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Free Coffee in Recognition of Library Card Sign-up Month
Friday Morning Book Group
Storytime: Ages 0 to 5
Children Birth to 5 are welcome.
DROP-IN- First come, first served. No Registration Required.
A 30-minute multi-activity storytime to engage children and promote early literacy skills. Picture books, stories, rhymes, fingerplays, and music geared for ages 2 to 4 will be shared! Open the world of books for your children by participating with them during the weekly storytime. Don't forget your library card!
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. First come, first served entry.
Sign up here in order to receive news if the program needs to be cancelled for weather or illness.
Sensory Storytime Sign up Ages 2 to 4
Sensory Storytime is just like regular storytime, but with modifications that make storytime more comfortable for children with specific needs - autism spectrum disorders, sensory integration issues, other developmental disabilities, and their typically developing peers. Our inclusive program incorporates a schedule board, visuals, and sensory (smell, hear, touch, taste) opportunities for participants, as well as socialization time for the entire family's enjoyment.
Sensory Storytime is a quiet, slow-paced, sensory-enhanced storytime offering educational, literacy, and social opportunities for children of all ages and abilities.
Registration is recommended for this program.
Arts and Crafts Club: Not Your Grandma's Cross Stitch
Teen and tweens (grades 5-12), come to Arts and Crafts Club!
We will give you materials and guidance to get started on a different project each month.
Registration is highly recommended; supplies are limited. Walk-ins are welcome to come and learn, but may not get all materials.
September: Not Your Grandma’s Cross-Stitch!
Eco-Action Tuesdays
Comfrey, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme: Preserving Fresh Herbs for Culinary and Medicinal Use
Jean Schneider, owner of Nativa Medica will give a hands-on demonstration, showing us how to preserve fresh herbs and create herb infused oils and honey. Jean will explain the use of preserved herbs for medicinal purposes, for example as teas and face steams during cold and flu season, or for digestive ailments that can happen anytime. Herb infused oils, which have both culinary and medicinal uses, will also be discussed. Participants will be provided with organic herbs and supplies to make and take home a jar of herb infused honey. Seating is limited so sign up soon! There will be free refreshments and a Door prize. Adults and teens welcome.
Trending Now: Putin's Russia
In the newest Trending Now presentation, hear a historian’s perspective on Russia’s recent turn to an assertive foreign policy and more authoritarian rule at home, presented by David McDonald, a UW-Madison History Professor and expert on the history of the Russian Empire. The talk offers several perspectives on Russia's recent political and international posture and the challenges it presents to the West, to Putin's government, and to citizens of the Russian Federation.
Discussion and Q&A. Refreshments provided by Monona Starbucks.
Storytime: Ages 0 to 5
Children Birth to 5 are welcome.
DROP-IN- First come, first served. No Registration Required.
A 30-minute multi-activity storytime to engage children and promote early literacy skills. Picture books, stories, rhymes, fingerplays, and music geared for ages 2 to 4 will be shared! Open the world of books for your children by participating with them during the weekly storytime. Don't forget your library card!
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. First come, first served entry.
Sign up here in order to receive news if the program needs to be cancelled for weather or illness.
BabyTime: birth to 15mo
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
On Arrival at the event: Pick up one ticket per person (all ages) from outside of the Story Room door when you arrive.
OPTIONAL: Sign up one adult contact here in order to receive news if the program needs to be cancelled for weather or illness.
Open the world of books for your children by participating with them during the weekly storytime. Don't forget your library card!
Free Coffee in Recognition of Library Card Sign-up Month
Friends of Monona Public Library Book Sale + Bake Sale
Friends of Monona Public Library Book Sale + Bake Sale - $5 Bag Sale!
Nature Explorers! Bats! Ages 4 to 11
Nature Explorers: Kids Naturally Story & Activity Hour
"Let's Explore Bats of Wisconsin!
Ages 4 to 11. Younger and older siblings are welcome to tag along! Children will need to sit with their parents/chaperones.
Presenter: Jennifer Redell, bat biologist, from the WDNR!
Friendly live bat ambassadors will make an appearance at the end of the presentation when we will look at them with our eyes but not our hands. Little budding bat biologists will have a chance to make a craft at the back of the room as the presentation can get long for children 5K and younger.
A free nature education program. Youth Services Coordinator, Karen Wendt along with Wisconsin Master Naturalist, Deborah Proctor and various guest presenters will entertain families with children's books about nature and wildlife at a special event that is part of a monthly series “Nature Explorers! Kids Naturally.”
Regarding the importance for children to learn about nature through books and hands on experiences,
Participants are encouraged to wear closed-toe shoes and appropriate clothing for indoor/outdoor exploration.
Registration of one contact person is encouraged, so we can alert you if there are any changes to our plans. For ages 4 to 11. Siblings are invited to attend. Walk-ins are welcome.
Why? “If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder… he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.” – Rachel Carson, The Sense of Wonder
School Bus Storytime!
10:00 to 10:20a.m. Story and song on the bus, then stay to play in the Children's Room.
Sponsor: Nelson's Bus Service, Inc.
School Bus Storytime!
10:00 to 10:20a.m. Story and song on the bus, then stay to play in the Children's Room.
Sponsor: Nelson's Bus Service, Inc.
Sensory Storytime: School Bus! Ages 2 to 4
Sensory Storytime is just like regular storytime, but with modifications that make storytime more comfortable for children with specific needs - autism spectrum disorders, sensory integration issues, other developmental disabilities, and their typically developing peers. Our inclusive program incorporates a schedule board, visuals, and sensory (smell, hear, touch, taste) opportunities for participants, as well as socialization time for the entire family's enjoyment.
Sensory Storytime is a quiet, slow-paced, sensory-enhanced storytime offering educational, literacy, and social opportunities for children of all ages and abilities.
Registration is recommended for this program.
BabyTime: birth to 15mo
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
On Arrival at the event: Pick up one ticket per person (all ages) from outside of the Story Room door when you arrive.
OPTIONAL: Sign up one adult contact here in order to receive news if the program needs to be cancelled for weather or illness.
Open the world of books for your children by participating with them during the weekly storytime. Don't forget your library card!
Be the Best Babysitter!
- Babysitting Basics: Should you take the job or not? What questions should you ask?
- Safety Concerns
- Behavior Basics: What do you do when a child isn't behaving? How do you keep children occupied?
- Games to Play!
- Top 10 Things to Know about Young Children
- Door Prizes!
Storytime: Ages 0 to 5
Children Birth to 5 are welcome.
DROP-IN- First come, first served. No Registration Required.
A 30-minute multi-activity storytime to engage children and promote early literacy skills. Picture books, stories, rhymes, fingerplays, and music geared for ages 2 to 4 will be shared! Open the world of books for your children by participating with them during the weekly storytime. Don't forget your library card!
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. First come, first served entry.
Sign up here in order to receive news if the program needs to be cancelled for weather or illness.
Sensory Storytime Sign up Ages 2 to 4
Sensory Storytime is just like regular storytime, but with modifications that make storytime more comfortable for children with specific needs - autism spectrum disorders, sensory integration issues, other developmental disabilities, and their typically developing peers. Our inclusive program incorporates a schedule board, visuals, and sensory (smell, hear, touch, taste) opportunities for participants, as well as socialization time for the entire family's enjoyment.
Sensory Storytime is a quiet, slow-paced, sensory-enhanced storytime offering educational, literacy, and social opportunities for children of all ages and abilities.
Registration is recommended for this program.
Seasonal Chefs: Edible Treasures with Jonny Hunter from the Underground Food Collective!
Storytime: Ages 0 to 5
Children Birth to 5 are welcome.
DROP-IN- First come, first served. No Registration Required.
A 30-minute multi-activity storytime to engage children and promote early literacy skills. Picture books, stories, rhymes, fingerplays, and music geared for ages 2 to 4 will be shared! Open the world of books for your children by participating with them during the weekly storytime. Don't forget your library card!
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. First come, first served entry.
Sign up here in order to receive news if the program needs to be cancelled for weather or illness.
ToddlerTime
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
On Arrival at the event: Pick up one ticket per person (all ages) from outside of the Story Room door when you arrive.
OPTIONAL: Sign up one adult contact here in order to receive news if the program needs to be cancelled for weather or illness.
BabyTime: birth to 15mo
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
On Arrival at the event: Pick up one ticket per person (all ages) from outside of the Story Room door when you arrive.
OPTIONAL: Sign up one adult contact here in order to receive news if the program needs to be cancelled for weather or illness.
Open the world of books for your children by participating with them during the weekly storytime. Don't forget your library card!
