PROGRAMS
TODAY'S PROGRAMS
Friday, February 28, 2020
- Explorers in the Grove
Ash Grove Branch Library in the community room
9:30-11 a.m. for grades K-5
Join us each month as we explore history, science and nature through books and activities. Registration starts January 31; call 417-751-2933. - Racing to Read Tiny Tots Storytime
Library Station in the Story Hour Room
10 a.m. for infants-36 months
Our interactive storytimes introduce young children to books, reading and language with stories, songs and activities. Parents learn fun ways to build the early literacy skills their children need to learn to read. - Racing to Read Storytime
Midtown Carnegie Branch Library in the Children's Department
10 a.m. for infants-age 6
Our interactive storytimes introduce young children to books, reading and language with stories, songs and activities. Parents learn fun ways to build the early literacy skills their children need to learn to read. - Learning Windows 10
Schweitzer Brentwood Branch Library in the community room
10 a.m.-noon for adults
Learn about the Windows 10 operating system. Explore the Start Menu and Settings menu, and learn how to customize your computer. Use tiles to launch apps and to access other programs on the computer. - Racing to Read Storytime: One World
Library Center in the Story Hour Room
10:15 a.m. for infants-age 6
Join us to celebrate African-American literature and culture at this special Racing to Read Storytime. An African American Read-In event. - Racing to Read Storytime
Library Center in the Story Hour Room
10:15 a.m. for infants-age 6
Our interactive storytimes introduce young children to books, reading and language with stories, songs and activities. Parents learn fun ways to build the early literacy skills their children need to learn to read. - Racing to Read Storytime
Library Station in the Story Hour Room
11:15 a.m. for infants-age 6
Our interactive storytimes introduce young children to books, reading and language with stories, songs and activities. Parents learn fun ways to build the early literacy skills their children need to learn to read. - Learn It! Self-Paced Tutorials
Schweitzer Brentwood Branch Library in the community room
1-3 p.m. for adults
You can choose what you want to learn and go at your own speed with our self-paced tutorials. We provide the computer and you select from a wide variety of lessons designed specifically for individual learning. Topics include Basic Skills, Windows 10, Microsoft Office, Quickbooks, Gmail, Photoshop and more. Both interactive and video tutorials are available to fit your learning style. We also offer computer-instructed keyboarding lessons to help you learn to type or improve your typing skills. - Build a Better Book! - Registration is full for this series.
Library Station in the Frisco Room
2-3:30 p.m. for families with children age 8 and older
Learn about engineering for accessibility. Design and adapt books and games with tactile features to be used by blind and visually impaired kids in Springfield. Activities will be available for younger children during classes. Perfect for home-school families! Materials will be provided; register once to attend series. Registration starts January 2; call 417-865-1340. - Teen Night
Library Station in the Frisco Room
6-8 p.m. for grades 6-12
If it's Friday night, there's something going on at the Station just for teens. Stop in weekly for games, crafts and special events. Materials will be provided. - A Feast of Stories with Storyteller Gladys Caines Coggswell
Library Station in the Santa Fe Room
7 p.m. for all ages
Enjoy a storytelling presentation with storyteller Gladys Caines Coggswell in celebration of the Springfield African American Read-In. A recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award by the Missouri Humanities Council, Gladys has spent a lifetime gathering and telling stories from those she was told as a child by her great-grandmother that harken back to slavery times, to ones she's collected professionally about life of African-Americans in Missouri. Co-sponsored by the Missouri Humanities Council.
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