April Showers bring Book Sales and Flowers

Weekly storytimes continue!

Minecraft Club
Tuesday, April 3, 3:30-5 p.m.
Grades 3–12
Join us for open game play! Bring your Fountaindale Public Library card and Minecraft account information. Drop in.

Let’s Create
Wednesday, April 4, 4:15-5:15 p.m.
Grades K–5
Get together after school to make a craft and share a special time! Drop in.

Panera Bread Milk & Cookies Storytime – (Off site)
Panera Bread – 855 E. Boughton Road
Thursday, April 5, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Ages 2–6
Event type: Storytimes,Reading/Writing/Publishing,Bookmobile/Outreach
Enjoy free milk and a cookie while we read a story and play with puppets, music and movement. Please call 630.685.4230 with questions or for assistance with registration.

Ora Copiilor – Family Storytime in Romanian
Thursday, April 5, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Va invitam sa participați la programul de povesti și cântece în limba romana. Va așteptam cu drag. Intrarea gratuita.
Please note, this storytime is presented entirely in Romanian. Drop in.

Minecraft Club
Thursday, April 5, 3:30-5 p.m.
Grades 3–12
Join us for open game play! Bring your Fountaindale Public Library card and Minecraft account information. Drop in.

Arts and Fables – April Showers Bring…
Friday, April 6, 9:30-10:15 a.m.
Friday, April 6, 10:30-11:15 a.m.
Ages 2–6 with an adult
Join us for a story, and then make a craft about it! Drop in.

Friends Spring Book Sale
Friday, April 6, 4-5:30 p.m. (Members only)
Saturday, April 7, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (Members only from 9–10 a.m.)
Sunday, April 8, noon-3 p.m.
All ages
Become a Friend to get early access to the sale on Friday evening and Saturday morning. Shop hundreds of gently used books, CDs, movies, audiobooks and more. Don’t miss our bag sale all day on Sunday! Drop in.

Elephant & Piggie Storytime and Craft
Saturday, April 7, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
All ages, preschoolers with an adult
Kick off Book Friends Forever Week with a special storytime and craft, followed by a meet-and-greet with Elephant & Piggie! Drop in.

Imagineers Club – DramaRama
Saturday, April 7, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Grades 2-5
Play games, use new technologies and explore science in this fun and educational program. We’ll focus on a different book series each month.

Tech, Dads and Storytime in Romanian

iMake
Monday, December 18, 4:15-5:15 p.m.
Grades K–5; Kindergartners with an adult
From robots to building sets, Cubelets to weaving, try out a variety of different technologies every month. Drop in.

Digital Date Night in Studio 300 – Daddy-Daughter

Tuesday, December 19, 6:30-8 p.m.

For fathers and daughters ages 8 and up

Enjoy an evening of digital media projects: take pictures and Photoshop yourself silly, record a video message, make a musical ringtone and much more! Register.

Let’s Create

Wednesday, December 20, 4:15-5:15 p.m.
Grades K–5

Get together after school to make a craft and share a special time! Drop in.

Panera Milk & Cookies Community Storytime – (Off site)

Panera Bread – 714 E. Boughton Road

Thursday, December 21, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Ages 2–6

Enjoy free milk and a cookie while we read a story and play with puppets, music and movement. Please call 630.685.4230 with questions or for assistance with registration.

Register.

Ora Copiilor – Family Storytime in Romanian

Thursday, December 21, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Va invitam sa participați la programul de povesti și cântece în limba romana. Va așteptam cu drag. Intrarea gratuita. Please note, this storytime is presented entirely in Romanian. Drop in.

Saturday Special: Sensory Storytime

Saturday, December 23, 10:30-11:15 a.m.

Ages 2–6 with an adult

Enjoy a special storytime and 15-minute multi-sensory playtime perfect for children with sensory integration issues. Drop in.

Saturday Special: Make-It Take-It

Saturday, December 23, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
All ages

Join us in Children’s Services to make a great craft to take home and keep! Drop in.

 

Please note, the library will be closed December 24 and 25.

Babies, Bytes & Boo! Ha! Ha!

The spring session of weekly storytimes has ended. The new summer session will begin June 12. Minecraft Club continues on Tuesday and Thursday.

Tween 3-D Jewelry Design
Monday, May 1, 4:15-5:15 p.m.
Grades 4-6
Learn to design a jewelry project for the 3-D printer. There is currently space on the waiting list for this program.

Bouncy Babies
Tuesday, May 2, 10:30-11:15 a.m.
Ages 0-18
Bring your babies to this bouncy-fun storytime to sing your favorite nursery rhymes, read stories and play with puppets. Drop in.

Bits & Bytes Coding Club
Wednesday, May 3, 3:30-5 p.m.
Grades 4-12
Join our new coding club, and learn programming while working on cool projects! Register.

Let’s Create
Wednesday, May 3, 4:15-5:15 p.m.
Grades K-5
Get together after school to make a craft and share a special time! Drop in.

Panera Milk & Cookies Storytime
Thursday, May 4, 9:30-10:30 p.m.
Ages 2–6
Enjoy free milk and a cookie while we read a story and play with puppets, music and movement. Please call 630.685.4230 with questions or for assistance with registration.

Bouncy Babies
Thursday, May 4, 6:30-7:15 p.m.
Ages 0-18 months
Bring your babies to this bouncy-fun storytime to sing your favorite nursery rhymes, read stories and play with puppets. Drop in.

Arts & Fables
Friday, May 5
9:30-10:15 a.m.
OR
10:30-11:15 a.m.
Ages 2-6 with an adult
Join us for a storytime, and then move with us to the Creativity Park for a fun craft! We will be exploring seeds and flowers. Drop in until the room is filled.

Boo! Ha! Ha!
Saturday, May 6, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Grades 2-5
Spooky, fun and educational! This is a fun program based on exciting book series where you will play games, use new technologies and/or explore science.<

Sign up for Sound Tech!

Sound Tech
Tuesday, November 29, 4:15 p.m.
Fountaindale cardholders in grades 4-6
Register now to experiment with music-making technology in Studio 300!

Ready, Set, Tech! Continues

Ready, Set, Tech!  Photography Bootcamp
Monday, July 11
Registration will begin June 20th at 9:00 a.m.
Learn to capture the perfect shot in this hands-on bootcamp.

Ready, Set, Tech! Video Production Bootcamp
Monday, July 18
Registration will begin June 27th at 9:00 a.m.
Discover video production at Studio 300!

Ready, Set, Tech! Zombie Apocalypse Survival Tech
Monday, July 25
Registration will begin July 5th at 9:00 a.m.
Get ready for the Maker’s Guide to Zombie Apocalypse bootcamp! Use Simple Circuits, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi to create gadgets that can help you survive a zombie apocalypse.

Each program is from 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon.
Participants must have Fountaindale Public Library Card.

For children entering grades 4 through 6 only.
Class will begin in the Creativity Park and end in Studio 300.

See what the tweens did in Bootcamp!

Tech for Tweens

Sign up now for our Ready, Set, Tech! programs in June.

Monday, June 13
Visual Effects Bootcamp
Make your own visual effects and more in this hands-on bootcamp.

 

Monday, June 20
Music and Sound Bootcamp
Make your own music, podcasts, sound effects, and more in this hands-on bootcamp.

9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Participants must have Fountaindale Public Library Card.

For children entering grades 4 through 6 only.
Class will begin in the Creativity Park and end in Studio 300.

Stay tuned for additional Ready, Set, Tech! programs in July.

TV Bootcamp for Tweens

Monday, April 4
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

Learn how to make a television production in this in-depth, hands-on bootcamp in Studio 300.

Participants must have Fountaindale Public Library Card.
For children entering grades 4 through 6 only.
Register now!

Tween 3D Printing

Sign up now for the Tween 3D Printing and Design program in Studio 300 on Tuesday, January 12.

Students in grades 4 through 6 can design an object on a computer and then make it real with our 3D printer.

Start Time: 4:15 PM
End Time: 5:15 PM

For Fountaindale card holders only.

Watch tweens from the Super Hero Lab in action!