Enjoy Pauline Haass Public Library programs at home! Join us weekly via our PHPL YouTube Channel and Facebook Live for programs for all ages.
Kids and families are welcome to participate in Safer at Home Bingo!
Nightlight Storytime
Mondays – 7:00 PM
PHPL Facebook Live
Looking for a gentle way to wind down your littles before bedtime? Join Miss Val at 7:00 pm Monday evenings for stories, rhymes, and songs that will prepare your little ones to go off to bed. Nightlight Storytime will be happening Live on our Facebook page. Scroll through our Facebook for past videos or to watch later if bedtime comes later at your house.
PHPL Recommends
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Join our PHPL Adult & Teen Librarians for weekly recommendations! We’ll highlight our favorite podcasts, favorite reads, best resources for free digital books, great reads for teens, and MORE. You’ll have a chance to join the conversation by sharing your recommendations in the comments!
Virtual Family Storytime
Wednesdays – 10:00 AM
PHPL Facebook Live
Missing our morning storytimes? We have a way to ease the pain! Every Wednesday morning at 10:00 am the Library will host a Facebook Live Virtual Family Storytime for you and your little ones. Join us online for stories, songs and more until we can be together again. Scroll through our Facebook page to watch past online storytimes and follow our Facebook page to be notified when we go live.
Virtual Lab Time
Thursdays – 4:00 PM
PHPL YouTube Channel
PHPL Facebook Page
Wish you could get back into KidsLab to start creating and exploring again? Miss Nancy will be hosting weekly Virtual LabTime for our young makers. Follow along at home if you have the supplies or simply enjoy watching what she can create! New videos will be available on Thursdays at 4:00 pm on our YouTube and Facebook pages.
Virtual Touch, Play, Move and More
Fridays – 2:00 PM
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Let’s get those wiggles out! Miss Nancy will be hosting Virtual Touch, Play, Move, and More to show creative ways of using household materials to make fun and exciting sensory activities for our younger crowd. New videos will be available on Fridays at 2:00 pm on our YouTube and Facebook pages.
Saturday Morning Make-It’s
Join the Adult & Teen Services staff for fun Make-It’s with materials you have ready to use at home!
April 4 – DIY Book Mobile
April 18 – CD Weaving
May 2 – Homemade Pizza Crust
May 16 – Mandala Stones
May 30 – Stick Weaving
American Girl of the Week
Mondays – 3:00 PM, Bi-weekly Video Series Release
PHPL YouTube Channel
Join Miss Teresa as she reads through the American Girl books she grew up with! Each girl will get two weeks to shine with a series of videos of each of her books being read and one craft project shared, available on our YouTube page. Videos for the American Girl of the Week will be available every other Monday at 3:00 pm and can be watched all at once or spread out to fill the two weeks.
Lunchtime Chapters
Join us as librarians take turns reading through some of their favorite chapter books. Lunchtime Chapters will be available online for one week so you may listen at your preferred time of day. Check back here for future read aloud announcements!
Vegetable Gardening 101 (LIVE Virtual Event via Zoom!)
Monday, June 8, 6:30 PM
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED! Space is limited.
Want to get into gardening this summer? Connect with us virtually via Zoom to learn from local Master Gardeners on how to create a thriving, productive vegetable garden in your very own yard and avoid common gardening mistakes.
*Attendees will need an email address and a Zoom account to participate in this event. Password and link to join will be emailed the morning of the program. Call the library to register. All attendees will receive a FREE vegetable plant, to be picked up at the library!
Instant Pot: The Basics (LIVE Virtual Event via Zoom!)
Thursday, June 11, 6:00 PM
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED! Space is limited.
Get inspired and learn how to use your Instant Pot! Connect with us virtually via Zoom for this demonstration on the basics of cooking with an Instant Pot.
*Attendees will need an email address and a Zoom account to participate in this event. Password and link to join will be emailed the morning of the program. Call the library to register. All attendees will have a chance to WIN a fun Instant Pot accessory!
*Due to overwhelming interest, if you attended our January session we ask that you please do not sign up for this session. Thank you!