Online Calendar
Stories, movement, activities, and songs for families with infants to preschoolers.
Storytime is a lively 30-minute combination of books, movement, activities, and songs best enjoyed by families with their children. Storytimes may also include supplemental activities, such as crafts, storytelling, poetry, riddles, and more.
The library also hosts a variety of special activities and events for children. You’ll find them in the online calendar.
This is the regular schedule most weeks. Please check the online calendar for special events, changes, or cancellations.
For group visits, please call the Children’s Desk at 512-218-7002.
Babytime (ages 0 – 18 months)
- 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays (2nd Floor Program Space)
- 2 p.m. Wednesdays (2nd Floor Program Space)
- 9:30 a.m. Thursdays (2nd Floor Program Space)
- 2 p.m. Thursdays (2nd Floor Program Space)
Toddlertime (18 months – 3 years)
- 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays (1st Floor Meeting Room)
- 9:30 Wednesdays (1st Floor Meeting Room)
- 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays (1st Floor Meeting Room)
Preschool Storytime (3 – 6 years)
- 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays on the weeks we do not have a Bilingual Program (2nd Floor Program Space)
- 11:00 a.m. Wednesdays (2nd Floor Program Space)
Preschool Bilingual Storytime (3 – 6 years)
The 10:30 a.m. Tuesday Preschool Storytime has a bilingual element at least twice a month:
- Spanish Bilingual Storytime is 10:30 a.m. on the 1st Tuesday of the month (2nd Floor Program Space)
- Mandarin Bilingual Storytime is 10:30 a.m. on the 3rd Tuesday of the month (2nd Floor Program Space)
- Hindi Bilingual Storytime will be offered some months as well–please watch the online calendar.
Family Storytime (18 months – 6 years)
- 6:30 p.m. Mondays (2nd Floor Program Space)
- Outdoors in the Discovery Garden, at 10:30 a.m. in the autumn, winter, and spring, and 9:30 a.m. in summertime. Please check the online calendar for times. Also, note that Outdoor storytime moves indoors during wet conditions.
- 11 a.m. Saturdays (2nd Floor Program Space)
Welcome to storytime at the Round Rock Public Library.
- Children succeed best alongside caregivers who are actively participating in the program.
- Come learn with us! You do not need to sign up to attend storytime; however, groups of six or more children must preregister. Please call the Children’s Reference desk at 512-218-7002 for more information or to preregister a group.
Early literacy is what children know about reading and writing before they can actually read and write.
Parents and caregivers are their children’s first and best teachers; your Library supports early literacy instruction for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers through Every Child Ready to Read, a joint project of the Public Library Association and the Association for Library Service to Children.
Key pre-reading skills
Pre-readers are more likely to enjoy long-term success as readers if they:
- Know lots of words
- Notice the small sounds in words
- Expect books to be fun or useful
- Know how to use books
- Retell stories, or make up new ones
- Understand that each letter has its own shape, name, and sound
Key practices
Research shows that children acquire the key pre-reading skills by engaging in these five activities every day with loving adults:
- Talking
- Singing
- Reading
- Writing
- Play
Learn more
- Our baby, toddler, and preschool programs for children model Early Literacy Practices for caregivers.
- Invite a librarian to present an Early Literacy workshop for your group
- Watch for Early Literacy training events for parents and caregivers at the library.
