Regular Children’s Programming

Tuesdays:

• Tinker Tuesdays – A STEAM program for school-aged children on the first and last Tuesdays of the month at 4 -5 p.m. Please sign up by calling the library.

Wednesdays:

• Booktime for Babies – For children birth to age 2, join Miss Amy for songs, finger plays, read-alouds and more! A great opportunity for babies to interact with other babies of different ages and for caregivers to have some big people time!  Always a fun morning with the kids! Older siblings are always welcome.

Thursdays:

• Preschool Storytime – Come join the magic and wonder of reading, through books, rhymes, songs, flannel board stories, finger plays, puppets, dramatic play and thematic crafts. 10 a.m.
• Creative Art Afternoon – A weekly craft program for all for school-age kids at 4 – 5 p.m. All materials provided.

Fridays:

• Preschool Storytime – Come join the magic and wonder of reading, through books, rhymes, songs, flannel board stories, finger plays, puppets, dramatic play and thematic crafts. 10 a.m.

Saturdays:

• Saturday Storytime with Miss Stefanie – First and third Saturdays at 10 a.m.

List of Digital Resources for the Whole Family!

Performance Arts:

Authors and Illustrators sharing their work and fun activities: There are so many wonderful authors and illustrators out there that are doing amazing things. While we can’t list them all, here are a few to get you started:

Virtual Field Trips:

• National Museum of Natural History
• New England Aquarium
• Zoo New England
• Farm & Food Tours
• Audubon Live Cameras
• Yellowstone National Park (and you can virtually tour lots of other parks through the National Park Service website)
• Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Explore.org live nature cameras around the world
• The Center for Wildlife’s channel on YouTube
• The British Museum, London
• Guggenheim Museum
• Louvre Museum
• NASA Glenn Virtual Tours

Virtual Art Classes

• The Art Sherpa – acrylic painting
• Pop Art for Kids
• Facedrawer
• Katie Jobling Art
• Art for Kids Hub
• Angela Anderson Art
• Alphonso Dunn – amazing drawing
• Circle Line Art School
• Vamos Art – drawing 3D art
• Rapid Fire Art – detailed step-by-step drawing
• Art a la Carte
• My-How-to-Draw

Health & Wellbeing:

• GoNoodle – Movement and Mindfulness
• Health Information for Kids from Medline Plus
• NEOkids fitness
• Cosmic Kids Yoga
• Slim Goodbody’s Kids Guide to COVID-19

Math Resources:

• Bedtime Math
• SplashLearn
• AdaptedMind
• Math Games from Education.com

Other Educational Resources:

• Khan Academy – for Math, Sciences, Art & Humanities and Test Prep
• Duolingo – fun language learning program
• Rosetta Stone – foreign language learning
• National Geographic Kids
• Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration
• Osher Map Library
• Scholastic Learn @ Home
• Virtual Weather Lessons – from our NH neighbors
• Science Experiments for Kids
• High Touch High Tech of Maine – Science Made Fun
• Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group – books and fun activities

 

How can you help the library?

When you consider the organizations in the community to support, please remember the Library and our children’s programs.  Monetary gifts are the best, but we also greatly appreciate the gift of simple consumables.  Items welcomed include glue sticks, markers, googly eyes, pop-poms, construction paper and other craft supplies.  Volunteering for special events is also a great way to help your library!

Thank you for your support in advance! – Miss Amy and Miss Stefanie

Thank You!!

Thank you to the generous supporters of children’s books and programs: Stock the Stacks donors, and individual members.

We appreciate all you’ve done for the children and families of our greater community! Also, thank you to all our wonderful volunteers who have donated their time in so many ways this year!