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Join us for virtual programs and activities!

At this time, in-library programs are suspended. Be sure to check this list and our online events calendar regularly to see what we are offering.

Early Literacy Activities 

Digital Literacy Storytime

Expand your child’s understanding of the role digital technologies play in society. Learn healthy habits and behaviours around the use of digital devices and the internet. 

Marshmallow Structures

Practice fine motor skills while engineering stable structures with marshmallows.

Name Spelling Game

Use your name to learn about other letters and words. 

Online Scavenger Hunt 

Learn how to identify credible information and become a savvy Internet user.

Picture Hunt Game

Find letters, numbers, pictures, and symbols hidden around the house to complete the Picture Hunt Game!

Snow Painting

Use the snow outside as your canvas and create something beautiful for all to see.

Storytelling Fun

Explore your imagination and create fun stories. 

Visual Literacy Fun

Help your child become visually literate! This program helps children think critically about what they see around them.

Virtual Storytimes

View all of our amazing storytimes on our events calendar!

Pajama Rama Time

Tune in to these videos that feature a Guelph Public Library staff member reading a story and singing a song.

Visit our Pajama Rama Time playlist on our YouTube channel for more stories and songs!

Adult Activities

Introverts Book Club

Exhausted from zoom fatigue but still want to stay connected? Bring your beverage of choice and the books you've been reading under quarantine to join other book loving introverts online at. Join us every other Friday at 3:00pm for an online book discussion on Discord to share what you’ve been reading and connect with other book lovers! Join us online at: https://discord.gg/QVkDZ8u

Get Organized, Be Happy!

There is something satisfying about organizing, sorting, and putting things where they belong! Learn how saving and organizing your plant tags can be fun and useful!

Rock On 

It can be meditative to collect, sort, place, and arrange rocks. Get inspired and turn a pile of rocks into a beautiful feature in your garden.

Word Play

Let this simple exercise be the inspiration for a poem, short story, or the first line of a novel.

Get Connected!

View our curated list of local, national and worldwide online performances and activities.

Live Storytimes

Anishinabek Nation Youth Storytimes - Facebook Live at 11am EST

The Big List - A list of children's authors reading their books, targeted towards K-5

Bibliovideo - A YouTube channel featuring readings of Canadian books

ROCK EarlyON Virtual Programs & Support - Early ON is posting interactive programs and storytimes every day on Facebook 

Storyline Online - Famous actors read children's books

We Are Teachers - Read by authors and teachers

Live Music and Performances

Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Weekly concerts from orchestra performers

MusicTogether

An online concert series with new content almost every day

National Arts Centre presents Canada Performs

A series of live Facebook events featuring Canadian artists

CFRN Archives

Browse through this archive of music and programs  going back to 2015

Museums

Guelph Museum

Become a part of history by submitting a digital or physical item to the Guelph Museums COVID 19 collection

Wellington County Museum and Archives

Visit the Wellington County Museum and Archives Virtual Museum for virtual exhibits and activities.

ROM Online Collections

Look through the ROM's online collection

Isolation Museum

Browse through the Isolation Museum's collection of artifacts documenting the COVID 19 Epidemic

Nature and Animals

Bear Den Camera

From Grose Mountain, Vancouver, get an inside view of a bear den!

Cincinnati Zoo

These activities form the Cincinnati Zoo will keep you educated and entertained

Toronto Zoo

Learn some new tricks, or just tune in to their live streams and watch the animals

Vancouver Aquarium

Watch a stream of penguins, jellyfish or otters live from the Vancouver aquarium! 

Online Learning and Activities

City of Guelph Rec Enroll at Home

Activities include fitness, arts and crafts, healthy recipes, brain games, and water safety tips and are posted on this page each week.

Get Growing

Guelph Tool Library's backyard caring coordinator, Meredith, hosts a gardening tutorial every Wednesday at 7pm

Guelph Chamber of Commerce Events

Webinars hosted by the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Virtual Repair Cafe

Every other Thursday at 7pm

YMCA at Home

Free YMCA programs for kids, adults and families.

  

 

 

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