Newton Free Library Programs For Children - August 22 - 28, 2022

From: Newton Free Library
August 23, 2022

Virtual Pajama Time!  Monday, August 22 at 7pm. Get ready for bed by listening to these stories and songs that will help you drift off to dreamland. Put on your pajamas, cuddle with a loved one and bring your favorite stuffed animal friend! For kids ages 3 and up.

Read Beyond the Beaten Path Sunshine Storytimes: Tuesday, August 23 at 10:30am OR 11:15am. Join us for our summer reading program, Read Beyond the Beaten Path, storytime. This week's theme is Staying Safe Outdoors. Start your day with stories, songs and rhymes led by our Children’s Librarians. For children 0-4 and their caregivers.

This storytime will repeat at 11:15am.

Dance Me a Story With Joanne Langione - Live at the Hyde Bandstand! Tuesday, August 23 at 4:30pm. The Joanne Langione Dance Center brings us this fun, family event where music, movement and literature align to encourage exploration and imaginative play! This concert will take place at the Hyde Bandstand and Playground. Please register if you would like to receive a zoom link to the virtual performance in case of rain. This event is taking place on public grounds and does not require registration. For directions to the bandstand click here.

A big thank you to the Hyde Community Center for helping organize this event and working with us to use the space. Additional thanks to The Newton Parks, Recreation and Culture Department.

Dial a Story: Listen to a children’s librarian read you a story over the phone. Call 617-796-1415 to listen to a story anytime you like. A new story is recorded weekly. For kids of all ages.

Bike Safety: Tuesday, August 23 at 4:30pm. Join Safe Routes To School Newton, Safe Routes To School MA, MassBike and Bike Newton for an introduction to bike safety and biking to school and beyond for kids entering K through 4th and their families. Please bring your bike helmets if you have them. 

Bike Maintenance and Safety: Tuesday, August 23 at 7pm. Join Safe Routes To School Newton, Safe Routes To School MA, MassBike and Bike Newton for an introduction to bike maintenance, types of bikes and some bike safety for tweens and teens entering 5th through 8th grade. This will be hands on, so if you have bike helmets and/or bikes, please bring them! If you don't, no worries, we'll have bikes on hand. Meet outside near the Winne-the-Pooh statue. In case of rain, meet in the Auditorium.

Draw Along Creatures: T-Rex! Wednesday, August 24 at 4pm. Draw Along Creatures continues with a focus on T-Rex! After creating a drawing of this popular animal from simple shapes, the artist instructor will show you how to create scenes from just your imagination. Space is limited.  Registration (required) is only available for ages 7-10 and will begin on August 10.

Wake Up Sunshine Storytime: Thursday, August 25 at 10:30am. Start your day with stories, songs and rhymes led by Newton Free Library children’s librarians. For children 0-4 and their caregivers.

This storytime will repeat at 11:15am.

Read Beyond the Beaten Path Stories and Activities: Thursday, August 25 at 4pm. Come explore with us! Join us for our summer reading program, Read Beyond the Beaten Path, story and activity time for kids ages 4 and 5. Each will be based on the week's theme. This week's theme is Staying Safe Outdoors. 

3/4 Book Group: Tuesday, September 6 at 7pm.  Starting September 6th, join us for a book club for kids in grades 3-4 where we explore a new book each month!

Our first session will be a meet and greet! After that, you will vote on which books we will read each month. Read or listen to the book and bring your questions and ideas when we meet to talk about it! 

We meet once a month on the following dates: 9/6, 11/1, 12/6, 1/3, 2/7, 3/7, 4/4, 5/2 and 6/6. Online registration (required) begins Tuesday, August 23rd. When you register, you register at the same time for ALL 9 months. For more information, please email lnorcross@minlib.net or rsimon@minlib.net.

Book Bunch: Wednesday, September 7 at 6:30pm. Do you have a young reader in first or second grade? Each month we will read a book together covering different genres and styles. We will discuss the story and then complete activities that go along with the book. 

We meet once a month on the following dates: 9/7, 11/2, 12/7 and 1/4. Online registration (required) for children in first and second grade only begins Wednesday, August 24th. When you register, you register at the same time for ALL 4 months. For more information, please email lnorcross@minlib.net or rsimon@minlib.net.

Read Beyond the Beaten Path: Summer 2022 

Have a blast this summer by joining Read Beyond the Beaten Path with Newton Free Library now through August 31. Read books, have adventures, win prizes! Use Beanstack to keep track of your time spent reading alone or with parents, siblings or your friends. And check out all the fun adventures we've included this year. Children through rising 5th graders in the 2022-23 school year can win prizes.

Register on Beanstack, and you will be entered in a drawing to win a prize each week of summer reading (6/13-8/31) as long as you also log minutes; write a book review on Beanstack; complete an adventure; or attend a library program (and fill in the relevant adventure). 

You can find registration, summer programming and everything else summer at newtonfreelibrary.net/summer.

Coming Up For Kids

Draw Along: Tigers! Wednesday, September 7 at 4pm. Draw Along Creatures continues with a focus on tigers! After creating a drawing of this popular animal from simple shapes, the artist instructor will show you how to create scenes from just your imagination. Space is limited. Registration (required) is only available for ages 7-10 and will begin on August 24.

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