Week Calendar

Children will build literacy skills through books and improve their fine motor skills by doing crafts that will introduce them to various art mediums and techniques.

Ideal for children ages birth to 10 years and their caregivers. 

Through stories and interactive play, toddlers will build language skills, discover new words, while exploring letters and sounds. Learn with music, picture books, rhymes and even explore other languages.

Join Miss Priscilla at the Reynolda Manor Branch Library weekly on Mondays at 10:30 a.m. for a fun-filled 30 minutes of stories, songs, and more.

Through stories and interactive play, toddlers will build language skills and discover new words while exploring letters and sounds. They'll learn with music, picture books, rhymes, and even explore other languages.

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

We're partnering with the Piedmont Opera to offer a Storytime performance like no other! A professional opera singer will present a story, explain elements of their profession, and stay for a meet and greet session.

Through stories and interactive play, toddlers will build language skills, discover new words, while exploring letters and sounds. Learn with music, picture books, rhymes and even explore other languages.

Preschoolers will develop language and pre-reading skills through stories and songs to help facilitate their growth into successful readers.

Recommended for children ages 3-6.

Join Librarian Jason for a 30 minute toddler storytime every Wednesday, 10am, at the Central Library. This celebration of early literacy skills features picture books, songs, rhymes and one bilingual English/Spanish book every week. 

Through stories and interactive play, toddlers will build language skills and discover new words while exploring letters and sounds. They'll learn with music, picture books, rhymes, and even explore other languages.

Join Ms. Lisa for stories and songs made for children ages 3-6. It's a great way to build early literacy, creativity, and social skills. 

Come color along with us on a journey through nature's coloring book as we explore all the ways animals use color and pattern to navigate their environments.

Preschool Storytime

Thursdays at 10 a.m.

Join us for stories, songs, and fun designed to develop school readiness skills.

Ages 3 to 5

Engage your preschoolers with stories, songs and activities that promote language and pre-reading skill development to help facilitate their growth into successful readers. 

Come color along with us on a journey through nature's coloring book as we explore all the ways animals use color and pattern to navigate their environments.

Preschoolers will develop language and pre-reading skills through stories, songs, and activities to help facilitate their growth into successful readers.

Recommended for children ages 3-5.

Music & Movement is a program that engages children (as well as seniors) in very light physical activity. This program also encourages skills for school readiness such as, social-emotional, motor, language and over all literacy.

Grey Seal Puppets is an internationally acclaimed company that creates original puppet theatre, on-camera productions, and custom-built puppets and mascots.

Preschoolers can learn new words and stimulate their brains with crafts that include different colors, shapes, and textures and relate to the weekly Storytime theme.

Recommended for children ages 3-6 and their caregivers.

Join us on the First and Third Wednesday at 11 a.m. for Music and Movement! Children will engage in songs, movement activities, and stories that promote the skills needed for reading and writing.

Come color along with us on a journey through nature's coloring book as we explore all the ways animals use color and pattern to navigate their environments.

July is Edgy Veggie Carrot Dog Month. Chef Davis will demonstrate how to transform a plain carrot into the star of your cookout. For ages 6 to 11. Registration is required. Children ages 7 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

While building gross and fine motor skills, coordination and phonological awareness through rhyming, participants will engage in songs, movement activities and stories that promote the skills needed for reading and writing.

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

Recommended for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers. 

We're partnering with the Piedmont Opera to offer a Storytime performance like no other! A professional opera singer will present a story, explain elements of their profession, and stay for a meet and greet session.

Preschoolers can learn new words and stimulate their brains with crafts that include different colors, shapes, and textures and relate to the weekly Storytime theme.

Recommended for children ages 3-6 and their caregivers.

Come down to the Reynolda Manor Branch Library and experience Jef the Mime live and in-person! Jef the Mime juggles and balances things. He gets confused at times (sometimes he even forgets what his hat is for!).

July is Edgy Veggie Carrot Dog Month. Chef Davis will demonstrate how to transform a plain carrot into the star of your cookout. For ages 6 to 11. Registration is required. Children ages 7 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

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

This intergenerational program is filled with stories, songs, and movement that encourage early literacy skill development.

Recommended for children of all ages.

Children will make and decorate their own kaleidoscopes. All materials provided.

Recommended for children ages 3-5 and their caregivers.

Come color along with us on a journey through nature's coloring book as we explore all the ways animals use color and pattern to navigate their environments.

Come color along with us on a journey through nature's coloring book as we explore all the ways animals use color and pattern to navigate their environments.

Messy Mondays are an engaging way for children to explore the world through sensory play! We will have hands-on activities to foster creativity, curiosity, and development.

Come color along with us on a journey through nature's coloring book as we explore all the ways animals use color and pattern to navigate their environments.

Join us Wednesday afternoons for our Summer STEM Series! Each week we will explore a different element of science, technology, engineering, and math through play and experimentation. Ages 5-8.

Mad Science of the Triad is headed to the Forsyth County Public Libraries! Enjoy exciting science experiments that Color Your World!

Science Saturdays at Southside is a fun, hands-on way for children ages 6-11 to explore exciting STEM concepts through experiments and activities.

The always-entertaining pop band, Big Bang Boom, will be putting on an amazing performance featuring parent-friendly educational children's music.

Join us at Rural Hall Branch to complete a different art project each month. This month, we'll be making glitter star mobiles.

Most suitable for ages 6-12. Materials provided.

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

Recommended for children 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.

Come color along with us on a journey through nature's coloring book as we explore all the ways animals use color and pattern to navigate their environments.

Come color along with us on a journey through nature's coloring book as we explore all the ways animals use color and pattern to navigate their environments.

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.