Submit a review for every book you read in the month of March. Each review counts as an entry into a grand prize drawing at the end of the month. 

Quick Crafts is a physical literacy program designed to develop fine motor and critical thinking skills. Children will tap into their creativity by constructing crafts from a variety of materials provided in the children’s section. Supplies may be limited.

Calling all space travelers!  Your mission is to launch into the library and find planets in our solar system.  Do you accept the challenge?  

We need your help to launch our rocket to Tau Ceti! During our Volusia Reads Together event, submit the number of pages you read to help fill our rocket with enough astrophage to make it to Tau Ceti and save the planet. 

IMAGINE & EXPLORE: Scavenger Hunts is an interactive learning program designed to maximize exploration and play as a means of developing critical thinking skills, social skills, math and reading literacies, and problem-solving skills. 

 

Quick Crafts is a physical literacy program designed to develop fine motor and critical thinking skills. Children will tap into their creativity by constructing crafts from a variety of materials provided in the children’s section. Supplies may be limited.

IMAGINE & EXPLORE: Scavenger Hunts is an interactive learning program designed to maximize exploration and play as a means of developing critical thinking skills, social skills, math and reading literacies, and problem-solving skills. 

 

Quick Crafts is a physical literacy program designed to develop fine motor and critical thinking skills. Children will tap into their creativity by constructing crafts from a variety of materials provided in the children’s section. Supplies may be limited.

IMAGINE & EXPLORE: Escape Planet Zorb Escape Challenge: All day, Wednesday, March 1st - Friday, March 31st. IMAGINE & EXPLORE: Escape Challenge is an interactive learning program designed to maximize exploration and guided play as a means of developing critical thinking skills, social skills, math and reading literacies, and problem-solving skills. All ages are welcome. No registration is required. 

IMAGINE & EXPLORE: Picture Hunts – IMAGINE & EXPLORE: Picture Hunts is an interactive learning program designed to maximize exploration and play as a means of developing critical thinking skills, social skills, math and reading literacies, and problem-solving skills.  Children will explore the library and find various pictures with numbers on them to complete the hunt. Find all the pictures and see staff for a special surprise. Picture hunts change weekly.

Quick Crafts to Go: All day, Mondays-Saturdays. Quick Crafts to Go is a physical literacy program designed to develop fine motor and critical thinking skills. Children and teens will tap into their creativity by taking home pre-packaged, fun crafting and activity kits to assemble. While supplies last. 

Read It & Rate It – Read It & Rate It is an interactive literacy program designed for children up to age 12.  Children practice basic reading, listening, and conversation skills by selecting a book, reading it, and sharing their book review (and rating) with library staff.  A variety of different books are provided in the children’s area on a weekly basis. Children will receive a surprise after sharing their review. 

All readers are invited to fix the book station and return it to the Libraryverse. Solve clues throughout the Pierson Library. Take the challenge and play this entertaining game. 

Gametastic is an interactive gaming program designed to maximize play as a means of developing critical thinking skills, social skills, or strategy skills.  Children are introduced to various tabletop games through exploratory hands-on activities in a fun and educational environment. 

Little Readers is an interactive literacy program designed for children of all ages. Families are introduced to a wide variety of literacy and social skills through stories, rhymes, music, and other activities; in a fun and educational environment.

Gametastic: Wii Time is an interactive gaming program designed to maximize play as a means of developing critical thinking skills, social skills, or strategy skills.  Children are introduced to cooperative and competitive electronic games with the Nintendo Wii system in a fun and educational environment.  

Get your photo taken in front of an out-of-this-world background using green screen technology. An email address is required to receive your photo.

Gametastic: Tabletop Games 3:30 p.m., Fridays. Gametastic: Tabletop Games is an interactive gaming program designed to maximize play as a means of developing critical thinking skills, social skills, or strategy skills.  Children are introduced to board, dice, and/or card games through exploratory hands-on activities in a fun and educational environment. This week is board games. 

S.T.R.E.A.M. - Engineering with LEGOs. S.T.R.E.A.M. is an interactive multi-literacy program that integrates Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts aimed at developing innovation, imagination, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. School age children are introduced to the building blocks of one or more S.T.R.E.A.M learning concepts through exploratory hands-on activities in a fun and educational environment. Kids can let their imagination soar with hands-on building challenges with LEGO blocks.

Children's Book Club: 4 p.m., Friday, March 24. Children's Book Club is an interactive literacy program designed to develop reading, comprehension, and social skills through guided conversations or activities about a featured book or genre. School-age children will listen to a portion of Shark and Bot by Brian Yanish and will have fun with related crafts and activities. 

Gametastic is an interactive gaming program designed to maximize play as a means of developing critical thinking skills, social skills, or strategy skills.  Children are introduced to various games and gaming techniques through exploratory hands-on activities in a fun and educational environment. 

Learn more about astronomy and things you can see in the night sky with ERAU Associate Professor of Astronomy and Physics, Dr. Jason Aufdenberg. Enjoy a simulation of the night sky using a program called, “Starry Night”, a brief demonstration on how to use a telescope, and a stargazing session outside, weather permitting. Program will be presented in the Auditorium, please use library’s southwest entrance.     

IMAGINE & EXPLORE: Escape Planet Zorb Escape Challenge: All day, Wednesday, March 1st - Friday, March 31st. IMAGINE & EXPLORE: Escape Challenge is an interactive learning program designed to maximize exploration and guided play as a means of developing critical thinking skills, social skills, math and reading literacies, and problem-solving skills. All ages are welcome. No registration is required. 

IMAGINE & EXPLORE: Picture Hunts – IMAGINE & EXPLORE: Picture Hunts is an interactive learning program designed to maximize exploration and play as a means of developing critical thinking skills, social skills, math and reading literacies, and problem-solving skills.  Children will explore the library and find various pictures with numbers on them to complete the hunt. Find all the pictures and see staff for a special surprise. Picture hunts change weekly.

Quick Crafts to Go: All day, Mondays-Saturdays. Quick Crafts to Go is a physical literacy program designed to develop fine motor and critical thinking skills. Children and teens will tap into their creativity by taking home pre-packaged, fun crafting and activity kits to assemble. While supplies last.