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Preschool Storytime: Virtual Summer Pajama Party

Summer at Your Library
2026-07-06 19:00:00 2026-07-06 19:30:00 America/New_York Preschool Storytime: Virtual Summer Pajama Party Preschoolers will delight in interactive stories, songs, and rhymes that inspire a love of reading and build early literacy skills. Recommended for ages 3–5. Online - Virtual Room - Alafaya

Monday, July 06
7:00pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2026-07-06 19:00:00 2026-07-06 19:30:00 America/New_York Preschool Storytime: Virtual Summer Pajama Party Preschoolers will delight in interactive stories, songs, and rhymes that inspire a love of reading and build early literacy skills. Recommended for ages 3–5. Online - Virtual Room - Alafaya

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Virtual Room - Alafaya

Preschoolers will delight in interactive stories, songs, and rhymes that inspire a love of reading and build early literacy skills. Recommended for ages 3–5.

This program is based on the nationally recognized initiative, Every Child Ready to Read, which supports school readiness for preschoolers by practicing the five early literacy skills: talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing.

Each night has the following theme:

July 6: Picnic Fun

July 13: Summer Safari

July 20: Summer Road trip

AGE GROUP: | Preschoolers |

EVENT TYPE: | Storytime | Education & Learning |

TAGS: | summer-early-learning | bb-ages-3-5 | alafaya |

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