Nature Storytelling
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(3-6 yrs.) Explore the parks through books. Hear a story, enjoy nature activities, take a short hike, and finish with a craft. Topics will change seasonally. A parent must accompany each registered child in the program.
(3-6 yrs.) Explore the parks through books. Hear a story, enjoy nature activities, take a short hike, and finish with a craft. Topics will change seasonally. A parent must accompany each registered child in the program.
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Stories, songs, fingerplays, lap bounces, books and social time fill the Chantilly Meeting Room at the Chantilly Regional Library, for ages 3 and under.
Turkeys and habitat restoration discussion at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park Visitor Center & Amphitheater, exploring cultural roles and future conservation, for ages 7 and up.
Thanksgiving storytime, turkey hat craft, and a library turkey parade in Centreville Regional Library’s Meeting Rooms 1 and 2, for ages 3 and under.
Lap rhymes, action songs, interactive stories and playtime at Cascades Library for ages 0–18 months with a caregiver.
Pokemon cards are traded, library decks borrowed, and monthly Pokémon crafts made in the Chantilly Regional Library meeting room, for ages 5–10.
Bilingual Korean‑English storytime with songs, fingerplays, dances and stories in the Chantilly Regional Library meeting room, for ages 3–5.
A scavenger hunt in the library’s children’s area followed by a family craft activity, Sterling Library, for ages 10 and under.
Family Fun Fridays at Riverbend Park’s Nature Center offers books, crafts, games, microscope exploration, puzzles, sandbox digging, and hourly naturalist read‑alouds, all ages.
Spooky Dry Ice Science (Hidden Oaks Nature Center) — bubbling concoctions, screaming spoons, and Boo bubbles demonstrate states of matter, for ages 5 and up.
Interactive stories and movement at Cascades Library, Sterling, for ages 5 and under with a caregiver; visit and subscribe to Loudoun County Public Library Online Programs YouTube channel.
Bat Walk at the Bend (Riverbend Park) — Educational scavenger hunt through woods about bats, ending with a handcrafted bat decoration, ages 5 and up.
Craft and experiment with a naturalist, exploring new pumpkin uses and getting messy at Burke Lake Park, for ages 4–18.