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Sun:
  1 PM - 5 PM
Mon:
  10 AM - 8 PM
Tue:
  10 AM - 8 PM
Wed:
  10 AM - 8 PM
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Children's Programs

Story Time and Playgroup
Family Science
Summer Programs
Gardening Club
Art Club
Tales and Tails
Children's Programs


The Wadsworth Public Library Children's Department hosts many programs. Look at the list below to see what we've currently got going on. Use the menu to the right to skip to different categories of events.

For any events which require registration, click on the Registration Required Link in red to be taken to the registration page. 






 

Story Time and Playgroup

Story Time

Mother Goose
Wednesdays
June 13 - July 25 (Closed on 4th of July)
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Ages 6 months - 2 years

Registration Required

Thursdays
June 14 - July 19th
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Drop-in Story Time
All Ages
Will be held in Meeting Room A on the 1st floor
No Registration Required

Playgroup
Get together with other parents/caregivers and children while playing with developmentally appropriate toys provided by the library
Wednesdays, June 13 - July 25
11 a.m. - noon
ages 6 months - 2 years with caregiver
No Registration Required


Family Science

Science of Gravity
We will create our own marble raceway out of tubes and chutes!
Monday, May 21
6:30 - 7:00 p.m.
All ages
Registration Required

Summer Programs

Candy Sushi  
Make edible sushi from popular yummy candy!
Tuesday, June 12
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Grades K - 6
Registration Required 

Marian and Friends
Rib-tickling show featuring ventriloquist Marian, her daughter Jenny, and their memorable cast of puppet characters
Wednesday, June 13
1:00 - 2:00 pm
All Ages
No Registration Required

Sky Dome Planetarium
Explore the solar system and beyond when you enter this unique travelling planetarium
Monday, June 18
Attend one of five 50-minute shows: 
All Ages
Registration required.

Click on the time you wish to attend.

11 am
1 pm
2 pm
3 pm
4 pm

This program will take place in Sacred Heart School's gym; funded by WHYS United

World of Difference
Stories from the Dreamtime; Australian tales told through interactive storytelling, puppetry, props, and costumes
Tuesday, June 19
1:00 -2:00 pm
All Ages
No Registration Required

Tie Dying
Bring your own light colored t-shirt, hat, or socks to tie dye
Wednesday, June 20
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Grades K - 6
No Registration Required

Crazy Hat Inventions
Be unique, be creative, be crazy!  We'll make crazy hats!
Tuesday, June 26
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Ages 2 - Grade 6
No Registration Required

Lego Competition
Submit your lego creations in our 2nd annual lego competion
Bring your creations to the library on Tuesday, June 26 between 1 - 7:30 p.m.
Display of entries will be in the meeting room on Wednesday, June 27, 10 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Click here for a complete list of rules and prizes
All Ages

The Bubble Lady
See multiplying bubbles, acrobatic bubbles, square bubbles, and giant bubbles!
Tuesday, July 3
1:00 -2:00 pm
All Ages
No Registration Required

Bubble Day
It's bubblemania; learn about and make bubbles
Tuesday, July 10
1:00 -2:00 pm
Ages 2 - Grade 6
No Registration Required

Mad Science
Have a blast learning about science in weird and wacky ways
Wednesday, July 11
1:00 -2:00 pm
All Ages
No Registration Required

Outback Ray
Outback Ray brings his amazing animals to the library
Tuesday, July 17
1:00 - 2:00 pm
All Ages
No Registration Required

Jedi Training Camp
Get trained in the Jedi ways.  See if you have the skills to complete your training; make your own light saber.
Wednesday, July 18
1:00 -2:00 pm
Ages 2 - Grade 6
No Registration Required

Joyce Davis
"Nighttime Secrets and Surprises in Starlight Forest" Puppet Show
Wednesday, July 25
1:00 - 2:00 pm
All Ages
No Registration Required

Jeff Wright
Magician and Balloon Sculptor
Tuesday, July 31
1:00 -2:00 pm
All Ages
No Registration Required

The Wilderness Center
Space Day
Wednesday, August 8
1:00 -2:00 pm
Grades K - 6
Registration Required

Preschool Sock Hop
Music, movement, rhymes, and stories
Wednesday, August 15
10:30 - 11:30 am
Ages 2 -4
No Registration Required
   

 

 


 


 


Gardening Club

Come join the gardening club for a summer of fun! Let's get outside and put our hands in the dirt!

Register for June

Pizza in a Bottle & Nature Notebooks
We will make mini herb gardens by planting herbs fit for a pizza. We will also make journals for documenting our observations of how the plants change around us.
(bring your own clean plastic 2-liter bottle)

June 14, 2012
4-5pm
Grades K-6


Garden Stones & Ping Pong Plantables
Let's decorate your flower beds with hand-painted rocks and other decorative items - signed by: YOU!
(try to find a small rock or two from home to bring - a size you would like to paint)

June 28, 2012
4-5pm
Grades K-6


Register for July

Preserving Backyard Flowers
Save some mementos of summer by pressing plant leaves and flower petals into your own fun creations.

July 12, 2012
4-5pm
Grades K-6


Shoebox Garden & Tool Tote
Let's make a salad in a shoebox - come and see how healthy you can be! We will also make a decorative tote for your garden tools.
(bring our own shoebox and one gallon milk jug)

July 26, 2012
4-5pm
Grades K-6



Register for August

Gifts from Nature
Make a picture frame from twigs and other things we find outside. We will also paint clay pots and fill them with flowers. These make great gifts!
(feel free to bring some twigs from home)


August 9, 2012
4-5pm
Grades K-6



Backyard Bird Feeder
Don't forget the birds. Now that we have learned about what we eat and how it grows. We will make a feeding station for our feathered friends.

August 23, 2012
4-5pm
Grades K-6


Art Club

Join us for an hour of creative projects.  Art and craft supplies provided.
Wednesday
March 21 - Help make blankets for Project Linus
May 16
4 - 5 p.m.
All ages
No Registration Required


Tales and Tails

Children practice reading to furry friends
Second Saturday of each month
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
No Registration Required