Public Holiday Closure: All branches are closed and the Mobile Library is off the road Friday 3 April - Monday 6 April inclusive. The external return chutes are also closed. 

The Children's Space at Ivanhoe Library is temporarily closed due to building works. The children's collection will remain available on the upper-ground floor. 

Watsonia Library is closed for a planned power outage Wednesday 8 April 9-5pm but will open for the evening 5-8.30pm. 

Kids Corner: Listen to Space

Kids Corner is the place to find fun activities to help entertain the kids!

Photo by NASA on Unsplash

Age Guide: all ages

NASA has some amazing resources for kids of all ages. One easy way to engage with their offerings is to check out their range of podcasts. Whatever the age of your children, there is a podcast with something for them to engage with, great for listening to together and pulling up some great images from NASA's photograph of the day collection.

Try NASA's Curious Universe where astronauts, scientists and engineers chat about a different topic each week or Space to Ground, which has a wrap up of happenings from the International Space Station. Make sure you don't skip What's Up? which is a monthly videocast giving you tips on what to find in the night sky.

 

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