Build-a-Reading-Buddy (2-7 years and a caregiver)

Saturday, 2/16 and 3/2, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm - with Kate, Library Annex

Team up with your friends to create wacky inventions using LittleBits. LittleBits are easy-to-use
electronic building blocks empowering everyone to create inventions, large and small.

Interested in joining? Visit our registration portal online or stop by the circulation desk.

Tuesdays 10:00-10:45 am – Ms. Neena, Main Library

Early literacy is an important part of a baby’s healthy development. We read, sing, babble, and bounce together. Learn resources to use at home and meet other caregivers. Ends with social play.

Interested in joining? Visit our registration portal online or stop by the circulation desk.

Tuesdays 4:00 -5:00 pm – Ms. Neena

All new challenges, same level of silliness! Both returning and new attendees welcome to join as we run, jump, and solve math dilemmas together. Even the most reluctant mathematicians will adore this active program created by Bedtime Math.

Interested in joining? Visit our registration portal online or stop by the circulation desk.

Wednesdays, starting 1/30, 10:30-11:30 am - Ms. Neena, Library Annex

Teachers say that the skills that lead to the most student success in school are their social and emotional skills. Join us to help develop these skills, all while children play! This supervised hour of fun provides a large space for children to meet and play in the winter cold. Bring a favorite toy or game and invite a friend!

Interested in joining? Visit our registration portal online or stop by the circulation desk.

Thursdays, 10:00-10:45 am- Ms. Neena, Main Library

Does your baby love to bounce and play? Join Ms. Neena for a story, singing, and rhyming sure to get baby giggling. All activities are designed to enhance attention and focus, familiarize children with the fundamentals of reading and talking, and instill a love of reading. The program ends with a 10-15 minute social play session or baby-safe art activity.

Interested in joining? Visit our registration portal online or stop by the circulation desk.

Thursdays, 1:00-2:00 pm – Ms. Neena

We love stories! Each week, we will dive into gorgeous picture books and have fun making silly, active connections to what we read. Program includes art or sensory activity, songs, and more.

Interested in joining? Visit our registration portal online or stop by the circulation desk.

Alternating Thursdays (1/24, 2/7, 2/21, 3/7, 3/21) 4:00-5:00 pm – Ms. Neena

Each week, we will read a short picture book and tackle a different active project. Selected projects include cardboard shields and marshmallow shooters, and collaborative sketching, and more!

Interested in joining? Visit our registration portal online or stop by the circulation desk.

Friday, 10:30 - 11:30 am -Ms. Neena, Main Library Please enter through side door.

On Friday mornings, kids rule the library! Join Ms. Neena, while the library is still closed, for an uninhibited, fun and loud story time. This program incorporates sensory, art, storytelling, music, and movement all in one to prepare children to read, write, and think critically. Topics vary by week, and the program ends with activity stations. Parents and caregivers required to remain in the library for the duration of the program.

Interested in joining? Visit our registration portal online or stop by the circulation desk.

Friday, 2/22 and 3/8, 6:00-7:00 pm - with Kate, Main Library

Please enter through the side door.

In this two-session program, learn how to create 3D objects using TinkerCad. The objects created in the first session will be printed in time for the second session, so that participants can see how their designs worked, make changes or fixes to the models, or create a new one. These second session models will also be printed and available to be picked up at the library within two weeks.

Interested in joining? Visit our registration portal online or stop by the circulation desk.

Contact Ms. Neena at children@pawlinglibrary.org for more information