Day Calendar

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.

Build early language and large motor skills through rhyme, songs, book sharing and hands-on activities with your child. Ages 6-24 months with caregiver. Registration is required.

This interactive program for two-year-olds combines favorite stories with hands-on building fun. Toddlers will explore early engineering skills using safe, simple materials—perfect for little hands and big imaginations.

Build confidence and independence with an increased focus on more complex books, emphasizing alphabet and letter recognition, shapes, and hands-on activities. Age 3 with caregiver. Registration is required.

Stop by the library between 10am-12pm to create your very own unique craft to take home!  Pre-K to 2nd grade.  No registration required.

Bring your toddlers and preschoolers out for a morning filled with moving and grooving! Dance party, yoga breaks, and playful parachute hijinks included! Ages 2-5. Registration 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.

This 10-week FREE LENA Start caregiver series can help you make a difference in your baby’s life through early talk and interaction!

For more information or to fill out an interest form, visit www.VBGrowSmart.com/LENA-StartClasses 

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.

Thinking about homeschooling? Currently homeschooling but could use some tips? Join this seminar to learn from a seasoned teacher, tutor and homeschooler. We will have a fun craft as well! Family. Registration is required.

Join local children's book author, Janet Beaulieu, for a storytime featuring her books which highlight children's rhymes, sea life, and science. Ages 3-5. Registration is required. 

Learn all about pollinators in this STEM workshop for teens and tweens. After the program, participants will take home a bee hotel to build themselves. Grades 4-12. Registration is required. 

Build confidence and independence with an increased focus on more complex books, emphasizing alphabet and letter recognition, shapes, and hands-on activities. Age 3 with caregiver. 

Designed for newly independent preschoolers, this storytime features books, rhymes and literacy-based activities that will help prepare your child to enter school ready to read. Ages 4-5 without caregiver in storytime room.

Do you want to use a 3D Printer at a Virginia Beach Public Library branch? Register for a required 3D printer orientation with a VBPL staff member to learn how to use the 3D Printer. 

Put together a team of up to 5 and race to see who can complete a 500 piece puzzle the fastest. Ages 8 and up. Registration required. Prize (and bragging rights) for the winning team.

Love Mario Kart? This is the program for you! Come in and play Mario Kart, create your favorite characters with Perler beads, and make your own buttons with our very own button maker! Grades 4-6. Registration is required.  

Explore Science, Engineering, Technology, Arts and Math in this interactive program. Grades 3-5.  Registration is required.

Bring your craft, your supplies and your passion! Meet other crafters and creators, share your ideas and get new ones!

Adults. Registration is not required.

Do you want to use a 3D Printer at a Virginia Beach Public Library branch? Register for a required 3D printer orientation with a VBPL staff member to learn how to use the 3D Printer.  

Explore the world of color and luminescence! Discover amazing things that glow bright in the dark and come to light! Presented by Mad Science of Hampton Roads. Ages 6-12. 

Come in for for 1.5 hours of board games and video games.

Grades 6-12. Registration is not required. Just drop in!

Practice your reading skills by sharing stories with a therapy dog. Bring your own book or choose one from our selection!  Grades K-5.  Registration is required.

Come sample the many varieties of graphic novels written for and geared toward adults. Light snacks and refreshments will be offered during this program. Adults. Registration is required.

Join us for a new two-part Silhouette Cameo program for adults. When you sign up for the first class, you are automatically enrolled in the second class.

Do you want to use a 3D Printer at a Virginia Beach Public Library branch? Register for a required 3D printer orientation with a VBPL staff member to learn how to use the 3D Printer.  

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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Do you want to use a 3D Printer at a Virginia Beach Public Library branch? Register for a required 3D printer orientation with a VBPL staff member to learn how to use the 3D Printer.  

Have you ever wanted to participate in D&D but weren't sure where to start?  Trying to find a new campaign to join?

Join us at the Oceanfront Area Library to create your own miniature fairy garden. The finished garden will be contained in a plastic bulb ornament ready for display in your home. All supplies included.

Adults. Registration required.