Blog posts by Youth Services Department
We held our annual Family Bingo Night last Wednesday with 36 in attendance. It’s impossible to be in a bad mood at Book Bingo. There was so much fun energy in the room. All eyes on me in anticipation for the next number, shouting “Yes!” if they had it, or “I’ve got N 39!” in frustration when N 38 was called. […]
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Join us for the next Teen Reading Lounge Delectable Drama event on Thursday, February 2 at 6:30 pm! In this NO-STRESS discussion group for Teens in 6th-8th grade, we will learn fun acting exercises, enjoy free pizza and workshop scenes from the Tony Award-winning play Peter and the Starcatcher by Rick Elice based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Registration is […]
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Cory McGinn, a Community Health Educator for Montgomery County Health Department and a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician, will be at the Library to answer car seat questions on Monday, February 6 and Tuesday, February 7 from 10:00 am-12:00 pm.
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Friday, January 27 at 10:30 am in the Children’s Department – Block Party is an hour long free play session with a set of universal blocks, people, vehicles, animals, scarves and other accompanying materials where preschoolers have the freedom to build and play as they wish. Open to children ages 2 to 5 years. Drop in at the children’s department. […]
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I love our Crafternoons at the Library. It’s a time when staff can branch out of their normal work duties and get creative in the Children’s department. It’s so much fun watching the children do their own artistic spin on the crafts. During Winter Break we made fire breathing dragons, snowflake trading cards, snow globes, foxes and dream catchers. Check out […]
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Teen Reading Lounge is back this winter! In this NO STRESS group for Teens in grades 6-8, we follow up four popular Poetry Pizza Parties with three Delectable Drama sessions focused on theatre. Mark your calendar for each of these 6:30 pm sessions: Thursday, January 12 Thursday, February 2 Thursday, February 23 Learn fun acting exercises, enjoy free food and workshop scenes from […]
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I love finding fun themes for preschool storytime. Today we celebrated Gingerbread House Day! No, we didn’t make gingerbread houses. And these aren’t gingerbread men, exactly. They are sugar cookie men/women, and the preschoolers in attendance had a blast decorating them. A very special thanks to the Friends of the Huntingdon Valley Library. The Friends sponsor countless programs for the Youth […]
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In the 3 years I have been at this library, I have watched the Write & Illustrate program grow exponentially in writing submissions, total number of authors and participating schools. For the 23rd Annual Write & Illustrate contest in 2013, we had 57 authors participate from 4 different area schools. 2014 was the first year we tried out new categories […]
» Read moreOur young readers have spoken! Below are the results of the Children’s Book Election. Thanks to all who participated! See you around the Library, Miss Glynnis
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Every year on November 10, we celebrate Sesame Street Day at the library. On that day in 1969, Sesame Street debuted on television and has since taught generations of young children how to count and their ABCs. Thanks to all the Sesame Street fans who made it to our special event! We made Cookie Monster crafts, Elmo crafts, and played […]
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