Learn how to maximize the Foundation Directory Online tools to identify potential grants. The database provides information to include grant recipients, their location, dollar amounts granted, and suggested funders. The class is design
Ruth Holley Library will be temporarily closed for approximately one week starting Mon., Dec. 2 to complete roof repairs.
All Pikes Peak Library District locations will close at 6 p.m. on Wed., Nov. 27 and will be closed on Thu., Nov. 28 in observance of Thanksgiving.
Rockrimmon Library will close on Sun., Dec. 1.
Manitou Springs Library is temporarily closed to prepare for its move in early 2025.
This class will help adults without a high school diploma prepare to take the GED, HiSET, or TASC high school equivalency exams. Registration is required. New students must attend GED/HiSET/TASC Orientation to register and take a placement test.
For adults wanting to improve their workplace and every day English language skills. Classes provide instruction in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Registration is required.
Social group connecting people with resources, conversation, and support.
This program gives toddlers an introduction to the delights of rhyme, rhythm, and a few special stories as a first step to reading. (For one and two-year olds and caregivers.) Approximately 20 minutes.
Shake those wiggles out and have some fun! This 30-minute program consists of music and movement activities and a story. For two and three-year-old children, with a favorite adult.
This program gives toddlers an introduction to the delights of rhyme, rhythm, and a few special stories as a first step to reading. (For one and two-year olds and caregivers.) Approximately 20 minutes.
Grab your favorite beverage and join us for an informal virtual discussion moderated by a Regional History and Genealogy staff member.
ESL students who wish to improve their writing skills need to have a basic understanding of grammar structure, tense usage, vocabulary, and how to commit thought processes and ideas onto paper.
Interested?
A short read-aloud session for preschoolers.
Shake those wiggles out and have some fun! This 30-minute program consists of music and movement activities and a story. For two and three-year-old children, with a favorite adult.
Join us for open-ended play! We’ll have fun toys to enhance your child’s early literacy learning. Meet new friends and have fun playing together.
For ages 1-3 years old. No registration required.
Children’s Staff from around the district will invite 1 and 2-year-old children, with a favorite adult, to enjoy rhymes, music and movement, and a few short books! Videos are not live, so you can always view the videos whenever it’s conv
Young children, with a favorite adult, experience new stories through books, flannelboards, puppets, songs, activities, and crafts.
Are you expecting and have so many questions? Join Pikes Peak Library District and Nurse Family Partnership for a series of prenatal classes. Pre-registration is required.
Are you frustrated with your smartphone? Confused by the Internet? Come get your questions answered about your smartphone, tablet, computer or eReader.
Bring a project to work on, share ideas, and socialize with fellow knitters and crocheters. This is NOT a class. No registration required.
Children's Services meeting
This class will help adults without a high school diploma prepare to take the GED, HiSET, or TASC high school equivalency exams. Registration is required. New students must attend GED/HiSET/TASC Orientation to register and take a placement test.
This class will help adults without a high school diploma prepare to take the GED, HiSET, or TASC high school equivalency exams. Registration is required. New students must attend GED/HiSET/TASC Orientation to register and take a placement test.
During Open Hours, Make II is available for patrons to work on their own projects while a PPLD staff member is present. Equipment and supplies are available on a first come basis.
An all-ages knitting group that meets every Wednesday in the Study Room. Practice materials are provided, but attendees are encouraged to bring their own materials! Some instruction provided for those new to the world of knitting.
Practice reading aloud and improve your fluency by sharing a story with one of our loveable Paws to Read dogs!
Kids ages 5-8 join us for a fun and interactive art or STEM activity where they can build, explore, tinker, and create!
Mothers and daughters make a craft together to take home. All supplies provided through the generosity of the Ruth Holley Friends of the Library. Register daughter's name only. Space is limited.
Children practice reading and building fluency by reading to a Paws- to-Read dog.
Kids can practice reading aloud and improve fluency by sharing a story with one of our lovable Paws to Read dogs!
Join your fellow area teens in making a craft each week and decompress at the midpoint of the school week.
There will be snacks aplenty. Brought to you by your teen advisory board.
This class will help adults without a high school diploma prepare to take the GED, HiSET, or TASC high school equivalency exams. Registration is required. New students must attend GED/HiSET/TASC Orientation to register and take a placement test.
This class will help adults without a high school diploma prepare to take the GED, HiSET, or TASC high school equivalency exams. Registration is required. New students must attend GED/HiSET/TASC Orientation to register and take a placement test.
The first Wednesday of most months, join us for an open tech lab to experiment with various electronics and robotics activities. All ages welcome!
Informal English language conversation groups for adults who speak some English (intermediate to advanced levels). Group meets once a week for two hours, no registration required, and no cost involved.
This class will help adults without a high school diploma prepare to take the GED, HiSET, or TASC high school equivalency exams. Registration is required. New students must attend GED/HiSET/TASC Orientation to register and take a placement test.
Do you have a child between the ages of 0-32 months? Do you wonder how much you talk with your child? LENA Start is a 10-week, virtual program that will increase your child’s language development.
Feel free to join us for the virtual version of the Carnelian Coffee Book Group, facilitated by the Pikes Peak Library District. Multiple copies, including online, are available through PPLD.