Tinkering, Coding, Creating, Experimenting and Designing.
Come get excited about STEM with us.
For thinkers ages 6-8 years and their adult co-learner.
A program in partnership with the University of Ottawa's Let's Talk Science Program.
Some in-branch programs require registration with your library card. Please log in with your library account or follow this link to apply for a card online. You can also apply for a card in person at any of our 33 locations.
Thursday Mar 28, 2024 at 6:00pm
60 minutes
Tinkering, Coding, Creating, Experimenting and Designing.
Come get excited about STEM with us.
For thinkers ages 6-8 years and their adult co-learner.
A program in partnership with the University of Ottawa's Let's Talk Science Program.
Saturday Mar 30, 2024 at 1:00pm
60 minutes
Join us for a special presentation by Dave Chisholm, President of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC Ottawa Centre). It will include:
Suitable for all ages. Please register each adult and each child attending.
Participants will receive a pair of OPL solar eclipse glasses!
Saturday Mar 30, 2024 at 2:30pm
60 minutes
Join us for a high energy, interactive musical Storytime that engages your child with gross motor skills and early literacy fun using books, songs, music, dance and musical instruments. This program is for children 3 to 5 years accompanied by a parent or caregiver.
Registration required (you will be registered for all three March dates).
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024 at 6:30pm
60 minutes
Explore the science of the stars! Join us at the Beaverbrook Branch along with Carleton University Chemistry professor and life-long amateur astronomer Pamela Wolff as we learn about the amazing celestial phenomenon happening in your own backyard! For families.
Registration recommended. Drop-ins welcome!
Thursdays, Apr 04, 2024 - Apr 25, 2024
4:00pm
60 minutes
4 sessions remaining
Stories and activities that support Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math.
For a child aged 3-6 and a parent or caregiver. Registration required.
Please only reserve a spot for each child attending.
Saturday Apr 06, 2024 at 1:30pm
60 minutes
Let's celebrate!
Join us for a special beading craft: Participants will make a beaded tasbih or bracelet and a beaded pin. Supplies are provided.
For ages 8 - 12 years. Registration is required.
Mondays, Apr 08, 2024 - Apr 29, 2024
5:15pm
30 minutes
4 sessions remaining
Do you have children ages 5-8? Would you like them to read more? Then join our weekly Reading Buddies program. Each child will be paired with a teen volunteer for fun and interactive read aloud sessions. Together they will share the joys of reading in a friendly, encouraging and enthusiastic environment. Registration required.
Thursdays, Apr 11, 2024 - May 09, 2024
2:00pm
45 minutes
5 sessions remaining
A school readiness program for children 3–4 years old, who will be entering kindergarten in September 2024, and their adult co-learner.
Stories and child-centered learning stations with a focus on the foundational concepts of letter recognition, numeracy, colors, shapes, measurement, rhyming, and retelling.
Thursdays, Apr 11, 2024 - Jun 06, 2024
6:00pm
45 minutes
3 sessions remaining
An evening family storytime program that encourages mathematical thinking through playful learning and hands-on activites.
Engage, Encourage and Grow Together.
For young thinkers ages 3-6 and their adult co-learner.
Thursdays, Apr 11, 2024 - Jun 13, 2024
6:30pm
60 minutes
3 sessions remaining
This club meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month. (Due to March Break, the meeting will be pushed to March 21st.)
Come share the enjoyment of reading books with other kids ages 9-12!
Each meeting we will have a book battle to choose the book we will be reading that month.
Registration required (up to 8 participants).