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Come watch movies with us on Saturday Afternoons from 2-4 PM! This month will focus on Holiday movies!
December 2: Nightmare Before Christmas
December 9: The Illumination Grinch
December 16: Polar Express, that day we will also have a pajama party with some fun snacks and a craft!
December 30: Frozen, we are also mixing it up with Slime during the movie!
- Meaningful social interaction
- Strengthening communication and teamwork skills
- Maintaining mental sharpness
- Boosting immunity to ward off illness
- Improving test scores
- Delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia
- Being an inexpensive form of entertainment
- Being a career path
- Being good clean fun
December 4th is National Cookie Day and we are celebrating at the Marathon Branch by Decorating cookies! Join us after school to decorate your own cookies!
Self-expression through art is an important part of human nature. You don’t have to be in art school, or create marble sculptures, or create realistic paintings to be an artist. Whatever you create is an extension of you, and it is beautiful in that regard.
Join us on Tuesdays from 9:30 to 11:30 AM to let your creativity shine! In this class we will explore different mediums such as sketch, paint, multimedia and more!
- Keeps dementia at bay.
- Decreases possibility of depression.
- Improves hand-eye coordination.
- Trains concentration and pattern recognition.
- Helps benefit short-term memory
Kid’s D&D is moving to Tuesdays, 3:30 PM, after school!
Level up your gaming experience by taking on the role of a mighty hero in the world’s most popular fantasy role-playing game, Dungeons and Dragons
Join us for stories, songs and activities for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers.
Wednesdays at 10:30 AM Children’s Area
2nd Floor
Teens, level up your gaming experience by taking on the role of a mighty hero in the world’s most popular fantasy role-playing game, Dungeons and Dragons! We meet in the Activity Center Wednesdays, after school, at 3 PM.
Stop in for the Key West Library Game Night every Wednesday! Pick up any of our board games, or bring your own and sit at any of the tables in the library’s lounge. 
The homeschool group has been growing and we are splitting groups to accommodate everyone. We will still meet on Thursdays with Kindergarten & under group meeting from 10 AM-11 AM and the 1st grade and up group will meet from 11:30 AM-12:30 PM. There will be different themed activities for both learning and fun!
The homeschool group has been growing and we are splitting groups to accommodate everyone. We will still meet on Thursdays with Kindergarten & under group meeting from 10 AM-11 AM and the 1st grade and up group will meet from 11:30 AM-12:30 PM. There will be different themed activities for both learning and fun!
Game On! Thursday and Friday after school for all ages Passive Program- Events on Your Time!
Relax and unwind by playing popular games with friends and family. After homework and studying are done kick back and get your Game On! Board games, video games even MTG!
Games in a library?! Of Course! Now you and your children can enjoy new and popular games with friends and family. Make friends while going on quest in Dungeons and Dragons or crush your opponents in a game of Magic the Gathering. After homework and studying are done kick back and get your Game On!
*Note the video game zone is only available when a librarian is present.
Why do we have toys, board games, and video games in the library?
“Play is the highest form of research”-Albert Einstein
Many games in the library are multiplayer games that encourage teamwork and social skills. Playing games is a great way for kids to meet new people and make some friends. Video games and board games can be pricey at times and not affordable for every hose hold, so it is important to us here at the library that every child is given the opportunity to experience the joy of playing games and being a kid.
With all that fun our kids are having while playing board/video games, they don’t realize they are developing some very important skills. Gaming (especially Nintendo games) challenges kids on their reading, mathematics, and critical thinking skills. Gaming is also a great way for kids to relieve stress and make some friends.
For further reading on video games in the library check out this NPR article: At Libraries Across America, It’s Game On
Would you like to learn more about your camera, or camera phone, and how it works? Are your pictures underexposed, overexposed, out of focus, poorly composed, or just plain old dull, and boring? If you answered yes to any of these questions join us on Friday mornings from 11 AM till 1 PM in the Activity Center to learn how to take better pictures and do fun assignments! Not only will you learn how to take better pictures, but you can also reap the benefits of photography.
Top Benefits of Photography
- Photography is a form of self-care.
- Photography improves a person’s well-being through community interaction.
- It also improves well-being through the potential for reminiscence.
- Helps to find beauty in our world.
- Enhances memory and keeps your brain healthy.
- Gets you outdoors and makes you exercise.
- Photography makes you enjoy what you are doing more.
- Photography can help people who are struggling with depression.
- Stimulates and improves your creativity.
Storytime is a fun early literacy program for children. Join us for interactive stories, songs, rhymes, and crafts. The early literacy practices featured each week help build the foundation for a lifelong love of learning. Storytime offers an opportunity to experience early literacy practices in action, to discover great books, music, and to socialize with other parents after Storytime. Expecting parents and siblings are welcome to attend.
Game On! Thursday and Friday after school for all ages Passive Program- Events on Your Time!
Relax and unwind by playing popular games with friends and family. After homework and studying are done kick back and get your Game On! Board games, video games even MTG!
Games in a library?! Of Course! Now you and your children can enjoy new and popular games with friends and family. Make friends while going on quest in Dungeons and Dragons or crush your opponents in a game of Magic the Gathering. After homework and studying are done kick back and get your Game On!
*Note the video game zone is only available when a librarian is present.
Why do we have toys, board games, and video games in the library?
“Play is the highest form of research”-Albert Einstein
Many games in the library are multiplayer games that encourage teamwork and social skills. Playing games is a great way for kids to meet new people and make some friends. Video games and board games can be pricey at times and not affordable for every hose hold, so it is important to us here at the library that every child is given the opportunity to experience the joy of playing games and being a kid.
With all that fun our kids are having while playing board/video games, they don’t realize they are developing some very important skills. Gaming (especially Nintendo games) challenges kids on their reading, mathematics, and critical thinking skills. Gaming is also a great way for kids to relieve stress and make some friends.
For further reading on video games in the library check out this NPR article: At Libraries Across America, It’s Game On
Want some sketching guidance?
Come to the Sketch Workshop every other Fridays 3:00-4:45 in Study Room 5, 2nd Floor.
December 12th is Gingerbread house Day, so we are celebrating early on Friday, December 8th at 3:30 PM, by making gingerbread houses out of graham crackers! You bring your imagination and we will have the supplies to make your gingerbread house dreams come true!
Magic the Gathering
Saturdays 9am- Noon
MTG is a tabletop card game. Join us every Saturday morning as we host a MTG for adults. Newcomers and veterans are welcome! We have premade decks that new players can use to learn how to play. Magic-themed giveaways and tournaments throughout the year!
Join us for stories, songs and activities for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers.
Saturdays at 10:30 AM Children’s Area
2nd Floor
Come watch movies with us on Saturday Afternoons from 2-4 PM! This month will focus on Holiday movies!
December 2: Nightmare Before Christmas
December 9: The Illumination Grinch
December 16: Polar Express, that day we will also have a pajama party with some fun snacks and a craft!
December 30: Frozen, we are also mixing it up with Slime during the movie!
Alzheimer’s Care Support The Alzheimer’s Association will host a Caregiver Support Group at the Key Largo Library on the 2nd Monday of every month starting Monday, November 13 at 11 a.m. To register and for more information call 800.272.3900.
- Meaningful social interaction
- Strengthening communication and teamwork skills
- Maintaining mental sharpness
- Boosting immunity to ward off illness
- Improving test scores
- Delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia
- Being an inexpensive form of entertainment
- Being a career path
- Being good clean fun
Teen Connect will be on Mondays after school at 3 PM. Connect with friends new and old through video games, snacks, art projects, movies and more!
Self-expression through art is an important part of human nature. You don’t have to be in art school, or create marble sculptures, or create realistic paintings to be an artist. Whatever you create is an extension of you, and it is beautiful in that regard.
Join us on Tuesdays from 9:30 to 11:30 AM to let your creativity shine! In this class we will explore different mediums such as sketch, paint, multimedia and more!