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Children Programs and Resources

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Storytimes

Throughout the week the library offers storytimes for babies through kindergarten. The storytimes are as follows:

Preschool Storytime Mondays 10:30 AM

Preschool children ages 2-5 meet for stories, songs, rhymes and fingerplays.

Family Storytime Tuesdays 6:30 PM

Stories, songs, rhymes and a craft for children and their families.

Baby Lapsit Wednesdays 10:30 AM

Nursery and action rhymes, books and songs for children up to 24 months with a care provider.

Exploration Backpack Kits

The Exploration Backpacks are great for children of any age but are targeted for children in grades K-6. These kits are great for school projects or to explore a topic. Each backpack is listed under the title of Exploration Backpack in the online catalog and can be checked out for three weeks with a valid Allegheny County Library Card. The backpacks kits are

• # 1 Endangered Animals
• # 2 Math
• # 3 Presidents
• # 4 Community Helpers
• # 5 Plants
• # 6 Human Body
• # 7 Egypt
• # 8 Mummies and Pyramids
• # 9 Nature
• # 10 Science
• # 11 Outer Space
• # 12 Science Projects
• # 13 The 50 States
• # 14 Senses
• # 15 Weather
• # 16 Telling Time
• #17 Insects
• #18 Pirates
• #19 Rome
• #20 Ocean Animals
• #21 Greece
• #22 United States Geography
• #23 Math-decimals, fractions, and multiplication
• #24 Reptiles
• #25 Sharks
• #26 Beginning Spanish
• #27 Civil War
• #28 Insects