Stories, rhymes, music, and movement to encourage everyone in the family to share their love of reading. Best for children ages 6 and under with a participating caregiver. Register: FAMILY STORYTIME Mondays - September 23, 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28, November 4 at 10 AM

Learn more: PLAY-DOH CLUB

Come join us for painting at the museum! A different form of painting every session! https://www.facebook.com/events/1320001875372702/?event_time_id=1320001892039367 Learn more: DISCOVER PAINTING Weekly on Mondays 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Join us with your preschooler for stories, rhymes, music, movement, and early literacy fun! Best for ages 2-5 with a participating caregiver. Register: PRESCHOOL STORYTIME Tuesdays - September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 & November 5 10:00am - 10:30am

Website: ALMA PUBLIC LIBRARY Learn more: STORYTIME Weekly Tuesdays @ 10am

No school!?! Visit the Bay County Historical Society's museum, complete a SELFIE SCAVENGER HUNT and receive a coupon for FREE small Slurpee drink at the local 7 Eleven store. Kids must be accompanied by an adult. Program sponsor: Bay City 7 Eleven Stores. COST:  $2/person or $5/Family FREE - Bay County Residents & BCHS Members […]

Music Time at the Museum with Tricia. Admission $10 Learn more: TUNES AND TALES Tuesdays weekly 10:15 am-10:45 am

Library programming for preschool age children and their caregivers starts again next week! Story Hour begins Monday, January 22nd at 10:30 AM Play to Learn begins Tuesday, January 23rd at 10:30 AM Jumping Jammers begins Friday, January26th at 10:30 AM For more information visit our website at www.rauchholzlibrary.org or call the library at 989-642-8621. Learn […]

Children ages 3-12 are invited to join us at Sage Branch Library for Story and Activity on Tuesday, November 5 at 1:30 pm. Lets learn or put your skills of weaving to creating a bookmark! We look forward to seeing you! Registration is required. Call us at 989-892-8555 opt 4 if assistance is needed for […]

Items will be fired in the store's kiln and returned to the library for pick-up at a later date. Register: TEEN PAINTERLY POTTERY Tuesday, November 5, 2024 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Love to read graphic novels? What about enjoying snacks, games, and new friends? Register then pick up a free copy of GHOSTS by Raina Telgemeier from the Children's Desk. Read the book at home then join us at the library for book-themed snacks and activities. Register: KIDS COMIC CLUB Tuesday, November 5, 2024 4:30pm - […]

Inspired by Good Mythical Morning’s Catch the Fish with Grandad, join us for a fun evening where you’ll decorate your own fish and learn how to play this fun family game. Register: CATCH THE FISH GAME AND CRAFT Tuesday, November 5, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Kids, Babies/Pre-K Babies to preschoolers will enjoy stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This storytime is for children ages 0 to 5. If you would like to have a CRDL Storytime experience in the comfort of your own home, a playlist of our Virtual Storytimes is available to view here. Learn more: […]

Join us with your preschooler for stories, rhymes, music, movement, and early literacy fun! Best for ages 2-5 with a participating caregiver. Register: PRESCHOOL STORYTIME Wednesdays, September 25 - November 6 10:15am - 10:45am - Thursdays, September 26 - November 7 11:15am - 11:45am  

Join us with your preschooler for stories, rhymes, music, movement, and early literacy fun! Best for ages 2-5 with a participating caregiver. Register: PRESCHOOL STORYTIME Wednesdays  - September 25 to November 6 10:30am - 11:00am

Stories, rhymes, music, and movement to encourage everyone in the family to share their love of reading. Best for children ages 6 and under with a participating caregiver. Wednesdays - September 25 to November 6 10:30am - 11:00am - Register: FAMILY STORYTIME  

Join the Pinconning Branch as we learn about bridges and ways to construct them through STEM building activities with Delta College-PBS Kids/Michigan Learning Channel. Register: STEM HOUR Wednesday, November 6, 2024 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Learn more: FAMILY NIGHTS 

Come discover the magic of nature through stories, hands-on activities and art with unique themes to match the season. Children and their caregiver(s) are invited to play and connect during this guided program. Weather-permitting, the program will be outdoors. FREE | Ages: 3-5 w/adult Learn more: NATURE STORY HOUR 9/19/2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM 10/3/2024 […]

Nurture a love of books in your baby! Enjoy songs, rhymes, and stories, followed by a chance for play! Best for children under the age of 2 with a participating caregiver. Register: BABY STORYTIME Thursdays, September 26 to November 7 10:15am - 10:45am

Stories, songs, and rhymes, followed by a chance for play! Ages birth-23 months + participating caregiver. Register: BABY STORYTIME Thursdays, September 26 to November 7 10:30am - 11:15am

Babies to preschoolers will enjoy stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This storytime is for children ages 0 to 5. Join us this summer for storytime at Island Park during the Mt. Pleasant Farmer's Market! Look for us near the west shelter. Please bring blankets or chairs to sit on. If […]

Join Yoga Instructor Kris Batzner for a special storytime event where we will get in touch with our bodies and learn basic yoga in a fun and approachable way! Babies to preschoolers will enjoy stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This storytime is for children ages 0 to 5. If you […]

Thursdays from 11am to 12pm Learn more: KID EXPLORERS

Join us with your preschooler for stories, rhymes, music, movement, and early literacy fun! Best for ages 2-5 with a participating caregiver. Register: PRESCHOOL STORYTIME Wednesdays, September 25 - November 6 10:15am - 10:45am - Thursdays, September 26 - November 7 11:15am - 11:45am  

All across the Great Lakes basin, there is a renewed interest in the health of the Lakes, and an increased awareness of the importance of this fresh water resource to the social and economic vitality of North America. Dubbed 'inland seas' by early European explorers, the Great Lakes have some of the most spectacular wilderness […]

Have you ever wanted to learn how to cross-stitch? Now is your chance! Meet with Marlene the Teen Department Head to learn how to cross-stitch and take a craft home with you. Register: INTRODUCTION TO CROSS-STITCH Thursday, November 7, 2024 3:30pm - 4:30pm

1st and 3rd Thursdays from 4:00pm-5:00pm Learn more: BOOKS AND BEYOND

This program will offer a selection of winter themed items ready for a splash of color! Participants will learn optional techniques for painting these textured designs, see a variety of finished examples, then get creative on their own pottery! Painterly Pottery will provide all the supplies for this ceramics workshop. Items will be fired in […]

Learn more: BOOKWORM BUDDIES

Join us at Sage Library for Tween Hang Out: Taste Test Challenge on Thursday, November 7 at 5:30 pm. For children ages 8-12. Prepare to push your taste buds! In a blind tasting event you will decide which snacks have the best flavor. Registration is required. If you need assistance with registration please call 989-892-8555 […]

Schomaker Farms and Saginaw 4-H Michigan State University are teaming up to offer a 12-month farm education learning series in 2024. Each month will offer a different learning topic and hands-on activity. Youth will be fully immersed in the farming experience! Schedule Date: October 10 Time: 5:45-6:45pm Pumpkins – Take a hayride to the pumpkin […]

Register to make a fall craft at the Pinconning Branch-choose between a ceramic turkey to paint or a light-up fall lantern! Register; PICK & CHOOSE FALL CRAFT Thursday, November 7, 2024 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Learn more: MSU EXTENSION

Visit Discovery Guide Alexis on the museum floor to check out cool sensory activities. 10:30AM to 11:30AM Learn more: SENSORY SPOT

Join us Sage Library for Little Wigglers on Friday, November 8 or 15 @10:30 am! For children that are walking ages 5 and under + Adult Move and dance our wiggles out at a fun musical program. Call 989-892-8555 opt 4 for registration assistance. We look forward to seeing you! Register: LITTLE WIGGLERS Friday, November […]

Bring your babies for a fun morning of fall crafts, a sensory area, and snacks. Coffee and snacks provided for grown-ups as well. Register: FALL BABIES & TODDLERS Friday, November 8, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am

Learn more by emailing [email protected] 2nd Fridays September - June at 1 PM

Travel to ancient Egypt to see how science was used to tell time, make a workable calendar and align huge buildings. You’ll learn about the connection the ancient Egyptians felt with the stars and various astronomical phenomena, and experience some of the most spectacular temples and tombs of the ancient world recreated in all their […]

This a unique opportunity for area homeschool families with children of all ages to come together, do some activities or crafts and socialize. Homeschool Hangout is held in the Gladwin Children's Library and the upstairs large meeting room. Learn more: HOMESCHOOL HANGOUT June 7 from 2:30-4:00pm June 21 from 2:30-4:00pm July 5th from 2:30-4:00pm  

Join us for a night of fun! We will be making Chocolate Dipped Oreos, Graveyard Dirt Cups, and Frog Breath Punch! Then afterwards we move to the pool for the movie! 4:30 PM–6:00 PM Chocolate Dipped Oreos, Graveyard Dirt Cups, and Frog Breath Punch Children 7 years old and under need an adult for this […]

Learn more: CRIBBAGE

The vastness of our planet’s oceans guards unimaginable secrets. One of its most precious is Kaluoka’hina, The Enchanted Reef whose magic protects it against humans finding it. Kaluoka’hina’s colorful inhabitants live in peace until the volcano erupts, and the spell is broken. Now it’s up to Jake, the young saw fish, and his paranoid pal, […]

Families with young children. Celebrate Dino-vember with dinosaur games, crafts and temporary tattoos! No registration is required. Learn more: DINOSAUR PARTY Saturday, November 9, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Every star has a story. Some are as old as time, faint and almost forgotten. Others burn bright and end their lives in powerful explosions. New stars are created every day, born of vast clouds of gas and dust. Through every phase of their existence, stars release the energy that powers the Universe. Journey to […]