Kids’ Update: Nature Trivia with National Geographic Kids

Learn more about your favorite animal or have your nature questions answered at National Geographic Kids! With nonfiction articles and information, games, and videos, National Geographic Kids has something for all the kids in your family!

Here’s a story about an animal that will never make the cover of National Geographic — Quackenstein Hatches a Family.

The Youth Services Staff at the Chester County Library and Hankin Branch are presenting Virtual Storytimes beginning April 27th. They will be for three different ages groups — 0 to 2 Year Olds, 3 & 4 Year Olds, and 5 & 6 Year Olds. Registration is required via the Events Calendar at https://chescolibraries.org/. Virtual Storytimes are not registered as multi-week sessions; you will need to register for each storytime individually.

Teen Update: Author Matt de la Pena Writing Challenge

Popular Young Adult author Matt de la Pena (“I Will Save You”, “Superman Dawnbreaker”) is also an acclaimed picture book author. Matt believes that picture books are not just for children and he is right! In two short videos Matt reads aloud his picture book “Love” and talks about thoughts and ideas behind its words and illustrations. Then he offers you a writing challenge to share your own interpretation of the story. Your response will be sent to Matt and also published in Words Alive! online gallery.

Build your skills with Cisco Networking Academy

Take advantage of the Cisco Networking Academy! Available for free through Chester County Library, these online, self-paced courses will help you explore potential career pathways, develop technical mastery, and build critical thinking and problem-solving skills needed to succeed.

Get Connected: Learn how to use a computer, connect devices and access search, email, and social media. This is a self-paced, beginner level course.

Entrepreneurship: This course teaches business and financial skills, attitudes, and behaviors to help students develop an entrepreneurial mindset that can empower them to improve their lives.

Introduction to Cybersecurity: Learn how to protect yourself online and in social media while discovering careers in cybersecurity. This is a self-paced, beginner level course.

Cybersecurity Essentials: Develop an understanding of cybercrime, security principles, technologies, and procedures used to defend networks. This is a self-paced, intermediate level course.

Introduction to IoT (Internet of Things): Learn how the Internet of Things (IoT) and the digital transformation of business create new value and new job opportunities. This is a self-paced, beginner level course.

Introduction to Packet Tracer:  Learn the basics for using Cisco Packet Tracer to simulate network configurations. This is a self-paced, beginner level course.

Packet Tracer Mobile: Learn how to use the Cisco Packet Tracer Mobile software. This is a self-paced, hands-on course.

Take flight with these virtual rides

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Do you feel like taking flight during these stay-at-home times? If you love the feel that the freedom of the skies offers, take a look at these virtual rides. Experience the cockpits and controls of the earliest airplanes, ride over Manhattan in a helicopter and join a fighter jet crew over the Swiss Alps.

Virtual Cockpit Tours from EAA Aviation Museum

Experience NYC by Helicopter from youvisit.com

360° cockpit view | Fighter Jet | Patrouille Suisse | Virtual Reality

And here are some eBooks for you to enjoy after you land – available now!

Fight or Flight by Samantha Young

First Flight Around the World by Tim Grove

The Flight Girls by Noah Salazar (audiobook also available)

Hornet Flight by Ken Follett

Star Flight by Phyllis A. Whitney

Kids’ Update: Baseball for Everyone

We don’t know yet if there will be a baseball season this, but while you wait you can learn more about the game from Duckster’s Baseball. Read about Little League Baseball or dream about the Major League Baseball. After all, Opening Day will come someday!

Here’s a baseball story for you — Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl’s Baseball Dream.

The Youth Services Staff at the Chester County Library and Hankin Branch are presenting Virtual Storytimes beginning April 27th. They will be for three different ages groups — 0 to 2 Year Olds, 3 & 4 Year Olds, and 5 & 6 Year Olds. Registration is required via the Events Calendar at https://chescolibraries.org/. Virtual Storytimes are not registered as multi-week sessions; you will need to register for each storytime individually.

Kids’ Update: On Your Toes

If you’ve always wanted to take ballet class with a famous ballerina, now is your chance. Tiler Peck, principal dancer at New York City Ballet, is teaching daily ballet classes every day at 1 pm EST via Instagram Live. Throw on a pair of ballet slippers and join in as she takes dancers through basic stretching and ballet positions. She even throws in some pointe work at the end for more advanced dancers. Tiler Peck Ballet Class.

You won’t believe who becomes a dancer and a hero in Lotus and Feather.

The Youth Services Staff at the Chester County Library and Hankin Branch are presenting Virtual Storytimes beginning April 27th. They will be for three different ages groups — 0 to 2 Year Olds, 3 & 4 Year Olds, and 5 & 6 Year Olds. Registration is required via the Events Calendar at https://chescolibraries.org/. Virtual Storytimes are not registered as multi-week sessions; you will need to register for each storytime individually.

Virtual English Conversation Groups

We will resume holding English Conversation Groups virtually twice per month beginning the first week of May. Please join us to practice your English in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. Participation is free. Registration is required in order to receive the Zoom link for the meeting. Please register here for the first meeting on Wednesday, May 6th from 7:00-8:00PM.

A Zoom link will be emailed to registrants 2 hours before the program starts. Make sure to check the email address you registered with to receive the link. You do not need a Zoom account to attend the virtual program.