Week Calendar

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.

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

Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. Please note: This is a social event for both caregiver and child, as opposed to a traditionally structured program.

Start your week off with Mahjong! Come learn the rules of this traditional Chinese game and play with others. No experience necessary. Adults. 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 is a social event for both caregiver and child, as opposed to a traditionally structured program.

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.

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.

Come in and enjoy a Monday morning feature film. This month's showing: Remember the Titans. Adults. Registration is not 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.

November is National Picture Book Month! Let's read some of our favorite picture books and recreate their art in a pop-up book. Ages 3-5 with caregiver. 

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. 

Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. Please note: This is a social event for both caregiver and child, as opposed to a traditionally structured program.

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

Do your little ones make big noises? No problem! Bring them along for this judgment-free book club for adults. Talk about books while your kids play. 

Explore Science, Engineering, Technology, Arts and Math in this interactive program. Grades K-2.  Registration is required.

Join us for the first annual Kempsville Fall Parade! Design and build mini parade floats before bringing them to life with basic coding using KIBO robots.

Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. Please note: This is a social event for both caregiver and child, as opposed to a traditionally structured program.

Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. Please note: This is a social event for both caregiver and child, as opposed to a traditionally structured program.

Join us for stories and songs about showing gratitude, just in time for Thanksgiving.  Ages 3-7.  Registration is required.

Explore your creativity with a paper project each month. No experience is necessary; simply bring your curiosity and discover the art of papercrafting in a welcoming environment.

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 and teens 16+.  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.

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.

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. 

Explore Science, Engineering, Technology, Arts and Math in this interactive program. Grades K-2.  Registration is required.

Join us for an engaging orientation program focused on the Silhouette Cameo 4 machine!

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.

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:

For blossoming young artists with a pencil! Come to this Drawing Club for Kids to draw and hang out. This relaxed environment is inclusive and will have themed challenges/drawing games available to participant in.

Come paint a kindness rock to share or keep.

Grades 6-12. Registration is required.

Hang out, play the card game, and make a craft! Bring your Pokémon cards and games to trade, battle, and more with other local players. Grades 3-8. Registration is not required.

There’s no place like gnome with this adorable fall craft! Come in and create your own gnome to bring home! Materials provided. Ages 12-18. Registration is required. 

Come down to Oceanfront Area Library and gather with peers to write based on the prompt of the session.  Get that creativity flowing!

Registration not required.

Being kind is easy and infectious, so we'll be doing just that. We're spreading the kindness, one rock at a time. Rocks + Paint = Smiles. Grades K-5.  

Join us Tuesday nights for teen-only activities. Enjoy movies, games, crafts, and more, with different selections each week.

Ages 12-18. Registration is not required, drop in any time!

Weekly Themes:

Meet at Commonwealth Brewery to discuss this month’s selected title, "West With Giraffes" by Lynda Rutledge.