TO REGISTER: PHONE THE BEAVERTON BRANCH AT 705-426-9283 Kids will love hearing campfire stories and bringing them to life, with tons of theatre-based activities and fun! All programs with the Travelling Stage are led by professional actors passionate about sharing their craft. For Kids Ages 6-10 Friday, August 9 10:30-11:30 a.m. Beaverton branch
TO REGISTER: PHONE THE SUNDERLAND BRANCH AT 705-357-3109 Make an authentic Dream Catcher with Ojibway facilitator Jake Charles from Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation. Learn traditional teachings, dream catcher uses, and origins. For Kids Ages 6+ Tuesday, July 30 1:00 p.m. Sunderland Branch
Get your kids excited about our Summer Reading Club. Blast off into summer reading with our out of this world video! Get a sneak peak at some of our treasure box prizes, learn about the grand prizes, and more... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq0iIaGxAkw&t=3s
Calling all kids! It's that time of year again. Join our Summer Reading Club to win some awesome prizes on or after June 25th! Each time you cross off three squares on your card, you will earn a prize from our famous epic Treasure Box and a ballot for the Grand Prize draws. Click to find out more!
ATTENTION TEENS! If you.... Like working with kids... Need volunteer hours for school... Want to gain experience for your resume... Download the volunteer application below. Fill it out and send it to info@brocklibraries.ca Volunteer Application (1)Download
CBC Corner - Discover the best Canadian shows, stories & more Brock Libraries is very happy to announce that we've added a new digital resource to our website! Developed especially for public libraries, CBC Corner is a digital portal that brings CBC's audio, video and news content together in one place for a more streamlined experience. Have a few minutes? Not sure what you are looking for or just want to browse around? With trusted news, local stories and radio shows, entertaining TV shows, documentaries, movies, award-winning podcasts, latest sports news and special reports, and much more, CBC Corner has something for everyone and every taste! Do you have children? CBC Corner has tons of safe, educational and entertaining content for children and youth of all ages including tv shows, free online games, fun quizzes and activities as well as news articles made by kids for kids. As a parent, you will also…
As the grateful recipients of a mini-grant from the International Dyslexia Association, Ontario, Brock Libraries is pleased to showcase our newly purchased decodable book collection! Decodable books are written in a format that builds reading skills and confidence in all readers, but especially struggling readers and those with Dyslexia. This is accomplished by encouraging learners to read ordered books while they increase their knowledge of letter and sound combinations building on what they already know. While the whole language approach to reading has students learn whole words through context (often using pictures to decipher or guess at unknown words and/or memorize common words by sight), decodable books offer learners a more structured approach to reading by learning letter and sound combinations (phonics). Find these items by typing decodable in the search bar of our library catalogue or look for the red decodable spine label amongst the shelves. A sampling of titles to explore:
Drop into the Cannington Branch on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Discover your family story with our in-house genealogy specialist Katherine! Get free help with your family research. Half hour sessions available.
Brock Libraries in partnership with Brock Community Health Centre now have Chomebooks available for usage in branch! Chromebook allow you to: Connect to the internet using Chrome internet browser through a wireless network. Direct access (with a Gmail account) to Google Search; Google Mail; Google Drive, YouTube, Google Play store. Visit one of our branches to borrow a Chromebook for up to 3 hours!