Name: Hearts and Crafts
Start: 2025-02-14T10:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-14T11:30:00-05:00
Location: Discoveries: the Library at the Mall

Hearts and Crafts

Friday, February 14, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Discoveries: the Library at the Mall

Program Type:

Arts & DIY, Holiday

Audience:

Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Event Details:

Preschoolers can make gifts for their loved ones at this Valentine's Day themed art party!

Library Branch: Discoveries: the Library at the Mall

Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Program Type: Arts & DIY, Holiday

Event Details:

Preschoolers can make gifts for their loved ones at this Valentine's Day themed art party!

Picture of child hands melting a frozen hand that has beads shaped like hearts.

Love & Kindness Sensory Play

Friday, February 14, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Deale - Community Meeting Room at Deale Library

Program Type:

Arts & DIY, Kindergarten Readiness, Special Events

Audience:

Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Event Details:

This program is perfect for hands-on exploring and sensory play.

Library Branch: Deale Library

Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Deale - Community Meeting Room

Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Program Type: Arts & DIY, Kindergarten Readiness, Special Events

Event Details:

This program is perfect for hands-on exploring and sensory play.

Senior Hangout

Friday, February 14, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Riviera Beach - Programming Room at Riviera Beach Library

Program Type:

Arts & DIY, Games

Audience:

Adults

Event Details:

Come enjoy puzzles, games and crafts while getting to know other seniors in the community.

Library Branch: Riviera Beach Library

Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Riviera Beach - Programming Room

Audience: Adults

Program Type: Arts & DIY, Games

Event Details:

Come enjoy puzzles, games and crafts while getting to know other seniors in the community.

Storytime graphic with various illustrated animals reading books

Young Child at Play

Friday, February 14, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Broadneck - Community Meeting Room at Broadneck Library

Program Type:

Kindergarten Readiness

Audience:

Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Event Details:

Young children from birth to 5 years old (with caring adult) may enjoy books, music and a variety of developmentally appropriate toys during this hour of unstructured social time. ...

Library Branch: Broadneck Library

Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Broadneck - Community Meeting Room

Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness

Event Details:

Young children from birth to 5 years old (with caring adult) may enjoy books, music and a variety of developmentally appropriate toys during this hour of unstructured social time.

Babies in Bloom

Friday, February 14, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Mountain Road Library

Program Type:

Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Audience:

Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Babies in Bloom:

Babies from birth to 18 months (with caring adult) enjoy songs, action rhymes and playtime while building early literacy skills. A great way to get to know other families in your c...

Library Branch: Mountain Road Library

Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Babies in Bloom

Babies from birth to 18 months (with caring adult) enjoy songs, action rhymes and playtime while building early literacy skills. A great way to get to know other families in your community!

Various instruments laid out on floor including symbols, drum, keyboard, microphone, and guitar

Music and Movement

Friday, February 14, 2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Brooklyn Park - Public Floor at Brooklyn Park Library

Program Type:

Kindergarten Readiness

Audience:

Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Music & Movement:

Sing, chant, play instruments and dance while exploring sounds, rhythms and patterns that make up our language.

Library Branch: Brooklyn Park Library

Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Brooklyn Park - Public Floor

Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness

Music & Movement

Sing, chant, play instruments and dance while exploring sounds, rhythms and patterns that make up our language.

The ABC's of Hip Hop

Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 2:00am - 3:00pm

Mountain Road Library

Program Type:

African American Interest, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Performing Arts & Music, Special Events, STEM/STEAM

Audience:

Kids (Ages 6 – 10)

Event Details:

Baba Bomani’s program uses rhythm and rhyme to explain basic reading and math concepts such as how to recognize syllables and showing how a rapper’s flow is simply a number bond ma...

Library Branch: Mountain Road Library

Audience: Kids (Ages 6 – 10)

Program Type: African American Interest, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Performing Arts & Music, Special Events, STEM/STEAM

Event Details:

Baba Bomani’s program uses rhythm and rhyme to explain basic reading and math concepts such as how to recognize syllables and showing how a rapper’s flow is simply a number bond math equation!

Bilingual Storytime

Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Glen Burnie Library

Program Type:

Bilingual, Hispanic/Latino Interest, Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Audience:

Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Hispanohablantes (Presented in Spanish)

Bilingual Storytime:

Young children will enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and activities while building ready to read skills in English and in Spanish / Los niños pequeños disfrutarán de historias, cancion...

Library Branch: Glen Burnie Library

Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Hispanohablantes (Presented in Spanish)

Program Type: Bilingual, Hispanic/Latino Interest, Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Bilingual Storytime

Young children will enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and activities while building ready to read skills in English and in Spanish / Los niños pequeños disfrutarán de historias, canciones, rimas y actividades mientras desarrollan habilidades de lectura en inglés y en español.

Bilingual Storytime | Cuentos Bilingües

Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Eastport-Annapolis Neck - Community Meeting Room at Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library

Program Type:

Bilingual, Hispanic/Latino Interest, Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Audience:

Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Event Details:

Young children will enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and activities while building ready to read skills in English and in Spanish. Los niños pequeños disfrutarán de historias...

Library Branch: Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library

Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Eastport-Annapolis Neck - Community Meeting Room

Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Program Type: Bilingual, Hispanic/Latino Interest, Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Event Details:

Young children will enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and activities while building ready to read skills in English and in Spanish.

Family Storytime

Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Discoveries - Programming Room at Discoveries: the Library at the Mall

Program Type:

Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Audience:

Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Event Details:

Families with young children enjoy a variety of stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills. Las familias con niños pequeños disfrutan de...

Library Branch: Discoveries: the Library at the Mall

Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Discoveries - Programming Room

Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Event Details:

Families with young children enjoy a variety of stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills.

Five children dancing and singing with musical notes

Music and Movement

Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Deale - Community Meeting Room at Deale Library

Program Type:

Kindergarten Readiness, Special Events

Audience:

Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Event Details:

Sing, chant, play instruments and dance while exploring sounds, rhythms and patterns that make up our language.

Library Branch: Deale Library

Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Deale - Community Meeting Room

Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Special Events

Event Details:

Sing, chant, play instruments and dance while exploring sounds, rhythms and patterns that make up our language.

Preschool Storytime

Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Riviera Beach - Community Meeting Room AB at Riviera Beach Library

Program Type:

Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Audience:

Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Preschool Storytime:

Children ages three to five (with caring adult) build the early literacy skills needed for school readiness through engaging books, songs and activities.

Library Branch: Riviera Beach Library

Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Riviera Beach - Community Meeting Room AB

Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Preschool Storytime

Children ages three to five (with caring adult) build the early literacy skills needed for school readiness through engaging books, songs and activities.

Sensory Playtime

Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Severn - Community Meeting Room AB at Severn Library

Program Type:

Accessibility, Kindergarten Readiness, Neurodivergent / Neurodiverse, Special Events, STEM/STEAM

Audience:

Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Event Details:

Sensory play is any activity that stimulates a child's senses: touch, smell, taste, sight and hearing. Through sensory play, children use scientific processes to investigate new se...

Library Branch: Severn Library

Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Severn - Community Meeting Room AB

Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Program Type: Accessibility, Kindergarten Readiness, Neurodivergent / Neurodiverse, Special Events, STEM/STEAM

Event Details:

Sensory play is any activity that stimulates a child's senses: touch, smell, taste, sight and hearing. Through sensory play, children use scientific processes to investigate new sensations. We will have different stations to explore!

Write Your Own Adventure: Creative Writing Workshop

Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm

Edgewater - Community Meeting Room at Edgewater Library

Program Type:

Arts & DIY, Books and Writing

Audience:

Kids (Ages 6 – 10)

Event Details:

Do you love Choose Your Own Adventure books? Have you ever wanted to write your own? In this creative writing workshop, kids will read a Choose Your Own Adventure novel as a group ...

Required

Library Branch: Edgewater Library

Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Edgewater - Community Meeting Room

Audience: Kids (Ages 6 – 10)

Program Type: Arts & DIY, Books and Writing

Required

Event Details:

Do you love Choose Your Own Adventure books? Have you ever wanted to write your own? In this creative writing workshop, kids will read a Choose Your Own Adventure novel as a group and then write and illustrate their own adventures!

Family Storytime

Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Discoveries - Programming Room at Discoveries: the Library at the Mall

Program Type:

Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Audience:

Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Event Details:

Families with young children enjoy a variety of stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills. Las familias con niños pequeños disfrutan de...

Library Branch: Discoveries: the Library at the Mall

Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Discoveries - Programming Room

Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Event Details:

Families with young children enjoy a variety of stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills.

Pile of red, blue, yellow, green and orange Legos

Lego Create Challenge

Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 11:30am - 12:30pm

Riviera Beach - Community Meeting Room AB at Riviera Beach Library

Program Type:

STEM/STEAM

Audience:

Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+)

Event Details:

Test out your creative problem solving skills by solving our monthly challenges. Have the chance to have your finished work displayed at the Riviera Beach branch! STEM/STEAM &nb...

Library Branch: Riviera Beach Library

Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Riviera Beach - Community Meeting Room AB

Audience: Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+)

Program Type: STEM/STEAM

Event Details:

Test out your creative problem solving skills by solving our monthly challenges. Have the chance to have your finished work displayed at the Riviera Beach branch! STEM/STEAM

Male child in yellow shirt works on laptop next female child in blue checkered shirt.

Coding Club

Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Discoveries - Programming Room at Discoveries: the Library at the Mall

Program Type:

STEM/STEAM

Audience:

Kids (Ages 6 – 10)

Event Details:

Step into the future with Discoveries! Unleash your creativity by practicing code with Scratch, make friends with amazing robots, and discover new ways to read, write, and think...

Library Branch: Discoveries: the Library at the Mall

Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Discoveries - Programming Room

Audience: Kids (Ages 6 – 10)

Program Type: STEM/STEAM

Event Details:

Step into the future with Discoveries!

Unleash your creativity by practicing code with Scratch, make friends with amazing robots, and discover new ways to read, write, and think in this exciting, hands-on program.

Deaf Social and Game Day

Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Severn - Community Meeting Room AB at Severn Library

Program Type:

Games

Audience:

Adults

Event Details:

Join us at the Severn Library for a silent afternoon of games, ASL practice, and socializing! Deaf, Hard-of-hearing, ASL Communities, CODA, Interpreters and Friends welcome.&nbs...

Library Branch: Severn Library

Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Severn - Community Meeting Room AB

Audience: Adults

Program Type: Games

Event Details:

Join us at the Severn Library for a silent afternoon of games, ASL practice, and socializing!

Deaf, Hard-of-hearing, ASL Communities, CODA, Interpreters and Friends welcome.

Voice-off event.

The word "Bingo" by some icons of books.

Book Bingo

Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Glen Burnie Library

Program Type:

Games, Special Events

Audience:

Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults

Event Details:

Play bingo for fun and win books withdrawn from our collection!

Library Branch: Glen Burnie Library

Audience: Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults

Program Type: Games, Special Events

Event Details:

Play bingo for fun and win books withdrawn from our collection!

Sit and Stitch

Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Brooklyn Park - Other In-library location at Brooklyn Park Library

Program Type:

Arts & DIY

Audience:

Adults

Event Details:

Sew, knit, needlepoint, crochet - we do it all! Meet old friends and new as we teach and learn from each other. Beginners welcome.

Library Branch: Brooklyn Park Library

Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Brooklyn Park - Other In-library location

Audience: Adults

Program Type: Arts & DIY

Event Details:

Sew, knit, needlepoint, crochet - we do it all! Meet old friends and new as we teach and learn from each other. Beginners welcome.

Community Quilt Exhibit Reception

Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Odenton - Community Meeting Room AB at Odenton Library

Program Type:

Arts & DIY, Older Americans, Special Events

Audience:

Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults, All

Event Details:

Come enjoy the cozy season and take in all of the beautiful quilted creations shared by our community while you enjoy a warm cup of hot cocoa. The beautiful creations quilted by...

Library Branch: Odenton Library

Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Odenton - Community Meeting Room AB

Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults, All

Program Type: Arts & DIY, Older Americans, Special Events

Event Details:

Come enjoy the cozy season and take in all of the beautiful quilted creations shared by our community while you enjoy a warm cup of hot cocoa.

Freedom Songs

Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Linthicum - Community Meeting Room at Linthicum Library

Program Type:

African American Interest, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Kindergarten Readiness, Performing Arts & Music, Special Events

Audience:

All

Event Details:

From the work songs of the fields of people who were enduring the bonds of slavery, to Ragtime, Jazz, R&B, and the inspired spirituals of the Civil Rights movement, this play f...

Library Branch: Linthicum Library

Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Linthicum - Community Meeting Room

Audience: All

Program Type: African American Interest, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Kindergarten Readiness, Performing Arts & Music, Special Events

Event Details:

From the work songs of the fields of people who were enduring the bonds of slavery, to Ragtime, Jazz, R&B, and the inspired spirituals of the Civil Rights movement, this play follows the compelling story of the role that music played in the hi

Babies in Bloom

Monday, February 17, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Riviera Beach - Community Meeting Room AB at Riviera Beach Library

Program Type:

Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Audience:

Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Babies in Bloom:

Babies from birth to 18 months (with caring adult) enjoy songs, action rhymes and playtime while building early literacy skills. A great way to get to know other families in your c...

Library Branch: Riviera Beach Library

Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Riviera Beach - Community Meeting Room AB

Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Babies in Bloom

Babies from birth to 18 months (with caring adult) enjoy songs, action rhymes and playtime while building early literacy skills. A great way to get to know other families in your community!

Babies in Bloom

Monday, February 17, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Broadneck - Community Meeting Room at Broadneck Library

Program Type:

Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Audience:

Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Babies in Bloom:

Babies from birth to 18 months (with caring adult) enjoy songs, action rhymes and playtime while building early literacy skills. A great way to get to know other families in your c...

Library Branch: Broadneck Library

Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Broadneck - Community Meeting Room

Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)

Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Babies in Bloom

Babies from birth to 18 months (with caring adult) enjoy songs, action rhymes and playtime while building early literacy skills. A great way to get to know other families in your community!

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