Time for Twos (r)
choose Monday or Tuesday | 10:30 – 10:50 AM
next series will begin in January 2019
2 year olds and their parents can enjoy simple stories, songs, and fingerplays in this 20 minute program. This weekly series is offered on Monday and Tuesday mornings in the winter, spring and fall. Registration is required. Click here and go to our calendar to register for the current session.
Preschool Storytime (r)
October 3 – November 29 | 10:30 – 11:00 AM
choose Wednesday or Thursday
A 30 minute early literacy program of stories, songs, puppets, finger plays, and the flannelboard especially for 3, 4, and 5 year olds. This weekly series is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday mornings and is offered in the winter, spring, summer, and fall. Registration is requested. To sign up, click here for the online calendar, visit the library or call 585-394-1381. NOTE: there will be no sessions Thanksgiving week.
Mother Goose Time (r)
Friday, December 7
Walkers class: 10:00 – 10:20 AM, Pre-Walkers class: 11:00 – 11:20 AM
A 20 minute language enrichment program for 6 – 24 month olds featuring nursery rhymes, songs, a story and activities. The program is generally held the first Friday of each month with a class for Walkers and another for Pre-Walkers with play time after each class. Please register online, at the library or by calling 585-394-1381.
Grow a Reader: 1000 Books Before Kindergarten
The concept is simple, the rewards are priceless. Read a book (any book) to your newborn, infant, and/or toddler. The goal is to have read 1,000 books (yes you can repeat books) before your child starts kindergarten. Click here to download the registration form or sign up at the library to get your packet and first reading log. Then just start enjoying books together!
Pajama Storytime
Wednesday nights during the summer | 7:00 – 7:45 PM
ages 3 – 7
Children 3 – 8 years old can wear their jammies and come to the library for stories, songs, a short movie and fun; parents are invited to join their children. This is a drop-in evening program offered during the summer, as well as during National Library Week and before Christmas.
Summer Reading Clubs (r)
June 26 – August 31, 2019
The slogan will be A Universe of Stories. 2019 is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing.
Wood Library will offer 3 clubs for children to keep them reading and enjoying books during the summer months. There will be a Read-to-Me club for preschoolers plus 2 separate clubs for school age children: one for children going into grades 1-3 to help them maintain their reading skills during their vacation months by keeping track of the number of books they read or listen to and one for 4th – 6th graders to help them discover new genres and explore the fun they can have through books by tracking the number of minutes they read.
