Week Calendar

Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.

Using puppets, rhymes, songs, and short stories, we will engage baby and caregiver in language-rich activities designed for pre-walking babies. We will spotlight sensory stimulation, animal sounds, fine and gross motor skills, and of course FUN!

Using puppets, rhymes, songs, and short stories, we will engage baby and caregiver in language-rich activities designed for pre-walking babies. We will spotlight sensory stimulation, animal sounds, fine and gross motor skills, and of course FUN!

Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.

Let's Talk:  ELL Conversation Partners 

Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.

Tech One-on-One – Pondview Room. 

Join Melanie Perry, our very own West Des Moines Naturalist, for a special nature storytime series. Each week will feature fun stories and a special friend from the Nature Lodge! For ages 2-6, no registration required. 

Tech One-on-One – Pondview Room. 

Using puppets, rhymes, songs, and short stories, we will engage baby and caregiver in language-rich activities designed for pre-walking babies. We will spotlight sensory stimulation, animal sounds, fine and gross motor skills, and of course FUN!

Using puppets, rhymes, songs, and short stories, we will engage baby and caregiver in language-rich activities designed for pre-walking babies. We will spotlight sensory stimulation, animal sounds, fine and gross motor skills, and of course FUN!

Scrapbooks, greeting cards, book folding, or coloring...we wecome all adult papercrafters! Bring a project and your own supplies (no sales at the event). We'll provide space, snacks, and cutting tools.

Tech One-on-One – Pondview Room. 

Guaranteed to cure rheumatism, chill blains, and toothache! Okay, not really, but it IS relaxing and F-U-N! We’ll have markers, colored pencils, and coloring sheets (or you can bring your own supplies). Make the color connection!

A non-competitive environment for playing chess, learning chess or discussing all things chess. 

This is a drop-in event. No registration is required. 

Program is not monitored by Library staff.

Open Hours is a monthly evening hangout for teens.

Come one, come all to a fun family night at the library!  Christine Carroll will be doing a balloon workshop this month.  Come and learn how to twist balloons into fun shapes!  For all ages.