Youth Services

Having fun at the library is easy! Check out these activities and resources today!

1000 Books Before Kindergarten

The 1000 Books Before Kindergarten is an amazing initiative to start kids reading young! The benefits of reading to your child and having them start reading by themselves before Kindergarten is vast! Kids learn about empathy, how to handle their emotions, ceate connections, and learn life skills through reading.

How do you sign up your kid?

Swing by the Youth Services desk and grab a folder labeled 1000 Books Before Kindergarten. This folder details how this program works, reading logs, and other resources. You or your child can write their name on a paper car and decorate it. The car will be moved along the track in the library as they progress in their reading challenge. Once they have read 1000 Books, they will have their picture taken with our photo frame and join the CHCPL Wall of Fame!

To login to KYVL and use those resources, use your library card to sign in to your Cynthiana-Harrison County Public Library account, or call 234-4881 for login information.

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Pre-K Story Time on Thursdays at 10am for singing, dancing, stories, and crafts with Bri. All preschool ages welcome!

Join us for a Halloween "trick or treat" event after story time on October 29th at 11 AM at CHCPL!

Join the Paper Lantern Holiday Contest! Pick up kits on Nov 7, decorate, and return by Nov 21 to display and vote.

Pictures with Santa, games, crafts, and snack for FREE on December 2nd between 4:30 and 6:30pm.

Noon Year's Eve countdown party for youth on Dec 31, 11 AM-12:15 PM with snacks, music, and a balloon drop at noon.

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Libby/Overdrive

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World Book

KYVL Database

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Student Success Cards

Check out more information about the Student Success Card and how you can use yours to get the most from your library!

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Hip Hip Pooh-ray!

Celebrate 100 years of Winnie the Pooh at CHCPL! Enjoy a story, craft, and snacks as we imagine ourselves on a visit to the Hundred Acre Wood in the…

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S'more Spooky Stories

Join Bri in the Cynthiana Pocket Park on Main Street for a special story time featuring dogs! She invites you to bring your pet dressed for Halloween…

Join us on October 21st at 5 PM to design your own "Trick or Treat" tote bag! Exciting Halloween activity!

Design Your Own Trick-or-Treat Bag

Using paint markers and other bits and bobs, YOUTH ages will decorate a canvas tote bag to be their trick-or-treat bag for Halloween. Registration is…

Family movie screenings at CHCPL in October: "Coco" on Oct 9 at 1 PM and "The Halloween Tree" on Oct 23 at 3:30 PM.

October Family Movies: The Halloween Tree

Enjoy a showing of this movie based on the story by Ray Bradbury. A fun movie that teaches some of the ancient traditions behind the holiday we now…

Homeschool Explorers

This Homeschool Explorers session will be taking a field trip to Rohs Opera House, the local historically haunted building of Cynthiana!

Lego Club

Trick-or-Treat

Join us after story time on Thursday for trick-or-treating around the library! Staff will be dressed up and handing out candy!

Creepy Disco Balls

Enjoy a sparkly Halloween at the library making a spider or bat out of mini disco balls! All ages are welcome to participate in this creepy but cute…

Movie Showing: We're Back

Families are invited to celebrate Dinovember by watching We’re Back at the library! Click here to register.

Open Art Studio

YOUTH ages are invited to immediately start working on their Paper Lantern kit they pick up from the front desk! Bri will have all kinds of mediums…

Paper Lantern Holiday Makeover Contest Passed Out

We encourage all ages to participate in decorating and displaying their paper lantern in the library.

Homeschool Explorers

We will be making dinosaur eggs with baking soda and watching them hatch!

Paint-a-Saurus

Kids will be presented with their own wooden dinosaur figurine and will be able to paint it however they want! Registration is required for this FREE…

Homeschool Explorers

We will build dinosaurs out of foam bones and talk about the different dinosaur names and what they mean when broken down.

Lego Club

All youth ages are invited to explore your creativity at Lego Club! Complete a challenge and receive a small prize! This month’s Lego club will be…

Jingle & Mingle

Bring your family to the library for a very merry Christmas! Pictures with Santa, games, crafts, snacks, AND festive cheer! This is a FREE program.

Join us on December 5th at 10 AM for free ornament kits for all ages. First come, first served!

Take & Make Kits Passed Out

ALL AGES are welcome to pick up an ornament kit on Saturday, December 5th starting at 10am. There will be a youth kit and an adult kit.

Event for youth on December 9 at 5 PM to create cardboard Dala horses. Registration required. Call 859-234-4881 for details.

Painted Ponies Cardboard Craft

YOUTH ages are invited to learn and create their own cardboard Dala Horse! Registration is required. Call 859-234-4881, visit the library, or register…

An event for homeschoolers titled "Circuit Rudolph" on December 14th at 11 AM, featuring kids in lab coats and a festive duck.

Homeschool Explorers

Our homeschoolers will only meet once this month to create their own circuit that looks like a reindeer!

Join the Magic Holiday Ornament Workshop on Dec 16 at 5 PM! Kids can create ornaments with provided supplies. Registration needed!

Magical Holiday Ornament Workshop

Bri will have several different supplies and materials for kiddos to create their own ornaments! Registration is required for this FREE program. Call…

Join the library on December 21st, 10am-4pm for holiday movies, cookies, crafts, and hot chocolate! All ages welcome.

Cozy Cocoa Christmas

All ages are invited to a cozy time at the library! Christmas movies will be playing in the Community Room from 10am to 4pm.

Lego Club

This month's Lego Club is starting at 3:30pm due to early closure for Christmas!

Event for youth on December 30 at 5 PM to create star-shaped paper garlands. Registration required: call or visit library.

Paper Punch Shape Garland

YOUTH ages are invited to create their own star shaped garlands using paper! Registration is required. Call 859-234-4881, or sign up below.

Noon Year's Eve

YOUTH ages are invited to countdown to noon! Festive snacks, dancing, music, and a balloon drop at noon!

Having fun at the library is easy! Check out these activities and resources today!

1000 Books Before Kindergarten

To login to KYVL and use those resources, use your library card to sign in to your Cynthiana-Harrison County Public Library account, or call 234-4881 for login information.

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