Event Type : Children

Visit 309 Creative during these weekly open lab hours where you will have access to all the amazing tools contained in the space. Staff will be present to offer basic assistance as their expertise allows. This is not a program, it is a time when the space is open to anyone to come in, share their knowledge with others, and work on any project that grabs their interest.

All are welcome, no registration is required.

For additional information, please contact the Tech Desk at [email protected] or (815) 756-9568 ext. 2851.

Start your morning with a hot beverage and a creative project! Join us bright and early for our Paint & Sip event. Patrons will be provided all materials to paint a canvas and drink hot chocolate while working. No instructions are necessary as this is a time to relax and create whatever comes to mind. This workshop is an open paint time, and no formal instruction will be provided – it is a time to be creative and paint whatever a patron would like. Reference pictures may be provided if a patron wishes. Paint something for a loved one or for yourself.

This program is free and open to all. No registration is required.

For additional information, please contact Grace at [email protected] or 815-756-9568 ext. 2110 or Iris at [email protected].

“3! 2! 1! Go Shoot!” Practice your Beyblade battle skills in a no-pressure environment. The library will provide arenas to use, and a few older Beyblades will be available to borrow. You are highly encouraged to bring your own Beyblades since we will have a limited supply. You can also bring any of your own arenas or accessories to try out.

There will be no specific structure or battle bracket followed- just free-play. Play at your own risk; the library is not responsible for any damaged items.

This program is intended for ages 6-13. No registration is required.

For more information or to register, please contact Amanda at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

We are excited to be offering preschool story times at the library! Aimed especially at our 3-5 year old friends, these story times feature books, songs, and activities especially to help those growing preschool brains! Reading, singing, talking, and counting are great literacy and math activities that will help prepare kids for Kindergarten.

Tuesday preschool story times at 9:30 a.m. are offered at the same time as our Book Babies program. Feel free to drop off your preschool child at the Preschool story time and attend Book Babies right next door with your younger one(s).

For more information, please contact John at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

Books are for everyone, even our littlest library patrons! Our Book Babies program is aimed at children age 0-18 months, although older children are welcome to attend. We will sing lots of simple and interactive songs, do finger plays and rhymes, practice sign language, and read an easy book. All of these activities are great for babies’ developing brains. We hope this program gives you lots of fun ways to play with your baby during the program and at home!

For more information, please contact Laura at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

Visit 309 Creative during these weekly open lab hours where you will have access to all the amazing tools contained in the space. Staff will be present to offer basic assistance as their expertise allows. This is not a program, it is a time when the space is open to anyone to come in, share their knowledge with others, and work on any project that grabs their interest.

All are welcome, no registration is required.

For additional information, please contact the Tech Desk at [email protected] or (815) 756-9568 ext. 2851.

Join Miss Brianna from 4-C in a monthly opportunity immersing children in language & music! Bond with your infant or toddler in this program that supports language development, early literacy, listening skills & concentration, and fine & gross motor skills.

No registration is required.

For more information, please contact Theresa at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

The year is 1925, and diphtheria is spreading in Nome, Alaska. Without medicine, the sick children will die. But it’s winter, and trains can’t get through with the medicine. Enter twenty-one brave dog teams, including the last team, Balto and Gunnar.

Will Balto and Gunnar make it through the brutal Alaska winter and save the children? The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto is our Bookworm Barbs book for February. Bookworm Barbs is our book club for students in K-2. We read shorter chapter books with lots of pictures. Older first and second grade students may be able to read on their own, but the books also make a nice family read aloud, too.

Bookworm Barbs is a book party! Not only will we talk about the book, we’ll enjoy a snack and do a craft, too.

Pick up a copy of the book at the Children’s Department Desk while supplies last. Please register, as space is limited.

For additional information or to register, please contact Laura at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

Can a kid climb Mount Everest? Summit Athletic is sponsoring a contest to find a kid to climb Mt. Everest, and Dominic wants to win badly. But the contest isn’t all as it seems—is someone sabotaging the results?

Everest Book One—The Contest is this month’s book for BARB book club! BARB (Books Are Really Brilliant) book club is for students in grades 3-5. At our meeting, we talk about the book, but that’s not all! We’ll also play a game and eat a fun snack inspired by the book.

Pick up a copy of the book and a free bookmark at the Children’s Department desk while supplies last. Register now, as space is limited to 8 participants.

For additional information or to register, please contact Laura at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

Toddlers are at a great age to have fun reading and learning together! Toddlers soak up information from the world around them, and we expand their learning by reading, singing, and talking together.

Toddler Time will feature books, songs, and activities especially aimed at children 18 months-36 months. Of course, older and younger siblings are welcome to attend, but please be aware they may find activities too simple or difficult.

For more information, please contact John at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

Visit 309 Creative during these weekly open lab hours where you will have access to all the amazing tools contained in the space. Staff will be present to offer basic assistance as their expertise allows. This is not a program, it is a time when the space is open to anyone to come in, share their knowledge with others, and work on any project that grabs their interest.

All are welcome, no registration is required.

For additional information, please contact the Tech Desk at [email protected] or (815) 756-9568 ext. 2851.

Books are for everyone, even our littlest library patrons! Our Book Babies program is aimed at children age 0-18 months, although older children are welcome to attend. We will sing lots of simple and interactive songs, do finger plays and rhymes, practice sign language, and read an easy book. All of these activities are great for babies’ developing brains. We hope this program gives you lots of fun ways to play with your baby during the program and at home!

For more information, please contact Laura at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

We are excited to be offering preschool story times at the library! Aimed especially at our 3-5 year old friends, these story times feature books, songs, and activities especially to help those growing preschool brains! Reading, singing, talking, and counting are great literacy and math activities that will help prepare kids for Kindergarten.

Tuesday preschool story times at 9:30 a.m. are offered at the same time as our Book Babies program. Feel free to drop off your preschool child at the Preschool story time and attend Book Babies right next door with your younger one(s).

For more information, please contact John at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

Visit 309 Creative during these weekly open lab hours where you will have access to all the amazing tools contained in the space. Staff will be present to offer basic assistance as their expertise allows. This is not a program, it is a time when the space is open to anyone to come in, share their knowledge with others, and work on any project that grabs their interest.

All are welcome, no registration is required.

For additional information, please contact the Tech Desk at [email protected] or (815) 756-9568 ext. 2851.

Una oportunidad para que los niños sean expuestos a su lengua materna, la música, el baile y para también aprender un poco del lenguaje de señas para bebes.

Este evento es gratis occure el tercer jueves de cada mes.

No registration required.

For more information, please contact Theresa at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

Visit 309 Creative during these weekly open lab hours where you will have access to all the amazing tools contained in the space. Staff will be present to offer basic assistance as their expertise allows. This is not a program, it is a time when the space is open to anyone to come in, share their knowledge with others, and work on any project that grabs their interest.

All are welcome, no registration is required.

For additional information, please contact the Tech Desk at [email protected] or (815) 756-9568 ext. 2851.

We are excited to be offering preschool story times at the library! Aimed especially at our 3-5 year old friends, these story times feature books, songs, and activities especially to help those growing preschool brains! Reading, singing, talking, and counting are great literacy and math activities that will help prepare kids for Kindergarten.

Tuesday preschool story times at 9:30 a.m. are offered at the same time as our Book Babies program. Feel free to drop off your preschool child at the Preschool story time and attend Book Babies right next door with your younger one(s).

For more information, please contact John at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

Books are for everyone, even our littlest library patrons! Our Book Babies program is aimed at children age 0-18 months, although older children are welcome to attend. We will sing lots of simple and interactive songs, do finger plays and rhymes, practice sign language, and read an easy book. All of these activities are great for babies’ developing brains. We hope this program gives you lots of fun ways to play with your baby during the program and at home!

For more information, please contact Laura at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

Visit 309 Creative during these weekly open lab hours where you will have access to all the amazing tools contained in the space. Staff will be present to offer basic assistance as their expertise allows. This is not a program, it is a time when the space is open to anyone to come in, share their knowledge with others, and work on any project that grabs their interest.

All are welcome, no registration is required.

For additional information, please contact the Tech Desk at [email protected] or (815) 756-9568 ext. 2851.

Toddlers are at a great age to have fun reading and learning together! Toddlers soak up information from the world around them, and we expand their learning by reading, singing, and talking together.

Toddler Time will feature books, songs, and activities especially aimed at children 18 months-36 months. Of course, older and younger siblings are welcome to attend, but please be aware they may find activities too simple or difficult.

For more information, please contact John at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

Visit 309 Creative during these weekly open lab hours where you will have access to all the amazing tools contained in the space. Staff will be present to offer basic assistance as their expertise allows. This is not a program, it is a time when the space is open to anyone to come in, share their knowledge with others, and work on any project that grabs their interest.

All are welcome, no registration is required.

For additional information, please contact the Tech Desk at [email protected] or (815) 756-9568 ext. 2851.

Jazz in Progress joins us for an after-hours concert that will feature different styles of big band and modern jazz music in the library’s main lobby!

Jazz in Progress (JIP) organized in 2012 to encourage local musicians to play jazz in support of its mission of musical, charitable, and educational purposes to advance the appreciation, performance, and history of jazz music and its related genres. Its membership includes a variety of talented musicians from the DeKalb County area. The ensemble also honors the practice of inviting local high school and college jazz musicians to sit in with the band, giving young musicians an opportunity to gain more experience in playing jazz music.

JIP is an official 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that puts funds raised back into local community music programs. Past recipients of JIP donations include the DeKalb, Genoa-Kingston, Hinckley-Big Rock, Indian Creek and Sycamore music booster organizations, as well as St. Mary’s-DeKalb and the DeKalb County Community Foundation.

JIP has performed at benefit and fund raising events and venues around the area including the St. Mary’s Lancer Legacy Ball, Sycamore Natural History Museum’s Rockin’ for the Reptiles, Stage Coach Theatre, Sycamore Farmers Market, Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital, Artigras, The House Café, and Oak Crest Senior Proms. The band also has performed with the Celebration Chorale and at many other community and charity events.

This concert is free and open to all. No registration is required. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. and music will begin at 6:30 p.m.

For additional information, please contact Samantha at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1701.

We are excited to be offering preschool story times at the library! Aimed especially at our 3-5 year old friends, these story times feature books, songs, and activities especially to help those growing preschool brains! Reading, singing, talking, and counting are great literacy and math activities that will help prepare kids for Kindergarten.

Tuesday preschool story times at 9:30 a.m. are offered at the same time as our Book Babies program. Feel free to drop off your preschool child at the Preschool story time and attend Book Babies right next door with your younger one(s).

For more information, please contact John at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

Books are for everyone, even our littlest library patrons! Our Book Babies program is aimed at children age 0-18 months, although older children are welcome to attend. We will sing lots of simple and interactive songs, do finger plays and rhymes, practice sign language, and read an easy book. All of these activities are great for babies’ developing brains. We hope this program gives you lots of fun ways to play with your baby during the program and at home!

For more information, please contact Laura at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

Visit 309 Creative during these weekly open lab hours where you will have access to all the amazing tools contained in the space. Staff will be present to offer basic assistance as their expertise allows. This is not a program, it is a time when the space is open to anyone to come in, share their knowledge with others, and work on any project that grabs their interest.

All are welcome, no registration is required.

For additional information, please contact the Tech Desk at [email protected] or (815) 756-9568 ext. 2851.

Visit 309 Creative during these weekly open lab hours where you will have access to all the amazing tools contained in the space. Staff will be present to offer basic assistance as their expertise allows. This is not a program, it is a time when the space is open to anyone to come in, share their knowledge with others, and work on any project that grabs their interest.

All are welcome, no registration is required.

For additional information, please contact the Tech Desk at [email protected] or (815) 756-9568 ext. 2851.

Visit 309 Creative during these weekly open lab hours where you will have access to all the amazing tools contained in the space. Staff will be present to offer basic assistance as their expertise allows. This is not a program, it is a time when the space is open to anyone to come in, share their knowledge with others, and work on any project that grabs their interest.

All are welcome, no registration is required.

For additional information, please contact the Tech Desk at [email protected] or (815) 756-9568 ext. 2851.

Visit 309 Creative during these weekly open lab hours where you will have access to all the amazing tools contained in the space. Staff will be present to offer basic assistance as their expertise allows. This is not a program, it is a time when the space is open to anyone to come in, share their knowledge with others, and work on any project that grabs their interest.

All are welcome, no registration is required.

For additional information, please contact the Tech Desk at [email protected] or (815) 756-9568 ext. 2851.

Visit 309 Creative during these weekly open lab hours where you will have access to all the amazing tools contained in the space. Staff will be present to offer basic assistance as their expertise allows. This is not a program, it is a time when the space is open to anyone to come in, share their knowledge with others, and work on any project that grabs their interest.

All are welcome, no registration is required.

For additional information, please contact the Tech Desk at [email protected] or (815) 756-9568 ext. 2851.