Join us on Facebook @galluplibrary or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. to view episodes of OFPL’s Every Child Ready 2 Read series where we focus on the five practices of early literacy: talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing.
Premiere Dates:
● March 3rd, 2021 – Sounds
● March 10th, 2021 – Letters
● March 17th, 2021 – Descriptions
● March 24th, 2021 – Questions and Conversations
● March 31st, 2021 – Concepts and Ideas
Create your own art using materials found around your home! Courses are geared towards individuals approximately 15-years of age and older. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form. Videos are posted weekly on Mondays at 4:00 p.m.
Tune in on Monday, March 1st at 4:00 p.m. to create a fun tie-dye doily using a coffee filter inspired by art from the Lorax followed by creating and painting your own Dr. Seuss character.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join OFPL on Facebook LIVE @galluplibrary on Friday, February 19th at 4:00 p.m. to participate live in a get up and move event.
Play Pokémon Go with us live on Twitch, @ofpl_streams while we walk around the neighborhood, visit stops, ask trivia questions, and more! Get pumped up before the big world wide Pokémon Go Tour: Kanto event on Saturday, February 20th. Even if you don’t play Pokémon Go You can walk around your neighborhood and enjoy the company and exercise.
Visit https://pokemongolive.com/en/events/tour/kanto/ to learn more about the game.
Email libtrain@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us on YouTube, @galluplibrary (all ages) for family-friendly crafts and step-by-step tutorials for all skill levels. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form at ofpl.online. Videos are posted weekly on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m.
Visit YouTube, @galluplibrary to view episodes of OFPL’s Every Child Ready to Read where we focus on the five practices of early literacy: talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing. Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m.
Premiere dates:
Join OFPL on Facebook LIVE @galluplibrary on Saturday, December 19th at 1:00 p.m. for an afternoon of coloring and mocktail making. Request coloring pages, colored pencils, and an ingredient leaflet with mocktail/cocktail recipes below:
Color different pages from characters, scenes, and mandalas. Mocktail & Cocktail Recipes below:
Ingedients:
• 1 oz. Lime Juice
• 1 oz. Sugar Syrup
• 4 oz. Soda Water
• 1 Lime
Directions:
1. Take the limes and squeeze them into a glass.
2. Pour in the sugar syrup
3. Top the glass with a shaker and shake the contents thoroughly.
4. Take a tall glass, add ice.
5. Pour the shaken contents through a strainer and into the glass.
6. Add the soda water.
7. Stir.
8. Garnish with lime peel
9. Drink and enjoy!
Ingedients:
• 1.5 oz. Grenadine
• 6 oz. Ginger Ale
• 1 Lemon
Directions:
1. Pour grenadine into tall glass.
2. Add ice.
3. Pour in ginger ale.
4. Stir.
5. Garnish with lemon peel.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Ingedients:
• 1.5 oz. White Rum
• 0.75 oz. Lime Juice
• 0.5 oz. Sugar Syrup
• 4 oz. Soda Water
• 1-2 Sprigs Mint Leaves
• Lime Slices, Garnish
Directions:
1. Muddle mint leaves with simple syrup in mixing glass or tin.
2. Add lime juice, lime hull, and rum.
3. Add to milkshake glass.
4. Top with ice and soda water.
5. Roll drink back and forth in mixing glass.
6. Top with ice and garnish with mint bouquet and lime slice.
7. Drink responsibly & enjoy!
Ingedients:
• 1 oz. Vodka
• 1 oz. Grenadine
• 8 oz. Ginger Ale
• Lemon Slices, Garnish
Directions:
1. Add Ice
2. Pour vodka into the glass.
3. Pour in ginger ale.
4. Add Grenadine.
5. Garnish with lemon peel.
6. Drink responsibly & enjoy!
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us on YouTube, @galluplibrary (all ages) for family-friendly crafts and step-by-step tutorials for all skill levels. Videos are posted weekly on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m.
FREE computer classes. Registration is not required but is available for anyone who wants to participate in the live stream course. Completion certificates available for live stream classes.
Learn to use Microsoft Teams, the online program being used by GMCS for the fall semester. With school becoming mostly virtual this year, it is important to know how to use the software. Parents and kids can learn together and make the most of online learning.
Classes will be available on OFPL social media channels @galluplibrary.
Email libtrain@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
In case you missed our first coloring afternoon.
Join us at the Main Library on Saturday, January 25th at 2:00 p.m. for an afternoon of childhood throwback as you color different pages from scenes to mandalas.
Contribute to our community coloring mandala that we will display once finished. Mocktails will be provided for added fun!
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.