Babies and Books

A weekly storytime for babies and toddlers under 2!  We will focus on early literacy skills through songs, rhymes, and stories.  Each session will conclude with a playtime, allowing children and adults time to interact with each other.

100 E. Douglas St., Freeport, IL, 61032, US

Storytime at Debate Square

Bring your blankets and chairs and join us for an outdoor storytime at Debate Square Park!  We will read stories, sing songs, and have plenty of movement activities!  In the event of inclement weather, storytime will be held in the library.

100 E. Douglas St., Freeport, IL, 61032, US

Babies and Books

A weekly storytime for babies and toddlers under 2!  We will focus on early literacy skills through songs, rhymes, and stories.  Each session will conclude with a playtime, allowing children and adults time to interact with each other.

100 E. Douglas St., Freeport, IL, 61032, US

Therapeutic Recreation for folks with I.D.D.

No registration required! Join our therapeutic recreation program designed especially for individuals with disabilities. Engage in crafting, chatting, and fun activities!

100 E. Douglas St., Freeport, IL, 61032, US

Storytime at Debate Square

Bring your blankets and chairs and join us for an outdoor storytime at Debate Square Park!  We will read stories, sing songs, and have plenty of movement activities!  In the event of inclement weather, storytime will be held in the library.

100 E. Douglas St., Freeport, IL, 61032, US

Labor Day

Closed for Labor Day

100 E. Douglas St., Freeport, IL, 61032, US

Slime Making: Choose Your Own Add Ins

Join us each month as we make a different type of slime!  This month you can choose your own add ins from a variety available.

100 E. Douglas St., Freeport, IL, 61032, US

Preschool Storytime

Join us for stories, flannelboards, songs, and a craft every Wednesday morning.  For children ages 2-5 with their caregiver.

100 E. Douglas St., Freeport, IL, 61032, US

ChessPort

Join ChessPort!No experience necessary.Chess sets are provided.Free, no registration.All current, former, rusty, and new players welcome!

100 E. Douglas St., Freeport, IL, 61032, US

Senior Resource Center book discussion: The Country of the Blind by Andrew Leland

Leland delivers a masterful exploration of disability in his brilliant debut. Living with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that gradually results in total vision loss, since he was a teenager, Leland considers his ongoing transition from sightedness to blindness with a......More

Leland delivers a masterful exploration of disability in his brilliant debut. Living with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that gradually results in total vision loss, since he was a teenager, Leland considers his ongoing transition from sightedness to blindness with ambivalence and curiosity: “I need to know how I will live, and what kind of blind person I’ll be.” While he mourns the loss of things like seeing his son’s face and reading printed text, he discovers new, more tactile ways of being, such as letting his son guide him through a museum, or sweeping his fingers across “marvelous” lines of braille. Interweaving his own experiences, dozens of interviews with blind people and cultural experts, and forays into philosophy, history, and literature, Leland constructs a nuanced understanding of “blind politics, blind tech, blind culture, and blind struggle,” discussing, among other topics, schisms within the National Federation of the Blind and the ways much modern technology can trace its roots back to “blind troubleshooters,” whose innovations have become integrated into the broader culture. At the core of his inquiry are the paradoxes of disability: how does one understand blindness as both an impairment and a “neutral characteristic,” and how can Leland accept his “new identity” as both central and incidental? Enriched by its sparkling prose, this is an extraordinary and intellectually rigorous account of adapting to change. [Publishers Weekly review]Join us at the Senior Resource Center in Freeport to discuss. No registration required, all are welcome!

206 E Stephenson St, Freeport, IL, 61032, US

Sensory Play Day

Join us for a morning of sensory fun and making new friends!  Children will have the opportunity to play at several different stations in this engaging sensory playtime.  Some stations may be messy, so wear appropriate clothing.  Ages 0-5.

100 E. Douglas St., Freeport, IL, 61032, US