Knit, crochet, embroider, or make friendship bracelets. This is a club where you work on your independent project, share ideas, and enjoy good conversation. Bring your own supplies like knitting/crocheting needles and embroidery hoops and fabric. The library has some yarn and embroidery thread to share.
Registration is preferred.
This is a training session for Garden Volunteers. For more information please contact Young Adult Program Coordinator Maureen McGrath: teen@pawlinglibrary.org
The libraries of Dutchess and Putnam counties are joining together for a open mic talent night for tweens & teens. To be held at the Patterson Library, outdoors, weather-permitting. All talents are welcome: sing, dance, play music, gymnastics, magic, etc. Ages 6 through 12 years should arrive at 5 pm. Ages 13 through 21 years should arrive at 6 pm. Please register through the Patterson Library using the link or call 845-878-6121 x10.
This is a training session for Garden Volunteers. For more information please contact Young Adult Program Coordinator Maureen McGrath: teen@pawlinglibrary.org
Start the weeks this summer with a drop-in meet-up to share ideas, write, draw, and just imagine. For tweens & teens from incoming 5th grade through 12th grade. Registration suggested but walk-ins are fine. No meeting August 1st. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/monday-meet-ups-tickets-345806896737
Drop in to play a variety of board games like Catan, Splendor, Five-Minute Dungeon and more. To be held in the Library Annex. For rising 5th graders and up. Registration not required but suggested. Walk-ins are welcome. No meeting August 1st. To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gaming-unplugged-tickets-349839719017
Join us each week to explore a different “tech” experience. This program runs once a week from July 12th to August 16th. Register for all weeks or pick and choose by the subject. This program is for rising 5th graders and up. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tech-tuesdays-tickets-350600374157
July 12th: Build an A.I. Vision Kit
July 18th: Explore Paper Circuits
July 26th: Learn 3-D Printing
August 2nd: Explore with Ozobots
August 9th: Explore Squishy Circuits
August 16th: Discover Lego Building
For those who love to craft, do art, and make things. We'll explore a variety of mediums and Ocean themes during this weekly program. Week One: Jellyfish Lanterns. Bring the wonder of the ocean into your decor by making Jellyfish Lanterns. Make a large one for the Teen Space and a smaller one to bring home. Sign up for all weeks or pick and choose. For rising 5th grade and up. Registration is required. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crafternoon-wednesdays-tickets-358823038367
Oceans of Possibility Summer Reading Baseball Raffle
(All ages, grown-ups included!)
Start your summer reading early! Log your reading and collect raffle tickets before 7/15 for your chance to win tickets to Hudson Valley Renegades or Danbury Westerners Games for the whole family. We'll pull winners for the baseball raffle on 7/15/2022!
Participants do not have to be present to win. We will notify winners via email or phone.
More about our Summer Reading Program and how to earn raffle tickets:
The 2022 Summer Reading Challenge has something for everyone! Whether your family is motivated by helping our community, earning brag badges that show off kids’ reading accomplishments, or a love of ice cream and other rewards, like free books and toys, we’ve got a challenge for you.
Participants simply record the time they spend reading (or being read to) on a paper reading log or on our website. For each 150 minutes read, participants earn raffle tickets for bigger prizes, like HV Renegades Baseball tickets or a Kindle Fire. Kids can also earn brag badges they can wear or attach to their backpack. There’s other incentives kids can earn along the way too, like free books and stickers. When participants read 1,200 minutes or more over the summer, they’ll earn a certificate of achievement.
On top of individual prizes, the reading logged in our summer reading challenge helps our community grow! If Pawling can log 20,000 minutes read this summer, we will earn our community prizes: an ice cream celebration party and a Nintendo Switch that all ages can use in library programming. Logging reading time takes just minutes, so jump in; there’s a sea full of excitement ahead!
Why summer reading for youth?
Studies show that over the summer break, students often experience academic backtracking, or lose the skills they already learned in school. And unfortunately this backtracking doesn’t just disappear when returning to the classroom. If not addressed, kids will experience compounding skill loss each year, which can leave them multiple grade levels behind their peers.
Setting aside just 30 minutes to read each week over the summer can help better prepare students to re-enter the classroom in the fall.
Register for our program with a paper log at the front desk, print your own, or log online with READsquared. For more information, contact children@pawlinglibrary.org.
What's better than ice cream on a summer day? When you combine it with a chance to paint! Tracey Falcone of Hudson Valley Creamery will lead this paint and ice cream workshop for tweens & teens in grades 5 & up. She will show you step-by-step how to paint a design and you'll enjoy an ice cream treat as well. To be held in the Library Annex.
Registration is required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-style-fridays-paint-ice-cream-social-tickets-319921994297
This program series is for high school students to help them ready themselves for the "real world". At Financial Know-How, a representative from PCSB bank in Pawling will teach students about various bank accounts and services as well as how to write a check and manage your money. Registration is required. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/adulting-101-financial-know-how-tickets-371307419487
Library Hours
Sunday 12 to 4
Monday 12 to 5
Tuesday 10 to 8
Wednesday 10 to 8
Thursday 10 to 8
Friday 12 to 5
Saturday 10 to 4
The registration for youth summer programming for ages 0 – 18 begins 6/20/2022.
Find out more about our programming for middle and high schoolers here: https://www.pawlingfreelibrary.org/teenprograms/
And our programs for ages birth – 5th grade here: https://www.pawlingfreelibrary.org/children/programs/
Registration is required or preferred for most programming and participation is as space is available, so register early for your best chance at a space in our classes. For more information, contact us at children@pawlinglibrary.org or teen@pawlinglibrary.org
Two Sessions:
Friday, June 17: Sculpting
Friday, June 24: Painting
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm
Registration is required. Register below or contact Donald, our Adult Program Coordinator, at adult@pawlinglibrary.org.
If a tree had a face, what would it look like?
Each tree has its own personality, strength, beauty, and wisdom.
It stands tall and gives us shade and air to breathe.
When the wind blows through its leaves, we can hear it speak.
Trees have much to say and can grow to be very old: the oldest living forms of life in our world.
At this workshop we will be giving a face to a tree.
Each tree face sculpture will be photographed together with the tree that inspired you.
These photographs will be displayed on the Pawling Library’s Instagram account.
If a tree had a face, what would it look like?
Look and listen, and the tree will speak to you, and you will know.
Please join us.
Parental supervision is required
Material Fee: $5.00
Age: 6 & up
