Ada Community Library - Lake Hazel Branch

A short weekly session for babies and toddlers up to age 3 and their grown-ups. Families follow along with rhymes, games and songs chosen to build early literacy and fine motor skills. It lasts about 30 minutes, in the Lake Hazel Branch at 10489 W Lake Hazel Rd, Boise.

Kids of any age read a book aloud to a registered therapy dog. The library offers it so children can build reading skills and confidence in a relaxed, low-pressure setting. Held weekly in the Lake Hazel Branch at 10489 W Lake Hazel Rd, Boise.

A Saturday morning program for the whole family, all ages welcome. The Lake Hazel Branch alternates weeks: one Saturday is Family Storytime, with stories, music and fun, and the next is Music & Movement, where families dance, jump, stretch and sing along to favorite songs. Each session lasts about 30 minutes, at 10489 W Lake Hazel Rd, Boise.

A high-energy half hour for kids of all ages and their grown-ups. Families dance, jump, stretch, play and sing along to favorite songs together. Held in the Lake Hazel Branch at 10489 W Lake Hazel Rd, Boise.

Weekly hands-on art time for preschoolers ages 3 to 5. Children try different materials and make their own art, which the library describes as a way to expand imaginations and exercise creativity. Sessions run about an hour in the Lake Hazel Branch at 10489 W Lake Hazel Rd, Boise.

A weekly storytime for preschoolers ages 3 to 5, with read-aloud stories followed by a simple craft. The library says its preschool stories help children practice kindergarten readiness skills and spark a lifelong love of reading. Held in the Lake Hazel Branch at 10489 W Lake Hazel Rd, Boise.

A weekly hands-on lab for ages 5 to 11 covering science, technology, engineering, art and math, with a new project each week. Recent and upcoming sessions include coding Mbot and Edison robots, building a cardboard-and-clay marble maze, testing structures against an earthquake, opening lockboxes, Shrinky Dink pins and painting mini pumpkins. Held at the Lake Hazel Branch, 10489 W Lake Hazel Rd, Boise.

Drop-in after-school hangout for teens ages 12 to 18, four afternoons a week from 3:30 to 5:30 PM. Teens come to the library to eat snacks, make crafts, play games and hang out. At the Ada Community Library Lake Hazel Branch, 10489 W Lake Hazel Rd.

A weekly program for teens ages 12 to 18 with a new hands-on activity or challenge each week. Fall 2026 sessions include sublimation printing, a pirate escape room, watercolor, a candy-themed Olympics, polymer clay charms and Franken-toys, where teens cut apart old toys and glue them into new creations. Held at the Lake Hazel Branch, 10489 W Lake Hazel Rd, Boise.

A weekly morning program for toddlers ages 1 to 3 and their grown-ups, with stories, music and a simple art activity. It runs about an hour in the Lake Hazel Branch at 10489 W Lake Hazel Rd, Boise.

A weekly hangout for tweens ages 8 to 11 with a different game or activity each week. Fall 2026 sessions include a Dungeons & Dragons one-shot set in a fantasy coffee shop, a scavenger hunt, Pokemon trading club, Perler beads, a pirate escape room, Mario Kart and haunted graham cracker houses. Held at the Lake Hazel Branch, 10489 W Lake Hazel Rd, Boise.