Workshop

  • New for fall - Gadgets for Grown-ups - eBooks


    Juggling gadgets
    READ - learn about Schlow's ebookeBook, or electronic book, is a book that you "read" on your computer screen. Schlow highlights one book a month from our collection of eBooks available at NetLibrary which can be found by logging into your account. There are many different books available for your perusal. collection and try out a nook, Kindle, Sony eReader and ntebook. Which will you choose? Taught by Pat Griffith, the gadget librarian.
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  • Registration due for embroidery program!


    Register by September 1 for this great program. See September 11 for more details.
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  • Childcare Practitioner's Workshop: Making the Brain Connection: Teaching a Child Through Play (Saturday, September 18)


    Childcare Practitioner's Workshop

    Did you know that 90% of a child’s brain development happens by age 5? You can make an important impact on the life of a child simply by spending time with them and interacting with them in constructive ways.

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  • Childcare Practitioner's Workshop: Making the Brain Connection: Teaching a Child Through Play (Thursday, September 16)


    Childcare Practitioner's Workshop

    Did you know that 90% of a child’s brain development happens by age 5? You can make an important impact on the life of a child simply by spending time with them and interacting with them in constructive ways.

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  • Write and Illustrate Your Own Book Contest

    Write and Illustrate Your Own Book Contest

    27th Annual Write & Illustrate Your Own Book Contest! We invite Centre County children in grades 1 through 6 to share their creativity with others in the community!

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  • Design in Embroidery


    Sewing

    The Nittany Valley Chapter of the Embroiderers' Guild of America are sponsoring Teresa Wentzler presenting Design in Embroidery on September 11, 2010 from 1:00 - 4:00 PM in the Downsbrough Community Room. The program is free but pre-registration is required and is limited to 30 registrants. You will receive a specially-designed kit to get you started. Familes welcome!

    Register by September 1 at the referenceQuestions that you ask of library staff that require knowledge of the content of the collection or other resources such as those on the web. Sometimes you are referred to the answer, hence Reference. Reference can also refer to our reference materials that are often encyclopedic books that have many volumes and a concentrated number of facts and/or statistics. These materials usually have an overnight loan period so they are available in the library most of the time. desk or call 235-7816.

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  • Water Wise Gardening


    Penn State Master Gardener of Centre County, Katie Frieden, will share tips and tricks for saving water in your home garden.  
    Saturday, July 17, 10 a.m. Community Room
  • Infant Toddler Playtime presented by Early Head Start: What to Do When Your Child is Sick


    Toddlers Playing

    'Tis the Season for the Reason:  "What to Do When Your Child is Sick" Infant and Toddler Playtime

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  • Childcare Practitioner's Workshop: What a Treasure!


    What a Treasure! by Jane and Will Hillenbrand

    Attention Childcare Practitioners!  Join in celebrating the 5th Anniversary of the Pennsylvania One Book Every Young Child literacy initiative!

    "What a Treasure", by Jane and Will Hillenbrand, is the perfect choice for the 2010 PA One Book literacy initiative to remind readers young and old alike of just what treasures can be found in books!
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  • Childcare Practitioner's Workshop: What a Treasure!


    What a Treasure! by Jane and Will Hillenbrand

    Attention Childcare Practitioners!  Join in celebrating the 5th Anniversary of the Pennsylvania One Book Every Young Child literacy initiative!

    "What a Treasure", by Jane and Will Hillenbrand, is the perfect choice for the 2010 PA One Book literacy initiative to remind readers young and old alike of just what treasures can be found in books!
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