City of Colleyville - Children's Programs

Children's Programs

Registration for spring children's programs began Jan. 14. Programs started Monday, January 21. Download the brochure Spring Children's Programs to see what is available.

Colleyville residents will have first priority. Non-residents will be put on a waiting list and will be notified two weeks after the program begins, if room is available. Children may only be registered for one program. They must be the age of the story time on or before the first week of story time.

The following programs are currently offered at the library:

Books and Babies story time for ages 3 months old- Pre-walker. This program last approximately 30 minutes and includes finger plays, rhymes, songs and a playtime. Please make other arrangements for older siblings during this time.
Ones and Twos Story Time for one and two year olds. This program last approximately 20 minutes and includes finger plays, rhymes, songs and activities.
Tots and Tales Story Time for two to three year olds. This program last approximately 30 minutes and includes, finger plays, rhymes, songs, activities and a color page.
Preschool Story Time for three to five year olds. This program last 45 minutes to 1 hour and includes songs, activities, a craft, and a short video.
Snacks and Stories: A story time for school-aged children (Grades K-3). Come to the library after school for snacks, stories and crafts.

CHESS CLUB

An after school Chess Club activity is held one day per week in the Fall and Spring for partcipants between the ages of 8-15. Sessions last for 1 hour and introduce participants to the ancient game of Chess. Participants learn basic rules of movement, strategy and tactics. There is also a session of Chess Club that runs concurrently with the Summer Reading Program.

SUMMER READING PROGRAM

Each year the Library offers a Summer Reading Program for residents of Colleyville. The program starts in June and ends in July with a finale party. Join us each week during the summer as we have activities, performers, story time and movie days.

LIBRARY TOURS

If your scout troop, home school group or school class would like a tour of the library please contact the Youth Services Department (817-503-1154).

FAMILY ACTIVITIES

Join us the second Saturday of each month at 1:00 pm for a fun and free family activity.

YA - VolunTEENS

Are you interested in doing volunteer work for the library? Do you need volunteer hours for school? If you are between the ages of 13-19 please contact Melissa Hassell for information on volunteer opportunities.

Thursday, August 28, 2008