Pasadena Public Library
Welcome to the Land of Oz! On April 11th, 2025 the Pasadena Public Library hosted an Emerald City Adventures event at the Villa Parke Community Center. For those with whimsy in their hearts, this free 2-hour event was designed to showcase the Villa Parke Community Center’s tenants as a unified […]
Can you balance a shoe on the tip of your nose? Well that was just one of the many whimsical antics enjoyed by dozens of children and their caregivers at the annual “End of Summer Reading Bash” held at Jefferson Branch Library, where the entertainment included giant bowling, an art […]
At 10am on Saturday, April 6th, The Office of the Young Child, in partnership with the Human Services Commission’s Early Childhood Ad Hoc Committee, hosted a variety of fun-filled activities for kids and their caregivers at Jefferson Branch Library. The spectacular commencement to this year’s ‘Week of the Young Child’ […]
We had a wonderful group of smart, creative kids come to do some coding and art at our ArtNight program last Friday, April 16th. Kids 8 and up did the Artist Tutorial together on Code.org. The tutorial contains nine easy puzzles to solve, each one introducing a new concept about […]
Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, technology, math and art! There is no right or wrong way for children to experiment – the fun and learning comes from the doing! Early childhood research shows us that little hands and minds learn best when at play. […]
On Monday, we had a visit from Valentina Quezada and other representatives of the USC Pacific Asia Museum for their free art program, Listen, Learn, Create! Each quarter they come and bring stories and art projects to teach kids about Asian arts and cultures. Valentina read a folk tale called […]
Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, technology, math and art! There is no right or wrong way for children to experiment – the fun and learning comes from the doing! Early childhood research shows us that little hands and minds learn best when at play. […]
On Saturday, August 31st we had a reception honoring the winners and honorable mentions of our Art and Writing Contests. This year’s theme was “Fractured Films,” fitting with our Summer Reading theme, “It’s Showtime at Your Library!” We got beautiful art and writing entries that were inspired by films, but […]
Books We Shared I’m the Best Artist in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry is told mostly from the point of view of the giant quid who boasts proudly of his artistic accomplishments, and makes a “messterpiece” all over everyone else! Anywhere Artist by Nikki Slade Robinson is about a girl […]
Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, technology, math and art! There is no right or wrong way for children to experiment – the fun and learning comes from the doing! Early childhood research shows us that little hands and minds learn best when at play. […]