Event List

Start your child on the road to reading! Storytime features reading aloud, songs and fingerplays. There will be time for children and adults to play with toys and practice early literacy skills together!

Are you looking for a fun place for your family to spend some time on a cold winter day? The 15th annual, Take Your Child to the Library Day is being celebrated in libraries all over Connecticut and beyond!

Come to the Jefferson Branch Library and join us for stories and music! This program is for kids ages 4 and under, with an adult.

Join us for story time for children ages 2½-3½, accompanied by an adult! Build your child’s early literacy skills (talking, singing, reading, playing and writing) with stories, fingerplays, songs, a simple craft and time to play with toys.

Join Librarian Cara for a slimy STEAM session! Together we will make fizzy volcano slime to take home! This program is for kids ages 7-12, and no registration is required.

Join us for story time for kids ages 3-5! Children will build their literacy skills with stories, fingerplays, songs, and a craft or a short film. No registration necessary.

Join Librarian Cara to make some sweet valentines for our local senior center! Let's start our Valentine's Day celebration early this year! No registration necessary.

Come to the Jefferson Branch and join us for stories and music! This program is for kids ages 4 and under, with an adult.

Join Librarian Cara to make some sweet valentines for our local senior center! Let's start our Valentine's Day celebration early this year! No registration necessary.

Listen to bedtime stories at the library! This program is best for children ages 3-8. Adults are welcome to listen along with their children. Enjoy stories and a short film or craft. No registration necessary.

Start your child on the road to reading! Story time features reading aloud, songs and fingerplays. There will be time for children and adults to play with toys and practice early literacy skills together.

If your child is interested in learning to play chess, join us for this child centered weekly chess workshop! Attendees will receive chess lessons as well as time to play against others their age.

Join Librarian Cara and Mr. Place to learn about different Black artists in history. We will have a story time, view and discuss art, and make our own projects inspired by what we learn!

Meet and learn about an animal from the Hungerford Nature Center, followed by storytime with Miss JoAnn!

 Children’s/Teen Program

Join us for an exciting 8-week course that will guide young inventors through the process of invention and help bring their ideas to life!
 

Join Librarian Cara to create a cute and easy new pet! Together we will customize our new pet rocks to take home and enjoy! No registration necessary.

Come to the Jefferson Branch and join us for stories and music! This program is for kids ages 4 and under, with an adult.

Join Librarian Cara to create a cute and easy new pet! Together we will customize our new pet rocks to take home and enjoy! No registration necessary.

Listen to bedtime stories at the library! This program is best for children ages 3-8. Adults are welcome to listen along with their children. Enjoy stories and a short film or craft. No registration necessary.

Start your child on the road to reading! Storytime features reading aloud, songs and fingerplays. There is time for children and adults to play with toys and practice early literacy skills together.

If your child is interested in learning to play chess, join us for this child centered weekly chess workshop! Attendees will receive chess lessons as well as time to play against others their age.

Come to the Jefferson Branch and join us for stories and music! This program is for kids ages 4 and under, with an adult.

Join us for story time for children ages 2½-3½, accompanied by an adult! Build your child’s early literacy skills (talking, singing, reading, playing and writing) with stories, fingerplays, songs, a simple craft and time to play with toys.

Join Librarian Cara for the tallest tower challenge! Put your engineering skills to the test using just cups and popsicle sticks. How tall of a tower can you build? This program is for kids ages 7-12, and no registration is necessary.