May June Newsletter 2024
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Storytimes<br />
Birth -<br />
Age 2<br />
Birth -<br />
Age 6<br />
Ages 1 - 3<br />
Ages 3 - 5<br />
Tiny Tales<br />
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms<br />
Wednesdays, 6/5 – 6/26 • 10 – 10:30 am<br />
Main Library Sally Lee Rooms<br />
Thursdays, 6/6 – 6/27 • 6 – 6:30 pm<br />
Summer Story Mix for Birth-6<br />
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms<br />
Mondays, 6/3 – 6/24 • 10 – 10:30 am<br />
Tuesdays, 6/4 – 6/25 • 6 – 6:30 pm<br />
Thursdays, 6/6 – 6/27 • 10 – 10:30 am<br />
Bounce & Rhyme Storytime R<br />
South Elgin Branch<br />
Tuesdays, 5/7 – 6/18 • 10:30 am<br />
Rakow Branch<br />
Wednesdays, 5/8 – 6/19 • 10 am<br />
Budding Bookworms Preschool<br />
Storytime R<br />
Rakow Branch<br />
Wednesdays, 5/8 – 6/19 • 10:45 am<br />
South Elgin Branch<br />
Thursdays, 5/9 – 5/30 • 5:30 pm<br />
Rainbow Family<br />
Storytime R<br />
Celebrating Pride<br />
Month!<br />
Main Library<br />
Sally Lee Rooms<br />
Saturday, 6/15<br />
11 am<br />
Join us for a<br />
storytime celebrating<br />
Pride Month! We’ll<br />
read LGBTQ+ themed<br />
stories, make a<br />
rainbow craft, and<br />
embark on a pride<br />
parade around<br />
the library!<br />
BabyFest<br />
BabyFest Book Challenge<br />
150 th Anniversary Special<br />
Main Library<br />
<strong>May</strong> 1 – 31<br />
In honor of our library’s<br />
150th anniversary, new and<br />
soon-to-be caregivers are invited to a<br />
challenge. Read 150 books (only 5 per<br />
day!) with your baby or baby-to-be all<br />
month long and receive a prize! Pick<br />
up a log at any Library location or go<br />
to gailborden.beanstack.org/reader365<br />
to register.<br />
Move n’ Play<br />
South Elgin Branch<br />
Monday, 5/6, 6/3 • 10:30 – 11:30 am<br />
Ages 1-2 years with an adult. Little ones<br />
will have fun doing gross and fine motor<br />
play activities while making new friends.<br />
Infant CPR R<br />
Main Library Sally Lee Rooms<br />
Monday, 5/6 • 6 pm<br />
In an emergency, every second counts.<br />
Staff from the Kane County Health<br />
Department will teach lifesaving skills.<br />
Children’s Musical Show with<br />
Nanny Nikki!<br />
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms<br />
Tuesday, 5/7 • 10 – 10:30 am<br />
Ages 0-6 with an adult. Nanny Nikki is a<br />
Grammy-nominated children’s entertainer.<br />
Baby Obstacle Course R<br />
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms<br />
Wednesday, 5/8 • 10 am<br />
0-18 months. Toys and large motor<br />
activities will be available for wigglers,<br />
crawlers and early walkers.<br />
Sensory Fun for Every<br />
Little One<br />
Main Library Sally Lee Rooms<br />
Thursday, 5/9 • 10:30 – 11:30 am<br />
Ages 0-36 months with an adult. Babies<br />
will explore the world around them in this<br />
drop-in play program. Dress for a mess.<br />
BabyFest<br />
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms<br />
Saturday, 5/11 • 10 am – Noon<br />
Stop by or “stroller in” to explore the<br />
latest baby information in the area.<br />
We will feature health and wellness<br />
resources, community services and<br />
early childhood literacy information.<br />
4 R=Registration required • Three ways to register: Online at gailborden.info/register • Call 847-429-4597 • In person
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