Week Calendar

Mommies (and Daddies too) are invited to get to know other parents in the community while your child plays with their neighbors!  Age-appropriate toys and games will be provided for the little ones to play with.  Parents can meet new fri

Free, non-credit, English as a Second Language Class for adults, presented by Palomar College:

A Makerspace Craft Station is available in the Children’s Area with a different craft each week. All week long (Monday - Saturday).

Vector graphic design using Google SketchUp 3D design. Presented by San Diego Continuing Education. 

Free, non-credit, English as a Second Language Class for adults, presented by Palomar College:

The North San Diego Small Business Development Center (SBDC) hosted by MiraCosta College and funded in part by the Small Business Administration will provide free one-on-one consulting for small business owners.

Qi Gong (Chi Gong) is a simple preventative health method of relaxing and harmonizing the body. These gentle exercises are suitable for any age and health condition.

The class is currently full. However, you can sign up for the waiting list with the instructor. The free ESL class focuses on conversation at the intermediate level. Limit 25. The term runs from 8/24/17—12/14/17.

Class taught by Nanci Schindler from San Diego Community College District. All levels of Skill welcome. There is a “shared food cost” fee of $100.

Preschool Storytime, led by professional storyteller, Marilyn McPhie.

Please join us with your young ones for Preschool Storytime on Thursdays at 9:45 a.m.

Songs, stories, movement, and fun!

Need help with the computer?  Come in for one-on-one assistance.

The Friends of the Library Book Sale is not only a great way to find some great books for low prices, but all of the profits go back to support the North Park Library by paying for programs, materials, and more!

• Every year, Technovation empowers young women to venture into the field of Engineering at an early stage by inviting teams of young women from all over the world to solve real-world problems through technology and learn the necessary skills t

Join our knitting circle for a fun and social knitting experience. Bring your knitting and share stories and knitting tips.

Free Citizenship Classes provided by Montgomery Adult School.

The Friends of the Tierrasanta Branch Library invites you to our monthly book sale! Find a gift for a loved one or treat yourself!

The sale takes place the first weekend of the month.

Friday: 11:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Come and buy some books from the San Carlos Friends of the Library (SCFOL)!  We have hardbacks, paperbacks, books on CD, children’s books, and more!  Funds help the San Carlos Branch Library purchase books, programs, and equipment. 

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

Baby/Toddler Storytime includes stories and songs

Join us for a super fun performance that combines American Sign Language with songs, stories, and engaging toys and props.

Laughter Wellness is a simple but effective method created to help reduce stress, pain and negative emotions through prolonged voluntary laughter.  Besides boosting the immune system, it also helps improve energy levels.  No comedy, joke

Improve your balance and mobility with slow, controlled movement.

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.

Children and their families are invited to join storyteller extraordinaire Ms. Kathie for fabulous stories, rich rhymes, and scintillating songs! This lively storytime is sure to warm the heart!

A full half hour of children’s music! Mr. Mark plays the guitar and leads the singing with new and traditional children’s songs. We supply the maracas and the lyrics. It is great fun, come join us!

Join us for a fun and simple craft geared towards preschoolers.

Children enjoy stories and songs while learning key vocabulary in American sign language.  For families with children ages 0-5.

Toddler Storytime is designed for preschoolers to develop their motor skills and improve language learning through song, stories, play and bubbles.

Come join Mr. Mark for a fun morning filled with music and stories. Sit back and relax while enjoying a book and developing early literacy skills.
 

If you want to introduce your little one to yoga or practice yoga with your toddler, this class is for you! Come join us for songs, fun poses, and a special yoga story time for parents and kids. For toddlergs ages 1-4.

Certified yoga instructor Miss Abby incorporates simple yoga poses, stories and songs in a fun hour that encourages relaxation and gentle bonding. Please bring your own towel or yoga mat.

Active little ones and their caregivers will have fun singing songs, dancing and reading while laying the foundation for future reading success.

An inclusive story time for ages 3-5 years, of all abilities, especially those with special needs.  Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and free play in a small group setting.  2nd, 3rd and 4th Wednesdays, 10:30- 11:00 a.m.

We bring the stories to life by involving the children on many levels.  There are thematic props, songs and games which allows the children to have as much fun as possible.  Your children will have a wonderful experience and want to keep

Come dance with Cowboy Bob as he introduces music and instruments in a show appropriate for all ages.

Storytime with music, finger plays, rhymes, and more.

Bring in your eReader, tablet or smartphone and our staff will guide you in downloading SDPL's free eBooks and eAudiobooks.  Every Thursday.

Please join us with your young ones for Preschool Storytime & Craft!

Join Ms. Haley for fun stories, songs, and a special craft!

This event takes place every Thursday, excluding the 3rd Thursday of each month.

Miss Jennifer enhances well-loved children's stories with signing, followed by singing and bubbles!

Babies-5y/o

Improve your balance and mobility with slow, controlled movement.

Art Therapy class focuses on the use of art as a creative and therapeutic process, using a variety of media to promote self-expression.

Drop in, free tutoring for adults with internet questions.

Meet Library Volunteer, Alvan, at the public computers closest to the Circulation Desk.

Delightful program of music and movement for preschool age kids and their caregivers.

Stories and songs introduce early literacy skills in young children.

Learn a new way to communicate with your child!

Join Youth Services Librarian Mr. Mark on a Thursday morning in the children's story time area.

Fun toddler stories along with play time afterwards!

Preschoolers are invited to a story time, then a fun craft right afterwards!

Join Miss Teri for an engaging preschool storytime that promotes a love of reading and quality together time. Featuring stories, fun, and play!

Join us for Preschool Storytime for Kids; stories, crafts, finger plays and songs.

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes and fun! Play time and bubbles to follow each storytime. This is a great opportunity for you and your little one to enjoy building their literacy, motor, and social skills.

Preschoo Story time

10:30 am - Thursdays

(except 3rd Thurs. of the month)

Let's all get together and share delightful stories from books, sing songs, and dance with movement too.

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!

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.

Chair Yoga promotes circulation, peace, and relaxation.  Please wear comfy clothes. 

This program repeats on the 1st & 3rd Friday of each month. 

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

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

The Daytime Book Club meets the first Friday of each month. A limited number of copies of the selected books are available at the Circulation Desk for checkout.

Love Books? Enjoy watching films? Then come and join us! Participants will be reading select titles and then view corresponding films based on the books.

Preschoolers are invited to listen to stories and sing songs

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.

Miss Fran presents stories and songs for little ones.

Entertaining stories and fun crafts for children.

Join us for a fantastic time at the library with stories, rhymes, and music followed by playtime with terrific toys, puzzles and more.

A variety of projects emphasizing creativity and individuality will be taught, as well as lessons on the masters and the techniques they used.  Limited to 10 artists.  To register please call 619-533-3974.

Learn how to use a computer!

Aprenda a usar una computadora

Bilingual/bilingue 

Various Saturdays at 10:00 a.m.

Please call or come in to sign up.

High school students give free music lessons to children who play the following instruments: saxophone, clarinet, flute, trumpet. Registration required. Register online at http://sayamusic.org.

Join the Zumba craze! Find out what makes this fun workout such a hit. A towel and bottled water are recommended for our Zumba sessions.

Led by Clémence, a native French speaker, French Bench is an opportunity for people who already have some French language skills to practice with others who want to improve their fluency. 

Join us at this FREE and fun event to learn how to code games and animations!  No experience required.  Recommended for ages 8-12.  Parents welcome to attend.  Limit 40.  Register below. 

Children will have an opportunity to roll up their sleeves and get creative every Saturday during the summer.  Materials will be provided for young artists to explore, create and let their imagination loose!  Saturdays, 10:00 am-2:00 pm

Let's get creative!  Color, paint, draw, and create a variety of fun and easy art and craft projects!  Held every Saturday.

Join us every Saturday at 10:30 for button making. Bring your own printed or drawn image or use one of ours! We have 2 1/2” buttons. All ages welcome. Express yourself @ the Library!

Children can read aloud to trained and certified therapy dogs.  “Paws for Reading” is designed to help children improve their reading skills and confidence in reading out loud.  All therapy dogs are provided courtesy of Love on a Leash,

Come practice your reading or storytelling skills with Finnegan a certified therapy dog with San Diego Love on a Leash!

Kids can improve their reading skills by reading aloud to a therapy dog.

The Start-Biz Club brings experienced business men and women together with young entrepreneurs.

Improve literacy skills by reading alound to certified therapy dogs in a FUN and non-judgmental environment.

Kids can develop their artistic skills while enjoying a fun craft time.

Preschool Storytime includes stories and songs.

Storytime with Ms. Joyce. 

Stories, songs, fingerplays and fun; for children and their caregivers.

A story time designed for toddlers, featuring songs, rhymes, and finger plays.

Aryn Rannazzisi leads a gentle paced class combining breath work and postures to promote strength, flexibility and balance. This all-level class will include inversions, backbends and sun salutations.

A gentle, slow-paced yoga with Patti Bozorgchami. Learn simple breathing exercises and relaxation techniques.

A loosely structured program of play, music, stories, and songs to encourage your baby's growth and discovery of the world around them. Babies from 0-2 years of age & their caregivers welcomed to join us for a fun learning experience.

Learn leg strengthening exercises to help your balance and posture. 

Join our Children’s Librarian Miss Luz for stories, songs, fingerplays, and lots of fun!  This Storytime is designed especially for children ages  2-4.   This program meets every Wednesday. 

Listen to simple books, do lap rhymes, finger rhymes and sing songs. Then play with fun educational toys while your grownups chat. For babies and toddlers and their caregivers.

Start your day with fantastic stories!  Join us for Morning Story Time every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 11:00AM.

Explore the French language through song in this bilingual program.

Join us for arts and crafts in the Children's Art area. Open to all preschoolers.

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!

Learn fundamental and advanced creative writing techniques. Offered by S.D. Continuing Ed

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.

The Friends of the Tierrasanta Branch Library invites you to our monthly book sale! Find a gift for a loved one or treat yourself!

The sale takes place the first weekend of the month.

Sign language fun for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers with Ms. Jennifer Duncan!

Come learn some simple signs and songs at this fun weekly event!

Fun crafts for the whole family! Anything from various paper crafts to making slime! All ages welcome! Younger children may need assistance from parents.

High school students give free music lessons to children who play the following instruments: piano, cello and violin. Registration required. To register, go to http://sayamusic.org.