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 for this 5-week series is required.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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 not 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.

Enjoy a casual chat about popular books. Talk about titles you like and hear what others enjoy. Swap favorites old and new or spread the word about your favorite reads. Adults. Registration is not 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. 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. Registration is required. 

Bring your preschooler to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math in this interactive program. Age 3-5 with caregiver. Registration is required.

Bring your preschooler to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math in this interactive series. Age 3-5 with caregiver. Registration for this 5-week series is required.

Use your imagination to build creations out of stackable bricks and other materials. Grades K-5. Registration is not required.

Join us at the Oceanfront Area Library to make several 3D paper winter ornaments.

Adults. Registration is required.

Homeschoolers! Join us Wednesday for teen only activities. Drop-in this week and learn how to make faux snow. Grades 6-12. Registration is required. 

Perform, create, and have fun! Join us to explore various art forms. Each class features a new skill, artist, artistic movement or technique. Preschool - 5th grade. Registration is required. 

Make a Hanukkah wreath for your door or house. Ribbon tying is all the skill needed.  Adults. Registration is required.

Bring your craft, your supplies and your passion! Meet other crafters and creators, share your ideas and get new ones! Adults 18+. Registration is not required.

Drop in and create custom holiday greeting cards! We will provide supplies and basic instructions for a variety of fun, unique cards. Adults. Registration is required.

December's game spotlight is the board game, Abducktion.

Manufacturer's description: "A weirdly strategic duck kidnapping game, 15-minutes of light strategy of ducks, a UFO, and mind-bending, shape-finding logic!"

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!

Weekly Themes:

Bricks at the Beach meets KIBO, one of the library's robotic toys. Grades K-2. Registration required. Funding for these educational coding toys provided by a grant from the Virginia Beach Library Foundation.  

Collette Mann is a mixed media artist who creates using glass, polymer clay, repurposed jewelry, broken dishes, abandoned windows, beach glass and pretty much anything that she finds.