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CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS
Special Events
Music Together
Thursday,
September 9, 10:30 am
Infants
through age 4, accompanied by a caregiver
Please join us for a
demonstration class of "Music Together," a researched, early childhood
music education program. For information or to register for the full
"Music Together" program, please contact Suzanne Lawson at (845)
628-0895.
Grandparents Day Craft
Friday, September 10 at 1:00 pm
Grades 1-5
Children are invited to join us at the library to create a personalized
bookmark to give Grandma or Grandpa on Grandparents Day (September 12).
Materials will be supplied; however children should bring a small photo or
item that can be incorporated into the bookmark to personalize it.
Registration is required.
Native American Culture and Lore
Thursday, November 11 at 1:00 pm
Grades K - 4
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with
interactive stories and a visit from our animal friends at the New Canaan
Nature. Registration is required.
Holiday Family Concert
Friday, November 26 at 4:00 pm
Families with children up to age 8
The holidays
are upon us! Families with children up to 8 years old are invited to the
library for our annual Holiday Family Concert. Suzanne Lawson and
friends, of Music Together: Bedford Arts & Music will perform a concert
featuring songs, stories and dances that celebrate all the holidays this
season – Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Solstice. This entertaining
program includes interactive song-play and dances for the kids, and a
family sing-a-long. Registration is not required.
Weekly Programs
Chess for Kids
Tuesdays from 4:30 – 5:30 pm, beginning September 28
Children in Grades 1 - 5
Academic
Chess will instruct this 8-week chess program.
The fee for the session is $145, payable at
registration.
Please call the library for details.
Mother
Goose Time
Wednesdays
at
10:30 am:
September 15 - December 8
Stories and playtime for newborns -
20 months old. Registration is required.
Toddler Time
Thursdays at
10:30 am:
September 16 - December 9
Picture books, songs and nursery rhymes for
those 20 months - 3 years old. Registration is required.
Preschool
Program
Thursdays at
1:30 pm:
September 16 - December 9
(no class November 11)
Longer picture books, songs and fun for
children 3-6 years old. Registration is required.
Book Blast Book Group
Meets the second
Wednesday of
the month from
5 – 5:45 pm.
Book discussion for grades 3-5. Registration is required.
Next meeting: Wednesday, September 15
(note: this is the 3rd Wednesday)
Book Selection: Coraline, by
Neil Gaiman
Our New Hermit Crabs
The
library is now home to three hermit crabs, thanks to the efforts of
Library Trustee Michelle Colman, and the generosity of Ridgefield Pet. The
pet store not only donated the crabs, they included a “crabitat” aquarium
complete with food, sand and larger shells for when the crabs outgrow
their current homes. The
hermit crabs’ new home
is located in the Children’s Room.
In
celebration of our new pets, the library had a naming contest.
By popular consensus (or those names appearing over and over
again), our three hermit crabs have been named Crabby, Hermit and
Shelly.
TumbleBooks -Ebooks for Kids
See your child's favorite books come to life!!
The Westchester Library System has an online reading
program for children. TumbleBooks
Library is an online library of
animated, talking picture books, which teach kids the joy of reading in a format
they'll love. TumbleBooks are
created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and
narration to produce an electronic picture book which children can read at their
own pace, or have read to them. The TumbleBooks Library is accessed on-line from
your computer at home.
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