Children

Tattoo Tuesday
Tuesday, June 29 | 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Preschool – going into 6th grade
Sign up for one of our Tails and Tales Summer Reading Clubs and get your temporary tattoo!

Chalk a Critter
Tuesday, July 6 | 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
All ages
Help us create a sidewalk menagerie by drawing an animal on the walk outside the library! We’ll have buckets of chalk available all day. Be sure to sign your masterpiece! Open to all ages.

Tie-Dye Saturday
Saturday, July 10 | 10:30 AM—12:00 PM  
Family program
Drop by and create a tie-dye masterpiece! You supply the shirt or other cloth item and we’ll provide the rest. No registration necessary – held on the library’s front lawn!

Family Bingo Night
Monday, July 12 | 6:30 – 7:30 PM
Family program
B-4 you plan all your summer activities, be sure to mark your calendar for some family fun at the library!  There will be some fabulous prizes! Registration and masks required. 

Paperback Swap
Tuesday, July 13 : 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Grades 1-6
Clean off your bookshelf and bring any paperbacks that you’ve read and enjoyed but no longer want to the library to trade them one-for-one. Please wear your mask.

Family Concert with ChamberFest
Thursday, July 15 | 11:00 AM
Family program
Join celebrated classical musicians as they dazzle listeners of all ages with vibrant musical stories and interactive instrument demonstrations.

Leggo My Legos
Tuesday, July 20 | 2:00 – 3:30 PM
Tuesday, August 17 | 2:00 – 3:30 PM
Grades 1-6
Love Legos? Then join us and let your imagination run wild! Create something awesome using our Legos and put it on display in the Children’s Room. Registration and masks required. Sign up for one date or both!

Biblio-Bop Dance Party
Saturdays: July 24 and August 28 | 10:30 – 11:15 AM  
ages 1-5 & parent/caregiver
Enjoy a story and the hop and bop to music using shaker eggs, scarves and our parachute to enhance the fun. Please wear your mask.

Perler Beasts
Tuesday, August 10 | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM (half hour time slots)
Grades 1-6
Use perler beads and an iron to create some fun animals! Registration and masks required. This program will be offered in 30 minute sessions with a limited number of spots for each session. Reserve a spot at the tables when you sign up for a timeslot on our calendar.

Wildlife Rockstars: It Flies, It Creeps, It Crawls!
Friday, August 13 | 11:00 AM
Family event
An outdoor program using birds, amphibians, and reptile animal ambassadors to teach about the different ecosystems and habitats a species inhabits. See the animals up close! Support the Rockstars by bringing something from their wish list to the program!

Outdoor Movie Nights in the Park
Saturdays, August 14 and 28  | 8:00 PM
Family Event at Baker Park
August 14: 101 Dalmatians
August 28: How to Train Your Dragon
Bring a blanket or a lawn chair to sit in the park and enjoy a classic family movie! Presented in partnership with the City of Canandaigua and the Canandaigua Kiwanis.

Stuffed Animal Sleepover
Friday, August 20 | 4:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM -12:00 PM for pick up
Ages 3-11
Your favorite stuffed animal gets to spend the night in the library! After a special story program, we’ll tuck the toys in for the night. Come back on Saturday morning from 10-12 to pick them up and watch the slideshow of what they did overnight. Registration is required.

Bedtime Stories with Mrs. Ferris
Wednesday nights | 7:00 PM on Facebook
Ages 3-7
What could be more fun than getting in your jammies and cozying up at home with your computer, tablet or phone to listen to stories, sing songs and enjoy something special on the flannel board with Mrs. Ferris and her bedtime buddy Bearnard?  Visit us on Facebook for this LIVE weekly virtual event.  

Mother Goose Time at Home (register if you want a program bag)
Fridays, June 4, July 2 and August 6 | 10:00 AM on YouTube
6-24 month-olds and their parent or caregiver
Join Mrs. Ferris and her lap pal, Lambert, for a short online early literacy program of nursery rhymes, songs and bounces. Click here to reserve your special bag of materials to use with your child during the online program. The bags will be ready for pickup at the library the week before the program. (You can also view the program on YouTube without registering by clicking this link; registration is only to reserve a materials bag.)

Monday is Funday at Home 
Mondays, June 28 – August 16, 2021 | 2:00 PM on YouTube
children going into grades 1-3
Looking for a fun way to spend your Monday? Tune in to our YouTube channel for a great story with a follow-up craft to do at home! A photo of the materials needed for each weekly craft will be posted prior to the program.

Storytime Online
Thursdays, July 1 – August 19, 2021 | 10:30 AM on YouTube
preschoolers
Mrs. Ferris will be reading stories chosen especially for 3-5 year-olds, doing fingerplays and sharing fun on the flannel board each week! Click to go to our YouTube channel.

Once Upon a Tale on Zoom
Thursdays, July 1 – August 26 2021 | 12:00 PM
children going into grades 1-3
Join Mrs. Ferris at lunchtime on Thursdays on Zoom as she reads the book Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo. Sign up on our webpage calendar and Mrs. Ferris will email you the  Zoom log-in information. Missed the past readings? No problem! There will be a weekly recap to get you caught up to what’s happening in the story.

Baker Park StoryWalk  
Come to the park and enjoy our permanent StoryWalk. Each month we will feature a different picture book for families to experience together. Park in the lot and follow the path clockwise around the story boards, reading the story as you walk the loop. This month’s book is Weezer Changes the World by David McPhail. Weezer is an ordinary puppy. But then something happens that changes him – and the world may never be the same. Simple yet profound, funny yet serious, this touching story will remind even the skeptics among us that the most remarkable changes often come from the least remarkable places. We’d love to hear your comments or send Mrs. Ferris (mferris@pls-net.org) a photo of your family reading the story!  Please note: Our storyboards are widely spaced so you can easily enjoy the book while keeping a safe distance from others along the loop.       Click here for a map to get to the park!

Reading Tales to Tails Photo Show
July 1 – July 31
Children of all ages
For the entire month of July, we’d like you to share photos of you reading to your furry, feathery, scaly, spiky or hard-shelled pet or anyone else’s critter or even a stuffed animal!  Drop off your photo or email it to mferris@pls-net.org and help us create a fantastic gallery of readers on the wall as you enter the Children’s Room.

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!

Where’s Waldo in Canandaigua
all ages
Did you ever notice the life-size Waldo sitting on a shelf in the corner when you’ve been in our Children’s Room? He was made for a city festival a few years ago and has stayed at the library because he feels so comfortable there! Well, he’s missed having kids come in to see him lately SO he’s shrunk himself down to about 3” tall and was out & about, wandering around Canandaigua this summer. Each Saturday, we posted a picture of him on Facebook to see if people could figure out where he’d been – and even challenged anyone to email Mrs. Ferris (mferris@pls-net.org) a picture of yourself taken in the same spot! If you missed his city trek, check our Facebook album and see if you can follow his path around the city!

Time for Twos Playlist
for 2 year-olds
Join Children’s Librarian, Mrs. Ferris (and her puppet helper, Shrinking Violet) each week on YouTube for a program of short stories, rhymes, fingerplays and something fun on her flannel board.

2020 Monday is Funday at Home
grades 1-3
Combine a great book with a craft and you have our “Monday is Funday” program. The 2020 summer story and craft series is over, but the videos are still available to watch on the “Kids Can Make It” playlist on our YouTube channel. Listen to a story and then make a craft project to go with story’s theme using materials you probably have around your house.

Storytime Online with Mrs. Ferris 
Visit our YouTube channel to watch some virtual story fun with our children’s librarian reading picture books, doing fingerplays and sharing something fun on her flannel board.

Bedtime Stories / Pajama Storytime on Facebook
ages 3 – 7
Children 3 – 7 years old can put on their jammies and cozy up to their computer, tablet or phone for stories, songs and fun at home with Mrs. Ferris. Just click on “videos” on our Facebook page or go to the playlist on our YouTube channel to view anytime.

Friday Fun with Mrs. Ferris
Facebook and YouTube
Mrs. Ferris’s flannel board stories and rhymes are always the “dessert” of Storytime so go to our Youtube channel for special felt fun and other surprises. The videos can be viewed anytime by clicking here and scrolling through the list.