10:00 AM-10:45 AM Storytime

Storytime for all ages. GROUPS MUST PRE-REGISTER.

3:30 PM-5:30 PM Leaders of Tomorrow (L.O.T.) Tutoring/Mentoring Program Series

Free tutoring series for elementary, middle, and high school students. Offered by the volunteers from the B.A.S.I.C. Empowerment Corporation, a non-profit organization. This organization strives to meet the academic needs of the students in our community. There will be tutoring, homework assistance, and academic enrichment exercises. Registration is for the whole series and is based on a first-come, first-serve basis. A parent MUST complete a parental permission form and a registration form either prior to participation or on the first day of participation.

This series is planned to last at least through the 2009 --2010 school year.

Only 20 students may participate and once that many have registered, a waiting list will be taken.

The Clayton County Library System is providing space for this program as a public service. All questions about this series must be communicated directly to B.A.S.I.C. Empowerment Corporation via email or by phone.

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Scrabble Club

Kids ages 6 years and up may participate in this biweekly Scrabble event. Practice your spelling, vocabulary, and math skills, make friends with other competitors, and have lots of fun playing this classic board game! Scrabble Club meets the second and fourth Thursday of each month, so mark your calendars.
Advanced registration is required so that library staff will know how many participants will be playing.

Baby Talk!

This program is an hour of one-on-one interactive play, songs, finger plays, rhymes, Souns® and book sharing time for parents, caregivers, or grandparents with their young ones. To learn more about go to www.souns.org.
You must register in advance. However, you need only register one time for the entire series.

This program is for children ages newborn-20 months. Due to the concern for the safety of these young children, older children, up to age 6, may not accompany the Baby Talk attendees. Alternate arrangements must be made for older children.

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Get Ready to Read Parent Workshop: Make it and Take it

The Pre-Kindergarten program of the Clayton County Public Schools, the United Way of Atlanta, and the Clayton County Library System, are partnering to bring you a wonderful FREE parent workshop that will help you learn easy, daily activities that you can do to help your child develop essential pre-reading skills. These skills are the foundation each child needs in order to learn to read. For more information about this program go to Get Ready to Read,

Get Ready to Read is sponsored by SMART START, a United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta program.
To register contact Charmaine Godley at 404 507 1673 or via the email listed.

Please note that this program is intended for parents only. There will be limited activities for children whose parents must bring their children with them.

Preschool Story Time

Join Ms. Ramona every Thursday morning for stories, games, songs and more. For ages 3-5. Groups are welcome but must register in advance.