Story Times & After School Programs

All MRL Children's Programs are free and open to all. No library card required!

Story Times

Story times are an excellent way for caregivers to interact with their children, learn songs and activities to play, observe new ways of reading to their children, and support developing language skills. Sessions run throughout the year with two week planning period breaks in between as follows:

2026 Schedule:
Session 1: January 5 - February 28
Session 2: March 16 - May 16
Session 3: June 1 – August 1
Session 4: August 17 – October 10
Session 5: October 26 - December 19

Central Library
Stories, Rhymes, & Movement (ages 0-5) – Mondays @ 9:30AM & 10:15AM
Babies, Books, & Movement (ages 0-2) – Tuesdays @ 10AM & Wednesdays @ 10AM
Playful Preschoolers (ages 3-5) – Tuesdays @ 11AM & Wednesdays @ 11AM
Tremendous Toddlers (ages 2-3) – Thursdays @ 11AM                                                                                                                                                          

Elkton Community Library
Fantastic Family Fun (all ages) – Mondays @ 10:30AM

Grottoes Branch Library
CircleTime (all ages) – Wednesdays @ 10AM

North River Library – Bridgewater
Fantastic Family Fun (all ages) – Thursdays @ 10:15AM
Fantastic Family Fun (all ages) – Thursdays @ 11AM

Page Public Library – Luray
Fantastic Family Fun (all ages) – Mondays @ 10:30AM
Tremendous Toddlers (ages 2-3) – Thursdays @ 10:30AM

Shenandoah Community Library
Fantastic Family Fun (all ages) – Tuesdays @ 11AM

Village Library – Broadway
Fantastic Family Fun (all ages) – Thursdays @ 10AM

After School Programs:

MRL's After School Programs are a great opportunity for K-5 children and their caregivers to deepen learning and interest areas, and to have a fun time socializing with other families! Join us for the following:

Central Library

Dogs 2 Read 2 - Thursdays Weekly 4:30PM-5:30PM

Crafty Kids - 1st Thursdays 4PM-5PM

Lego Club - 2nd Thursdays 4PM-5PM

Super Science - 3rd Thursdays 4PM-5PM

Keva Lab - 4th Thursdays 4PM-5PM

Elkton Community Library:

Build It Up - 2nd Wednesdays 4PM-5PM

Dogs 2 Read 2 - 4th Wednesdays 4PM-5PM

Grottoes Branch Library:

Keva Lab - 1st Thursdays 4PM-5PM

Board Games - 2nd Thursdays 4PM-5PM

Lego Club - 3rd Thursdays 4PM-5PM

Crafty Kids - 4th Thursdays 4PM-5PM

North River Library:

Library's Got Game - 1st Tuesdays 2PM-5:30PM

Builders and Makers - 2nd Tuesdays 2PM-5:30PM

Crafty Kids - 3rd Saturdays 11AM-12PM

Page Public Library: 

Dogs 2 Read 2 - 1st Saturdays 11AM-12PM

Lego Club - 2nd Thursdays 4PM-5PM

Keva Lab - 4th Thursdays 4PM-5PM

Shenandoah Community Library: 

Dogs 2 Read 2 - 2nd Saturdays 10AM-11AM

Build It Up - 3rd Saturdays 10AM-2PM, March-May 2026

Village Library:

Lego Club - 1st and 3rd Tuesdays  4PM-5PM

Dogs 2 Read 2 - 2nd Saturdays 11AM-Noon*; 2nd & 4th Tuesdays 5PM-6PM, February-May 2026

*June-August 2026 will be 1st Fridays 10AM-11AM

1,000 Things Before Kindergarten

A little reading every day gets your little one ready for school! Earn a free, new book for every 100 read! Visit any MRL location to get started. 

How it works: Read books and do suggested activities with your child. The goal is to have read 1,000 books and/or do 1,000 activities before the child starts kindergarten. Books and activities can be repeated. Books read at library story times count.

Feel free to print extra reading logs at home.