Kids Programming
Storytime
All Ages Summer Storytime at School House Park
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 10am
June 22nd - July 30th
Join us for stories, songs, and more at an all ages storytime! What's Storytime? Storytime is a time to share books, songs, and fun while building early literacy skills.
Perler Beads for Tweens and Teens
Wednesday, June 17th from 3-4pm: tweens (entering 4th-6th grades)
Wednesday, June 17th from 4-5pm: teens (entering 7th-12th grades)
Perler bead fun! Create your own design or use one of ours! Meet us in the storytime room!
Saturday All Day Drop-In Crafts
Stop by the YS area during open library hours and make something fun!
Saturday, June 20th: Cards of Kindness
Saturday, June 27th: Cardboard Standing Dinosaur
Saturday, July 11th: Dinosaur Skeleton
Saturday, July 25th: Rainbow Dinosaur
Saturday, August 1st: Dinosaur Puppet
Tuesday, June 23rd from 2-4pm: If the Dinosaurs Came Back
Drop in between 2-4pm and create your own city and dinosaur landscape based on the book by Bernard Most. Location: program room. All ages. Younger children welcome with a caregiver aged 14+.
Thursday, June 25th from 11am-12pm: Vinyl for Tweens
Paint your own vinyl record! A great way to give new life to old records and decorate your room! For those entering 4th-6th grades. Location: program room.
Tuesday, June 30th from 10am-12pm: Mr. Nick from the Kenosha Dinosaur Discovery Museum
Learn about dinosaurs and fossils from an expert! Get hands on with both real fossils and fossil casts. All ages. Younger children welcome with a caregiver aged 14+. Location: program room. Registration required.
Tuesday, July 7th from 11am-12pm: Dabble Lab
Have you ever wondered what's inside a computer? Use our tools and your curiosity to find out! Join us in the program room. For those entering 4th-6th grades.
Thursday, July 9th at 6:30pm: Duke Otherwise
Come and enjoy the outrageously fun and interactive music of Duke Otherwise! All ages. Younger children welcome with a caregiver aged 14+. Location: program room. Registration required.
Monday, July 13th from 3:30-5pm: Egg Carton Geodes
Stop in between 3:30-5pm and make you own colorful geodes with epsom salt and egg cartons! All ages. Younger children welcome with a caregiver aged 14+. Location: program room.
All About Rocks for Tweens and Teens
Thursday, July 16th from 4-5pm: Tweens (entering 3rd-6th grades)
Thursday, July 23rd from 4-5pm: Teens (entering 7th-12th grades)
Learn all about rocks and crystals and then do a painting project! Location: program room.
Tuesday, July 21st at 10:30am: Magic Morgan & Liliana
Enjoy the eye-popping illusions and mind-boggling tricks of Magic Morgan & Liliana! All ages. Younger children welcome with a caregiver aged 14+. Location: program room. Registration required.
Tuesday, July 28th from 3-4pm: Mammoth Hunter
Discover the prehistoric technologies and survival skills of Stone Age humans with Sean, The Mammoth Hunter. All ages. Younger children welcome with a caregiver aged 14+. Location: program room. Registration required.
Wednesday, July 29th from 3-5pm: Excavate Like a Paleontologist
Experience paleontology by "excavating" the chocolate chips from a cookie? And dig up some dinosaur skeletons. All ages. Younger children welcome with a caregiver aged 14+. Location: program room.
Tuesday, August 4th from 10-11:30am: Dino-Rama
Create your own Dino-Rama! We will have the supplies and you bring the creativity. All ages. Younger children welcome with a caregiver aged 14+. Location: program room.
Wednesday, August 12th from 3:30-5pm: DIY Dinosaurs
Assemble your own dinosaur with recycled materials. All ages. Younger children welcome with a caregiver aged 14+. Location: program room.
Monday, August 17th from 3:30-5pm: Dinosaur Bones
Shape your own dinosaur bones using air-dry clay. We will also be drawing dinosaurs using grids like paleontologists. All ages. Younger children welcome with a caregiver aged 14+. Location: program room.
Magnets for Tweens & Teens
Wednesday, August 19th from 3-4pm: Tweens (entering 4th-6th grades)
Wednesday, August 19th from 4-5pm: Teens (entering 7th-12th grades)
Create your own glass stone magnets to look like insects in amber. A great magnet to hang in your locker. Location: storytime room.
Parachute Play
Tuesday, August 18th at 10am
Thursday, August 27th at 10am
Join us for an interactive and play-filled program featuring songs, rhymes and activities with the Library's parachute. Ages 2-6 with adult caregiver. Location: School House Park. Rainsite: program room.
