Get your child ready for their first day of school! This summer is a perfect time for your child to prepare for kindergarten!

Get your child ready for their first day of school! For kids 4-5 years old and the guardians. **Space is limited, registration is required.**

Join us for simple stories, fun songs, and plenty of time to play and explore with Early Learning toys. Best for ages 2 and under.  Stay for the bubbles at the end!

This lap-sit storytime encourages bonding and introduces a love for books by using song, movement, rhythm and rhyme.

Come and join us for stories, songs and fun every Friday morning!

Join us for a storytime that fosters early literacy!  Features books, songs, action rhymes, and finger plays that invite participation.

Practice your English skills in a friendly, informal setting. Adults of all levels are welcome to join the conversation!

Join us for a fun, family friendly musical performance by wonderful storyteller/singer-songwriter Craig Newton. 

Bring your device to the Circulation Desk, and staff members will show you how to download SDPL's free eBooks and eAudiobooks. 

Join us for a foot-stomping, wing-flapping celebration of song that entertains kids and families! An award-winning kid folk band, Hullabaloo has performed at Austin City Limits Festival, World Cafe Live, LEGOLAND, and more.

Discussions on history, travel, cuisine, finance and technology.

Enjoy making wire jewelry (earrings, bracelets or necklaces) with an experienced crafter. Participants will make a different project each week. No class fee, all supplies are provided.

For Toddlers 18 – 36 months and accompanying adults.  Singing, stories, dancing and yoga:  a different program every week.  Limited to first 30 families upon arrival.  

Children are invited to a fun storytime with books, singing, and puppets. The first storytime of the month is usually bilingual (Spanish/English).

Join Mr. Luan as he takes you on an energetic and humorous storytime ride! Songs will be sung, character voices will be many! In this program, the stories really do come to life! Oh, yeah: we do a little dancing too!

· Find out what’s going on in your baby’s mind by teaching him/her to sign.

· Strengthen your bond with baby.

· Lessen frustration brought on by miscommunication by giving baby a way to tell you what he/she wants.

Join us for a free dance class that combines ballet, creative movement, and tumbling. Children will learn basic dance skills, creativity, coordination, musicality, and rhythm!

Join us during the summer for Homeschool play.

Miss Fran presents stories and songs for little ones.

• Do you need help maintaining your math skills over the summer?
• Having a tough time with Middle School Math concepts?
• Want to get a head start for the next school year?

Summer Math Club for Middle School Students is

Free SAT preparation courses for high school students of San Diego. 

Come witness a combination of hilarious tricks and stunts with uproarious stand-up and a bounty of improvised fun and zingers.

Make new friends, hear a story and spend quality time with the baby or toddler in your life at the library!

Join us every Friday inside the computer lab for help with general questions on computers and their programs.

No advance sign up in required!

Mornings with Master Teachers and Fellowship Artists
Weekdays August 3 – August 23*
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Please arrive 10 minutes early)
La Jolla Riford Library

Have a fun, varied workout using a mixture of light aerobics including dance steps, chair aerobics, toning with weights and bands, standing leg exercises, balance work, and cool-down stretches.

Have a fun, varied workout using a mixture of light aerobics including dance steps, chair aerobics, toning with weights and bands, standing leg exercises, balance work, and cool-down stretches.

Have a fun, varied workout using a mixture of light aerobics including dance steps, chair aerobics, toning with weights and bands, standing leg exercises, balance work, and cool-down stretches.

FREE summer lunches for kids. No proof of income is necessary. All children 18 years and younger are welcome.

It's Back!!  The Summer Fun Café opens on June 19th and serves a hot, nutritious lunch to all children 18 and under, through August 18th.  No registration required, just a good appetite!  Brought to you by the San Diego Unified Scho

It's Back!!  The Summer Fun Café opens on June 19th and serves a hot, nutritious lunch to all children 18 and under, through August 18th.  No registration required, just a good appetite!  Brought to you by the San Diego Unified Scho

Enjoy making wire jewelry (earrings, bracelets or necklaces) with an experienced crafter. Participants will make a different project each week. No class fee, all supplies are provided.

Are you the next Judith Polgar? Do you have what it takes to dethrone Magnus Carlsen? Come and join us every Friday and be part of the biggest casual chess club in San Diego.

A loosely structured baby-led program of play, music, stories, and songs to encourage your baby’s growth and discovery of the world around them! Welcome to babies 0-2 years & their caregivers.

Come learn how foods high in sugar sneak into our diet, and effective ways to reduce sugar without sacrificing flavor.  Sponsored by the San Carlos Friends of the Library (SCFOL).  

You can be in a theatrical adaptation of the musical Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory!

The Friends of the La Jolla Library presents Film Noir Classics, shown on the second Friday of every month at 2:00pm.

Memories in the Making is a unique program for individuals with Alzheimer's disease & related dementias to have fun by expressing themselves through art.  This program repeats on the 2nd Friday of each month. 

Enjoy some popcorn while you watch a fun kid's movie. Contact library for movie schedule.

FREE summer snacks for kids. No proof of income is necessary. All children 18 years and younger are welcome.

If you have tech questions about your phone, tablet or laptop, bring them in and talk to our expert. This informal learning session will help you get the most from your devices.

Drawing, painting, crafting, creating...whatever the project, we'll be having fun expressing ourselves and inventing new creations! For preK - 6 graders. Some project have small pieces so parental supervision is recommended!

All levels of experience are welcome. All ages, children and adults!

Join us for various family fun activities, such as Wii, LEGOs, and a variety of classic board and playground games.  For families and children ages 5-12.

Join us in the Children's Area of Rancho Bernardo Branch Library for board games and more. All ages and skill levels welcome! Fun for the entire family!

Enjoy free movies and popcorn!  Bring  picnic or snackes and enjoy a famliy movie afternoon at the Library! 

Come and join us for a family friendly film every friday. 

This week we will be showing "TBD"

Join us for a different (family friendly) movie every Friday.

Bring your eReader and receive support and guidance on how to use the library's eCollection. Assistance provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

Kids: build, build, BUILD to your heart's content! Our LEGOS can't wait to meet you! Skyscrapers, automobiles, airplanes, spaceships: create these and more! Learn basic building science while having loads of fun!

Learn basic coding in Java and Python.

Students must bring their own Windows or Mac laptop.

Ages 10 years through 12th grade are welcome.

Children are invited to read to certified therapy dogs to build reading confidence.

Hang out at the San Diego Central Library after dark in this annual end of the year party just for teens ages 12-18. Join us for free dinner, dancing, crafts, video games, movies, karaoke, and more!

Come and have a fantastic time at the library. Enjoy stories, music and rhymes!

Birth - 5 y/o