Adventures in Art: Loom Weaving
2025-06-17 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago)
Join us for an hour of artistic fun! All supplies needed to make each project will be provided.
Dates and Projects:
June 3: Splatter Paint
June 17: Loom Weaving
July 1: Bubble Paint Flowers
July 15: Stitched Yarn Art
July 29: Perler Bead Pixel Art
Entering grades 2-5. Registration required.

Live Action Choose Your Own Adventure
2025-06-18 15:00 - 16:00
Join us for a live reading of Endlessly Ever After by Laurel Snyder. Participants will have to make choices in real-time to determine how the story will end.
Ages 5 and up. No registration required.

LEGO Club: Summer Edition
2025-06-19 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-17 14:00 - 16:00
Calling all LEGO lovers! Join us every month this summer for drop-in open play with our huge collection of LEGOs!
Dates:
June 19
July 17
Entering grades K-5. No registration required.

Level Up! STEM: LEGO Derby
2025-06-25 15:00 - 16:00
Take on a STEM challenge! Level-up your STEM skills with a new challenge each session.
Dates and Challenges:
June 11: Egg Drop Challenge
June 25: LEGO Derby
July 9: DIY Articulated Grabber
July 23: Paper Plate Rollercoasters
For students entering grades 2-5. Registration required.

Graphic Novel Book Club: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
2025-06-27 16:00 - 17:00
Calling all graphic novel enthusiasts! Join us as we read and discuss a set graphic novel at each book club session.

Dates and Books:
June 27: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
July 25: Gamerville by Johnnie Christmas

Grades 3-7. Please register for each session individually.

Adventures in Art: Bubble Paint Flowers
2025-07-01 15:00 - 16:00

Drop-In Sensory Time
2025-07-03 10:00 - 11:30
Join us for drop-in stations that encourage sensory exploration!
Dates (First Thursdays):
June 5
July 3
Stations designed for children ages 3-7 and their caregivers. No registration required.

Level Up! STEM: DIY Articulated Grabber
2025-07-09 15:00 - 16:00

Junior D&D Club
2025-07-12 13:30 - 15:30
Players will embark on an exciting Dungeons and Dragons adventure that will help them develop their creative problem solving skills and teamwork! No D&D experience is necessary.
For students entering grades 3-6. Registration required.

Adventures in Art: Stitched Yarn Art
2025-07-15 15:00 - 16:00

Level Up! STEM: Paper Plate Rollercoasters
2025-07-23 15:00 - 16:00

Graphic Novel Book Club: Gamerville
2025-07-25 16:00 - 17:00

Adventures in Art: Perler Bead Pixel Art
2025-07-29 15:00 - 16:00

Elementary Explorers: Art Club
2025-09-03 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-09-10 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-09-17 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-09-24 15:30 - 16:30
Join us after school for an hour of artistic expression and fun! This program is reserved for students in grades K-5. Younger siblings and caregivers are welcome to browse the library or play in the children’s area while the program is in session.
Please note: on early dismissal days (9/17), the program will run from 1:30-2:30.

CANCELED: Chapter by Chapter: Read-Aloud Book Club for Kids
2025-09-09 15:30 - 16:45, 2025-09-16 15:30 - 16:45, 2025-09-23 15:30 - 16:45, 2025-09-30 15:30 - 16:45
PLEASE NOTE: This program has been canceled.
Join us each week as Ms. Becca reads Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo! After listening to a few chapters, stay for a brief discussion and themed activity!
For students in grades K-5.

Graphic Novel Book Club
2025-09-19 16:00 - 17:00
Graphic novel enthusiasts in grades 3-7 are welcome to join us at the Library for a lively discussion of a specific graphic novel at each session.
In September, we’ll discuss Very Bad at Math by Hope Larson and November we’ll discuss First Test by Tamora Pierce.

Jr. D&D Club
2025-09-20 13:30 - 15:30, 2025-10-18 13:30 - 15:30
Calling all young adventurers in grades 3-5! Join us at the Library for a series of one-shot D&D games led by community member Joe Trotter!
Players will practice problem solving and teamwork while engaging in exciting adventures filled with magic and action!

Elementary Explorers: Gamers Club
2025-10-01 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-10-15 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-10-22 13:30 - 14:30
Join us for an after-school club perfect for gamers in grades K-5! Each week, we’ll do an activity centered around a different video game.
10/1: Pokemon BINGO
10/15: DIY Roblox Avatars
10/22 (Early Out): Minecraft Trivia
10/29: Super Mario Perler Beads
Please note: on early dismissal days (10/22), the program will run from 1:30-2:30.

Inspiring Future Aviators
2025-10-05 14:00 - 15:30
Bill Spencer from the Champaign County Radio Control Club (CCRCC) will inspire future aviators in grades 4-7 with an exciting presentation and activity introducing key concepts of aviation.
Registration is required and spots are limited.

Cartoon Club
2025-10-16 15:30 - 17:00
Are you a cartoon fanatic? Join our Cartoon Club, a club for discussing cartoons instead of books!
We’ll watch two episodes of a cartoon, and then discuss it in the same way a book club would.

Grades 3-8. No registration required.
