All day
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9:30am
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Growing Voices Music Class
Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024, 9:30am to 10:30am
Growing Voices Music Class is an interactive class for caregivers and their children, birth-5, to play, learn, and bond with music. In our classes we sing, play instruments, dance, and have fun together!
Enjoy music from 9:30-10:30, stay to play and spend time with other families immediately following.
Youth Program Room
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10:00am
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Multi-age Storytime (ages 5 and under)
Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024, 10:00am to 10:30am
READ and PLAY together with children under age 5! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills and helps to build a lifelong love of reading. Library programs are always free. Siblings and childcare groups are welcome
Youth Program Room
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10:30am
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Read & Breathe: A Mindful Storytime for all ages
Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024, 10:30am to 11:15am
A special storytime series woven together with playful mindfulness practices for children and their caregivers to do together. Comfy clothing encouraged!
Books, songs and mindful practices all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills as well as a lifelong love of reading. After about 20-30 minutes of stories, songs, and a few mindfulness games we'll end with a time for child-led play together in our children's area. You are welcome to stay as long as you like!
Library programs are always free. Siblings and friends are welcome.
Community Room
Storytime
Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024, 10:30am to 11:30am
READ and PLAY together with children 5 & under! Stories, songs, and rhymes for about 20 minutes, followed by playtime and an art project.
Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills - and helps to build a lifelong love of reading.
No registration, free of cost, and older siblings are welcome!
Community Room
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11:00am
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Baby Storytime (ages birth to 17 mo)
Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024, 11:00am to 11:30am
READ and PLAY with your favorite baby! Reading, singing, talking, and playing with your baby from the beginning is important because the roots of language are developing in a baby’s brain even before they can talk! Library programs are always free. Siblings and childcare groups are welcome.
Youth Program Room
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3:00pm
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Chess for All Ages
Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024, 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Please join us to play chess at our weekly, drop-in program! All ages and experience levels welcome.
Study Room A
All-Ages Knitting Circle
Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024, 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Drop-in knitting. All experience levels welcome! Children under 9 must be accompanied by an adult for duration of program. Yarn and Needles provided for in-library use.
Please contact Meadowridge Library at 608-288-6160 for more details and information!
*In Meadowridge Library
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4:00pm
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*In Goodman South Madison Library
Art Club for Families - Hot Glue Wooden Sculptures
Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024, 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Calling all kids and families! Join us for a very fun art series where we will explore our creativity.
This week, we will be making hot glue wooden sculptures!
Kids of all ages are welcome to join, and there is no registration necessary.
Meeting Room 115
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4:30pm
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We Make: Shrinky Dinks
Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024, 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Join other young people and their caregivers for a relaxing art workshop. Draw or trace a design on unique plastic that shrinks and looks like glass after baking. Please be aware that after creating your design it will need to bake. Bake and wait time will be dependent on attendance. There will be the option to take your Shrinky Dink unbaked to finish at home.
All materials are provided, no registration, and free of cost.
Youth 8 years and younger must bring an adult, or responsible older sibling, with.
Community Room
Kids' Open Dungeons and Dragons
Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024, 4:30pm to 6:30pm
School-age children (elementary and middle school) are invited to join us for this kid-led Dungeons & Dragons campaign. Be a part of an adventuring party where you'll use your imagination and creativity to explore a fantasy world in an epic quest. Our Dungeon Master Jared will provide support and help guide campaigns along with our adult D&D experts and our Youth Librarian Ruth.
This weekly session is for beginners.
About D&D: Dungeons and Dragons is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game that allows each player to create their own character to play. These characters embark upon imaginary adventures within a fantasy setting. A Dungeon Master (DM) serves as the game's referee and storyteller, while maintaining the setting in which the adventures occur.
Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
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5:00pm
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Youth Graphic Novel Club discussion of Skull Cat. Book 1, Skull Cat and the curious castle
Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024, 5:00pm to 5:45pm
Join us at Pinney Library on the first Wednesday of every month to discuss an older kids/tween graphic novel! No reservation needed. Light snacks provided.
We are going to pilot a new start time to try to accommodate school schedules. Keep an eye on future meetings in case things change!
Skull Cat. Book 1, Skull Cat and the curious castle by Normal Shurtliff
"Even though the castle is an eerie place, full of dark secrets, Scully is excited to start his new job and prove himself to be a great gardener. But wait a minute… what happened to all his co-workers? Were they devoured by bloodthirsty vampires? Spooked by a love-struck ghost? Pranked by a comic-reading goblin? Enchanted by a sleepy sorcerer? Will Scully have to become the hero and uncover the truth behind Le Dark Chateau? He never signed up for this!!" (From publisher)
Studio
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6:00pm
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How the Body Works - Health Education and Health Profession Career Series
Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024, 6:15pm to 7:00pm
Join us for snacks games and an interactive event to learn more about how the body works and careers in the healthcare field.
This four part series will be led by Dr. Jasmine Zapata- UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
Dates for this program are 11/6/2024, 12/18/2024, 2/12/2025, 4/16/2025 6:15pm-7pm.
Registration is requested.
Meeting Room 115
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