This program is recommended for babies aged 0-18 months, accompanied by a parent or caregiver. It includes age-appropriate stories, rhymes, bounces, and songs that lay the foundation for reading. Children will also develop sensory, fine motor, and social skills through playtime.
Clear Lake City-County Freeman Branch Library
Recommended for children 3 to 5 years old. This program is designed for children who are ready to sit and listen to stories in addition to enjoying songs, fingerplays, and action rhymes.
This orientation session will introduce participants to 3D printing in the library. This orientation session is mandatory before patrons can schedule time to use a 3D printer.
This is a writers' club meant for all writers to learn more about the art, share their work, and learn from other writers about their work process, publishing, and writing journey.
Everyone is encouraged to bring a brief excerpt from any Work In Progress (WIPs) or other material they are willing to share. At your discretion, you may bring handouts with the material printed on it.
Writers of all levels are welcomed, including people just wanting to learn more!
If you knit, crochet or do any other form of needlecraft please join us for the Freeman Needlecrafters. While attendees are happy to help others through the difficult parts of a project, this club is not intended as a class for instruction.
The Galveston Bay Area Scale Modelers Association (GBASMA) is a chartered member of the International Plastic Modelers Society (IPMS).. Club meetings are held monthly to present each other's current projects, share new modeling techniques, answer modeling questions and promote the hobby. We meet 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM on the 4th Monday of each month except for May(meets the week after) and December.(no meeting).
Registration not required.
Adults deserve to play too! On the first Saturday of the month, join us all day in the second floor Conference Room for creativity and construction.
Any attendant under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
For 2025, the July Adult LEGO Saturday will be canceled due to the Fourth of July weekend.
HCPL has partnered with Oldways to present classes on how to eat healthy by following a traditional Latin American diet!
This program will feature two dishes rich in herbs, spices, and tubers. Those dishes are:
- Cucumber & Serrano Chile Salad
- Cannellini Bean & Pumpkin Seed Salad
Library staff will give a presentation on the dishes and prepare them for everyone to share!
This event will be held in the Children's Activity Space
Are you a crafter or artist who needs to clean out your craft closet? Or are you someone who wants to start a new creative hobby? Help your community divert arts and crafts supplies from landfills and share creativity! Donate your unwanted arts and crafts supplies, or peruse the free supplies your community has to offer.
Rules for Donations
This story time includes stories, songs, and activities. Children are invited to wear their pajamas and bring a favorite blanket or stuffed animal! Surprise! Each child may choose one free book at the end of the program!
Tickets are required for this program. They are free and available 30 minutes before the program begins in the Children’s Department. .