool Storytime
Books, songs, games, and maybe a craft, all on a special theme!
Ages 2-5, maximum 35 people.

Thursday September 3rd, 10:00 and 11:00
Neighbor Time!
Join us for our extremely popular Thursday program, now offered twice to accomodate more participants! Songs, dancing, stories, counting and other fun stuff! Please note that we will be offering one program twice each Thursday, not two different programs each week.
Children under 5 years.
Maximum 80 participants per session.

Sign up for summer reading ends August 31st, but children can continue to collect prizes as long as our supplies last!

And be sure to drop in and visit our PBS Raising Readers Reading Corner, sponsored by PBS and DC's own WHUT! Watch clips of PBS kids shows, visit the Raising Readers website on our dedicated computer (equipment courtesy of WHUT), and pick up some fun freebies!

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Children's Programs August 23rd-29th

Monday August 24th, 4:30
Puppet Monday!
Join us for fun with puppets! Explore our puppet collection, watch puppet movies or TV shows, make puppets, and help perform stories with puppets.
All ages welcome, activities are most suitable for ages 3 and up.
Maximum 30 people.

Tuesday August 25th:
10:00
Laptime @ the Library
Join us for short books with lots of songs, games and fingerplay, all designed to encourage literacy in the very young!
Ages 0-2 with an adult, maximum 20 people.

11:00
Preschool Storytime
Books, songs, games, and maybe a craft, all on a special theme!
Ages 2-5, maximum 35 people.

Thursday August 27th, 10:00 and 11:00
Neighbor Time!
Join us for our extremely popular Thursday program, now offered twice to accomodate more participants! Songs, dancing, stories, counting and other fun stuff! Please note that we will be offering one program twice each Thursday, not two different programs each week.
Children under 5 years.
Maximum 80 participants per session.

And be sure to drop in and visit our PBS Raising Readers Reading Corner, sponsored by PBS and DC's own WHUT! Watch clips of PBS kids shows, visit the Raising Readers website on our dedicated computer (equipment courtesy of WHUT), and pick up some fun freebies!

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Children's Programs August 16th-22nd

Please be aware that DCPL policy states that all children 8 and younger must be directly supervised by someone over 13 at all times.

Monday August 17th, 4:30
Puppet Monday!
Join us for fun with puppets! Explore our puppet collection, watch puppet movies or TV shows, make puppets, and help perform stories with puppets.
All ages welcome, activities are most suitable for ages 3 and up.
Maximum 30 people.

Tuesday August 18th:
10:00
Laptime @ the Library
Join us for short books with lots of songs, games and fingerplay, all designed to encourage literacy in the very young!
Ages 0-2 with an adult, maximum 20 people.

11:00
Preschool Storytime
Books, songs, games, and maybe a craft, all on a special theme!
Ages 2-5, maximum 35 people.

Thursday August 6th:
10:00 and 11:00
Neighbor Time!
Join us for our extremely popular Thursday program, now offered twice to accomodate more participants! Songs, dancing, stories, counting and other fun stuff! Please note that we will be offering one program twice each Thursday, not two different programs each week.
Children under 5.
Maximum 80 participants per session.

2-4:00
PBS Raising Readers Back-to-School Celebration!
Drop in during our afternoon of fun activities from our PBS Raising Readers Corner. Play Word Joust with Word World, help perform an Electric Company Puppet Show, and other fun and educational games to help kids get back in learning mode with favorite PBS Kids Characters!
Please note that this is not a two hour continuous program. It's a drop-in session where kids can choose activities to do together and complete as many as they can during their stay.
Children 3-8 years.

And be sure to drop in and visit our PBS Raising Readers Reading Corner, sponsored by PBS and DC's own WHUT! Watch clips of PBS kids shows, visit the Raising Readers website on our dedicated computer (equipment courtesy of WHUT), and pick up some fun freebies!

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Children's Programs August 9th-15th

Monday August 10th, 4:30
Puppet Monday!
Join us for fun with puppets! Explore our puppet collection, watch puppet movies or TV shows, make puppets, and help perform stories with puppets.
All ages welcome, activities are most suitable for ages 3 and up.
Maximum 30 people.

Tuesday August 11th:
10:00
Laptime @ the Library
Join us for short books with lots of songs, games and fingerplay, all designed to encourage literacy in the very young!
Ages 0-2 with an adult, maximum 20 people.

11:00
Preschool Storytime
Books, songs, games, and maybe a craft, all on a special theme!
Ages 2-5, maximum 35 people.

Thursday August 13th, 10:00 and 11:00
Neighbor Time!
Join us for our extremely popular Thursday program, now offered twice to accomodate more participants! Songs, dancing, stories, counting and other fun stuff! Please note that we will be offering one program twice each Thursday, not two different programs each week.
Children under 5 years.
Maximum 80 participants per session.

Saturday August 15th
Be Creative Saturday
Our last Summer Reading Saturday!
Drop in any time from 10-5:00 and make some cool arts and crafts projects. Do your own thing or follow our suggestions!
Ages 3 and up.

And be sure to drop in and visit our PBS Raising Readers Reading Corner, sponsored by PBS and DC's own WHUT! Watch clips of PBS kids shows, visit the Raising Readers website on our dedicated computer (equipment courtesy of WHUT), and pick up some fun freebies!

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Children's Programs, August 2nd to 8th

Monday August 3rd, 4:30
Puppet Monday!
Join us for fun with puppets! Explore our puppet collection, watch puppet movies or TV shows, make puppets, and help perform stories with puppets.
All ages welcome, activities are most suitable for ages 3 and up.
Maximum 30 people.

Tuesday August 4th

10:00
Laptime @ the Library
Join us for short books with lots of songs, games and fingerplay, all designed to encourage literacy in the very young!
Ages 0-2 with an adult, maximum 20 people.

11:00
Preschool Storytime
Books, songs, games, and maybe a craft, all on a special theme!
Ages 2-5, maximum 35 people.

Wednesday August 5th, 1:30
Summer Movie Series: The Spiderwick Chronicles
The last of our Summer Movie Series!
Recommend for ages 6 and up.
Maximum 80 people.

Thursday August 6th, 10:00 and 11:00
Neighbor Time!
Join us for our insanely popular Thursday program, now offered twice to accomodate more participants! Songs, dancing, stories, counting and other fun stuff! Please note that we will be offering one program twice each Thursday, not two different programs each week.
4 months to 4 years.
Maximum 80 participants per session.

Saturday August 8th, 2:00
Movie: Elmo and the Bookaneers
Elmo meets some book-loving pirates and decides to join them. But bookaneering isn't as easy as Elmo thinks...
Ages 2 and up.
Maximum 60 participants.

And be sure to drop in and visit our PBS Raising Readers Reading Corner, sponsored by PBS and DC's own WHUT! Watch clips of PBS kids shows, visit the Raising Readers website on our dedicated computer (equipment courtesy of WHUT), and pick up some fun freebies!