Winter Break Boredom Busters
Winter Break Boredom Busters
Create a craft or try an experiment. We're offering different activities for school-age children throughout winter break.
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Winter Break Boredom Busters
Winter Break Boredom Busters
Create a craft or try an experiment. We're offering different activities for school-age children throughout winter break.
Storytime with Miss Janell
Storytime with Miss Janell
See the newly renovated Osolo Children's Room and meet Miss Janell and her puppet friends. Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, movement, imagination and socializing.
2 events,
Winter Break Boredom Busters
Winter Break Boredom Busters
Create a craft or try an experiment. We're offering different activities for school-age children throughout winter break.
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LEGO Challenge
LEGO Challenge
Build with LEGO bricks with each challenge given. Collect points each session and earn a small prize and then enter a drawing for a LEGO grand prize.
4 events,
Winter Break Boredom Busters
Winter Break Boredom Busters
Create a craft or try an experiment. We're offering different activities for school-age children throughout winter break.
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Little Explorers
Little Explorers
Children enjoy a fast-paced, fun activity-based storytime. It includes stories, music, activities for the senses, motor skills and more. For winter break, we're including activities that will be enjoyed by older siblings, too.
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Canvas Kids with Linda Pieri
Canvas Kids with Linda Pieri
(This event is full. Keep watching for more great activities.) Children ages 6 to 12 are invited to paint a snowman with artist Linda Pieri. We'll enjoy cookies and hot chocolate at the end of the program.
Free
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Books and Boots
Books and Boots
Join Miss Debbie and Phelicia from the Elkhart County Parks for a book discussion of “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” to end winter break. The book is aimed at ages 9-12 but the whole family is invited for the program. We will meet at the Ox Bow House. Hiking boots are recommended. Reading the book is not required […]
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Free Movie: Clifford the Big Red Dog
Free Movie: Clifford the Big Red Dog
Wrap up your break with popcorn and a movie. We're showing "Clifford the Big Red Dog," Rated PG, 97 minutes.
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Winter Break Boredom Busters
Winter Break Boredom Busters
Create a craft or try an experiment. We're offering different activities for school-age children throughout winter break.
2 events,
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Winter Break Boredom Busters
Winter Break Boredom Busters
Create a craft or try an experiment. We're offering different activities for school-age children throughout winter break.
Friends of EPL Book Sale
Friends of EPL Book Sale
Join the Friends of Elkhart Public Library for the monthly used book sale on the first Saturday of each month. Specials are announced on Facebook.
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Readers Roundtable
Readers Roundtable
Bring your thoughts and feelings on any book you’ve been reading and share with the group. Or bring a notepad and write down others’ suggestions.
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Homeschool: Sensory Science Lab
Homeschool: Sensory Science Lab
Experiment to make slime, goo and special calm-down bottles. See if you can make them, not with a recipe but through trial and error.
6 events,
Storytime with Miss Janell
Storytime with Miss Janell
See the newly renovated Osolo Children's Room and meet Miss Janell and her puppet friends. Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, movement, imagination and socializing.
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Computer One-on-One
Computer One-on-One
Call the Computer Center at 574.294.2847 or sign up in person to reserve 30 minutes of basic, stress-free computer help from our experts. From saving a file to accessing library resources, we can help. Time slots are listed below. 2:30, 3, 3:30 and 4 p.m.
Teen Anime Club
Teen Anime Club
Join other teens in watching and discussing anime and manga. Make a craft and try Japanese snacks, too.
5 events,
Storytime with Miss Debbie
Storytime with Miss Debbie
Join Miss Debbie for stories, songs and more as we develop literacy and motor skills. There's also a second, 10:30 a.m. session. Same storytime, two convenient times.
Baby and Me
Baby and Me
It’s never too early for books and literacy. Join a special storytime for the littlest ones, from birth to 24 months. Using songs, rhymes, stories and playtime, we’ll build literacy and motor skills in your baby.
4 events,
Little Explorers
Little Explorers
Toddlers and preschoolers enjoy a fast-paced, fun activity-based storytime. It includes stories, music, activities for the senses, motor skills and more.
Homework Help
Homework Help
National Honor Society students are available to help students with homework. Please bring all materials for the assignment. Assistance is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Celebrating Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Celebrating Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Elkhart Public Library and the Elkhart Chapter of Indiana Black Expo are celebrating Martin Luther King Day with a special breakfast event. Leatra Scott of The Village Empowerment Center will deliver the keynote address, and the event also will feature a special performance by rebel noire. Doors open at 7:30 a.m., and the event will […]
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Storytime with Miss Janell
Storytime with Miss Janell
See the newly renovated Osolo Children's Room and meet Miss Janell and her puppet friends. Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, movement, imagination and socializing.
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Cookies and Canvas Junior
Cookies and Canvas Junior
This event is full. Keep watching for more great activities. Create an acrylic painting each session and learn new artistic skills. Perfect for ages 5-10.
Free
Homework Help
Homework Help
National Honor Society students are available to help students with homework. Please bring all materials for the assignment. Assistance is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Homework Help does not occur on days schools are closed.
5 events,
Storytime with Miss Debbie
Storytime with Miss Debbie
Join Miss Debbie for stories, songs and more as we develop literacy and motor skills. There's also a second, 10:30 a.m. session. Same storytime, two convenient times.
Baby and Me
Baby and Me
It’s never too early for books and literacy. Join a special storytime for the littlest ones, from birth to 24 months. Using songs, rhymes, stories and playtime, we’ll build literacy and motor skills in your baby.
Storytime with Miss Debbie
Storytime with Miss Debbie
Join Miss Debbie for stories, songs, rhymes and motor skills. There's also a second, 9:30 a.m. session. Same storytime, two convenient times.
6 events,
Little Explorers
Little Explorers
Toddlers and preschoolers enjoy a fast-paced, fun activity-based storytime. It includes stories, music, activities for the senses, motor skills and more.
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Cookies and Canvas for Tweens and Teens
Cookies and Canvas for Tweens and Teens
Ages 11 and up will create a new acrylic painting. Use creativity and learn new painting skills each session.
Free
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Homework Help
Homework Help
National Honor Society students are available to help students with homework. Please bring all materials for the assignment. Assistance is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
4 events,
Storytime with Miss Janell
Storytime with Miss Janell
See the newly renovated Osolo Children's Room and meet Miss Janell and her puppet friends. Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, movement, imagination and socializing.
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Preschool Party: Octonauts
Preschool Party: Octonauts
Collect Octonaut creature cards while learning about underwater creatures and learning literacy skills.
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Getting Familiar with Genealogy Resources
Getting Familiar with Genealogy Resources
Start your family tree search here, with the basics of how to trace your roots using the library’s great services.
4 events,
Storytime with Miss Debbie
Storytime with Miss Debbie
Join Miss Debbie for stories, songs and more as we develop literacy and motor skills. There's also a second, 10:30 a.m. session. Same storytime, two convenient times.
Baby and Me
Baby and Me
It’s never too early for books and literacy. Join a special storytime for the littlest ones, from birth to 24 months. Using songs, rhymes, stories and playtime, we’ll build literacy and motor skills in your baby.
Storytime with Miss Debbie
Storytime with Miss Debbie
Join Miss Debbie for stories, songs, rhymes and motor skills. There's also a second, 9:30 a.m. session. Same storytime, two convenient times.
5 events,
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Fun Family Movie
Fun Family Movie
Join us for free popcorn and a showing of "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile." The movie is rated PG and is 1 hour, 46 minutes long. RSVP at Facebook.com/myepl.
Little Explorers
Little Explorers
Toddlers and preschoolers enjoy a fast-paced, fun activity-based storytime. It includes stories, music, activities for the senses, motor skills and more.
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1 event,
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Winter Fun Fest
Winter Fun Fest
Games, stories, a craft, and prizes. Celebrate snow falling and wintery cold while being inside. Search the "snow" for treasure and have a snowball fight indoors.
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1 event,
Homework Help
Homework Help
National Honor Society students are available to help students with homework. Please bring all materials for the assignment. Assistance is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
2 events,
Storytime with Miss Janell
Storytime with Miss Janell
See the newly renovated Osolo Children's Room and meet Miss Janell and her puppet friends. Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, movement, imagination and socializing.
Homework Help
Homework Help
National Honor Society students are available to help students with homework. Please bring all materials for the assignment. Assistance is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Homework Help does not occur on days schools are closed.
3 events,
Storytime with Miss Debbie
Storytime with Miss Debbie
Join Miss Debbie for stories, songs and more as we develop literacy and motor skills. There's also a second, 10:30 a.m. session. Same storytime, two convenient times.
Baby and Me
Baby and Me
Join our special storytime for the littlest ones, from birth to 24 months. We share songs, stories, rhymes and playtime.
Storytime with Miss Debbie
Storytime with Miss Debbie
Join Miss Debbie for stories, songs, rhymes and motor skills. There's also a second, 9:30 a.m. session. Same storytime, two convenient times.
5 events,
Storytime with Miss Brena
Storytime with Miss Brena
Meet Miss Brena and explore the updated Pierre Moran Branch while enjoying songs, crafts, stories and games.
Little Explorers
Little Explorers
Toddlers and preschoolers love this activity-based storytime. This fast-paced storytime includes songs, stories and activities for motor skills and senses.
0 events,
1 event,
Friends of EPL Book Sale
Friends of EPL Book Sale
Join the Friends of Elkhart Public Library for the monthly used book sale on the first Saturday of each month. Specials are announced on Facebook.
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