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 10:00-10:45 am – Ms. Neena, Main Library Young babies benefit from story time, singing, bouncing and dancing, and socialization. This is our regularly scheduled nine week program for our youngest patrons. To improve and encourage the acquisition of language and a love for reading, we’ll sing, bounce, play, and laugh. Each session ends with 10-15 minutes of social play. Interested in joining? Visit our registration portal online or stop by the circulation desk.
Library Hours
Monday 12 to 5
Tuesday 10 to 8
Wednesday 10 to 8
Thursday 10 to 8
Friday 12 to 5
Saturday 10 to 4
(Grades K – 5 and a caregiver)
Series of 6 kits, weekly. 7/15 – 8/19
This program is a series of 6 take home kits; pre-prepped learning activities for children entering grades Kindergarten – 5th grade in Fall 2022 to do at home with a caregiver. To participate, a caregiver must pick each kit up from the library once they are available. Families can register for all the weeks or individual weeks. Our staff will email registrants weekly once each kit is available. Kits are made to order and registration is required. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/369054089717
Take science learning to a new level with these kits made by expert science teachers at Steve Spangler Science! Each week, pick up a new kit including everything you need to turn your home into a science lab. Some experiments may be messy. Caregiver oversight is recommended.
This program is partially sponsored by Dutchess County.
(Grades 3-5 and a caregiver)
This program is a take home kit; a pre-prepped learning activity for children to do at home with a caregiver. To participate, a caregiver must pick the kit up from the library once it is available.
Available for pick up week 8/12. Our staff will email registrants once they are available.
This kit will include origami paper and instructions on how to make different ocean creatures, origami style.
Registration required. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/369273987437
(Grades K – 2 and a caregiver)
This program is a take home kit; a pre-prepped learning activity for children to do at home with a caregiver. To participate, a caregiver must pick the kit up from the library once it is available.
Available for pick up week 8/12. Our staff will email registrants once they are available.
Design a puppet production from start to finish. Kids will design their own puppet theater and puppets to tell a story their own way.
Registration required. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/369272553147
Ages: 2.5 – 3.5 years and a caregiver
Fridays, 10:00-11:00 AM – Miss Neena
NO CLASS 8/19 ; MAKE UP CLASS 8/26
On Friday mornings, toddlers rule the library! This six week program includes songs, stories, and games plus a play-based learning stations, like art or parachute play. The program or portions thereof may be held outside in our courtyard to utilize our outdoor play equipment as weather allows but fully move indoors if conditions are poor. Please dress for the weather, with sunscreen and bring water.
Registration required. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/367879476417
Join for as many or as few classes as you are comfortable and able.
Ms. Perez’s elementary class from Pawling Elementary School will visit the library to do a STEM activity and borrow books.
Mad Science of the Mid-Hudson will present this hands-on workshop for pre-teens & teens in grade 5 & up. Students will devise and test techniques to handle the aftermath of an oil spill, in an oil spill simulation, and discuss how to clean up and prevent the pollution that plagues our oceans. To be held in the Library Annex. Registration required.https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mad-science-presents-black-blue-oceans-tickets-354763466077
(Ages 2 – 6 years and a caregiver)
Friday, 8/12, 5:30 – 6:30 PM– Main Library/Courtyard
Come tinker, thinker, explore, and build at the library with Ms. Neena and Ms. Carla. This event will feature a wide variety of building blocks and materials, challenging kids to think like an engineer. Portions of this program may be held outside as weather allows or indoors if conditions are poor.
Registration preferred; Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/368508728527
