Storytime

Help your child develop a love of reading by introducing them to the wonderful world of books and libraries through storytime. When you actively participate with your child you help them develop language skills in a fun and interactive environment. You will have access to professional staff for advice and helpful tips on reading with your child. It's also a great place to meet other parents.

Monday to Friday storytimes run from 10.30 - 11am.
Saturday storytimes run from 2 - 2.30pm. Storytimes are held during school term only.
 

Baby Bounce

A fun filled weekly interactive program for parents and their baby. Sessions include rhymes, songs and finger plays. For babies aged 0-18 months.
Deer Park: Thursdays
St Albans: Wednesdays
Sunshine: Thursdays
Sydenham: Thursdays

Keilor Village: Tuesdays @ 2pm

Toddler Storytime

Fun filled weekly sessions for children aged 18-36 months. Toddler storytime stimulates language development and helps your child develop self confidence in a fun environment.
Deer Park: Mondays
St Albans: Thursdays
Sunshine: Fridays
Sydenham: Wednesdays

Preschool Storytime

These weekly sessions are for children aged 3-5 years. Each stimulating session includes stories, songs and rhymes. Join in the fun and make coming to storytime part of your weekly routine.
Deer Park: Wednesdays and Fridays
Keilor Village: Wednesdays
St Albans: Mondays and Saturdays
Sunshine: Mondays and Wednesdays
Sydenham: Mondays and Fridays

Bedtime Storytime

Children can come in their pyjamas and bring along a favourite soft toy and enjoy stories, songs and rhymes. These monthly sessions are suitable for pre-school aged children. All sessions start at 6:30pm.
Sunshine: First Thursday of the month
Sydenham: First Wednesday of the month

Learn English Through Storytime

A special storytime for parents and their children to practice English through stories, songs and rhymes.
St Albans: Fridays

Bilingual Storytime

Stories, songs, rhymes and activities for children aged 0-5 years for parents, grandparents, and carers in Dinka, Mandarin, Vietnamese and English. Download the poster with translations and days/times (PDF, 218KB)

Mandarin
Deer Park: Wednesdays, 11.15-11.45am

Vietnamese
St Albans: Mondays, 11.15-11.45am
Sunshine: Thursdays, 11-11.30am
 

Programs and Activities

After School Games Club

Get involved, exercise your mind and challenge your friends and new players with games such as Checkers, Chess and Uno. For 6-12 year olds. Sessions run from 4-5pm.
Deer Park: Wednesdays
Keilor Village: Keilor Kids - Thursdays
St Albans: Friday Activity Zone - Fridays
Sunshine: Children's Corner - Thursdays
Sydenham: Play memory games, storytelling games, orienteering activities and many more interactive games - Mondays

Lego Club

A weekly lego club for 7-12 year olds. Children can build and display their finished works in the library. Lego supplied.
Sunshine: Tuesdays, 4.30-5.30pm
Sydenham: Saturdays, 11am-12pm

School Holiday Programs

Fun events for 5-13 year olds are held at each Brimbank library during school holidays. There is no charge but bookings are essential as places are limited. Program information is generally available 4 weeks before the end of school term.

Playstation and Wii

Sunshine and Deer Park Libraries have both Nintendo Wii's and Playstation 3's available for use and Sydenham Library has a Nintendo Wii available for use. Use your library card to book a half hour session. We have Wii games available for loan and keep an eye out leading up to the school holidays for our Gaming Tournaments.

Reading

Summer Reading Club

Summer Reading Club runs annually for 5-13 year olds. Children register from 1 December and read as many books as they can over the summer. They log the books they read and collect prizes as they go. There are finale parties at the end of the program where all entries are in the running for the grand prize! Sign up at your local branch over the summer holidays to join the fun.

Kinda Kinder

Delivered in partnership with Victoria University, this program is for children 0-6 years. Kinda Kinder helps develop pre-literacy skills through play based activities. No charge, but contact libraries for program dates and bookings.

Tuesdays, 1-2pm
Deer Park Library
Enquiries 9249 4660

Tuesdays, 1-2pm
Sunshine Library
Enquiries 9249 4640