School-Age Storytime

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This special storytime is geared toward kids ages 5-8 and their families! We will explore books and stories through reading, singing, talking, and playing!

Read and Play Preschool Hour 2

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Join the Children’s Department in 2023 for preschool storytimes! This fun storytime geared towards 3-5 year olds and their families includes reading, singing, moving, dancing, and playing!

No registration or library card required to attend.

Read and Play Preschool Hour 1

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Join the Children’s Department in 2023 for preschool storytimes! This fun storytime geared towards 3-5 year olds and their families includes reading, singing, moving, dancing, and playing!

No registration or library card required to attend.

Post Art Library Holiday Tea

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Join Post Art Library in the Post Reading Room for the 9th Annual Post Art Library Holiday Tea! This year’s event features a holiday piano performance by Susan Spracklen Cordell, a kids’ coloring table, and holiday tea & treats. FREE & open to the public. All ages welcome.

Susan Spracklen Cordell is a Joplin native who studied classical piano with the late Marie Guengerich for many years. Susan started playing ragtime piano at age 14 and has appeared in ragtime festivals and concerts in the US and Europe, including the Joplin Sesquicentennial Percy Wenrich Ragtime Tribute. She’s recorded ragtime CDs both solo and with her brother, Steve Spracklen. Susan enjoys piano music of all kinds, especially Christmas songs.

The annual Post Art Library Holiday Tea event is our way of thanking the community of Joplin for their support throughout the year while sharing Dr. and Mrs. Post’s enthusiasm for Joplin arts and culture and the holiday season.

Questions? Contact us at 417.623.7953 x1041.

Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/1zIcpiNh9

Super Saturday: Monster Madness

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Little monsters everywhere are invited to this roaringly fun event focused on learning through play! Explore and learn with your little one through fun, sensory activities, stories brought to life, and art!

This program is designed for children ages 2-5 and their families.

Missouri Department of Conservation Children’s Event

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Did you know we have more than 12 species of bats that can be found in Missouri? Can you guess what they eat? Come join MDC naturalists at the Joplin Public Library to learn about Missouri’s bats! We will discuss bats in Missouri (and some from around the world), what makes a bat a bat, and what we can do to help them. After the program make a bat mask to take home and explore a bat “cave.”

This program is designed for children ages 4-12 and their families.

Pumpkin Painting

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Come paint your own artificial mini pumpkin in the Children’s Department! Supplies are limited to the first 30 children. This program is geared toward children ages 5-12 and their families. We will have a few aprons available, but bring clothes that can get messy!

Take your pumpkin home to decorate for the holidays or leave it at the Library for our Halloween display.

Dog Day Afternoon

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Dog Day Afternoon is designed to help newly independent readers become more comfortable reading! Children will have the opportunity to read to one of our sweet therapy dogs and their owner in a quiet, non-threatening environment (each child will read for approximately 8 minutes, though the exact time depends on the number of therapy dogs and children in attendance).

(During this program, children have the opportunity to read to the dogs on their own. We ask that parents/caregivers watch through our large window. For this reason, we ask that children are independent readers and are comfortable with this set up.)

Suggested age: K-5th grade

Registration is suggested and will begin the morning of by phone or in person (417-623-7953). Spaces are limited.

Saturday STEAM

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Explore high and low tech STEAM activities in this hands-on, child-led program!

Suggested age range: 6-12

(Children 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult)

Young Artists Club

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Learn about great artists and create your own art in their styles!

This program is designed for children ages 8-12 and registration is required. Register via phone (417-623-7953) or email (childrens@joplinpubliclibrary.org) beginning the first of each month.