Celebrate Hop-Hop-History Month! Join us for a fun and easy rhyming game.
In honor of Hip-Hop History Month in November, tweens are encouraged to join us for a drop-in session to learn the fundamentals of freestyle rap through video. The "Freestyle Rap Basics: End Rhyme Game" is an instructor-led video featuring eight straightforward lessons. Children will enjoy discovering rhymes while also expanding their vocabulary.
This drop-in event will be held in the Tween Gaming Room at the Main Library. For children ages 8 -12.
The Freestyle Rap Basic: End Rhyme Game video is provided by Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that is determined to build a world, through music, where kids can lead creative, rich, purposeful lives.
They are dedicated to ensuring that every student has the opportunity to unlock his or her inner music-maker. They are currently known as Music Will. For more information, visit musicwill.org
The 66,000 sq.ft. Main Library opened in spring of 2024 and serves as the Rockford Public Library's main downtown facility. The newly constructed space boasts a 1st floor Children's Area complete with a dedicated computer lab, three program rooms, play structure with slide, and baby garden, a Maker Lab with access to 3D printers and scanners and small board computers, podcasting room, green screen video room, a large Young Adult Zone with gaming center, adult computer lab, local history room, and several meeting and study rooms accommodating groups of 2-8 people. Additional features include a large interactive screen, two roof-top terraces, one of which is available for rent as part of our large event space on the third floor, underground parking, and drive-thru book drop holds pickup!