For Children and Families

Mary Ferris
Children's Librarian
mferris@pls-net.org

     Spring Story Programs
 
Our spring series of programs will begin in April.  Registration is required although guests are welcome if space is available. 

Sign-up will continue through the end of May as room allows. 
Please call (585) 394-1381 for more details and to register.
 

Preschool Storytime
Wednesday or Thursday mornings
10:30 - 11:00 AM
April 2 - May 29

Stories and more for children 3-5 years old.  Our half-hour sessions feature puppets, stories from picture books, fingerplays, action rhymes, songs, and a flannelboard story or rhyme on a weekly theme.  Children are encouraged to participate on their own, but parents are always welcome.  Each group is limited to 25 children and registration is required.  

Familytime
Wednesday evenings
7:00 - 7:30 PM
April 2 - May 28

 during the day! Familytime is an evening version of our Storytime for Preschoolers program. Parents join their 3-5 year olds for stories, fingerplays, and fun at the library. Registration is requested for the series as the class is limited to 15 families.

Mother Goose Time
Friday, April 4
10:15 or 11:00 AM
(2 classes - see details below)

Join us for 20 minutes of language fun for 6-24 month olds along with their Moms or Dads.  Each session features nursery rhymes, songs, bounces, stretches, fingerplays, and a short story.  The program is offered once a month, generally on the first Friday.

The Walkers class (if your child is walking) is at 10:15 and includes more active participation.  Pre-walkers meet at 11:00 for rhymes, foot pats, stretches, and songs. 

Registration is required. Sign up beginning Monday, March 24 at the library or call (585) 394-1381. 
 

Time for Twos
Mondays or Tuesdays
10:15 - 10:35 AM
April 7 - May 27

Simple stories, rhymes, fingerplays, and songs for 2 year olds and a parent or caregiver.  Weekly sessions with Mrs. Ferris and her helper, Shrinking Violet, are 20 minutes long. Each class is limited to 15 children.

Children's Services               

Wood Library offers a variety of story programs for children throughout the year.  Information on current programs appears above or click here to go to the Wood Library's Events Calendar.  Call the library (585) 394-1381 or stop at the downstairs checkout desk for more details or to sign up. 

Registration is required for any marked with *.  Sign-up generally begins the week before the program and can be done in person at the library or by phone.

Mother Goose Time *
A 20 minute language enrichment program for 6 - 24 month olds featuring nursery rhymes, songs, and activities.

Time for Twos *
2 year olds and their parents can enjoy simple stories, songs, and fingerplays in this 20 minute program

Preschool Storytime *
A 30 minute program of stories, songs, puppets, fingerplays, and the flannelboard especially for 3, 4, and 5 year olds.

Familytime *
A nighttime story program offered to fit the schedule of working parents and their 3 - 5 year olds.

Pajama Storytime
Children 3 - 8 years old are invited to come to the library in their pajamas for stories and fun; parents are invited to join their children. This evening program is offered during the summer as well as during National Library Week and before Christmas.

Summer Reading Clubs
Wood Library offers 3 special ways for children to keep reading and enjoying books during the summer months: a Read-to-Me club for preschoolers, a club for children going into grades 1-3 to help them maintain their reading skills during their vacation months, and a club for 4th - 6th graders to help them discover new genres and explore the fun they can have through books.

Special Events
The Children's Department offers special programs for children and their families throughout the year.  These programs will be advertised on our website and calendar of events, in the media, and in the library.

Collections

- Board books for babies & toddlers
- Concept collections: ABC’s,
   counting, and wordless books
- Picture books
- Midway books for reading aloud
- Easy Readers for children beginning
  to read on their own
- Juvenile Fiction in both hardcover
  and paperback for grades 3 – 5
- Juvenile Nonfiction and Biographies
- Magazines for children
- Reference materials for in-library
  research
- Stories and songs on CD's and cassettes
- Book/cassette sets which include
   a book and a story tape
- Read-to-Me sets with a book & a
   toy or puppet
- DVD's and videos for children