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Preschool Story Time
Preschool Story Time
We are excited to be offering preschool story times at the library again! 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 […]
On Our Own Story Time
On Our Own Story Time
Do you love the library’s Preschool story times, but it would be easier for your child(ren) to attend on their own? We now have a story time for you! On Tuesday mornings at 9:30 a.m. we are offering a drop-off story time for 3-5 year olds. Caregivers will drop off their child(ren) at the Story […]
Book Babies
Book Babies
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 […]
4 events,
Preschool Story Time
Preschool Story Time
We are excited to be offering preschool story times at the library again! 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. Our […]
Book Babies
Book Babies
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 […]
Preschool Story Time
Preschool Story Time
We are excited to be offering preschool story times at the library again! 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. All […]
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Babies who Boogie with 4-C
Babies who Boogie with 4-C
Join Miss Katisha from 4-C and explore music, instruments, and dancing! Wear comfortable clothes and let’s Boogie. This event is free and open to all on the 1st Thursday of each month. No registration required. For more information, please contact Theresa at theresaw@dkpl.org or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.
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Musical Mornings with Angie Carter
Musical Mornings with Angie Carter
Music and rhythm stimulate the senses and engage us on many levels. Join music therapist Angie Carter for a special morning of musical developmental activities during this Live Program. This program is for kids ages 18 months to 3 years. No registration is required. It is sponsored by the Friends of the DeKalb Public Library. For additional […]
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Family Fun Science: Boxterpieces
Family Fun Science: Boxterpieces
We are excited for our second Family Fun Science Boxterpieces! It’s time to use your creativity and (mostly) recycled supplies to build a masterpiece. Will you use cardboard, tape, and paper towel rolls to make a garage for toy cars? How about boxes, foil, and tape to make an astronaut costume? We will set out […]
Architectural Walking Tour
Architectural Walking Tour
Join historian Steve Bigolin on an architectural walking tour of North 1st Street to North 4th Street and Locust Street to Fisk Avenue. Learn more about the rich history of the neighborhood around the library! There is no cost for this program. Registration is required. This program is dependent on the weather. Participants will meet […]
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Renaissance with Homeschool Happenings
Renaissance with Homeschool Happenings
Experience the explosion of art and culture that brought the world into the modern age. Paint like Michelangelo, invent like da Vinci, and more as we learn about famous people and events of the Renaissance. All children age 5-13 are welcome to attend this free program. No registration is required. For more information please contact […]
6 events,
On Our Own Story Time
On Our Own Story Time
Do you love the library’s Preschool story times, but it would be easier for your child(ren) to attend on their own? We now have a story time for you! On Tuesday mornings at 9:30 a.m. we are offering a drop-off story time for 3-5 year olds. Caregivers will drop off their child(ren) at the Story […]
Preschool Story Time
Preschool Story Time
We are excited to be offering preschool story times at the library again! 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 […]
Book Babies
Book Babies
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 […]
4 events,
Preschool Story Time
Preschool Story Time
We are excited to be offering preschool story times at the library again! 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. Our […]
Book Babies
Book Babies
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 […]
Preschool Story Time
Preschool Story Time
We are excited to be offering preschool story times at the library again! 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. All […]
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Babies and Books with 4-C
Babies and Books with 4-C
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 theresaw@dkpl.org or at (815) […]
3 events,
Toddler Time
Toddler Time
The library has a story time for our Toddler friends! This is 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 features books, songs, and activities especially aimed at children 18 months-36 […]
Early Blues Show with Cherry & Jerry
Early Blues Show with Cherry & Jerry
“There’s a certain excitement about early blues music, as if the composers just wanted to see what effect they could create with a sharped note here or a flat note there,” says musician Jerry Rabushka. Things we’re used to — the repetitive chords and the twelve-bar phrase — were new; so new that some publishers […]
After-hours Concert: Cherry & Jerry Ragtime Blues
After-hours Concert: Cherry & Jerry Ragtime Blues
Cherry & Jerry will perform music of the ragtime era, approximately 1900-1920, in this after-hours concert. It's history, and it's fun! Along with ragtime, they'll bring you some songs from the dawn of jazz & blues. You'll hear music by famous composers such as W.C. Handy and Scott Joplin as well as some lesser known […]
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After-hours Folk Music Concert
After-hours Folk Music Concert
Andy and Judy Daigle play the guitar, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, and other instruments. They will perform original songs in many different styles, such as traditional Folk, roots music, country swing or bluegrass. We invite the audience to participate by singing along, clapping, or stomping to the original tunes. As contemporary folk singer/songwriters, Andy and Judy […]
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Preschool Story Time
Preschool Story Time
We are excited to be offering preschool story times at the library again! 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 […]
On Our Own Story Time
On Our Own Story Time
Do you love the library’s Preschool story times, but it would be easier for your child(ren) to attend on their own? We now have a story time for you! On Tuesday mornings at 9:30 a.m. we are offering a drop-off story time for 3-5 year olds. Caregivers will drop off their child(ren) at the Story […]
Book Babies
Book Babies
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 […]
3 events,
Preschool Story Time
Preschool Story Time
We are excited to be offering preschool story times at the library again! 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. Our […]
Book Babies
Book Babies
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 […]
Preschool Story Time
Preschool Story Time
We are excited to be offering preschool story times at the library again! 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. All […]
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Bebes y libros con 4-C
Bebes y libros con 4-C
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 theresaw@dkpl.org or at (815) 756-9568 ext. […]
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Musical Mornings with Angie Carter
Musical Mornings with Angie Carter
Music and rhythm stimulate the senses and engage us on many levels. Join music therapist Angie Carter for a special morning of musical developmental activities during this Live Program. This program is for kids ages 18 months to 3 years. No registration is required. It is sponsored by the Friends of the DeKalb Public Library. For additional […]
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Benjamin Franklin: The Kite, the Key and other Tales
Benjamin Franklin: The Kite, the Key and other Tales
This presentation, commissioned by Chicagoland's Orland Park Library, humanizes the amazing story of the “First American”, Benjamin Franklin. His regard for America’s developing work ethic, indomitable spirit and unique position in the world is presented through the persona of his only surviving son, William Franklin. William, although imbued with a healthy respect for his world-renowned […]
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Ice Cream Social with Homeschool Happenings
Ice Cream Social with Homeschool Happenings
Celebrate the end of the school year with a classic ice cream social! Kids will make their own sundaes and enjoy a movie together. All children age 5-13 are welcome to attend this free program. No registration required. For more information please contact Colleen at cowzroc@gmail.com or at (815) 505-8569.
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On Our Own Story Time
On Our Own Story Time
Do you love the library’s Preschool story times, but it would be easier for your child(ren) to attend on their own? We now have a story time for you! On Tuesday mornings at 9:30 a.m. we are offering a drop-off story time for 3-5 year olds. Caregivers will drop off their child(ren) at the Story […]
Preschool Story Time
Preschool Story Time
We are excited to be offering preschool story times at the library again! 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 […]
Book Babies
Book Babies
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 […]
3 events,
Book Babies
Book Babies
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 […]
Preschool Story Time
Preschool Story Time
We are excited to be offering preschool story times at the library again! 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. Our […]
Preschool Story Time
Preschool Story Time
We are excited to be offering preschool story times at the library again! Aimed especially at our 3-5 year old friends, these story times feature books, songs, and activities especially […]
0 events,
1 event,
Toddler Time
Toddler Time
The library has a story time for our Toddler friends! This is 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 features books, songs, and activities especially aimed at children 18 months-36 […]
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Read to Rover
Read to Rover
Collie Emma loves to hear stories and spend time with kids! Emma, a Canine Good Citizen, will visit the library the listen to kids read. Children may register at the Youth Reference Desk for a 10-minute time slot to read to the dog. For more information or to register, please call (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350 […]
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Closed for Memorial Day
The library will be closed all day in observance of Memorial Day. Have a safe holiday!
4 events,
On Our Own Story Time
On Our Own Story Time
Do you love the library’s Preschool story times, but it would be easier for your child(ren) to attend on their own? We now have a story time for you! On Tuesday mornings at 9:30 a.m. we are offering a drop-off story time for 3-5 year olds. Caregivers will drop off their child(ren) at the Story […]
Preschool Story Time
Preschool Story Time
We are excited to be offering preschool story times at the library again! 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 […]
Book Babies
Book Babies
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 […]
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Story Time at Huntley Park
Story Time at Huntley Park
Join John and Laura for outdoor story times this summer! We will be reading stories, singing songs, and having fun. After the stories, go play on the playground. We encourage you to bring a blanket to make sitting on the grass a little more comfortable. All of the story times are at Huntley Park at […]
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Babies and Books with 4-C
Babies and Books with 4-C
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 theresaw@dkpl.org or at (815) […]
Basics Story Time at Welsh Park Toddler Garden
Basics Story Time at Welsh Park Toddler Garden
Join DeKalb librarians John and Laura for outdoor Story Time in the Toddler Garden at Welsh Park at 651 Russell Road in DeKalb. This program is held in partnership with Basics DeKalb County. We will announce on the library’s Facebook page if the program is cancelled due to weather. No registration is required. For additional […]
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Musical Mornings with Angie Carter
Musical Mornings with Angie Carter
Music and rhythm stimulate the senses and engage us on many levels. Join music therapist Angie Carter for a special morning of musical developmental activities during this Live Program. This program is for kids ages 18 months to 3 years. No registration is required. It is sponsored by the Friends of the DeKalb Public Library. For additional […]
3 events,
Family Fun Science: Fascinating Foods
Family Fun Science: Fascinating Foods
Join us for a special outdoor Family Fun Science! This month we'll be exploring food science. Investigate desiccants with cucumbers, test out your taste buds, and see if you can use food as a pH indicator! Of course, you can't have a food science program without eating, so we'll also be making ice cream to […]
Architectural Walking Tour
Architectural Walking Tour
Join historian Steve Bigolin on an architectural walking tour of the Huntley Park area! Learn more about the homes in the neighborhood and the history of this part of DeKalb. There is no cost for this program. Registration is required, as space is limited. This program is dependent on the weather. Participants will meet in […]
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