Virtual Programs
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
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.
Practice fine motor skills while engineering stable structures with marshmallows.
Use your name to learn about other letters and words.
Learn how to identify credible information and become a savvy Internet user.
Find letters, numbers, pictures, and symbols hidden around the house to complete the Picture Hunt Game!
Use the snow outside as your canvas and create something beautiful for all to see.
Explore your imagination and create fun stories.
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
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
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!
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.
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 |
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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 |
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Weekly concerts from orchestra performers 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 Browse through this archive of music and programs going back to 2015 |
Museums |
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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. Look through the ROM's online collection Browse through the Isolation Museum's collection of artifacts documenting the COVID 19 Epidemic |
Nature and Animals |
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From Grose Mountain, Vancouver, get an inside view of a bear den! These activities form the Cincinnati Zoo will keep you educated and entertained Learn some new tricks, or just tune in to their live streams and watch the animals Watch a stream of penguins, jellyfish or otters live from the Vancouver aquarium! |
Online Learning and Activities |
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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. 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 Every other Thursday at 7pm Free YMCA programs for kids, adults and families. |
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