Tag: Gallup library

Family Storytime – Water Cycle

Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week! August is National Water Quality Awareness month and we are learning about water (Navajo: Tó). Ages 0-5.  

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 24th at 11:00 AM

An introduction to the water cycle.

August 2022 WEEK 4
FAMILY STORYTIME THEME: Water cycle

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Tweens Who STREAM – Build a Water Slide

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library on August 8th and 22nd at 4:00 PM for interactive STREAM workshops. STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 22nd at 4:00 PM

In this open-ended engineering activity, we will be using materials to plan a design and then construct a working water slide that will transport a toy figure without leaking water. 

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Family Storytime – Ponds, Rivers, & Lakes

Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week! August is National Water Quality Awareness month and we are learning about water (Navajo: Tó). Ages 0-5.  

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 20th at 2:00 PM

Learn about rivers, ponds, and lakes, as well as the wildlife that rely on them for survival.

August 2022 WEEK 3
FAMILY STORYTIME THEME: Ponds, Rivers, & Lakes

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Creative Corner – LED Circuit Bookmarks

Join us in-person at the Children & Youth Library on Fridays at 3:00 PM. Get creative and make your own art using materials found around your home! Courses are geared towards ages 13 years and up.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 19th at 3:00 PM

Learn the basics of circuitry as we make LED bookmarks.

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Crafty Kids – Back-2-School Pencil Topper

Join us at the Children & Youth Library every Thursday at 4:00 PM for family-friendly crafts with step-by-step tutorials for all skill levels and ages.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 18th at 4:00 PM

Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-served basis using the Supply Request Form below.  

supply request form

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Midweek Matinee – The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

Join OFPL in-person at the Main Library every Wednesday at 4:00 PM for weekly film screenings of award-winning, classics, documentaries, newly released, and specially selected films.

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

August 17th at 4:00 PM

tHE mATRIX rESURRECTIONS

2021 | R | 2 hrs. 28 mins.
Return to a world from two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a construct, to truly know himself, Mr. Anderson will have to choose to follow the white rabbit once more.

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Family Storytime – Ponds, Rivers, & Lakes

Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week! August is National Water Quality Awareness month and we are learning about water (Navajo: Tó). Ages 0-5.  

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 17th at 11:00 AM

Learn about rivers, ponds, and lakes, as well as the wildlife that rely on them for survival.

August 2022 WEEK 3
FAMILY STORYTIME THEME: Ponds, Rivers, & Lakes

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Mighty Chondria Kids – Water Powered Alarm Clocks

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every other Monday at 4:00 PM for STREAM workshops and activities for kids and tweens (ages 5-12). STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 15th at 4:00 PM

Water clocks are one of the oldest time measuring systems.  In this engineering activity, children will learn how water clocks work by creating simple water-powered alarm clocks.

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Family Storytime – Rain

Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week! August is National Water Quality Awareness month and we are learning about water (Navajo: Tó). Ages 0-5.  

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 13th at 2:00 PM

Experience the rain, its beauty and importance to the earth.

August 2022 WEEK 2
FAMILY STORYTIME THEME: rain

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Creative Corner – Dreamcatchers, Pinch Pots, & Basket Weaving

Join us in-person at the Children & Youth Library on Fridays at 3:00 PM. Get creative and make your own art using materials found around your home! Courses are geared towards ages 13 years and up.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 12th at 3:00 PM

Celebrate & honor 100 years of Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial by creating your own dreamcatchers, pinch pots, and baskets. Craft supplies will be provided. 

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.