Week Calendar

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.

Enjoy a small-group storytime designed to allow children to explore a variety of sensory experiences.

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. 

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. Event is weather permitting.

Bring your preschooler to explore the artistic style of Paul Klee. Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting messy! Ages 3-5 with caregiver. Registration is required.

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

Let's dive into summer with a fun preschool pool party! Join us for stories, crafts, and other outdoor fun. Feel free to dress in your favorite summer outfit to cool off in one of our pools! Ages 3-5 with caregiver. Registration is required.

Drop in for a fun new craft in our Children’s Room!  Family.  No registration 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.

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.

Fun-filled activities are designed to build eye/hand coordination and muscles in your child’s hand.  PreK - Grade 2 with a caregiver.

Online registration is required. 

Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. Please note: This program is for both caregiver and child, and is not a structured program. Ages 6 to 24 months with caregiver.

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

Connect and share with other blind and visually impaired persons. Open to all, this program is presented during our Seeing Beyond Low-Vision series. Segments of the program may describe the details of visual elements. No registration required.

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

Join us for a StoryWalk® featuring Kwame Alexander's and Kadir Nelson's The Undefeated.

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. 

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

Celebrate Virginia's summer growing season with innovative recipes that turn local produce from standard side dishes to delightfully delicious main events.

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

Come learn about and how the American Revolution impacted the Chesapeake as we play a game based on the Battle of Green Spring in 1781! Grades 4-6. Registration is required. 

Get creative next to a display of books. Each month, you will be inspired by books with a common topic. Craft supplies will be available. Families. Registration not required.

Master Gardeners will be available to answer questions about your home garden and how to get the best results with the seeds you receive from our seed library. Visit with the master gardener anytime during their drop-in hours. 

Interested in discovering your ancestry? The Who, What, Where, When and How you are who you are? This course is for you. Learn how to harvest information from US Census, Vital Records, and more. Tour the Meyera E.

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.

Percussion Instruments are some of the most enjoyable and accessible instruments to try at an early age. In this program, your children will have the opportunity to hear, see, and learn about various percussion instruments.

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.

Create a whimsical windchime with clay in just a few easy steps! Adults. Registration is required.

Upcycle a glass bottle or jar, and turn it into a unique crackle glass art.  All materials provided.

Teens, grades 6-12.  Registration is required. 
 

If you like plants but aren’t interested in taking care of one, come make a miniature paper plant instead! All materials will be provided. Adults. Registration required.

Try out the library’s newest coding toy! Cubetto is a cube-shaped robot. Your child will learn to guide Cubetto over a fun map to help tell a story. Learn computer coding basics and STEAM skills. Grades K-2.

Get together with other adults with disabilities for socializing and entertainment. Build friendships, offer support, and share accomplishments. Adults. Registration required. 

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.

Do you have Someone Special in your life that you would like to celebrate?  It could be for your Dad, Grandpa, Teacher or your favorite neighbor. Come create a craft and make them feel special.  

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

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:

Come in for an hour of board games and video games.

Grades 9-12.

No registration required.  Just drop in!

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.

Did you know that the libraries are closed on Monday, June 20th in celebration of Juneteenth? Juneteenth is a very important holiday with deep historic roots, and together we can learn and celebrate this holiday.

It’s a paint party! Create a beautiful painting following step-by-step instructions or free-style your own masterpiece. Grades 6-12.  Online registration is required.

JUNE BOOK: The Menagerie #3: Krakens and Lies by Tui T. Sutherland and Kari Sutherland  

This book is available physically, as an ebook, and an audiobook through the library.

Refresh and de-stress by making a Zen Garden. 

Join an online discussion of "The Girls in the Stilt House" by Kelly Mustian.

Bring your blankets, snacks, and watch a movie inside the library!

Welcome adventurers! During this series we will be playing through a pre-made adventure using Roll20’s online virtual tabletop system and WebEx meetings.  

Requires internet access and free Roll20 account.