What’s Happening at WPL

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Get ready for stories, songs and lots of fun activities.

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Through songs, stories and activities, we will discover natural wonders like bugs and things that grow.

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Learn Chinese language and culture in a fun, relaxed environment. Meet new friends in the community and enjoy engaging activities together.

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During this personalized one-on-one technology session, a Tech Coach will help you build your digital skills and knowledge using your laptop, tablet or mobile device. Select the topic that you want to learn about such as Waterloo Public Library's online resources, using email or navigating the internet. 

About Tech Connect 

During this personalized one-on-one technology session, a Tech Coach will help you build your digital skills and knowledge using your laptop, tablet or mobile device. Select the topic that you want to learn about such as Waterloo Public Library's online resources, using email or navigating the internet. 

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Participate in drama games and fun activities as you learn more about what it takes to be an actor.

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Cross stitch is a form of decorative sewing; in this program, we'll learn the basics. All supplies will be provided.

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Practice your conversational English and meet new people with the YMCA Immigrant Services. This program is open to all English levels.

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This evening storytime is perfectly timed right before bedtime. Wear your pajamas and come to the library for some songs, stories, and play to get the wiggles out before bedtime.

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Adults need to play too, and what’s more fun than robots? Come experiment with our Ozobots, Giggle Bots, Snap Circuits, and more!

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This active play program is all about mind, body, creativity, and play. Move, learn, and explore with exciting new activities each week.

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Babies in this program can interact with others, deepen their understanding of the world, and develop fine motor and cognitive skills—all while spending valuable tummy time to support healthy growth. They'll enjoy sensory bags, instruments, toys, books, and crafts! Feel free to bring your own blanket.

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We’ll make new friends and explore everything from letters and numbers to turn-taking and getting dressed for recess to help you feel ready for your new adventures in kindergarten. Please note parents/caregivers will be part of the learning process, but there may be times we ask parents/caregivers to leave the room for a short period of time to help children begin to transition to a classroom setting.

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Make mini keychains, toys and charms each week.

About Tech Connect 

During this personalized one-on-one technology session, a Tech Coach will help you build your digital skills and knowledge using your laptop, tablet or mobile device. Select the topic that you want to learn about such as Waterloo Public Library's online resources, using email or navigating the internet. 

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Poetry in Place is a curated anthology for readers who love both poetry and the land. The subject matter addresses a very specific territory: the “land between the waters” of Lake Ontario and the Grand River, west of Toronto and east of London, in southern Ontario. The anthology includes poems by more than forty contemporary poets of different ages, ethnicities, and backgrounds. They pondered the natural world around them, and asked themselves, “What is it that the land has to say to us?” In these days of climate disruption, biodiversity loss, a new awareness of the dire history of colonized Indigenous peoples, and the spectre of global pandemic, how can we hear the voices of the natural world? We suggest that poetry offers a powerful mode of attention and analysis, now as it always has done. Contributors are also interviewed about their relationship with the land, their spirituality and worldview, and their motivation in writing poetry about the environment.

Under the direction of a Spanish teacher, practice conversational Spanish, meet other Spanish speakers and make new friends. A basic knowledge of Spanish is necessary in order to be able to participate.

About Tech Connect 

During this personalized one-on-one technology session, a Tech Coach will help you build your digital skills and knowledge using your laptop, tablet or mobile device. Select the topic that you want to learn about such as Waterloo Public Library's online resources, using email or navigating the internet. 

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Have fun with reading, singing, rhyming and movement to help build your child’s literacy skills for life.