Week Calendar

Come to library for a special Halloween giveaway.   Wear your costume and pick out a new book.  Instead of saying Trick or Treat....tell library staff  "Book or Treat"!  

Come to library for a special Halloween giveaway.   Wear your costume and pick out a new book.  Instead of saying Trick or Treat....tell library staff  "Book or Treat"!  

Through colorful picture books, catchy songs, and playful rhymes, Señor Roberto or Mr. Robert brings stories to life in a way that’s fun, educational, and culturally enriching.

Join Ms. Jackie for a bilingual storytime about Día de los Muertos.

Join our Children’s Librarian for a not-so-scary storytime!  This program is designed for children ages 2-4 and their families.  Halloween costumes are optional.  Every child in attendance will receive a special surprise!

Join us in your costume, and come read some not-so-scary stories! We'll be doing some crafts and have lots of dancing fun!

Learn signs to use with your child! Signing fun with songs, stories, and finger plays as well as tips for using sign language as a preverbal communication tool with your little one.

Ms.

Join us for a special halloween storytime event with Literature Comes to Life.  Audience members will join the cast and help tell the story with fun props and costumes.

Dance, sing, laugh, and enjoy engaging stories with Carrie The Librarian! This program is recommended for ages 2-5 but all ages are welcome at this fun weekly program. 

Join City Ballet of San Diego at the Ocean Beach Library for "A Book and a Ballerina" at this special storytime program! Enjoy listening to a read-aloud story, hearing from a professional ballerina, and learning some basic dance steps.

Stories, songs, fingerplays followed by Stay and Play.

Welcome families to Stay and Play!

Join Ms Mariana as she introduces children to different cultures and traditions through books, songs, & flannel board stories.

Geared towards toddlers and preschoolers.

Welcome families to Stay and Play!

Toddler Story Time in Kensington Park will be held at 10:30am. There will be stories, songs, and bubbles! Join the fun!

Join the DSCL for a spooky version of Stay and Play!  Dress for Halloween and come ready to dance and then parade through the library, ending off with learning through play!  

Join us for a lapsit storytime with board books, rhymes, songs, and fingerplays for pre-walkers. For ages 0 to pre-walkers.

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 in reading children’s stories written in English and based on Filipino culture. We will learn new Tagalog words as we sing children’s songs. This program is for toddlers and preschoolers.

Please join us with your young ones for Preschool Storytime & Craft!
Ms. Sandy will have fun stories, songs, and a special craft to share!
This event takes place every Thursday except the 3rd Thursday each month.

Children learn simple signing in a fun, storytime format.

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

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.

Join us as we read, sing, and dance this special Storytime, which encourages a love of reading and builds essential early literacy skills. A unique craft follows each Storytime.

In honor of Nuestra Cultura (our library's version of National Hispanic Heritage Month) and Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), we will host a special Bilingual Storytime led by Ms. Jackie! She will read stories, sing, and play the jarana.

Bring the kiddos to the library every Thursday morning for a variety of play!  Storytime, crafts, dancing, songs and most of all FUN!

Join Ms. Camille and Ms. Melissa every Thursday at the OB Rec Center for storytime and free play for children 0 to 5 years old. Each week children will have the opportunity to explore and socialize and so will their caregivers!

Preschool storytime for babies, toddlers, and all preschoolers!

Welcome families to Stay and Play. This program is focused towards children 0-5 years old and their caregivers. Every Thursday we will offer free play.

Sensory and early literacy play for little learners ages 1–5 and their caregivers.

Join us for a very special Storytime in the Park with the one and only Willow BeMine!

We invite you to join our Baby Dance Party, singing and dancing along with Ms. Andrea from Dance to Evolve! 

We will have songs, movement and tons of fun for your babies to dance, play, and interact! 

A 45-minute Storytime for young children including books and music with the addition of American Sign Language signs with Jennifer Duncan from Signs at Play.

Join us every Friday for stories, songs and bubbles!! Feel free to come in costume for our Halloween edition.

Bring the littles and come for a fun dance party and maybe a storytime!  We will dance to fun songs, use egg shakers, and dance with bubbles!

Join us for Chinese stories and songs with Miss Canndy.  This program is for children, but all ages are welcome.  Please note that this is not a bilingual storytime.  This program will be held on the first Saturday of the month in t

In honor of Nuestra Cultura (our library's version of National Hispanic Heritage Month) and Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), we will host a special Bilingual Storytime led by Ms. Jackie! She will read stories and sing and play the jarana.

Saturday is Story Time in Kensington Park. Bring a blanket to sit on and get ready for stories, music, and bubbles! Recommended for ages 1-5. Older siblings are welcome to join in on the fun!

Join us for indoor Storytime at the Balboa Library. Children and caregivers will have the branch to themselves before we open to the public. We’ll read fun stories and sing songs.

Come join us every Tuesday at 11:30am for Music and Motion! This program is designed to introduce babies and toddlers to music, dance and instruments. We will learn new motor skills, shake our sillies out and sing at the top of our lungs.

Come join us for Toddler Happy Hour! Right after Storytime,  parents and caregivers with young children can come and meet their neighbors!  Age-appropriate toys and games will be provided for the little ones to play with.

Ms.

Need to occupy your little one on Wednesday mornings? Come join us for our weekly Dance Pants party!

Free music classes for kids by Villa Musica!

Early Childhood Music, ages 2-4, 11:30am - 12:15pm

Music Adventures, ages 5-6, 12:30 - 1:15pm 

Please join Ms. Ellie or Ms. Helene for storytime, songs, and some fun!

Come and enjoy our free Zumba for Kids program for babies and toddlers. This program involves music and movement to help kids strengthen their motor skills.

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.

After Preschool Storytime, we will be hosting a Stay and Play! 

Parents and Caregivers- play with your children or watch them as they play with other children. 

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

Enjoy some sign language fun for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers with Ms. Jennifer from Signs at Play!

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

🐾Barks and Books📚 is now here at the San Ysidro Library!

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.

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.

Baby Play & Learn is designed to support the development of children ages 0-24 months. This program includes stories, rhymes, songs, and movement activities  followed by an open play time.

Please join us for a special Halloween storytime with Ms Teri. Following storytime, we will have trick or treating stations throughout the library! 

 Storytime includes stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft.

Join Ms Jennifer from Signs at Play!

Registration is required for this program.  Space is limited, early sign-up is encouraged.  

Before you head out for a fun night of trick-or-treating swing by the library to make a cool trick-or-treat bag. Also while you're here, see if you can feed our very hungry monster a very yummy marshmallow using your very own catapult.

Join us for a late afternoon pajama storytime with an engaging seasonal theme for young children including books, music, and bubbles with the addition of American Sign Language signs presented by Jennifer Duncan from Signs at Play.

Calling all LEGO builders & Crafters! Are you our next LEGO Master?  Come & make a masterpiece then get creative with a fun craft. 

Come join us for our LEGO BLOCK PARTY!!

Come enjoy a pajama party with us in the cozy, downstairs reading nook! 

Join us for our Halloween Spooktacular Event. There will be themed crafts and a scavenger hunt with prizes! (While supplies last.)

Event Schedule: 

5:30pm- Crafts, scavenger hunt, face painting and balloon animals.

Storybox Theatre is a wonderful way to present illustrated stories to youngsters.  Storybox is the American name we have given to the Japanese storytelling tradition called kamishibai.  (Kami = paper; shibai = theatre).  A storytell

Join us for pajama storytime with...sign language basics to foster early literacy skills.

This program is offered inside in our Community Room, and no registration is required.

Wear your Halloween costume and get ready to rock out with the wonderfully wacky tunes of The Microphone Doctors!  

Put on your pajamas, grab your favorite stuffed animal and head to the library for storytime.

Storytime for babies, toddlers, and all preschoolers!

Put on your favorite PJs and join Ms. Carrie in the Community Room Tuesday evenings for a pajama storytime.

Pajamas are encouraged, but not required. No sign up required.