Upcoming Events

Join us for a  creative art program and learn how to make marbled paper using shaving cream and food coloring. After creating the marbled designs, we’ll use the paper to make fun crafts like bookmarks, cards, or mini collages.  

Join us once a month for Pre-K Exploration Play! Children and caregivers are encouraged to move freely between themed centers and activity stations and learn through play at their own pace. 

Use your STEM skills while discovering more about our planet and how to protect it through a monthly program from the N.C. Cooperative Extension, Forsyth County Center.  

This storytime offers families the opportunity to enjoy quality time together through interactive read-aloud sessions, songs, and age-appropriate activities. 

Children will enjoy stories, songs, and movement activities that promote a love for books and reading with family and friends.  

Recommended for children ages 6 and under and their caregivers. 

We're reading some amazing books in the Central Children's Library that we want to share! Join us to hear snippets of some of our favorite reads that we think you will love too and enjoy fun activities and crafts based on the books. 

Science Saturday at Southside is a fun, hands-on way for children and tweens to explore exciting STEM concepts through experiments and activities.

Children will enjoy stories and activities that promote a love for books and reading with family and friends. Recommended for children ages 7 and under and their caregivers.

Children will enjoy stories, songs, and movement activities that promote a love for books and reading with family and friends.  

Recommended for children ages 6 and under and their caregivers. 

Join Miss Priscilla weekly on Mondays at 10:30 a.m. for Preschool Storytime. Children will grow into successful readers through stories, songs and more. Recommended for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers.

Children will build language skills, explore letters and sounds, and discover new words through stories, music, rhymes, and interactive play.  

Recommended for children ages 18 months to 3 years and their caregivers. 

Children will grow into successful readers through stories, songs, and activities.  

Recommended for children ages 3-5 and their caregivers. 

Join us at the Rural Hall/Stanleyville Branch for a Sensory Storytime tailored for children with autism, ADHD, or other sensory processing challenges.

Children will grow into successful readers through stories, songs, and activities.  

Recommended for children ages 3-5 and their caregivers. 

Children are invited to Kids’ Art Hour to create different art project each month.  

In January we’ll make winter forest art with pastels. 

Program recommended for children ages 6-12. All materials provided. 

Build a LEGO project on a given theme and meet fellow LEGO enthusiasts. 

Recommended for children ages 6-11. 

Join us for a preschool Storytime that uses LEGOs and books to promote language and pre-reading skill development. Registration is required. 

Recommended for children ages 2-5.

Come in your pajamas and enjoy stories, songs, and bedtime-themed crafts that promote a love for books and reading with family and friends.

Recommended for children 6 and under and their caregivers.

Children will grow into successful readers through stories, songs, and activities.

Recommended for children ages 3-6.

Children will build language skills, explore letters and sounds, and discover new words through stories, music, rhymes, and interactive play.  

Recommended for children ages 18 months to 3 years and their caregivers. 

Children and their caregivers will enjoy songs, activities, and stories that reinforce early reading skills.

Join us weekly for our Music & Movement Storytime! Children will engage in songs, movement activities, and stories that reinforce early reading skills. 

Recommended for children ages 2-6 and their caregivers.

Calling all curious kids ages 6-11!

Get creative and build with LEGOs, KEVA planks, Strawbees, marble runs, and more! Drop in for free play or try our fun monthly building challenge. No registration required—just bring your imagination!

Recommended for children ages 5-11.