Adult Programming

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Join Us For Our Winter Reading Challenge!

Community Library Network Winter Reading Challenge: January through February 2024

Does winter weather have you stuck inside? Grab a cozy blanket, sip on a hot beverage, and spend January and February competing in our Winter Reading Challenge.  Complete at least 5 of the challenges to earn an entry into a grand prize drawing for dinner for two (or complete all 10 challenges for 2 entries!).

Pick up your Winter Reading Challenge card at your local library today.

We Have Tons of Awesome Events for Adults!

Adult Programs

Recurring Programs

Check out our Book Clubs, Coffee & Coloring, and Knitting and Crocheting events at different locations, as well as our Introduction to Computer Help, and other awesome recurring events!

Early spring: “Going to Seed” seed giveaway and gardening education

Summer: Reading Challenges

And more programs to come!

Create & Make

Keep exploring, creating and making with our ready-to-build kits! Complete with easy instructions for step-by-step building. Create art, gadgets, or decor for yourself or give as gifts.

Read Together

Young woman reading a book lying in a hammock

Join a reading challenge at any time. Using “Beanstack” track your reading progress to earn prizes. Share what you’re learning and explore new topics.

Advance

Family using digital tablet

Write that book, build an awesome garden, learn about world-travel, deliver a polished resume. Classes and speaker presentations empower your success.

Marie Shockley

MARIE SHOCKLEY

Adult Program Coordinator

Libraries are about more than books; they’re the stage for lifelong learning.

Our adult programs aim to ignite curiosity, support personal growth, and build community.

~ Marie Shockley

Youth Services

Spotlight

Take the Smokey Bear Reading Challenge!

The Smokey Bear Reading Challenge helps you celebrate Smokey Bear's 80th Birthday!

Mar 1, 2024 – Aug 31, 2024

Help Smokey celebrate his 80th birthday by learning how to prevent wildfires and help the environment! Read 3 books on wildfire prevention or the environment and earn 4 activity badges to complete the challenge and earn virtual tickets for the prize drawings!

Start by taking Smokey’s Pledge. Badges are earned by completing at least one activity in each section.

You can select books from Smokey’s Reading List at smokeybear.com, or choose your own.

Login to Beanstack to track your progress!

We have so many awesome events for ages 0 – 18!

Setting Up for Success!

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten…
…aims to provide a fun and easy way to help establish strong early literacy skills in children 5 and under. Reading to and with your child regularly improves vocabulary, cognitive & social skills, helps strengthen relationships and creates loving memories.

Adorable cartoon illustration of a lion, a jellyfish, and a turtle, all reading books.

Youth Programs

Our recurring programs are designed specifically for ages of growth and development. Through play, we help youth develop skills to become lifelong learners. Programs are often funded through grants offered by our Friends and Foundation groups, and supported by USDA snack programs. See the age group descriptions to find the group right for your child. Visit the Calendar to join us.
Programs geared to deaf, hard of hearing and signing children of all ages.

Storytime using American Sign Language on YouTube.

ASL Playgroup at outdoor spaces this summer.

ASL Family Camp August 6th & 7th at Farragut State Park. For ASL speaking children to meet, play, and build community. Parents & guardians receive expert support to help advocate for their child and their learning environment. Register, free!

Visit the Calendar to join us.

Lending Library! Supplement your home-based education with STEAM toys and sensory toys for ages birth to five.

Contact Us or call (208) 772-5612 x 120 to get started!

Special Thanks
Idaho Community Foundation (Idaho Future Fund) 

Read to earn prizes all year long. Simply track your progress in Beanstack to earn rewards.

Check the the Calendar for challenges that may be currently running.

Check out our Early Learner’s Page!

There’s tons of info/ideas for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers!

Babies: Birth-2
Toddlers: 2-3
Young beautiful teacher and toddlers playing around lots of toys at kindergarten
Preschool: 3-5
Father and his little children reading bedtime story at home

Kids: 5-10

Likely becoming more involved with friends and learning to think in more complex ways, highly interactive programs explore art, music, play, and literacy. Overseen by their caretakers, kids build on concepts of matching, recognizing, and predicting.

Tween: 10-14

Cheerful young father with cute son using laptop computer while sitting on the table in the living room.

Tweens explore character development, storylines, genres, make direct comparisons, and build and evaluate STEAM subjects. Geared for after-school hours, not requiring caregiver attendance. Registration is required.

Teen: 14-18

Teen girl with book in the city outdoors on the terrace

Older teens enjoy self-guided activity, receiving concepts to develop unique outcomes. With more room for imagination, they use prediction, analysis, and revision to refine their projects. Geared for after-school hours. Registration is required.

Family & Outreach for All Ages

Outreach in the parade

Our community events and special events are open for people of all ages and families. Look for us in your community, at schools, senior living facilities, and your favorite community events throughout the year.

Youth Resources

American Sign Language

Resources for parents, teachers and the deaf and hard of hearing
Check out our ASL Resources page!

Homeschool

Fill out our amazing Homeschool Focus Group form!

Access over 100 clickable links on our Homeschool Resources Page!

Homeschool Material Exchange Site

Are you a homeschool educator in need of workbooks or teaching aids? Do you have materials in good shape to donate? Leave and take supplies at the Hayden and Post Falls Libraries. No checkout required!

Launch Into Learning

Watch for early literacy backpack programs to develop in your classroom.

Contact us about the Launch Into Learning program.

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

This grant-funded program provides your libraries with literacy tools used in our programs. Join a reading challenge and find an age-specific program to take part in.

STEAM Kits for Classrooms

Begin building and learning with these all-inclusive kits.

Super Librarian to the reading rescue! Receive personalized book suggestions directly from your youth librarian. Tell us about your preferences and we will place books on hold for you to pick up.

Request customized reading recommendations for you or your child on the Borrow Page

Click here to find our highlighted Adult & Teen suggested books on our Borrow page or fill out our Book Match Teens and Adults Form.

“I am”

You are your own person, making choices to navigate your world the best you can. These tools can inform your choices and strengthen your mind, body and spirit. Some of these tools will prepare you, some can help comfort the past, and others will meet you where you’re at.

Visit the Digital Resources page and find out more!

KAREN YOTHER

Youth Services Coordinator

We create fun and accessible learning environments to support educational development that will prepare youth for their best future.

~ Karen Yother

Emerging Technology

Design or select models to 3D print. 3D printers are always located in Hayden and Post Falls, while two other printers rotate to each network library. Makes great gifts and collectables!

STEAM Kits are ready-to-build kits to explore science, technology, engineering, art and math. Take a look at our STEAM Kits!
This mobile STEAM center is a 60’ foot bus equipped with its own hotspot to take science, technology, engineering, art, and math to the masses! Schedule our bus on field trips across Kootenai County or from your school’s parking lot.

Request a Discovery Bus Event

Kids & Classrooms

Two schoolgirls study in a robotics class, assemble a robot constructor

Bring science, math, engineering and art to your home or classroom. Borrow ready-to-built kits, attend an event to explore new tech, or build an educational program with our resources.

Adult Enrichment

Start small or go big. Join us for hands-on learning. Paced for discovering new technologies or enhancing the useability of technology you own. Access 3D print designs, and print your models.

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