Sandy Valley Branch
9754 Cleveland Avenue SE, Magnolia OH 44643 • 330.866.3366 = Registration requested. Please register online at www.TheSmartStore.org and choose the Events tab or call your participating library.
S tory Times
Get your child ready to read with stories, songs and fun.
Toddler Story Time
Ages 18 months–3 years w/caregiver Wednesdays • 10:30–11:00 am • Sep 17, 24; Oct 1, 8, 22; Nov 5, 12, 19
Preschool Story Time
Ages 3 ½–5 years Thursdays • 10:30–11:00 am • Sep 18, 25; Oct 2, 9, 23; Nov 6, 13, 20
Jazzy Jars
Monday, Nov 3 • 6:00–8:00 pm • Adults: Make three useful projects from canning jars. Please bring an empty salt box with a pour spout, all other materials supplied.
Pups and Pages
Saturday, Nov 8 • 10:30 am–12:00 pm • Grades K–5: Licensed therapy dogs will listen to you read.
Book Discussion Group at Sandy Valley Mondays • 6:00–7:00 pm Adults Sep 8 ������Just Like Other Daughters by Colleen Faulkner Oct 6 �������Wonder, by R. J. Palacio Nov 10 ����A Parchment of Leaves by Silas House Dec 8 ������For the Benefit of Those Who See by Rosemary Mahoney
LEGO® Club @ Sandy Valley
Saturdays • 2:00–3:00 pm • Sep 13; Oct 11; Nov 8 Grades Pre K–5: Create and build with LEGO bricks which will be provided. Enjoy snacks.
Amazing Mushrooms
Monday, Sep 15 • 6:00–8:00 pm • Adults: Presenter Tom Phillips shares his knowledge about easy–to–identify edible mushrooms. See a mushroom log inoculation demonstration to help grow mushrooms at home.
U TEENS VOLN
Saturdays • 2:30–4:00 pm Sep 20; Oct 18; Nov 15; Dec 13 Teens: Join our fantastic group as we plan programs and earn community service credit.
Lifelong Learning
Monday, Sep 22 • 2:00–3:00 pm Adults: Stay sharp, connect with others, and enjoy engaging learning opportunities.
In Stitches Knitting
Mondays • 6:00–8:00 pm Sep 22, 29; Oct 27; Nov 17, 24; Dec 15, 22, 29 Adults: Love to knit or want to learn? Bring your supplies and join us. Crocheters are welcome, too.
Connect
Banned Books Week Celebration
Tuesday, Sep 23 • 2:30–4:30 pm Teens: Celebrate the freedom to read what you want. Join us for food and fun.
Laugh, Play, Read
Sensory Explosion Tuesday, Sep 30 • 6:00–7:00 pm • Family: Laugh, play, and learn new ideas for teaching early reading skills to your children using your five senses. Make your own literacy games to take home.
Project Kindness
International Games Day
Saturday, Nov 15 • 12:00–2:00 pm Teens: Celebrate with the world and your friends, Enjoy snacks, board games and, as always, books!
Christmas Craft
Monday, Dec 1 • 6:00–8:00 pm • Adults: Craft some vintage–looking ornaments to make your home merry this holiday season.
Winter Holiday Stories & Crafts
Saturday, Dec 6 • 1:00–3:00 pm • Grades K–5: Listen to stories and make special holiday crafts to take home.
Card Making Monday, Oct 6 • 10:00 am–8:00 pm All Ages: Stop in and decorate a card with kind words for our friends in area nursing homes as part of our Choose Kindness Campaign.
Family Winter Holiday Story Time
Mask Making
Wednesday, Dec 17 • 2:30–4:30 pm • Teens: Create your own memory board and keep track of your past, present and future.
Tuesday, Oct 7 • 2:30–4:30 pm Teens: Go incognito when you create your own mask.
A Soldier’s Experience
Monday, Oct 13 • 6:00–7:30 pm • Adults: Retired Colonel Burt Jones will discuss his career as an Army Ranger/Airborne from 1960–1981. Q & A to follow.
“Spooky Nights” Story Time & Party
Tuesday, Dec 9 • 6:00–7:00 pm • Family: Celebrate the holidays with stories, songs, crafts, and a special visitor from the North Pole.
Making Memory Boards
FEATURED EVENTS Hispanic Heritage Month................................ 6 Gingerbread House Contest........................19 Lifelong Learning............................................... 6
Tuesday, Oct 14 • 6:00–7:00 pm • Family: Come dressed in your favorite costume (optional). Enjoy stories, songs, games, and crafts.
Native American Heritage Month................. 6
Pumpkin Patch
Save Your Home Classes................................ 6
Monday, Oct 20 • 6:00–8:00 pm • Adults: Make a trio of oh–so–cute pumpkins crafted from felt.
One Book, One Community........................... 7 Teen Art Contest.............................................10 Smart Scene • Fall 2014 19