Join in as we read, sing, dance, and play at Preschool Storytime! Come and build essential early literacy skills and foster a love of reading. Designed for children ages 3-5.

Robert Warren leads this popular qi gong class, a mind-body-spirit practice that improves one's mental and physical health by integrating posture, movement, and breathing technique.

Join us for "Sign-a-Story Circle Time" with Baby Sign Language Basics author, Monta Z. Briant. Parents learn how to use ASL signs for early communication with their babies through stories, songs, and other fun activities. 

Join us for a storytime that fosters early literacy!  Features books, songs, action rhymes, and finger plays that invite participation.  Ages 1-5.  Every Thursday. 

Join us for outdoor storytime at Olive Grove Park presented by the Balboa Branch Library. We’ll read fun stories and sing songs. There will be take-home crafts, giveaways & more! Please bring chairs or blankets. All ages are welcome.

Join us for stories, songs, puppets and fun!

Each Thursday children will be introduced to stories, adventures, finger play, song and lots of other fun. Each storytime will end with a special free play with toys. 

Did you know the theme for this year’s Summer Reading Program is Find Your Voice?  Join us for a fun and interactive storytelling program with Ms.

Join like-minded bibliophiles to discuss fiction titles.  This program will be held on our outside patio. A limited number of each month’s selection will be available at the Circulation Desk.

CURRENT EVENTS

Open to the public and are free of charge. Play variety board games. Attendees should be fully vaccinated and have masks

Are you looking to learn some computer skills?  These sessions—with instruction, hands-on opportunities, and plenty of time for questions and answers—are just for you!  

Kensington-Normal Heights Librarians will share stories, songs, and bubbles with children ages 3-5. Older and younger siblings welcome! Bring a blanket to sit on the grass. 

Join Ms. Katia for an engaging preschool storytime that promotes a love of reading and quality together time. Featuring stories, songs, and fun! 

Preschool storytime for babies, toddlers, and all preschoolers!

Join us on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month for a virtual storytime via Zoom, perfect for toddlers and preschoolers. Questions? Call 858-581-9934.

I'll show kids how to draw basic shapes.  Then we'll add other elements to those shapes to create popular objects like people, bunnies, cars, fish, caterpillars, houses, etc..  Throughout the lessen I'll have them color parts of those ob

Recommended for ages 2-5, this storytime program includes books, songs, games, and early literacy fun! A to-go craft will be provided at the end.

Join us for an empowering dance class where we will skip, spin, step, and have a blast expressing ourselves.

Join Ms Canndy as she presents Stories and Songs in Mandarin, followed by play and social time.

Please join Miss Lea and Miss Ellie for storytime, songs, and some fun!

Learn about the benefits of aromatherapy, including pain relief. It's for everybody!

Come learn about how the Mission Valley Friends of the Library support our mission!  This meeting is both in-person and on Zoom.  If you would like a Zoom link so that you can participate, please email MissionValleyFriends@gmail.com.

Come join us for a morning story time outside at the park. Look for our canopy and blanket .There will be reading, singing, dancing and magic!

Location:

Oak Park, 5235 Maple St, San Diego, CA 92105

Learn to use simple ASL signs to open a window into a baby and child's mind, lowering frustration, and enhancing bonding, speech, and literacy with music, stories, puppets, parachute & bubbles, all with ASL signs.

In partnership with the San Diego Unified  School District, Lunch @ Your Library will provide free hot lunches to children ages 0-18.

Enjoy a presentation and mini-workshop from Little Fish Comic Book Studio.

Free lunch served to ages 0-18.

Free Summer Lunch at San Diego Public Library. Monday-Friday from 12-1 PM. Ages 0-18. Join us!

Get your child ready for their first day of school!  This is a perfect time for your child to prepare for kindergarten!  KinderCamp offers a variety of lessons and activities that focus on a child's academic development, learning readine

Engineer your way around the world as you travel and cruise to exotic locations. Each day you will visit a different place and tackle a new challenge as a team guided by Challenge Island.

Space is limitd, Registration is required

A Mah Jong Group for adults is meeting every Monday and Thursday from 1:00pm-3:30pm. Knowledge of American Mah Jong rules is required to play. Please bring your own Mah Jong tiles if possible.

RoboThink gives kids a chance to learn STEAM concepts behind robotics while building their own battle bots.  This is a fun way to learn engineering strategies.  Signups are required, as space is limited.

Come enjoy the summer with our guests, Toshwerks and Back from Tomboctou! Get inspired to create! Come have fun with us as we do arts and crafts with our friends. Everyone is welcome. Registration is encourage.

Interested in achieving better brain function while improving your memory, cognitive abilities, and strategic thinking? Then play chess!

Chess is played by over 600 million people and is the most popular game in the world.

Want to improve your computer skills or learn how to navigate the internet?  The Access 4 All Express offers FREE in-person classes for people of all skill levels. Don't have a device?

Popular children's musical act Hullabaloo performs tunes that get both kids and parents tapping their toes and clapping along. This program is recommended for families and children ages 2-8, but all ages are welcome. 

Join us for a creative afternoon of canvas painting, music and light refreshments. All Materials will be provided. 12-18 years only.

Join us as we paint popsicle sticks and then use glue and twine to make hanging birdfeeders! Take home a small amount of birdseed to add to your completed birdfeeder.

Don't stop learning this summer!

Stop by our Homework Center to hone your skills.

Don't stop learning this summer!

Stop by any of our Homework Center to hone your skills.

Don't stop learning this summer!

Stop by any of our Homework Center to hone your skills.

Don't stop learning this summer!  Stop by any of our Homework Centers to hone your skills.  We've got games, learning activities, STEAM crafts, and more fun ways to learn.

Don't stop learning this summer!  Stop by any of our Homework Centers to hone your skills.  We're got games, learning activities, STEAM crafts, and more fun ways to learn.

Don't stop learning this summer!  Stop by any of our Homework Centers to hone your skills.  We've got games, learning activities, STEAM crafts, and more fun ways to learn.

Chess is played by over 600 million people and is the most popular game in the world. We welcome players with all levels of chess experience from beginners to advanced. Recommended for ages 10 and up.

Have someone in your family who wants to learn how to play chess? Join us for our revamped Board Game Afternoon program now with Chess lessons!  Not interested Chess?

Get messy, make mistakes, and prepare to make ART!

Join us every Thursday to get creative!

Joins us for a fun craft for children.  Registration recommended.

All levels of players are welcome. There will be instruction for beginners and opportunities for kids to play against other kids at their own level. Geared to Grades 1-5.

In this workshop, learn how to use dye sublimation. Participants will make a small project to take home. All materials for the project will be provided. 

Presented by Cygnet Theatre, From Page to Stage is a fun and engaging presentation that shows how works of literature can end up on the musical stage, demonstrating the power of imagination in both reading and watching live theatr

Join the San Diego Guild of Puppetry to make Kathputli--a marionette-style puppet from India. 

Supplies provided, but limited; first come, first served. Sponsored by the Scripps Ranch Friends of the Library.

Join us every Thursday from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm for Courtyard Chess. Downtown Chess meets at the courtyard/1st floor lobby of the San Diego Central Library @ Joan ^ Irwin Jacobs Common. All ages are welcome to join. 

The Teen Game Room is open! Come check out our Nintendo Switch, PS4 and more.

The City of San Diego is launching a cultural planning process to capture the power of our diverse art and culture as a fresh force for creative life, vitality and economy. Take your place in this important project.

Carmel Valley Community Planning Board meets on the fourth Thursday of the month as of March 23rd, 2023 at the Carmel Valley Library's Community Room.