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.

Need tech help and tech resources?  The City of San Diego and SDFF is offering Free Digital Navigator services.  Drop-in or call for assistance. 1 (800) 350-6945

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 Thursday mornings at 10am for stories, songs, finger games and more! 

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.

Come let your baby or toddler learn about the world by exploring. Little ones are able to make noise, play, and meet new friends. This is a loosely structured, baby-led program of play, stories, bubbles, songs and more.

Open to the public and are free of charge. Play variety board games.

Ages 2-5

Sensory and early literacy play for little learners and caregivers.  Adult participation required.  Registration recommended. 

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. 

Preschool storytime for babies, toddlers, and all preschoolers!

Read along and sing for this fun interactive storytime. We will read picture books, move our bodies, act out stories, and sing fun songs and silly rhymes to build our skills with words and language.

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

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

All young children and their caregivers are welcome to join us for stories, songs and rhymes. Held outdoors on the grass, bring a blanket or chair.  No Registration required. We hope to see you there!

Join in as we read, sing, dance, and play in this special storytime meant to encourage a love of reading and build essential early literacy skills.

Stay for an after-storytime craft project featuring a new craft each week.

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.

Come enjoy a New Year celebration your baby can stay awake for! 

We're celebrating New Year's at the library before the big day! Get ready for stories, fun and a big countdown!

Yang Style Tai Chi Moving for Better Balance is a 10 step form that does not require memorization and can be performed seated.

San Diego Opera’s Words and Music program is a collection of long-term in-school, after-school, and summer artist residencies.

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.

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.

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?

All ages are welcome.

We’re SEW excited for this winter craft! Pick up some sewing skills and create your very own Gingerbread Man! We'll be utilizing plastic needles. 

Registration is required. 

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

Join us every Thursday to get creative!

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.

Join the Healthy Adventures Foundation and learn how to cook healthy meals from around the world.

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 and PS4. Teens regularly play Smash Bros., Mario Kart, Gang Beasts and more.