The Eldersburg branch of the Carroll County Public Library, 6400 W. Hemlock Drive, will offer the following programs this week. Registration is required only where noted. For more information, call 410-386-4488.
Wednesday
Crochet 911: 7 p.m. Ages 11-Adults. Join Caroline Brocato to learn how to crochet. If you know how to crochet, please join the group. Please bring a size J hook and light colored yarn to the class.
Story Pals: 9:45 and 10:45 a.m. Ages 2-3. A theme-based story time featuring interactive and age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays, and activities. With an accompanying adult caregiver.
Thursday
Homeschoolers' Class: 2 p.m. Ages 7-10. Join the fun in these literature-based science, social studies, math, and language arts programs.
Read and Play: 9:45 a.m. Ages birth-24 months. A story time featuring lap games, tickles, bounces, and rhymes followed by a playgroup for meeting and mingling. With an accompanying adult caregiver.
Story Pals: 10:45 a.m. Ages 2-3. A theme-based story time featuring interactive and age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays, and activities. With an accompanying adult caregiver.
Un-Extreme Couponing: 7 p.m. Adults. Have you watched TLC's Extreme Couponing and thought I wish I could save on my grocery bill, but who has 60 hours a week to spend couponing? We can help. Learn how to get more and spend less when you shop.
Friday
Come Learn with Me @ the Library: Math: 10 a.m. Ages Birth-5. Please join us for a playgroup for children and their caretakers to learn and play together. This special program will feature a variety of play centers and will include time for reading, artwork, lots of play and plenty of surprises, all while building skill development and school readiness. Space is limited and registration is required. Please register children only, but an adult is expected to attend with the child. In partnership with the Kiwanis Club of Westminster. Registration for this program began 4/6/2012.
Saturday
LEGO Creations: 11 a.m. Ages 5-Adults. Want to build a castle? Or a spaceship? Or something totally new and different? Join us for a LEGO program where you can build whatever you would like. We supply the blocks and you supply the creativity. Bring your dad or your mom and build together.
Saturday Story Time: 9:45 a.m. All ages. A theme-based story time featuring interactive and age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays, and activities. Children 3 and younger must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.
Monday
Meet Author Mike Tidwell: 7 p.m. Adults. Join Mike Tidwell, director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network and author of "The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal Cities," as he discusses the rise in extreme weather across our region and the need to develop clean energy alternatives.
Year-Round Family Story Time: 9:45 and 10:45 a.m. All ages. This weekly story time introduces stories through books, songs, and activities. Children 3 and younger must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.
Tuesday
Read and Play: 9:45 and 10:45 a.m. Ages birth-24 months. A story time featuring lap games, tickles, bounces, and rhymes followed by a playgroup for meeting and mingling. With an accompanying adult caregiver.
Teen Advisory Board: 7 p.m. Ages 12-17. We always welcome new members to our Teen Advisory Board to share their energy and ideas with the Eldersburg Branch. Plan to share your favorite books, movies and music, as well as helping us with various projects. Service learning hours will be awarded for each session, drop in and bring a friend.
