View our full calendar of events here.
May Events
Learn how to play chess or play against others with our monthly chess club. Thursday, May 1 at 4pm.
Do you like Minecraft? Want to learn? Come play at Minecraft Club. Saturday, May 3 at 1pm. Can’t make it? Play from home using the Realm.
Want to sport your love of amphibians? The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation have teamed up with Morning Star Sports to host a screen printing for Amphibian week. Come make a bandana or pencil case with amphibian themed prints. Tuesday, May 6 at 4pm.
Join us for the popular video game Roblox. There is a variety of games to choose from. Tuesday, May 13 at 4pm.
Do you like Minecraft? Want to learn? Come play at Minecraft Club. Thursday, May 15 at 4pm.
Join us for a combined day. Play with LEGO and build your imagination or play with dough that conducts electricity. Saturday, May 17 at 1pm.
We have another craft. Tuesday, May 20 at 4pm, we are making flowers for May.
Come build you imagination with Future Engineers. We will be playing with LEGO, Thursday May 22 at 4pm.
Join us for our food craft. We will be making walking tacos on Tuesday, May 27 at 4pm.
To receive updates about activities for children at the library, join the children’s email list. All events are free, no registration necessary. Funding provided by the Friends of the Library.
Need help with homeschooling? Need some practice with school. Educate Station is a free service that provides lessons and worksheet to help in a variety of subject for grades pre-k to fifth. http://educatestation.com/access/silver-city-public-library-nm
Babytime
Tuesdays, 10:00am
Join us for stories, songs and rhymes, and movement for infants 0-24 months and their caregivers. Special thanks to Nancy Stephens of the Imagination Library of Grant County for leading Babytime!
Storytime
Wednesdays at 10:00am
Come for stories, songs, and more geared to ages 0-5 and their caregivers! Special thanks to our wonderful talented storytime volunteers!
Services
Computers with internet and office programs are available in the children’s area. Log in with a children’s/youth library card or ask for a guest pass from the Circulation Desk. The children’s room also has two AWE Early Literacy Station computers for children ages 2-8 and one AWE AfterSchool Edge computer for ages 8-12. These computers have built-in games, no internet necessary.
The library also has new Launchpad tablets by Playaway that can be used inside the library. These tablets are durable and come pre-loaded with games, so internet is not necessary and loading times are quick. The library has tablets from Playaway’s STEAM Academy and Reading Academy that cover a range of activities and ages, for different skill levels and learning areas.
Homework and study help for students is available at BrainFuse HelpNow, an online service provided by the New Mexico State Library. BrainFuse is part of the El Portal resource portal.
Group tours and special group storytimes are available with advance scheduling; please call 575-538-3672 and ask for the Children’s Librarian.