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Innovation Day
Saturday, October 22
10 am - 2 pm
Discover, Dabble, Do-It-Yourself at Wilton Library's 2nd
Innovation Day! Join us for a festival of making, creating and demonstrating. Explore, Try, Learn and Have Fun! Solder a blinkie pin; Knit and purl; Learn how to make wine, do basic home repairs or tie flies; Test out a 3-D Doodler, virtual reality glasses, snap circuits or Makey Makey; Create a small terrarium; Take apart an old monitor; Watch a portrait painter; Attend a 3-D Design workshop; Color; Try origami; Make cards; Light up an apron with LEDs and more! Then grab a snack from one of the food trucks parked outside.
The day is free! Certain activities will have a nominal fee to offset costs.
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The Children's Library now has a Tower Garden®! Stop by and take a look at this aeroponic garden located on the "big kids" side of the Children's Library.
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Upcoming Events - October
Mondays, September 12 - November 14
Ready Readers 4:15 - 5 pm: Story Time for ages 4 and 5. Stories and crafts.
Tuesdays, September 13 - November 15 (all are drop-in)
Terrific Tales for Twos and Threes 10:15 - 10:45am: Story Time for ages 2 and 3 with caregivers.
Wednesdays, September 14 - November 16
Books for Babies 10:15 - 10:45 am
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Story Time for babies under 12 months and their caregivers.
Wonderful Ones and Twos 11 - 11:30 am: Story Time for ages 1 and 2 with caregivers.
Mondays, September 12 - November 14
Movement and Dance 11 - 11:30 am
Ages 0 - 5 with caregivers. Join a fun time of moving, grooving, jumping, shaking, singing and playing instruments. A great Monday morning work-out!
Tuesdays, September 13 - October 18
Writers' Workshop 4 - 4:45 pm
Children ages 9-11. Join us for a writers' workshop to hear fun stories and then create their own. We will explore story elements and have fun with creative exercises. This is a six-part program, so when registering for this program you will automatically be enrolled in all 6 sessions. This program is full.
Ambler Farm Reads 2:15 - 3 pm
Ages 2 - 4 with caregivers.
Caregivers and children will meet at Ambler Farm to enjoy theme-based stories as well as a nature walk. Children may check books out at the farm, so make sure to bring your library card! During the month of October the focus will be pumpkins. Registration required, no fee. **Please register EACH child so that there are enough pumpkins.**
Wednesdays, October 19, 26
Fairy Tales and Fables 4 - 4:30 pm
Ages 5 -6. Goldilocks, Little Red Riding Hood, the Tortoise and the Hare will all be there! Won't you join us? Come hear their stories Wednesdays in October from 4 to 4:30. Register here:
October 19,
October 26
Saturdays, October
Minecraft Club 10 am - 12 noon
Ages 8 and up. For the Minecraft program, with children under 12, caretakers
must remain in the building and
must sign in their child. Minecraft enthusiasts are welcome to join the Minecraft Computer Club on Saturday mornings between 10-12 noon to discuss and play everything Minecraft at Wilton Library. Please note: Minecraft is a subscription-based, online game. Players must bring their own laptop and create their own account. Hand held devices run on a separate Minecraft app and therefore will not be able to play on the same servers as children with laptops.
Register here for ALL October sessions.
Saturday, October 15
(Not) Just for Kids Music Program 3 - 4 pm
All ages. The Norwalk Symphony Orchestra (Not) Just For Kids program is a lively, fun and interactive program designed to be educational as well as entertaining. Members of the orchestra demonstrate their instruments, play for the children, and answer questions in hour-long presentations. Throughout the season presentations are made for all instrument families: strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. All programs end with attendees having a chance to hold and try to play a beginning level instrument in the 'Petting Zoo.'
Series schedule. Click to register:
*Saturday, December 10, 2016 - A Joyful Noise! - Percussion
*Saturday, March 4, 2017 - Horns, a Plenty! - Brass
*Saturday, May 6, 2017 - Winds, Soft & Sweet
Tales to Tails 11 - 12 noon
For independent readers. ROAR's (Ridgefield Operation Animal Rescue) Therapy Dog Program will be bringing a therapy dog to be read to by children. The use of trained therapy dogs in reading programs can result in children who feel comfortable reading out loud, read more often, attempt more difficult books, and actually look forward to reading. As they improve their literacy skills, they're not just learning how to read, they're learning to love to read! No program charge,
registration is required.
Innovation Day 10 - 2 pm
See block above.
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New Materials!
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Miss Jane recommends Miss Muffet or What Came After by Marilyn Singer
Everyone knows Little Miss Muffet had a frightful run-in with a spider, but what happened after that? Well, poet Marilyn Singer tells the rhyming tale of Miss Muffet, aka Patience, and her on-the-road adventure with Webster (the spider).
Miss Muffet or What Came After unfolds like a theatre piece, complete with stage directions and a chorus. We learn about her mother's narrow expectations and her father's love of bugs. We also learn that Patience is not just a girl who sits on a tuffet. No, we got that wrong. This is a girl with a big dream! Children will enjoy hearing this imaginative sequel to the nursery rhyme and parents will be tickled to read it to them.
Miss Muffet or What Came After is wonderfully and whimsically illustrated by David Litchfield.
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