This calendar is a collaborative effort between Hello Cortland, Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs and the Cortland County Youth Bureau.
Knee High Story Time meets at 9 am on Wednesdays. Each week you can expect stories, songs and rhymes around a specific theme followed by an optional craft. No registration necessary.
K-2 Library Zoo is a fun after school program for children in K-2nd grade. The program meets on Wednesdays at approximately 3:30 pm (after Homer Elementary walker dismissal) until 4:15 pm. Each week of the month will be a different program and includes: LEGO Club, Science Club, Book Club and Story Time.
Registration is not necessary.
Please make arrangements for your child to be dropped off and picked up by an adult. For questions email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
Knee High Story Time meets at 9 am on Wednesdays. Each week you can expect stories, songs and rhymes around a specific theme followed by an optional craft. No registration necessary.
K-2 Library Zoo is a fun after school program for children in K-2nd grade. The program meets on Wednesdays at approximately 3:30 pm (after Homer Elementary walker dismissal) until 4:15 pm. Each week of the month will be a different program and includes: LEGO Club, Science Club, Book Club and Story Time.
Registration is not necessary.
Please make arrangements for your child to be dropped off and picked up by an adult. For questions email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
Knee High Story Time meets at 9 am on Wednesdays. Each week you can expect stories, songs and rhymes around a specific theme followed by an optional craft. No registration necessary.
Family Book Club is for children age 4-8 with their family. The club meets the 2nd Monday of the month from September through June.
This group required pre-registration.
Please email to see if there are any spots still available office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
K-2 Library Zoo is a fun after school program for children in K-2nd grade. The program meets on Wednesdays at approximately 3:30 pm (after Homer Elementary walker dismissal) until 4:15 pm. Each week of the month will be a different program and includes: LEGO Club, Science Club, Book Club and Story Time.
Registration is not necessary.
Please make arrangements for your child to be dropped off and picked up by an adult. For questions email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
Knee High Story Time meets at 9 am on Wednesdays. Each week you can expect stories, songs and rhymes around a specific theme followed by an optional craft. No registration necessary.
Come on over to the library for storytime on Fridays at 10 am with songs, great stories, crafts and activities for toddlers and preschoolers. Each week we celebrate a different theme with a free book for each family while supplies last (provided through generous grant funding from the Rosen Family Library Fund of the Community Foundation of Tompkins County)
September 27 - Taco party! Dragons Love Tacos
K-2 Library Zoo is a fun after school program for children in K-2nd grade. The program meets on Wednesdays at approximately 3:30 pm (after Homer Elementary walker dismissal) until 4:15 pm. Each week of the month will be a different program and includes: LEGO Club, Science Club, Book Club and Story Time.
Registration is not necessary.
Please make arrangements for your child to be dropped off and picked up by an adult. For questions email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
Knee High Story Time meets at 9 am on Wednesdays. Each week you can expect stories, songs and rhymes around a specific theme followed by an optional craft. No registration necessary.
Interactive stories and songs will allow for movement and accommodate varying needs followed by time for sensory play and activities. Sensory Story Time is for all children and all abilities.
No registration necessary.
Email with questions: office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
Come on over to the library for storytime on Fridays at 10 am with songs, great stories, crafts and activities for toddlers and preschoolers. Each week we celebrate a different theme with a free book for each family while supplies last (provided through generous grant funding from the Rosen Family Library Fund of the Community Foundation of Tompkins County)
September 20 - Fall Friends Before We Sleep
September 27 - Taco party! Dragons Love Tacos
K-2 Library Zoo is a fun after school program for children in K-2nd grade. The program meets on Wednesdays at approximately 3:30 pm (after Homer Elementary walker dismissal) until 4:15 pm. Each week of the month will be a different program and includes: LEGO Club, Science Club, Book Club and Story Time.
Registration is not necessary.
Please make arrangements for your child to be dropped off and picked up by an adult. For questions email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
Registration is required. A program for emergent readers ages 4 – 7 yrs. & their caregivers. The program promotes early literacy skills with letter sounds & recognition, activities & stories. Each week children will receive a free book & parents will have learned activities to reinforce reading skills at home.
Come on over to the library for storytime on Fridays at 10 am with songs, great stories, crafts and activities for toddlers and preschoolers. Each week we celebrate a different theme with a free book for each family while supplies last (provided through generous grant funding from the Rosen Family Library Fund of the Community Foundation of Tompkins County)
September 6 - Celebrate Grandparents day! Pick a book from our book cart to read with a grandparent or loved one
September 13 - Cars and Trucks and Thing that Go! Mucky Truck
September 20 - Fall Friends Before We Sleep
September 27 - Taco party! Dragons Love Tacos
K-2 Library Zoo is a fun after school program for children in K-2nd grade. The program meets on Wednesdays at approximately 3:30 pm (after Homer Elementary walker dismissal) until 4:15 pm. Each week of the month will be a different program and includes: LEGO Club, Science Club, Book Club and Story Time.
Registration is not necessary.
Please make arrangements for your child to be dropped off and picked up by an adult. For questions email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
Knee High Story Time meets at 9 am on Wednesdays. Each week you can expect stories, songs and rhymes around a specific theme followed by an optional craft. No registration necessary.
Family Book Club is for children age 4-8 with their family. The club meets the 2nd Monday of the month from September through June.
This group required pre-registration.
Please email to see if there are any spots still available office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
Join Ms. Diane, Bluey and Pete the Cat for a special storytime at the Freeville Harvest Festival on Saturday, September 7th at 11am.
Meet your friends in the tent in front of the Freeville Elementary School for stories, songs, and fun!
To learn more about the Harvest Festival, click here.
Come on over to the library for storytime on Fridays at 10 am with songs, great stories, crafts and activities for toddlers and preschoolers. Each week we celebrate a different theme with a free book for each family while supplies last (provided through generous grant funding from the Rosen Family Library Fund of the Community Foundation of Tompkins County)
September 6 - Celebrate Grandparents day! Pick a book from our book cart to read with a grandparent or loved one
September 13 - Cars and Trucks and Thing that Go! Mucky Truck
September 20 - Fall Friends Before We Sleep
September 27 - Taco party! Dragons Love Tacos
The Family Read Aloud book of the month is back! This month, enjoy reading Levar Burton’s “A Kids Book About Imagination” together. This interactive book poses questions to get us all thinking about what our imagination is and how we can unlock this superpower. Pick up your free copy of this book at the front desk of the library, available while supplies last.
This program is made possible by the Dryden Youth Opportunity Fund.
A program for emergent readers ages 4-7 and their caregivers. The program promotes early literacy skills through stories, games, and practice. Each week children will receive a free book and parents will have learned activities to reinforce reading skills at home.
Contact Youth Services to sign up. (607) 753-1043.
This two-day community festival celebrating stories and storytelling is a free family event highlighting performances of storytellers, readings by authors of books for all ages, writing and storytelling workshops.
We will meet on the last Tuesday of each month at 4 p.m. to make a craft. Open to ages 6-12. Registration is limited and is required each month.
Rain location: McGraw Community Center.
