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All-Abilities Kids Storytime

10:00am - 10:30am
Library Branch: Lakes Regional Library
Room: Storytime Room (LK)
Age Group: Birth to Preschool, Children
Program Type: Literacy & ESL, Storytime

Ages 3-12 and caregivers

This storytime emphasizes books, music, and sensory experiences designed for children with adaptive needs and their families.

Using visual schedule boards, stories are told through multiple modalities and are followed by sensory activities that may include bubbles, movement and song activities.

The library's welcoming environment creates a positive storytime experience in a quieter environment with reduced sensory stimuli.

Class size is limited to 10 children, ages 3 to 12-years-old, plus their parents or caregivers.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Special services like sign language interpretation and assistive listening can be provided at events to patrons upon request. Please give at least up to five business days notice to library staff in order to schedule services at events. Call 239-479-4636 or stop by the reference desk at your local library.

Photography During Programs

While attending library programs, visitors may be photographed by library staff. Photographs become library property and may be used in library promotions. Individuals who do not want to be photographed or recorded are responsible for removing themselves from the area or notifying the photographer of their opt-out status.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Scleroderma Support Group

10:00am - 12:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lakes Regional Library
Room: Conference Room B (LK)
Brief Description of Event
Open discussion about living with Scleroderma ...

IB Exam Study Group

1:30pm - 4:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lakes Regional Library
Room: Conference Room B (LK)
Brief Description of Event
Studying for exams....

Teen DIY Pet Toys

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Library Branch: Lakes Regional Library
Room: Meeting Room A (LK)
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Teens show your appreciation for our animal friends by making them a DIY pet toy.  Drop-ins welcome. While supplies last. For teens ages 12-18. ...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Special services like sign language interpretation and assistive listening can be provided at events to patrons upon request. Please give at least up to five business days notice to library staff in order to schedule services at events. Call 239-479-4636 or stop by the reference desk at your local library.

Photography During Programs

While attending library programs, visitors may be photographed by library staff. Photographs become library property and may be used in library promotions. Individuals who do not want to be photographed or recorded are responsible for removing themselves from the area or notifying the photographer of their opt-out status.

Caregivers for Teen Events

This program is intended for attendees ages 12 to 17 to attend independently. Please speak with staff if caregiver assistance is needed.

Baby Rhyme Time

10:00am - 10:30am
Library Branch: Lakes Regional Library
Room: Storytime Room (LK)
Age Group: Birth to Preschool
Program Type: Literacy & ESL, Storytime

For children ages birth – 18 months and caregivers

Bond with your baby and meet new friends during this special storytime that promotes:

  • social skills,
  • motor skills, and
  • early literacy skills.

Parents and caregivers wiggle and giggle with their babies to stories, music, activities and rhymes.

Each program offers literacy tips and strategies that encourage language skills and stimulate brain development, setting the foundation for later reading success.

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Special services like sign language interpretation and assistive listening can be provided at events to patrons upon request. Please give at least up to five business days notice to library staff in order to schedule services at events. Call 239-479-4636 or stop by the reference desk at your local library.

Photography During Programs

While attending library programs, visitors may be photographed by library staff. Photographs become library property and may be used in library promotions. Individuals who do not want to be photographed or recorded are responsible for removing themselves from the area or notifying the photographer of their opt-out status.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Toddler Tales

11:00am - 11:30am
Library Branch: Lakes Regional Library
Room: Storytime Room (LK)
Age Group: Birth to Preschool
Program Type: Literacy & ESL, Storytime

For children ages 18 -36 months and caregivers

Parents and caregivers move and groove with their toddlers during this interactive and high-energy storytime that uses stories, music, movement and rhymes to support language and motor skill development.

Parents and caregivers participate with their children while learning helpful early literacy strategies and tips to continue at home.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Special services like sign language interpretation and assistive listening can be provided at events to patrons upon request. Please give at least up to five business days notice to library staff in order to schedule services at events. Call 239-479-4636 or stop by the reference desk at your local library.

Photography During Programs

While attending library programs, visitors may be photographed by library staff. Photographs become library property and may be used in library promotions. Individuals who do not want to be photographed or recorded are responsible for removing themselves from the area or notifying the photographer of their opt-out status.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

English Café

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Lakes Regional Library
Room: Meeting Room A (LK)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Literacy & ESL

​The 90 minute sessions provide adult learners an opportunity to practice speaking English with native speakers.  Topics include everyday situations, current events and cultural areas.

English Café  is offered several times each week at locations throughout Lee County.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Special services like sign language interpretation and assistive listening can be provided at events to patrons upon request. Please give at least up to five business days notice to library staff in order to schedule services at events. Call 239-479-4636 or stop by the reference desk at your local library.

Photography During Programs

While attending library programs, visitors may be photographed by library staff. Photographs become library property and may be used in library promotions. Individuals who do not want to be photographed or recorded are responsible for removing themselves from the area or notifying the photographer of their opt-out status.

Family Storytime

10:00am - 10:30am
Library Branch: Lakes Regional Library
Room: Storytime Room (LK)
Age Group: Birth to Preschool
Program Type: Literacy & ESL, Storytime

Birth to 5 years and caregivers

This fun and engaging storytime promotes and reinforces early literacy skills and language development through stories, music, movement and activities.

Parents and caregivers participate with their children while learning helpful early literacy strategies and tips to continue at home.

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Special services like sign language interpretation and assistive listening can be provided at events to patrons upon request. Please give at least up to five business days notice to library staff in order to schedule services at events. Call 239-479-4636 or stop by the reference desk at your local library.

Photography During Programs

While attending library programs, visitors may be photographed by library staff. Photographs become library property and may be used in library promotions. Individuals who do not want to be photographed or recorded are responsible for removing themselves from the area or notifying the photographer of their opt-out status.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Preschool Storytime

11:00am - 11:30am
Library Branch: Lakes Regional Library
Room: Storytime Room (LK)
Age Group: Birth to Preschool
Program Type: Literacy & ESL, Storytime

For children, ages 3-5 years

Your preschooler will continue to build relationships with friends and develop school readiness skills during this fun and interactive storytime that fosters independent thinking and a lifelong love of learning through reading, talking, singing, writing and playing.

Children attend this program independently while parents and caregivers wait nearby.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Special services like sign language interpretation and assistive listening can be provided at events to patrons upon request. Please give at least up to five business days notice to library staff in order to schedule services at events. Call 239-479-4636 or stop by the reference desk at your local library.

Photography During Programs

While attending library programs, visitors may be photographed by library staff. Photographs become library property and may be used in library promotions. Individuals who do not want to be photographed or recorded are responsible for removing themselves from the area or notifying the photographer of their opt-out status.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Online Author Event with Douglas Brunt

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Authors & Writing, Book Discussion, Live Virtual
Event Details:
Join us as we chat with New York Times bestselling author, Douglas Brunt, about the instant bestselling debut non-fiction work The Mysterious Case of Rudolph Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I. This book rev...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Special services like sign language interpretation and assistive listening can be provided at events to patrons upon request. Please give at least up to five business days notice to library staff in order to schedule services at events. Call 239-479-4636 or stop by the reference desk at your local library.

Photography During Programs

While attending library programs, visitors may be photographed by library staff. Photographs become library property and may be used in library promotions. Individuals who do not want to be photographed or recorded are responsible for removing themselves from the area or notifying the photographer of their opt-out status.

HFTWF Lego Club

10:00am - 12:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lakes Regional Library
Room: Meeting Room A (LK)
Brief Description of Event
Monthly Lego Club meet up...

Book Discussion: North Woods by Daniel Mason

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Lakes Regional Library
Room: Meeting Room A (LK)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 17
Event Details:
A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries. This magisterial and highly inventive novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason brims with love and madness,...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Special services like sign language interpretation and assistive listening can be provided at events to patrons upon request. Please give at least up to five business days notice to library staff in order to schedule services at events. Call 239-479-4636 or stop by the reference desk at your local library.

Photography During Programs

While attending library programs, visitors may be photographed by library staff. Photographs become library property and may be used in library promotions. Individuals who do not want to be photographed or recorded are responsible for removing themselves from the area or notifying the photographer of their opt-out status.

Furry Friends Reading Time

10:30am - 11:15am
Library Branch: Lakes Regional Library
Room: Youth Services Area (LK)
Age Group: Birth to Preschool, Children
Program Type: Community & Lifestyle
Event Details:
Pick a favorite book to read during this cozy, quiet reading time at the library, featuring our very special guest, a registered therapy dog and their handler. For children ages 2-11. No registration required, but space is limited. ...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Special services like sign language interpretation and assistive listening can be provided at events to patrons upon request. Please give at least up to five business days notice to library staff in order to schedule services at events. Call 239-479-4636 or stop by the reference desk at your local library.

Photography During Programs

While attending library programs, visitors may be photographed by library staff. Photographs become library property and may be used in library promotions. Individuals who do not want to be photographed or recorded are responsible for removing themselves from the area or notifying the photographer of their opt-out status.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Baby Rhyme Time

10:00am - 10:30am
Library Branch: Lakes Regional Library
Room: Storytime Room (LK)
Age Group: Birth to Preschool
Program Type: Literacy & ESL, Storytime

For children ages birth – 18 months and caregivers

Bond with your baby and meet new friends during this special storytime that promotes:

  • social skills,
  • motor skills, and
  • early literacy skills.

Parents and caregivers wiggle and giggle with their babies to stories, music, activities and rhymes.

Each program offers literacy tips and strategies that encourage language skills and stimulate brain development, setting the foundation for later reading success.

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Special services like sign language interpretation and assistive listening can be provided at events to patrons upon request. Please give at least up to five business days notice to library staff in order to schedule services at events. Call 239-479-4636 or stop by the reference desk at your local library.

Photography During Programs

While attending library programs, visitors may be photographed by library staff. Photographs become library property and may be used in library promotions. Individuals who do not want to be photographed or recorded are responsible for removing themselves from the area or notifying the photographer of their opt-out status.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Toddler Tales

11:00am - 11:30am
Library Branch: Lakes Regional Library
Room: Storytime Room (LK)
Age Group: Birth to Preschool
Program Type: Literacy & ESL, Storytime

For children ages 18 -36 months and caregivers

Parents and caregivers move and groove with their toddlers during this interactive and high-energy storytime that uses stories, music, movement and rhymes to support language and motor skill development.

Parents and caregivers participate with their children while learning helpful early literacy strategies and tips to continue at home.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Special services like sign language interpretation and assistive listening can be provided at events to patrons upon request. Please give at least up to five business days notice to library staff in order to schedule services at events. Call 239-479-4636 or stop by the reference desk at your local library.

Photography During Programs

While attending library programs, visitors may be photographed by library staff. Photographs become library property and may be used in library promotions. Individuals who do not want to be photographed or recorded are responsible for removing themselves from the area or notifying the photographer of their opt-out status.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

English Café

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Lakes Regional Library
Room: Meeting Room A (LK)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Literacy & ESL

​The 90 minute sessions provide adult learners an opportunity to practice speaking English with native speakers.  Topics include everyday situations, current events and cultural areas.

English Café  is offered several times each week at locations throughout Lee County.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Special services like sign language interpretation and assistive listening can be provided at events to patrons upon request. Please give at least up to five business days notice to library staff in order to schedule services at events. Call 239-479-4636 or stop by the reference desk at your local library.

Photography During Programs

While attending library programs, visitors may be photographed by library staff. Photographs become library property and may be used in library promotions. Individuals who do not want to be photographed or recorded are responsible for removing themselves from the area or notifying the photographer of their opt-out status.

Online What Is a Homesteader? US and Canadian Records

10:00am - 11:15am
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual Online Programming
Room: Virtual Online Program
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Genealogy & History, Live Virtual
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 47
Event Details:
Homestead laws were enacted in both United States and Canada.  The goal was to encourage settlement in the sparsely populated western lands.  The application process was detailed.  Researchers can discover a significant amount genealog...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Special services like sign language interpretation and assistive listening can be provided at events to patrons upon request. Please give at least up to five business days notice to library staff in order to schedule services at events. Call 239-479-4636 or stop by the reference desk at your local library.

Photography During Programs

While attending library programs, visitors may be photographed by library staff. Photographs become library property and may be used in library promotions. Individuals who do not want to be photographed or recorded are responsible for removing themselves from the area or notifying the photographer of their opt-out status.

Family Storytime

10:00am - 10:30am
Library Branch: Lakes Regional Library
Room: Storytime Room (LK)
Age Group: Birth to Preschool
Program Type: Literacy & ESL, Storytime

Birth to 5 years and caregivers

This fun and engaging storytime promotes and reinforces early literacy skills and language development through stories, music, movement and activities.

Parents and caregivers participate with their children while learning helpful early literacy strategies and tips to continue at home.

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Special services like sign language interpretation and assistive listening can be provided at events to patrons upon request. Please give at least up to five business days notice to library staff in order to schedule services at events. Call 239-479-4636 or stop by the reference desk at your local library.

Photography During Programs

While attending library programs, visitors may be photographed by library staff. Photographs become library property and may be used in library promotions. Individuals who do not want to be photographed or recorded are responsible for removing themselves from the area or notifying the photographer of their opt-out status.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.