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Kids Zone Ongoing Events and Activities for the Whole Family |
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For ages 0-5. Join us Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:00am at the City Center Park Stage (right next to the All Together Playground) for songs, rhymes, dances, and story fun as children develop a love for reading and storytelling! Wednesdays held indoors in the Storytelling Wing at 10:00am and 11:00am. June 12th, June 26th, and July 10th will have a bilingual storyteller.
For grades K-3. Join us every third Wednesday of the month in the Sorenson Legacy Room for a 1-hour storytime for big kids. While focusing on literacy, we will make discoveries through playful activities and strengthen the mind-body connection. Registration is required. Register here.
For ages 0–12 months (pre-walking babies only). Join us Friday at 10 AM in the Storytelling wing for bounces, songs, and a short playtime where babies and caregivers may interact. Older babies or those with older siblings are invited to attend All Together Storytime on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
Arty loves to paint in all the colors of the rainbow, but he has lost all his paint brushes! Will you help him find them?
Grab a pack of paint brush cards and explore the Children’s main floor. Find the color Arty is using and put the matching paint brush in his apron pocket.
Help bring color to our library!
Pick your favorite color and learn to fold an origami blossom. When your blossom is finished, add it to our library tree.
Join us for the monthly Check It Out! Children’s Book Club where fellow 4th–6th graders and their caregivers will engage in discussions and participate in activities. Registration is required and is limited to 15 students and their caregivers. Register online or at any Children’s Desk. Then pick up a copy of the book at the main floor Children’s Desk.
Big Kid Adventures is a 1-hour storytime for big kids and their caregivers, held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. While focusing on literacy, we will make discoveries through playful activities that will either strengthen the mind-body connection. For grades K–3. Registration is required.
We don’t just do summer reading programs here. Our Shared Reading program is designed to help your child keep up the good reading all year-round.
The simple program encourages you and your child to become reading partners, as together you set reading goals and talk about what you read. You can create your own reward system for meeting your goals, but the library, through generous donations from local businesses, also provides several prizes for your child to choose from once a month. Sign up online at orem.beanstack.org or in the Beanstack app.
The concept is simple and the rewards are priceless. Read any book to your child–infant, toddler, or preschooler–until you have read 1,000 books together. After registering, come to the Children’s main floor reference desk to receive your first 100 books record log. Record each book you and your child read together by simply marking the icon on the record sheet. You may read the same book multiple times. You can also count books heard atstorytime, daycare and preschool.
After each set of 100 books is read and recorded, take your log to Children’s desk to receive the log for your next 100 books. Small rewards are earned with completion of 100 books and 500 books. After reading the 1000th book, your child will receive a certificate of completion and a free book.
Sign up online at orem.beanstack.org or in the Beanstack app.
If you prefer using paper charts, print your reading logs HERE.
Free play & building challenges. LEGO & DUPLO blocks. Caregiver must accompany ages 7 and under. No registration. Every Thursday of the month at 4:30.
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