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Learn how you can use books, rhymes, and songs to help your child be ready for kindergarten.
Bring the entire family for books and fun activities to build reading skills.
Stop by to play in our kid’s area and work on fun activities with your child. Ages 0-5.
Hands-on practice of kindergarten skills such as writing letters and cutting with scissors. Parents will receive tips on how to work on skills at home.
Learn how you can use books, rhymes, and songs to help your child be ready for kindergarten.
Have a tech question? We're here to help! Stop by the library for friendly, one-on-one support with ebooks, streaming services, library apps, smartphones, tablets, computers, and more.
Boost your baby's ability to learn using books, rhymes, and music.
Ready to get creative? Join us in this drop-in program where you make and create using art supplies and technology.
Get free help with homework along with computers, school supplies and friendly staff and volunteers to help.
Join your friends and get creative.
Turning ideas into reality with STEM, creativity, and discovery.
Work with friendly staff on job and college applications, study for the SAT or ACT, get help with homework or search for scholarships. Grades 6-12.
Join us as we build relationships that will help bridge the gap for misunderstandings and/or build opportunities for young people while restoring their hope in community and each other.
Stop by for a free snack provided by the Children's Hunger Alliance.
Be a better reader. Read one-on-one with a buddy. Limited Space - Registration begins at the start of the program.
Collaborate with other teens and staff in the teen area to create art.
Drop in to connect with Celebrate One for resources such as pregnancy tests, referrals to healthcare, parenting classes, teen pregnancy resources, and more!
Explore the history and customs of an Irish Wake set in the 1890s in this family-friendly program.
Join us as we explore science, technology, engineering, art and math. All we need to complete our experiments is you!
Expand your creativity and hang out with friends during this weekly program just for tweens. We'll create art, play games and more.
Create amazing stem creations with Dr. Nathan!
Columbus is Ohio's capital and largest city, home to Ohio State University and its 100,000-seat stadium. COSI, the science museum on the Scioto riverfront, is regularly rated the country's best, and the Columbus Zoo, Franklin Park Conservatory and the Book Loft in German Village are the other family staples. Columbus Metropolitan Library is one of the most-used systems in the United States.
Halloween 2026 events for kids in Columbus: trunk-or-treats, storytimes and pumpkin patches, day by day.
692 children’s events are on in Columbus in the next seven days, read every night from the calendars of Columbus Metropolitan Library (25 branches, 6,913 upcoming programmes), plus United Skates of America, Schiller Park, Skate Zone 71, Columbus Performing Arts Center, Columbus Recreation And Parks Department and Cultural Arts Center. Library programmes are free. Museum and zoo events say “admission may apply”; check the venue for prices.
48 places to collect. Tap “I'm here” when you're at one and the stamp goes in your book; collect 5 and print the certificate.
Stamps live on your phone. Open your passport to see them all, print the certificate, or save them to your email.
Yes and no. Every event, time, address and link is open to anyone. An account only lets you save outings you plan to go to.
Each library and venue calendar is re-read every night, so a cancelled storytime disappears within a day. Times are shown in Columbus’s own time zone.
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