Event List

Is your goal to earn a little money by babysitting? Do you want to have answers for many of the what-ifs of taking care of younger siblings and children? This program is designed to give teens and tweens the tools needed to build confidence, find success, and earn some money along the way.

From preconceived expectations through safety issues, we discuss how having a babysitting plan with numerous activity options and journaling can make the experience an enjoyable one. Whether house, sitting, babysitting, or pet sitting, we’ll discuss it all. This group is open to teens and tweens in grades 6-12. Preference is given to Heggan Library cardholders. Register now.

S.M.I.L.E. (Silent Mentors in Literary Education): Read to a dog or cat! For registration, please call or visit the library.

Join us for an all-ages storytime featuring family-friendly stories, songs, and fun!

For children ages 0-29 months and their caregivers. This is a fun-filled twenty-minute session that uses rhymes, songs, puppets, and more to stimulate the learning process of babies and young toddlers. 

Join us for a thirty-minute music- and dance-based storytime for children ages 30 months (2.5 years) and up.

Explore your interest in art with friends. Participants will have time, space, and materials to create. This monthly club will be led by a Teen Advisory Board member and is meant to allow teens to explore all things ART! Come check it out and have fun while exploring favorite artistic mediums and hanging out with like-minded friends.
Meetings include discussions, art challenges, time for participants to work on individual projects, collaborations with fellow members, or simply hanging out while incubating one’s creative genius. Come join us to create and have a supportive sounding board for your creativity. The Art Club is open to Teens and Tween in grades 6-12. Preference is given to Heggan Library cardholders. Register now, supplies are limited.
 

Children in K-5th grade can join us after school at 4:30pm for our monthly Kid’s Club. Each month we will do a different activity. Books, crafts, STEM learning, chess and more will be our themes throughout the year! Each activity will include a short read aloud.

For children ages 0-29 months and their caregivers. This is a fun-filled twenty-minute session that uses rhymes, songs, puppets, and more to stimulate the learning process of babies and young toddlers. 

Stories for children ages 36 months and up, filled with songs, stories, and general silliness. This program will take place in the Children's Story Room.

A group of local writers meets in the library on the second Tuesday of each month. Aspiring writers ages 16 and up are invited to come and write, share, be inspired, and enjoy the company of other writers. 

Please join us for a twenty-minute active storytime for 0-24 months that focuses on using lap rhymes, fingerplays, music, and movement, as well as very short stories. 

Stories for children ages 36 months and up, filled with songs, stories, and general silliness. This program will take place in the Children's Story Room.

This is a fun filled thirty-minute non-traditional, active storytime based around movements, parachute play, and gross motor play for 24-36 months. Storytime will sometimes include parachute, bubbles, hula hoops, rhythm sticks, and/or more.

It’s GAME TIME! From board games to building challenges, from trivia to LEGO free plays, from cards to online, from in person to virtual – we play games!

If it's a board game night, we could be playing: Chess, checkers, Battleship, Connect Four, Clue, Villainous, 5 Second Rule, cards, Sushi Go, Exploding Kittens, Gloom and more! If it’s Hybrid, we could be playing any of the Jackbox Party Packs or trivia. If it’s virtual, it’s likely Among Us.

For online gaming, access to ZOOM and a smartphone or tablet is needed to play. Game Time is open to library cardholders in grades 6-12. Preference is given to Heggan Library cardholders.  Register online and email Librarian Barb at bpilling@hegganlibrary.org for any log-in information when you’re joining us virtually. Virtual games are selected and run by TAB members. Register now to save your spot!

For school-aged scientists in grades K-5. Come explore some “gross” science with us!