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304 S. Fourth St., Stoughton, WI 53589
608-873-6281


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Children's Summer Reading Program

Preschoolers Storytime

MOTHER GOOSE TIME
(Lapsit)
for 0-30 months
Movie Mornings
Special Programs
Children's
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Welcome to the Children’s Department!
 

A spot that will amaze and amuse, enrich and educate, relax and rejuvenate, a place where the world awaits. The Children’s Department at the Stoughton Public Library promises all this and more.

Please join us for some of these fun and festive activities! We offer pre-school storytimes, Mother Goose time for babies (also known as the Lapsit Programs), special events for all ages, as well as professional performers during the Summer Library Program. Stop by the Children’s Department to check out the new books and other materials just for you.

 

 

 
Materials and Services
 
  • Computers networked with the Stoughton Area School District
  • Read-a-long books and tapes
 
  • Board books
  • Computer Software
 
  • Picture books
  • Children’s magazines
 
  • Early Readers and series books
  • VHS and DVD videos with G rating
 
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Books on cassette or CD
 
  • Non-fiction with different reading levels per subject area
  • Music CD’s including popular children’s performers, lullabies, movement and educational CD’s
 
  • Bilingual books

     


 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Programming
The Children’s Department offers programming for children
ages 0 to 12 years old and their families.


Check out our regularly scheduled storytimes and children's programing:
  • Wee Read Stories & More : Story times for children ages 2 ½ to 5-6 years old. Two eight-week sessions in spring and fall. Registration required.
  • Mother Goose Time : Infant/Toddler programs for babies from 0 to 30 months. Three sessions in spring and three in fall. Registration requested.
  • Family Enrichment Programs : Four general programs offered each spring and fall.
  • Summer Library Reading Program : For all children, readers and non-readers, designed to encourage leisure reading over the summer break.
  • Class visits : We’re available for visitations from classes, preschools and daycares. Special tours and/or story times must be scheduled in advance.

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Wee Read Stories & More*
Our story times are focused on the early literacy needs of the preschool child from age 2 1/2 years until school age.
Each half hour session include music, movement, and of course, lots of stories!
They often include a craft as well as rhymes and fingerplays AND occasionally, we may even have a special guest!

All Wee Read story time session will be held in the library's lower level Carnegie Meeting Room.

Registration will begin February 15, 2010
To sign up, call the library at 873-6281 or stop by the Children's Room.
Time: Days and session age limits:
10:00 to 10:30 am Tuesdays for children 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 years of age.
(Parents/cargivers stay with the children).
10:00 to 10:30 am Wednesdays for ages 3 1/2 and up.
(Parents/caregivers may choose to stay with the children but must remain in the Library if not actually presnet at the program).
 
6:30 to 7:00 pm Thursday sessions are for all ages.
(Parents of young children are asked to stay with them and parents of older children may choose to the leave the room, but must remain in the building).
February and March Sessions
2/23 & 24

Dig those Dinos

3/2 & 3
What’s in the Mail?
3/9 & 10
Nonsense Fun
3/16 & 17
Safari Adventures
3/23 & 24
Forever Friends
3/30 &31
Hippity-hoppity Bunnies

*We ask that if your child is unusually disruptive, please take him/her out until ready to come back into the room or try again the next week.

As a courtesy to all, please arrive on time or upto 5 minutes before the story time begins.

If more than 5 minutes late, we ask that you not interrrupt the in progress session, but come back to join the fun next week.


Movie Mornings


For all ages
(No registration required)


Watch a great new movie and enjoy popcorn and juice.

All ages are welcome and this a great opportunity for
younger children to watch a movie on a big screen.

  Saturday,
March 20th
10 am		   The Princess and the Frog
(Rated G) 97 min.
     
A fairy tale set in Jazz Age-era New Orleans and centered on a young girl named Princess Tiana and her fateful kiss with a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again.
  Friday,
April 23rd
10 am 		  Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
(Rated PG) 90 min.

 

  
The most delicious event since macaroni met cheese. Inspired by the beloved children's book, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain.

Sponsored by the Stoughton Optimists.

Special Events
Thursday, April 22 at 2:00 pm
Mandt Park

"TRUCK DISPLAY"

For all ages


Come see a fire truck, ambulance, police car, streets vehicles and more at Mandt Park.
Ask questions of the truck staff and see how big machines work.
Bring your camera for some great photo opportunites!

This was rescheduled from Summer 2009.

Rain Date: Friday April 23 at 2:00 pm

Picture from a previous program.

A special thanks to the

City of Stoughton Fire Department

Police Department

EMT

Streests Department

and

Stoughton Electric Utility.

If you need special accommodations to attend these programs, please call 873-6281 two weeks in advance.

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Donuts with Dad!
Saturdays
April 10, May 8 and June 5 at 10 am
For ages 5 and under (older silblings welcome)

Dad, uncles, granpas and friends...grab you kids and head to the library for a weekend storytime. Enjoy stories, songs, puppets, flannel boards and crafts with your favorite kids.
The stories are geared for ages 5 and under, but older siblings are welcome to attend.
Moms, aunts, grandmas and friends are welcome too.

Donuts, coffee and juice will be served during storytime.

No registration required.
If you need special accommodations to attend these programs, please call 873-6281 two weeks in advance.