Preschoolers

Join us every Saturday in our children's area for a family-friendly Story Time with Sawyer, a certified therapy dog, and his human, Betsy!

Explore, discover, and play!
Join us at Maud Marks Library every Tuesday from 11:15 - 11:45 a.m. for Preschool Explorer Time, a fun, hands-on sensory play program designed especially for children ages 3–5.

Read, sing, and learn together!
Join us every Tuesday at 10:15 a.m. for this engaging storytime designed for children ages 3–5. Through stories, rhymes, songs, and playful activities, children will build important early literacy skills such as oral language, phonological awareness, and print recognition.

After storytime, children can enjoy a simple craft or coloring activity to wrap up the fun. It’s a wonderful way to support early learning while making Storytime magical at the library!

Explore, discover, and play!
Join us at Maud Marks Library every Tuesday from 11:15 - 11:45 a.m. for Preschool Explorer Time, a fun, hands-on sensory play program designed especially for children ages 3–5.

Special presentation by "Classical Sing Move and Play"
Author visit with Alisa Magallón, who will read “If You Sing a Song to a Dragon”. Dragons tend to get cranky if they don’t get enough sleep, just like children. However, there is a secret way to tame a tired dragon and improve its mood. This is an interactive reading, singing, and movement class.  For ages 2-5, 10:15-10:45 am.

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Join us for a special Spring Stuffy Sleepover at the Barbara Bush Branch Library where one of your stuffies will spend the night at the library!

Say goodnight to them during this Drop-Off Storytime and pick them up the next day. The Children's Librarians will tuck them for their night away and keep them safe. How much mischief could they possibly get into at the quiet library?

After a long night at the library making new friends, you can pick up your stuffy anytime on Friday, March 20th.

Promotes early literacy skills. The program features reading, singing, talking, writing and playing. We will help give you the resources you need to expand your child’s skills, preparing them to read. Recommended for children ages 2-5 years, it features age appropriate stories, songs, and fingerplays. Story time is an excellent way to bond with your child, boost their vocabulary, and hopefully raise a lifelong reader. Studies have shown that regularly reading to your child can increase their attention span, boost their emotional intelligence, and flex their imagination.

Do you love silly stories and meeting new friends? Explore the alphabet and early literacy with us through tales, fingerplays, songs, action rhymes and crafts/activities!

Choo Choo Club is a weekly Early Literacy Program that travels through the alphabet one letter at a time. You and your child will play, learn and have fun discovering the early literacy skills that will help them become ready to read!

This program is limited to 15 children ages 3-5 and their parents. Registration is required for each event and begins one week in advance. Only the child needs to register.

For more information, please call the library at 832-559-4235.