Week Calendar

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Build early language and large motor skills through rhyme, songs, baby sign, book sharing and hands-on activities. Ages 6-24 months with caregiver. Registration for this 5-week-long series is required.

Bond with your infant in a face-to-face rhyme time and build early language skills through rhymes, repetition, music and baby sign. Children are introduced to quality board books and one-on-one book sharing. Ages 3-12 months with caregiver.

Enjoy stories, rhymes, songs, concepts (i.e. colors, shapes, etc.) and early literacy tips with your curious toddler, as he develops independence as well as pre-literacy and social skills. Age 2 with caregiver.

Join Ms. Lynn, who you may know from the Oceanfront and Great Neck Libraries, for stories, rhymes, songs, concepts (i.e.

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Enjoy stories, rhymes, songs, concepts (i.e.

We emphasize alphabet and letter recognition and activities that support independence and confidence building. This storytime includes books, rhymes and literacy activities to help children enter school ready to learn to read.

Build early language and large motor skills through rhyme, songs, baby sign, book sharing and hands-on activities. Ages 6-24 months with caregiver. Registration for this 5-week-long series is required.

Build early language and large motor skills through rhyme, songs, baby sign, and book sharing. Ages 6-24 months with caregiver. Registration for this 4 week series is required. 

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. 

Build early language and large motor skills through rhyme, songs, baby sign, and hands-on activities. Ages 6-24 months with caregiver. Registration for this 5 week-long series is required. 

Enjoy stories, rhymes, songs, concepts (i.e. colors, shapes, etc.) and early literacy tips with your curious toddler, as he develops independence as well as pre-literacy and social skills. Age 2 with caregiver.

We encourage everyone over the age of two to wear a mask and continue to practice social distancing. 

We emphasize alphabet and letter recognition and activities that support independence and confidence building. This storytime includes books, rhymes, and literacy activities to help children enter school ready to learn to read.

Storytime includes books, rhymes and literacy activities to help children enter school ready to learn to read. Ages 3-5. Registration for this 5-week virtual series is required. 

We emphasize alphabet and letter recognition and activities that support independence and confidence building. This storytime includes books, rhymes and literacy activities to help children enter school ready to learn to read.

Bring your preschooler to explore different artistic styles. Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting messy! Ages 3-5 with a caregiver. Registration is required. 

Join us for the Winter Wildlife Festival StoryWalk® featuring Carme Lemniscates' Birds.  We hope that you will enjoy this StoryWalk®, presented by the Virginia Beach Parks & Recreation and Virginia Beach Public Library.

Build early language and large motor skills through rhyme, songs, baby sign, and hands-on activities. Ages 6-24 months with caregiver.

Registration is required.

Please dress comfortably for the weather. 

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

Come and have fun learning about your senses. We will explore the senses through reading, creating, dancing, and more. Ages 3-5. Registration is required.

Explore Science, Engineering, Technology, Arts and Math in this interactive series.  Ages 3-5 with caregiver. Registration is required. 

We emphasize alphabet and letter recognition and activities that support independence and confidence building. This storytime includes books, rhymes, and literacy activities to help children enter school ready to learn to read.

We emphasize alphabet and letter recognition and activities that support independence and confidence building. This storytime includes books, rhymes and literacy activities to help children enter school ready to learn to read.

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

Meet Linda Sue Park, author of Prairie Lotus!  Join us virtually for a presentation and Q&A from one of the authors featured in this year’s Battle of the Books: Middle School Edition program.  Registration required.  Op

Alzheimer's is not a normal part of aging. It’s a disease of the brain that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior.

Meet Christina Soontornvat, author of A Wish in the Dark!  Join us virtually for a Q&A from one of the authors featured in this year’s Battle of the Books: Middle School Edition program.  Registration required.  Open to

Launch into the Science of Flight and get ready to take off with this simple introduction to aerospace engineering and paper airplanes.

Grades 3-5 

Online registration required 

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

If you are a non-native English speaker, join us to practice your conversational English in a friendly setting. Each week we discuss a different topic and do fun activities!

Adults. Registration is not required.

Meet Lisa Moore Ramée, author of A Good Kind of Trouble!  Join us virtually for a presentation and Q&A from one of the authors featured in this year’s Battle of the Books: Middle School Edition program.  Registration require

We emphasize alphabet and letter recognition and activities that support independence and confidence building. This storytime includes books, rhymes and literacy activities to help children enter school ready to learn to read.

Compete in a game of Scrabble you’ve never seen before: on a 6x scale! Adults 18+. Registration is required.

Adventure awaits! Join a new online Dungeons & Dragons campaign with other interested teens under the direction of an experienced Library Game Master.

Are you ready for some out-of-this-world fun learning about Outer Space? Each of the 3 sessions will have it's own space-themed craft and story!  Ages Preschool-2^nd grade.

Perform, create, and have fun!  Join us to explore various art forms. Each class features a new skill, artist, artistic movement or technique. Grades K-2.  Registration is required.

Come chill out and calm down with mindfulness and meditation for kids. We will become aware of our breath, practice several mindfulness techniques and incorporate some mindful movement. 

For ages 7-11.

Explore Science, Engineering, Technology, Arts and Math in this interactive series. Grades K-2.  Registration for this 5 week-long series is required. 

Come to the library to learn basic coding concepts with Cubetto! Cubetto robots provide an intuitive way for kids to grasp early concepts in the field of Computer Science. Grades K-2. Registration required.

Join us Tuesday nights 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:

Meet Danielle Svetcov, author of Parked!  Join us virtually for a presentation and Q&A from one of the authors featured in this year’s Battle of the Books: Middle School Edition program.  Registration required.  Open to

Read a book selected last month by 3rd-5th graders, then join in a virtual meeting with other readers your own age to discuss your thoughts on the book. Grades 3-5. Registration is required.

Manage your tasks and check off your accomplishments with Google Keep. Create lists, take notes, and share to-do lists all from your computer or mobile device. Adults. Registration required.

Join us for a discussion of "Stamped from the Beginning" by Ibram X. Kendi. Pick up a free copy of the book at any VBPL branch or listen to the audiobook on Hoopla Digital.

We will be meeting inside. For the January meeting, we will be discussing Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid. February's book will be The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.

Meet to discuss this month’s selected title: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. Book club copies are available for check-out at the GREAT NECK information desk. Adults. Registration is not required.