Tag: literacy

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 10th at 11:00 AM

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.

Family Storytime – Water is Fun

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 6th at 2:00 PM

Discover different ways that kids can have fun with water, whether it is by swimming, splashing in puddles, or taking a bath.

August 2022 WEEK 1
FAMILY STORYTIME THEME: Water is fun

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

Family Storytime – Pollution & Ocean Conservation

OFPL X-STREAM Summer 2022

Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, and read-aloud stories every week! This summer we are learning about ocean animals. Ages 0-4.

The Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

July 27th at 11:00 AM

OFPL X-STREAM SUMMER 2022 WEEK 9
FAMILY STORYTIME THEME: Pollution & Ocean Conservation

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

Family Storytime – Weather

OFPL X-STREAM Summer 2022

Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, and read-aloud stories every week! This summer we are learning about ocean animals. Ages 0-4.

The Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

July 23rd at 11:00 AM

OFPL X-STREAM SUMMER 2022 WEEK 8
FAMILY STORYTIME THEME: weather

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

Family Storytime – Weather

OFPL X-STREAM Summer 2022

Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, and read-aloud stories every week! This summer we are learning about ocean animals. Ages 0-4.

The Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

July 20th at 11:00 AM

OFPL X-STREAM SUMMER 2022 WEEK 8
FAMILY STORYTIME THEME: Weather

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

Family Storytime – Submarines

OFPL X-STREAM Summer 2022

Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, and read-aloud stories every week! This summer we are learning about ocean animals. Ages 0-4.

The Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

July 16th at 2:00 PM

OFPL X-STREAM SUMMER 2022 WEEK 7
FAMILY STORYTIME THEME: Submarines

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

Book Cover Bingo

OFPL X-STREAM Summer 2022

Are you having trouble finding your next great read? Join us in-person at the Children & Youth Library on July 15th at 4:00 PM for a fun bingo afternoon. Discover classic literature, must reads, and more as we have an afternoon of book cover bingo. Prizes will be awarded.

The Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

July 15th at 4:00 PM

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

Family Storytime – Submarines

OFPL X-STREAM Summer 2022

Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, and read-aloud stories every week! This summer we are learning about ocean animals. Ages 0-4.

The Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

July 13th at 11:00 AM

OFPL X-STREAM SUMMER 2022 WEEK 7
FAMILY STORYTIME THEME: Submarines

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

Children’s Book Drive

OFPL X-STREAM Summer 2022

OFPL will be collecting donations of new and gently used children’s books from July 11th through July 31st in conjunction with KOAT-TV’s annual New Mexico Children’s Book Drive. These books will be distributed to children around the state through schools and partner literacy organizations. 

July 11th to July 31st

You may drop book donations off at Children & Youth Library: 200 West Aztec Ave. or Main Library: 115 West Hill Ave.

Drop-off locations

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

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

Family Storytime – Boats

OFPL X-STREAM Summer 2022

Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, and read-aloud stories every week! This summer we are learning about ocean animals. Ages 0-4.

The Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

July 9th at 2:00 PM

OFPL X-STREAM SUMMER 2022 WEEK 6
FAMILY STORYTIME THEME: Boats

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