Week Calendar

Register to pick up a kit of activities designed to build eye/hand coordination and muscles in your child’s hand. Designed for PreK - Grade 2 with a caregiver.

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. 

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.

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. 

Create polished presentations online with Google Slides. Learn how to create, edit, and share slideshows from any internet-capable device. Prerequisites: Ability to access and use Google Drive or have taken Getting Started with Google Drive.

Strawberry Season is here! Join us for a fun, interactive storytime featuring books, songs, counting activities and a special craft.  Program attendees will decorate a personal strawberry basket to bring home. Ages 3-5.

It’s never too soon to introduce your baby to art! Join us at the Great Neck Area library for a sensory art experience that improves your baby’s fine motor skills and stimulates their curiosity. Wear clothes you don’t mind getting messy.

Strawberry Season is here! Join us for a fun, interactive storytime featuring books, songs, counting activities and a special craft.  Program attendees will decorate a personal strawberry basket to bring home. Ages 3-5.

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.

Strawberry Season is here! Join us for a fun, interactive storytime featuring books, songs, counting activities and a special craft.  Program attendees will decorate a personal strawberry basket to bring home. Ages 3-5.

Come and make a pair of beaded earrings! Jewelry supplies will be provided. We’ll be meeting upstairs in the front loft area that’s near the exercise bikes. Adults. No registration required. 

Virginia Beach Public Library partners with YMCA of South Hampton Roads for Family Fitness.

Move and learn! This creative movement storytime will feature simple, child friendly yoga poses and engaging stories. Age 3-5 with caregiver. Registration is required.

Strawberry Season is here! Join us for a fun, interactive storytime featuring books, songs, counting activities and a special craft.  Program attendees will decorate a personal strawberry basket to bring home. Ages 3-5.

Get moving, get stretching, and ease your mind. This creative movement storytime will feature simple, child friendly yoga poses and engaging stories. Ages 3-5.

Explore basic math concepts while developing fine motor skills. Ages 3-5. Online registration 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.

This online group is an informal space to build confidence and practice speaking skills for anyone who is learning English.

Join us to connect with other community members and with the Virginia Beach Public Library.

You are cordially invited to:  A Spring Tea Party!  Come enjoy a cup of tea and cookies and learn about the history of tea.  All are welcome! 

Casual attire. Adults 18+

Learn to make your own resin coaster and decorate with color and add-ins. Resin needs time to set, so coasters will be picked up at a later date. Grades 4-7.  Registration is required.

Face masks are recommended.

Learn to make your own resin coaster and decorate with color and add-ins. Resin needs time to set, so coasters will be picked up at a later date. Grades 4-7.  Registration is required.

Face masks are recommended.

Learn to make a tiny piñata using simple supplies and easy instructions! Adults. Registration is required.

Adventure awaits! Join an in-person Dungeons & Dragons campaign with other interested teens under the direction an experienced Library Game Master. No prior experience required. On going campaign, new players welcome!

Come chill out and calm down with mindfulness and meditation for kids.

Come join us as we learn and play some games with us!

Is your child interested in learning Chess, or are they looking for a safe place to play against someone? Look no further than Elementary Chess.

Rotating competition is organized by the club coordinator.  Knowledge of chess rules is required; limited instruction may be provided for beginners.  Chess equipment has been generously donated by Virginia Chess Federation, private donor

Come and experience how you can learn to code with robots at your library. Open up the world of computer programming and robotics in a fun and exciting way using a Sphero, your own personal robot. Grades 3-5. 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:

Upcycle a t-shirt into a bag. Supplies provided (and you are welcome to bring in your own shirt to upcycle).

Teens, grades 6-12.  Registration is required.

Join us for a unique guessing game of cleverly described film, book, and TV plots! Adults. Registration is required.

We will be meeting inside the Corduroy Room. We will be discussing April's book selection, Anxious People. May's discussion will be for Transcendent Kingdom.

Meet to discuss this month’s selected title: The Midnight Library by Matt haig

Book club copies are available for check-out at the GREAT NECK information desk. Adults. Registration is not required.