Children

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

Saturday, May 10, from 11AM-12PM in the Meeting Room downstairs

What amazing LEGO creation can you build either by yourself or with a group of friends? We will display all of the themed creations in the children’s area for three weeks so that you can have bragging rights. Students must be in grades K-5 to participate. Registration is NOT required.

Tuesdays from 4-5 PM in the downstairs Meeting Room        

  • May 13 (1 opening)

Therapy dogs from Miami Valley Pet Therapy Association provide children with a calm, non-judgmental audience to practice their reading. These sweet dogs can also help calm children’s anxiety. Children in grades 1-5 can practice reading aloud to our awesome dogs, Branch and Rylee, in a stress-free environment. Each reading slot is ten minutes long; each dog will see five readers. Children may either come with a book of their own or select one of our books from a basket. Registration is required. Call the library at 937-667-3826 to register your child. 



Join our Kindness Blooms @ Your Library intergenerational project to add color to homebound patrons’ lives and show them you care. Individuals or families may sign up to decorate a flower pot, which will later be filled with dirt and zinnia seeds and delivered to a homebound library patron. We have 50 flower pots to be decorated with acrylic paints and personalized for homebound patrons according to a questionnaire they complete. 

This activity is recommended for ages 10 and up if unsupervised or ages 5 and up if supervised by a family member or caregiver. The downstairs Meeting Room will be available for painting during the following times, and pots must be completed by 3 PM on Saturday, June 7:  

Tuesday, June 3, from 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Wednesday, June 4, from 10:00 AM -12:00 PM and 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Thursday, June 5, from 10:00 -12:00 PM

Friday, June 6, from 10:00 AM -12:00 PM

Saturday, June 7, from 1:00-3:00 PM 

 

Individuals or families may register HERE to paint a pot.
Can your family work together as a team to put together a colorful 400-piece puzzle in 60 minutes or less?  Bring your team of up to five family members and see which team completes their puzzle in the shortest amount of time. Participants get to take their puzzles home. Those teams finishing first, second, and third will also win a prize from Topsy Turvy Toys. 
 
Registration is required and opens at 10 AM on Monday, May 12. Maximum of ten teams; five people per team. 

Contests & Creative Corners: 

April 28-May 10: Creative Corner: Make a Mother’s Day Card: Make a unique fingerprint card for your mom or a special woman in your life to tell her how much she means to you.  

May 12-31: Animal Face-Off: May 12-31: Eight animals will be pitted against each other in this bracket challenge. Week 1: Cast your vote for the fiercest 4 animals. Week 2: Cast your vote for the fiercest 2 animals. Week 3: Cast your vote to determine the fiercest animal. 

May 19-31: Creative Corner: Loose Parts: See what animal, creature, or person you can create with your imagination and loose parts. 

 

AT-HOME ACTIVITIES

Click HERE to access the Day by Day Ohio Calendar.

With a perpetual calendar featuring songs, activities, book suggestions, and videos, Day By Day Ohio supports early literacy skills and helps young children get ready for school.

Day By Day Ohio is a customization of a project of the South Carolina State Library, developed in partnership with many agencies and organizations, and primarily funded by a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Elementary-aged children can explore animals, space, science, geography, and more plus play games and puzzles HERE.

PreK-5 Teacher Resources

If you would like a staff member to collect books, audiobooks, or movies for you on a particular theme, subject, or author, you will need to fill out a teacher collection request form two weeks in advance of when you want to pick-up the books.

Teacher Collection Request Form