Library events for Jan.18-19th, 2014

Here are this weekend's events here in Snohomish County!

Mountlake Terrace: Read with Rover! Stop by to read aloud to loving canine listeners. It helps kids strengthen reading skills and improve reading confidence. Pre-readers and independent readers are welcome. 

1/18 from 11 am - 12 pm

Edmonds: Read with Rover! Stop by to read aloud to loving canine listeners. It helps kids strengthen reading skills and improve reading confidence. Pre-readers and independent readers are welcome. 

1/18 from 11 am - 12 pm

Granite Falls: Lego in the Library! Learn and play with LEGO and Roylco Straws. Children in grades Kindergarten through 6th grade are invited to build whatever they can imagine. Parents may participate to share ideas and enthusiasm!

1/18 from 1 pm-2 pm

Mukilteo: Pajama Party!! An evening full of stories, songs, crafts, treats and a pajama fashion show. Wear your favorite pajamas and bring a sleeping bag and flashlight. For kids in grades K-5. Preregister online or call 425-493-8202

1/18 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Mukilteo: Read with Carmen and Risa! Carmen and Risa are sweet dogs who love to listen to young readers. These reading buddies offer beginning readers great support! Read for 15 minutes and recieve a 'pawtograph' souvenir.

1/19 from 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Weekend Happenings Jan 3rd-5th, 2014!!

Oooh, that felt funny to write 2014, but I'm so excited for this year and have been happily working hard on my New Years resolutions! Well, I can't say that these sore muscles and lack of sugar is making me feel happy, but I know that it will soon!

Are your kids driving you crazy yet? Counting down the hours until they return to school and schedules? Or are you loving every minute of having them home? Either way, we have some activities to kick off the new year going on this weekend!

Library's are wrapping up their Winter Extravaganza this weekend and there are still a lot of fun events to attend! Here's your go to list from all around the county:

MONROE: Winter Science Extravaganza: Crazy, Foamy, Bouncy Fun with Chemistry! Explore exploding, elephant toothpaste, discover if raisins can dance, experiment with bouncing blobs, special visit from Chemical Kevin. For school aged kids 6 and up. Jan 3rd from 1-2pm. Monroe Library.

Volts and Jolts with Pacific Science Center! Electricity is illuminated in a series of shocking experiments. Explore the properties of electricity with a hair raising Van de Graaf generator and Tesla Coil. For school age kids 5 and up. Jan.4th 1-2pm. Monroe Library.

MUKILTEO: Sweet Science! It's a marshmallow world in the winter! Join for fun experiments with candy and other yummy treats. Ages 5-11 Jan.3rd from 2-3:15 pm. Mukilteo Library.

LAKE STEVENS: Super Cool Science Show presented by the Pacific Science Center. Discover what happens when things get super cool with liquid nitrogen! Watch as gasses liquify, solidify, fizz, freeze and fly. Jan.3rd from 1-2pm for children and families. Lake Stevens Library.

MARYSVILLE: Dr. Owl's Silly Science: The Power of Air. Discover how air pressure affects the world around us through demonstrations of Magdebur's hemispheres, Bernoulli's principle, and generating vortexes. Jan.4th at 11 am for school aged kids. Marysville library. 

Non Library Activities:

MONROE: Sky Valley Academy has open gym Kidz zone from 1:30-2:30 pm on Jan.3rd. $6 per child, all ages.

All Home Depot Locations do a kids workshop the 1st Saturday of every month. This month it is making a fun desk calendar! It says ages 5-12, but the kind people at the Snohomish location have let our 3 year old boy join in with the help of Daddy (they built a wooden car together). You can pre-register or show up. It goes from 9 am - noon. Jan.4th. 

This is the last weekend to enjoy the Garden D'Lights in Bellevue!

Happy weekending everyone!!