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Homeschool Session: Explore the Outdoors

1:00pm–2:00pm
Children
Main Library
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Community Room Full
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEAM Learning
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Librarian Cara and Mr. Place to celebrate Spring and explore the great outdoors! Together we will have story time, a short discussion and head outside for activities! This program is for kids ages 4-12, and registration is required.

This event is in the "Children" group

Public Speaking! Youth Workshop

5:00pm–6:00pm
Children
Main Library
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Study Room 3
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a fun and educational program for young voices to grow! Learn confident speaking, effective persuasion, and presentation skills. This program is for kids ages 9-12, and registration is required.

This event is in the "Children" group

Super Kids

10:00am–11:00am
Children
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Event Details:

Come to storytime for children ages 3-5. Children will build their literacy skills with stories, fingerplays, songs, and a craft or a short film! No registration necessary.

This event is in the "Children" group
This event is in the "Teens" group

Connecticut Invention Convention

4:00pm–5:00pm
Children, Teens
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Makerspace
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Makerspace, STEAM Learning
Event Details:

 Children’s/Teen Program

Registration is closed for this program!

This event is in the "Children" group

Crafty Creatives Club: Recycled Bookmarks

4:30pm–5:30pm
Children
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join Librarian Cara for this week's Crafty Creatives Club! In celebration of Earth Day, we will be making beautiful bookmarks with recycled materials! This program is for kids of all ages, and no registration is required!

This event is in the "Children" group

Tiny Tales

9:30am–10:00am
Children
Jefferson Branch
Library Branch: Jefferson Branch
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

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

This event is in the "Children" group

Crafty Creatives Club

4:00pm–5:00pm
Children
Jefferson Branch
Library Branch: Jefferson Branch
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join Librarian Cara for this week's Crafty Creatives Club! In celebration of Earth Day, we will be making beautiful bookmarks with recycled materials! This program is for kids of all ages, and no registration is required!

This event is in the "Children" group

Family Story Hour

6:30pm–7:30pm
Children
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Event Details:

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

This event is in the "Children" group

Time for Tots

10:00am–11:30am
Children
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Community Room Full
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

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.

This event is in the "Children" group

Story Walk: City Beet

2:00pm–3:30pm
Children
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Families are invited to follow the pages and listen to City Beet by Tziporah Cohen as they stroll through the library! Each family can choose a free book to take home to read together. Children can select seeds to plant in their gardens.

This event is in the "Children" group

Tiny Tales

9:30am–10:00am
Children
Jefferson Branch
Library Branch: Jefferson Branch
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

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.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

This event is in the "Children" group

Terrific Tots

10:00am–11:00am
Children
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Come out to storytime 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.

This event is in the "Children" group

Egg Drop

2:00pm–3:00pm
Children
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: STEAM Learning
Event Details:

Join Librarian Cara for the start of our Spring Break programming! We will be practicing our engineering skills by building contraptions to keep an egg safe when dropped from our stairs outside!

This event is in the "Children" group

Pokémon Card Trading

2:00pm–3:00pm
Children
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

Come out to an event for all young Pokémon lovers to bring their cards, trade for new ones and make new friends! Drop by the Children's Room to share your collection! This program is best for kids ages 5-12.

This event is in the "Children" group

Hungerford at the Library!

10:00am–11:00am
Children
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Event Details:

Looking for a fun and educational Spring Break activity? Stop by the Children's Department to meet and learn about different critters from Hungerford Nature Center! This program is for all ages. No registration necessary.

This event is in the "Children" group

Crafty Creatives: Start a Seed!

4:30pm–5:30pm
Children
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join Librarian Cara for this week's Crafty Creatives Club! Together we will start seeds to bring home and grow!

This event is in the "Children" group

Tiny Tales

9:30am–10:00am
Children
Jefferson Branch
Library Branch: Jefferson Branch
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

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

This event is in the "Children" group

Autism & Friendship K-4th grade

12:00pm–1:00pm
Children
Jefferson Branch
Library Branch: Jefferson Branch
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Learn from the Expert, Presentation, Workshop
Event Details:

Join us for an educational presentation on autism (and neurodiversity) designed for younger children.

This event is in the "Children" group

Lego Challenges!

2:00pm–3:00pm
Children
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: STEAM Learning
Event Details:

Stop by the library for some Spring Break STEAM fun! Participate in a variety of different Lego challenge activities set up around the Children's Room! This program is for kids ages 5-12.

This event is in the "Children" group

Crafty Creatives Club

4:00pm–5:00pm
Children
Jefferson Branch
Library Branch: Jefferson Branch
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join Librarian Cara for this week's Crafty Creatives Club! Together we will start seeds to bring home and grow!

This event is in the "Children" group

Family Story Hour

6:30pm–7:30pm
Children
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Event Details:

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

This event is in the "Children" group

Time for Tots

10:00am–11:30am
Children
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Community Room Full
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

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.

This event is in the "Children" group

Bingo!

2:00pm–3:00pm
Children
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Community Room Full
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

Join us for some Spring Break fun and win some cool prizes at bingo! This program is for kids ages 5-12.

This event is in the "Children" group

Tiny Tales

9:30am–10:00am
Children
Jefferson Branch
Library Branch: Jefferson Branch
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

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.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.